Teaching Recognition Awards - $30,000
The Teaching Recognition Awards (TRA) are designed to recognize anesthesiology faculty who have demonstrated outstanding teaching skills and significant contributions to the academic community. Two separate awards, Innovation in Education and Achievement in Education, are granted annually. Each award totals $15,000.
Innovation in Education: Intended to recognize extraordinary educational programs devised by junior or middle level faculty.
Achievement in Education: Designed to recognize outstanding career contributions by senior faculty.
Award Details
Each Teaching Recognition Award includes:
- $5,000 awarded to the recipient
- $10,000 awarded to the recipient’s academic department for anesthesia education
- Round-trip coach airfare for the recipient to participate in the IARS Annual Meeting
- Complimentary IARS Annual Meeting registration and two days per diem for the recipient
- Complimentary one-year IARS memberships for all residents in the recipient’s department
For more information regarding the TRA, please see our
TRA Rules and Guidelines.
IARS Congratulates the 2009 TRA Recipients

Achievement in Education
Adam I. Levine, MD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York
Innovation in Education
Medge D. Owen, MD
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

