This award recognizes residents and fellows who have fostered innovation and improvement in their residency programs, advanced humanism in medicine, and increased efficiency and emphasis on educational outcomes.
This award was created in 2008 to honor the former Executive Director of the ACGME (1997-2007), David C. Leach, MD, and his contributions to resident education and physician well-being. This award acknowledges and honors residents, fellows, and resident/fellow teams and their contributions to graduate medical education.
Cleveland Clinic South Pointe Hospital
Warrensville Heights, Ohio
Surgery
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Pediatrics
New York Medical College at Saint Michael's Medical Center
Harrison, New Jersey
Internal Medicine
University of North Dakota
West Fargo, North Dakota
Surgery
University of Florida
Team: Angelina Bernier, MD
Mary Catherine Hart
Lindsay Thompson, MD
Keiaria Williams
Gainesville, Florida
Pediatrics
Team Members: Rohini Jain, MD; Neha Limaye, MD; and other members of the Boston Combined Residency Program Health Equity Rounds Resident Team
Pediatrics
Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts
Team Members: Ashley Aaroe, MD; Han Cun, MD; Dristhi Ragoonanan, MD
Complex General Surgical Oncology
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Team Members: Bako Orionzi, MD; Nina Gummadi, MD
Pediatrics
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Team Members: Akanksha Gupta, MD; Philip Boyer, MD, PhD; Brandy Hebden
Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical
Vidant Medical Center/East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina
Dermatology
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Bethesda, MarylandÂ
Team Members: Omar Gutierrez, MD; David Savage, MD, PhD;
Joseph Sleiman, MD
Internal Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Team Members: Melanie Wiseman, MD; Jeffery Gray, MD; Paul Happel, MD; Kimberly Fabyan, MD; Brian Neubauer, MD; Erika Walker, MD; Adam Barelski, MD; Andrew Wieher, RN-BSN; Alainna Crotty, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, NE-BC
Internal Medicine
National Capital Consortium
Bethesda, Maryland
Psychiatry
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon
Family Medicine
Saint Joseph Hospital Family Medicine Residency
Denver, Colorado
Team Members: Shpetim Gina; Joshua Johnson, DO
Family Medicine
Central Washington Family Medicine Residency
Yakima, Washington
Team members: Asher Simon, MD; Jordyn Feingold, MAPP, MD candidate
Psychiatry
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Dermatology
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Pathology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha Nebraska
Team members: Alexander Allen, MD; Raymond Mirasol, MD; Arielle Kurzweil, MD; Eridiz Diaz; Laura Balcer, MD; Steven Galetta, MD
Neurology
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York
Dermatology
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Neurological Surgery
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida