Honors and Awards
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2023
Javette C. Orgain, MD, MPH, FAAFP
- 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Black Women Physicians
- Cook County Physicians Association (CCPA) Living Legacy Award from CCPA
Leslie Amonoo
- 2023 Brain Trust Award from the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation
Matthew Witthaus, MD, FAAFP
- Recognized with the fellowship designation with the American Academy of Family Physicians
Rik Stringham, MD, FAAFP
- Promoted to Professor of Clinical Family and Community Medicine
- 2023 Department Faculty of the Year
- 2023 M3 Golden Apple Award
Karl Kochendorfer, MD, FAAFP
- Promoted to Professor of Clinical Family and Community Medicine
Audrey Stillerman, MD
- Promoted to Clinical Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Kara Perry, University Village
- 2023 Award of Merit
Nancy Galstelum, Pilsen Clinic
- 2023 Award of Merit
Evelyn Figueroa, MD
- Inaugural Hispanic Center of Excellence Physician Advocacy Award.
Dr. Shaina Shetty, MD – University of Illinois College of Medicine
- Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) Resident Inductee Class of 2023. Dr. Shetty was nominated for her outstanding, longitudinal work with the Night Ministry.
Audrey Stillerman
- 2023 Linda K. Gunzburger Award for Excellence in Scholarship
Ricardo Rivero, MD, MPH
- 2023 CAPE Award
Kathy Wollner, MD
- 2023 Department Rising Star Award
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2022
Gastala, N.
- DFCM’s 2022 Linda K. Gunzburger Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship.
Hasnain, M.
- UIC’s 2022-2003 Award for Excellence in Teaching (AET).
Hobbs, K.
- Selected as one of the two inaugural recipients of the Alvin H. Baum Family Fund Fellowship at the COM Simulation and Integrative Learning Institute.
Kochendorfer, K.
- Featured in an article in Clinical Pain Advisor about telemedicine for patients with chronic conditions.
- Helped organize the first-ever conference on the introduction to clinical informatics at the Mohamed First University College of Medicine and Pharmacy in Oujda, Morocco.
Leo, P.
- DFCM’s 2022 Linda K. Gunzburger Resident Award for Excellence in Scholarship.
Stillerman, A.
- Interviewed about a collaborative research project done with Dr. Memoona Hasnain, Dr. Alan Schwartz and former UIC medical students as well as some colleagues at Rush University.
Stringham, R.
- 2022 Top Box Doctor of the Year at University of Illinois Hospital
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2021
Figueroa, E.
- Department Faculty of the Year Award
- College of Medicine Faculty of the Year Award
- Evelyn Figueroa’s paper “Lowering Gestational Diabetes Risk by Prenatal Weight Gain Counseling” has been selected for honorable mention as part of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine 2021 Research Paper of the Year Award.
Gastala, N.
- Rising Star Award
Hasnain, M.
- Memoona Hasnain’s paper “Contributions of US Medical Schools to Primary Care (2003-2014): Determining and Predicting Who Really Goes into Primary Care” received the 2021 Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Paper of the Year Award.
James, B.
- Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Honoree
- College of Medicine M3 Golden Apple Award
McClellan, S.
- Linda K. Gunzburger Resident Award for Excellence in Scholarship
Potter, M.
- Recognized as Chicago’s Top Doctor along with 91 UI health Physicians and surgeons, across 38 specialties