Awards

2022 David C. Leach Awardee Beverly Aiyanyor, MD is an attending physician in the Boston Children’s Hospital Network. She represents a team of about 20 who worked on the project being recognized with this award, including senior residents Dr. Neha Limaye and Dr. Rohini Jain.

2022 Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Awardee Skyler Kiddy, MS, works as the program coordinator for the pediatrics program at the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences and Osteopathic Medical Education Consortium of Oklahoma. 

2022 David C. Leach Awardee Anai Kothari, MD is an assistant professor in surgical oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. At the time of the award nominations, Dr. Kothari was a clinical fellow in complex general surgical oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC is one of four honorees receiving the ACGME’s Barbara Ross-Lee, DO Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award in 2022. Dr. Aisha Barber, who serves as program director of the pediatric residency program and a member of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Steering Committee there answered the ACGME’s questions about the outstanding measures this program has taken to foster DEI.

2022-2024 Jeremiah A. Barondess Fellow Danielle L. Clark, MD is a hospitalist, assistant professor of medicine, and associate program director for the internal medicine residency program at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Dr. Clark specializes in internal medicine.

2022 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Lead Awardee Dr. Mark C. Wilson is the associate dean and associate hospital director for GME at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.

The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), based in San Francisco, California, is one of four honorees receiving the ACGME’s Barbara Ross-Lee, DO Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award in 2022.