$15,000 Teaching Recognition Award

The IARS is pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 Teaching Recognition Award

Achievement in Education:

Lydia N. Conlay, MD, PhD
Baylor University
Houston, TX

and

Christopher J. Gallagher, MD
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY

Achievement in Innovation:

Stephen J. Kimatian, MD, FAAP
Penn State University
Hershey, PA

The IARS Teaching Recognition Award for Achievement in Education is designed to recognize outstanding career contributions by senior faculty. The IARS Teaching Recognition Award for Innovation in Education is designed to recognize extraordinary educational programs devised by junior or middle level faculty.

The winner of each award will receive $15,000 ($5,000 to the recipient, $10,000 to the recipient's institution to be used for education in anesthesia); public recognition at the Annual Meeting Awards ceremony at the IARS 83rd Annual Meeting in San Diego, California in March 2009; round-trip coach airfare to San Diego, complimentary meeting registration and a per diem for two days. A free one-year IARS Membership will be provided to all residents in the award winner's department.

IARS Teaching Award Guidelines/Rules

Click here to see the list of past Teaching Recognition Award recipients.