Office of Medical Education recognizes Teachers of the Year

The 2019 Teacher of the Year Award recipients gather for a photo following the awards ceremony.

Penn State College of Medicine named 17 educators from across the state as Teachers of the Year at a luncheon on Feb. 4. The directors of each required clinical clerkship selected faculty for the honor based on student feedback.

Two family and community medicine practice sites were also recognized for their commitment to supporting the education of medical students at the College of Medicine.

2020 Teacher of the Year Award Recipients

• Family and Community Medicine Clerkship
  • Alyssa Anderson, MD – Penn State Health Medical Group – Elizabethtown
  • WellSpan York Family Medicine
  • Penn State Health Medical Group – Mechanicsburg
• Medicine Clerkship
  • Alina Popa, MD – WellSpan York Hospital
  • Ian Ross, MD – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
• Neuroscience Clerkship
  • Elias Rizk, MD, MSc – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
  • Raymond Reichwein, MD – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
• Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship
  • Joel Baker, DO – Penn State Health St. Joseph
  • Amy Cruz, MD – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
• Pediatrics Clerkship
  • Jerry Lee, MD – Penn State Health St. Joseph
  • Glenn Buchberger, MD – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
• Psychiatry Clerkship
  • Alison Swigart, MD – Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute
  • Sanjay Yadav, MD – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
• Surgery Clerkship
  • Amanda Cooper, MD – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
• Health Equity Clerkship
  • Haney Wahba, MD – Primary Health Network
• University Park Curriculum Track
  • Ravishankar Rao, MD – Penn State Health Medical Group – Windmere Centre
  • Matthew Davidson, DO – Mount Nittany Physician Group
• Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship
  • Joseph McDermott III, DO – Wellspan Summit Health Family Medicine
  • Sonya L. Krolik, MD – Kaiser Permanente Surgery
  • Andre Lijoi, MD – WellSpan York Family Medicine

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