David C. Leach Award
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.
Award Information
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.
2023 Awards Recipients
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
Past Award Recipients
2022 Award Recipients
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
2021 Award Recipients
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
2020 Award Recipients
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
2019 Award Recipients
Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island
Dermatology
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Medicine
Las Vegas, Nevada
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Madison, Wisconsin
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
Pediatric Endocrinology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina
2018 Award Recipients
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Internal Medicine
National Capital Consortium
Bethesda, Maryland
Medstar Harbor Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland
LAC+USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
2017 Award Recipients
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
Chesapeake, VA
University of Vermont
Milton, VT
2016 Award Recipients
Cardiovascular Diseases
Mayo Clinic in Florida
Jacksonville, FL
Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
2015 Award Recipients
Baylor College of Medicine
Lawrence Towns, NJ
The National Institutes of Health; Clinical Center
Bethesda, MD
2014 Award Recipients
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, MI
2013 Award Recipients
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Baylor College of Medicine Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, TX
Team Members:
Lenora Noroski, MD, MPH
Madhu Narra, MD
Evelyn Leechawengwongs, MD
University of Colorado
Aurora, CO
2012 Award Recipients
Children's National Medical Center
Washington, DC
2011 Award Recipients
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)
New York, NY
Team Members:
Adam S. Evans, MD, MBA
William C. Nugent III, MD, MBA
Susan L. Faggiani, RN, BA, CPHQ
Gregory E. Kerr, MD, MBA
Eliot J. Lazar, MD, MBA
Richard S. Liebowitz, MD, MHS
Laura Forese, MD, MPH
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Team Members:
Sriyesh Krishnan, MD
Christine Kang, MD, PhD
Diane Li, MD
Michael Abdulhadi, MD
SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY
Dermatology
University of Texas at Houston
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Team Members:
Dean Krahn, MD, MS
Eric Heiligenstein, MD
Ken Loving, MD
Douglas Kirk, LCSW
Nicholas Stanek, MD
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
2010 Award Recipients
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, MI
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gainesville, FL
Now accepting nominations for the 2025 awards cycle. Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Central, Wednesday, March 27, 2024.