The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Dean’s Teaching Awards were established in 1992 to honor outstanding contributions in student education in medical school programs.
These awards are selected by a committee of faculty that have previously been honored for their excellence in teaching, and as such, are the UW School of Medicine and Public Health’s only peer-selected teaching award.
2025 Winners
Mark Beamsley, MD
Dr. Beamsley joined the UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH) in 2002 after graduating from their residency program. Dr. Beamsley served as the course director for the Primary Care Clerkship and continues to teach medical students as a clinical preceptor as well as a public health preceptor and career advisor. He was the founding Integrated Block Leader for the Phase 2 Chronic and Preventive Care course, where he worked with statewide leaders in the design and implementation of this course at the outset of the ForWard Curriculum. Currently, Dr. Beamsley is the Director of Medical Student Education and Director of Community and Population Health Resident Rotation for the DFMCH. Dr. Beamsley received his BA from Knox College, MS from University of Illinois, and his MD from Loyola University. He has also completed a fellowship in medical student education leadership through the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine.
Tiffany Lin, MD
Dr. Lin joined the UW Department of Medicine in 2016 and is the Director of the Rheumatology Fellowship Program. She has served as Assistant Block Leader of the Phase 1 Invaders and Defense Course since the inception of the ForWard Curriculum. In this role, she redesigned the rheumatology curriculum from the ground up with new lectures, case-based learning activities and online modules. Dr. Lin has also developed several innovative curricula which leverage video and online technologies to enhance learning for undergraduate and graduate medical education trainees. She serves on multiple national organizations which oversee rheumatology curriculum creation, NBME exam development, continuing medical education, and grant review for fellowship training. Dr. Lin received her BS from The University of Texas at Austin and her MD from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Erin Brooks, MD
Dr. Brooks came to the UW Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in 2011, where she is currently the Vice Chair of Pathology Education. During that time, she has been an Associate Residency Program Director and later Program Director, spearheading the development of a 2-year rotating, thematically based didactic series for pathology residents. Dr. Brooks devised and directed two popular basic science selectives for medical students and most recently, she has designed multiple innovative and interactive modules to help improve histology teaching in Phase 1. She also oversees the medical student general pathology clerkship, and personally mentors at least 10 medical students annually in this role. For several years, Dr. Brooks served as a Longitudinal Teacher Coach as well as PaCE facilitator for students in the ForWard Curriculum. Dr. Brooks received her BA and MD from the University of Wisconsin.
Courtney Morgan, MD
Dr. Morgan has been a faculty member in the UW Department of Surgery since 2017. She currently serves as the Director of Medical Student Education for the department and the Associate Program Director for the Vascular Surgery Residency and Fellowship programs. As Section Chief of Vascular Surgery at the VA hospital, she serves as the site director for the Vascular Surgery residency and fellowship programs. Dr. Morgan is the Integrated Block Leader for Surgical and Procedural Care in Phase 2 of the medical student curriculum. In addition, Dr. Morgan has designed and teaches Phase 3 basic science selectives that are intended to introduce medical students to healthcare policy and patient care related to research in the field of vascular surgery. She is also the faculty mentor for the Vascular Surgery Interest Group. Dr. Morgan received her BSE and MD from the University of Pennsylvania.
Previous Dean's Teaching Award Winners
| wdt_ID | Year | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2020 | Beth Altschafl, PhD; Meghan Cotter, PhD; Kelly Hodgson Kline, MD; Sara Johnson, MD; Catherine A. Reiser, MS, CGC |
| 2 | 2019 | Ashwani Bhati, MD; Elise Davis, PhD; Scott Mead, MD; A. Neil Salyapongse, MD; Sana Waheed, MD |
| 3 | 2018 | Barbara Duerst, RN, MS; Jamie Hess, MD; Kenneth Merkitch Jr., MD; Jason Stephenson, MD |
| 4 | 2017 | Will Aughenbaugh, MD; John W. Beasley, MD; Ann P. O'Rourke, MD, MPH; Eliot C. Williams, MD, PhD |
| 5 | 2016 | Michael Bentz, MD; Mark Burkard, MD, PhD; Robert Corliss, MD; Virginia Snyder, PhD, PA-C |
| 6 | 2015 | Tabassum A. Kennedy, MD; Mary S. Landry, MD; Elaine M. Pelley, MD; James H. Stein, MD. Dean's Award for Excellence in Student Research Mentorship: Paul M. Sondel, MD, PhD. |
| 7 | 2013 | David M. Deci, MD; Kyla R. Lee, MD, FACP; Erik Ranheim, MD, PhD; Art Walaszek, MD. Dean's Award for Excellence in Student Research Mentorship: Gregory D. Kennedy, MD, PhD |
| 8 | 2012 | Louis Bernhardt, MD; Lori DiPrete Brown, MS, MTS; Daniel W. Knoch, MD; Lori J. Remeika, MD. Dean's Award for Excellence in Student Research Mentorship: Pamela J. Kling, MD |
| 9 | 2011 | Dean's Teaching Awards: Joshua E. Medow, MD, MS; Gregory Rice, MD; Lonie R. Salkowski, MD; Rebecca S. Sippel, MD. Dean's Award for Excellence in Student Research Mentorship: Jonathan Temte, MD, PhD |
| 10 | 2010 | Norman Jensen, MD, MS; James Keck, PhD; Gretchen Schwarze, MD, MPP; Bruce Slaughenhoupt, MD, FAAP. Dean’s Award for Excellence in Medical Student Research Mentorship: Herbert Chen, MD, FACS; Bermans Iskandar, MD |
| 11 | 2009 | John R. Brill, MD, MPH; Norman Fost, MD, MPH; Jonathan G. Keevil, MD; Patrick E. McBride, MD, MPH |
| 12 | 2008 | Jane Zanutto Crone, APNP, M Ed, MS; Kimberly M. Lansing, MD, PhD; F. Javier Nieto, MD, MPH, PhD; Katharina S. Stewart, MD; Stephen J. Weiler, MD |
| 13 | 2007 | Yolanda Tai Becker, MD; Robert H. Fillingame, PhD; Terrence Frick, MD; Michael Fritsch, MD, PhD; Kevin M. McKown, MD |
| 14 | 2006 | Shobhina G. Chheda, MD, MPH; Gary E. Lyons, PhD; Gwenevere C. McIntosh, MD, MPH; A. Vishnu Moorthy, MD |
| 15 | 2004 | William G. Boissonnault, PT, DHSc, FAAOMPT; Catherine L. Gallagher, MD; Carol A. Hasenyager, MD; Thomas B. Kloosterboer, MD; Kathy A. Schlimgen, BS; Donald R. Yandow, MD |
| 16 | 2003 | David C. Mann, MD; Carl E. Stafstrom, MD, PhD; Gail Underbakke, RD, MS; Laura J. Zakowski, MD |
| 17 | 2002 | George Mejicano, MD, MS; Patrick Remington, MD, MPH; Kevin Strang, PhD; Christie Seibert, MD |
| 18 | 2001 | David A. Brow, PhD; Daniel K. Resnick, MD, MS; Ann E. Ruscher, MD |
| 19 | 2000 | Gregg A. Heatley, MD; Thomas C. Jackson, MD; Mikel Snow, PhD |
| 20 | 1999 | Cynthia L. Haq, MD; Karen M. Krabbenhoft, PhD; Dean Manning, PhD; Richard L. Moss, PhD; Bennett Vogelman, MD |
| 21 | 1998 | Thomas Farrell, MD; Dean Keller, MD; Carl Sievert, PhD; Lyn Thet, MD |
| 22 | 1997 | John Harting, PhD; Diane Heatley, MD; Lawrence Kahan, PhD; Elizabeth Silverman, MD |
| 23 | 1996 | Edward Bersu, PhD; James Davis, MD; Sharon Ehrmeyer, PhD |
| 24 | 1995 | Julie Franz; Pat Kokotailo, MD; Tom Pienkowski |
| 25 | 1994 | Carolyn Bell, MD; Minesh Mehta, MD; Judith Manning, PhD; Robert Metzenberg, PhD; William Fahl, PhD; Lewis Haberly, PhD |
| 26 | 1993 | Stanley Cupery, MD; Peter Hanson, MD; Ed Schultz, PhD; Susan Skochelak, MD, MPH |
| 27 | 1992 | Robert Barreras, MD; Paul Bertics, PhD; Sheldon Horowitz, MD; Mary Ellen Peters, MD |
| 28 | 2022 | Kirstin Nackers, MD; Parvathy Pillai, MD, MPH; Maxfield Flynn, MD, PhD; Kjersti Knox, MD |
| 29 | 2021 | Allison Grayev, MD; Jeannina Smith, MD; Erick Tarula, MD; Susan Wenker, PT, PhD, GCS |
| 30 | 2023 | Gregory Avey, MD; Dawn Elfenbein, MD, MPH, FACS; Ronni Hayon, MD; Daniel J. Uhlrich, PhD |
| 31 | 2024 | Katie Kastner, MD; Claudia Reardon MD; Nick Rose, MD; Irina Shakhnovich, MD, RPVI, FACS |
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| 33 | 2025 | Mark Beamsley, MD; Erin Brooks, MD; Tiffany Lin, MD; Courtney Morgan MD |