Every year, the Center for Professional and Academic Development (CPAD) hosts the Academic Council Award Ceremony, where we honor recipients of the Academic Council Award and the HMS Sandra and Arnold Gold Award for Humanistic Teaching. In September, we recognized these awardees and recent recipients of academic promotions in the Healey Building atrium.

The Academic Council Award recognizes members of the CHA community who have made significant contributions in any academic sphere including education, research, scholarship, or mentorship. 

The HMS Sandra and Arnold Gold Award for Humanistic Teaching is presented annually to an inspirational Harvard Medical School (HMS) faculty educator at Cambridge Health Alliance who models compassion, integrity, respect and service in teaching HMS students, residents, fellows or peers. We are so proud to recognize these outstanding individuals who contribute and make a meaningful impact on academics. 

2025 Academic Council Award recipients:

  • Fa'iz Bayo-Awoyemi, MD | Family Medicine

  • Dharma Cortés, PhD | Health Evaluation Research Lab

  • Caitlin D'Agata, MD | Family Medicine

  • Debi LaPlante, MD | Division on Addiction

2025 HMS Sandra and Arnold Gold Award for Humanistic Teaching recipient:

  • Moon Kwoun, MD | Surgery

We are proud to showcase our providers that receive local, regional, national, and international awards.

Local Recognition - HMS, Tufts, CHA

Name Department Year Award
Lenna Finger, MD Medicine 2025 Most Outstanding Core Clerkship Site Director (CHA)
Moon Kwoun, MD Surgery 2025 Sandra and Arnold Gold Award for Humanistic Teaching
Fa'iz Bayo-Awoyemi, MD Family Medicine 2025 CHA Academic Council Award
Dharma Cortés, PhD Health Evaluation Research Lab 2025 CHA Academic Council Award
Caitlin D'Agata, MD Family Medicine 2025 CHA Academic Council Award
Debi Laplante, PhD Division on Addiction 2025 CHA Academic Council Award
Albert Lo, PhD Psychiatry 2025 Livingston Award, HMS Department of Psychiatry
Sandra DeJong, MD, MSc Psychiatry 2024 Stuart T. Hauser, MD, PhD, Mentorship Award
Alison Rapoport, MD Medicine 2024 Sandra and Arnold Gold Award for Humanistic Teaching
Arundhati Ghosh, MD, FACS Surgery 2024 CHA Academic Council Award
Jessica Santos, PhD Leah Zallman Center for Immigrant Health Research 2024 CHA Academic Council Award
Bonni Stahl, MD Medicine 2024 CHA Academic Council Award
Tara Singh, MD OB/GYN 2024 Charles McCabe, MD Faculty Prize for Excellence in Clinical Teaching
Yamini Saravanan, MD Medicine 2024 Most Outstanding Core Clerkship Site Director (CHA)
Marie-Louise Jean-Baptiste, MD Medicine 2023 Sandra and Arnold Gold Award for Humanistic Teaching
Nicholas Carson, MD Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2022 CHA Academic Council Award
Ellie Grossman, MD Internal Medicine 2022 CHA Academic Council Award
Sharmila Mehta, PhD Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2022 CHA Academic Council Award
Todd Griswold, MD Psychiatry 2022 Sandra and Arnold Gold Award for Humanistic Teaching
Gabriela Iagaru, MD Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2022 Excellence in Clinical Instruction Faculty Award from the Harvard Medical School Class of 2022
Arundhati Ghosh, MD Surgery 2021 A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award
Yamini Saravanan, MD Medicine 2021 Charles McCabe, MD Faculty Prize for Excellence in Clinical Teaching
Gaurab Basu, MD, MPH Medicine 2021 HMS Equity, Social Justice, and Advocacy Award
Amber Frank, MD Psychiatry 2021 CHA Academic Council Award
Adam Gaffney, MD Medicine 2021 CHA Academic Council Award
Rachel Hathaway, MD Medicine 2021 CHA Academic Council Award
Brittany Pierce, PA-C Family Medicine 2021 CHA Academic Council Award
Margaret Weiss, MD, PhD Psychiatry 2021 CHA Academic Council Award
Kate Harney, MD OB/GYN 2021 Sandra and Arnold Gold Award for Humanistic Teaching
Marshall Forstein, MD Psychiatry 2020 Stuart T. Hauser, MD, PhD, Mentorship Award
Kathe Miller, MD Medicine 2020 A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award
Jessica Early, MD Family Medicine 2020 CHA Academic Council Award
Hsiang Huang, MD MPH Psychiatry 2020 CHA Academic Council Award
Ranjani Paradise, PhD Institute for Community Health 2020 CHA Academic Council Award
Dave Porell, MBA, MA CHA Provider Organization 2020 CHA Academic Council Award
Bianca Shagrin, MD Family Medicine 2020 CHA Academic Council Award
Linda Shipton, MD Infectious Disease 2020 CHA Academic Council Award
Gerard Coste, MD Medicine 2020 Sandra and Arnold Gold Award for Humanistic Teaching
Pieter Cohen, MD Medicine 2020 Charles McCabe, MD Faculty Prize for Excellence in Clinical Teaching
Gaurab Basu, MD Medicine 2019 CHA Academic Counci Award
Judy Fleishman Medicine 2019 CHA Academic Council Award
Yamini Saravanan, MD Primary Care 2019 CHA Academic Council Award
Tara Singh, MD OB/GYN 2019 CHA Academic Council Award
Jill Kasper, MD Family Medicine 2019 Sandra and Arnold Gold Award for Humanistic Teaching
Pieter Cohen, MD Medicine 2019 A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award
Rachel Stark, MD Medicine 2019 Young Mentor Award
Silvia Halperin, MD Psychiatry 2019 Harold Amos Faculty Diversity Award
Soledad Vera, MD Psychiatry 2019 Harold Amos Faculty Diversity Award
Gaurab Basu, MD, MPH Medicine 2018 Charles McCabe, MD Faculty Prize for Excellence in Clinical Teaching
Deborah Erlich, MD, MMedEd, FAAFP Medicine 2018 Innovations in Education Intramural Grant Award
Clinton Pong, MD Medicine 2018 Innovations in Education Intramural Grant Award
Allen Shaughnessy, PharmD, MMedED Medicine 2018 Innovations in Education Intramural Grant Award
Nicholas Carson, MD Psychiatry 2018 Al Margulies Award for Excellence in Teaching
Treniece Lewis Harris, PhD Psychiatry 2018 Leston Havens Award for Excellence in Teaching
Benjamin Cook, PhD, MPH Psychiatry/Research 2018 CHA Academic Council Award
Abigail Love, MD, MPH Family Medicine 2018 CHA Academic Council Award
Randi Sokol, MD, MPH, MMedEd Family Medicine 2018 CHA Academic Council Award
Leah Zallman, MD, MPH Medicine 2018 CHA Academic Council Award
Marla Eby, PhD Psychiatry 2018 Excellence in Teaching Award
Aaronson Chew, PhD Psychiatry 2018 Harold Amos Faculty Diversity Award
David Hirsh, MD Medicine 2018 George E. Thibault Academy Professorship
David Hirsh, MD Medicine 2018 A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award
Ana Progovac, PhD Psychiatry 2017 Enrichment Award, Harvard Catalyst Health Disparities Research Program
Nicholas Carson, MD Psychiatry 2017 Enrichment Award, Harvard Catalyst Health Disparities Research Program
Benjamin Cook, PhD Psychiatry 2017 Young Mentor Award
J. Wesley Boyd, MD, Phd Psychiatry 2017 CHA Academic Council Award
Priyank Jain, MD Medicine 2017 CHA Academic Council Award
Honor MacNaughton, MD Family Medicine 2017 CHA Academic Council Award
J. Wesley Boyd, MD, PhD Psychiatry 2016-2017 Mentoring Barger
Jamie Barrett, PhD Psychiatry 2016 CHA Academic Council Award
Andrea Gordon, MD Family Medicine 2016 CHA Academic Council Award
Rob Marlin, MD, MPH Medicine 2016 CHA Academic Council Award
Zev Schuman-Olivier, MD Psychiatry 2016 CHA Academic Council Award
Marshall Forstein, MD Psychiatry 2015-2016 Harold Amos Faculty Diversity Award

Regional, National, and International Recognition

Name Title Year Award
Lynn Delisi, MD Psychiatrist, Professor of Psychiatry 2025 American College of Psychiatrists' Stanley Dean Award
Randi Sokol, MD, MPH, MMedEd Family Medicine Physician and Program Director, Tufts Addition Medicine Fellowship at CHA 2025 Massachusetts Academy of Family Physicians Advocacy Award
Karlen Lyons-Ruth, PhD Professor of Psychology 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award, Society for Emotion and Attachment Studies
Elizabeth Gaufberg, MD, MPH Director, Center for Professional and Academic Development 2024 Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Award for Humanism in Healthcare from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation
Marie-Louise Jean-Baptiste, MD Physician, Assistant Professor of Medicine 2024 Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Physicians' 2024 Humanism in Medicine Award
Stefanos Kales, MD, MPH Division Chief of Occupational Medicine, Professor of Medicine 2024 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine's Excellence in Mentorship Award
Alec Eidelman, DMD, MPH General Dentist at the CHA Windsor Street Care Center 2022 2022 "10 Under Ten" from the Massachusetts Dental Society (MDS)
Sarah Nelson, PhD Director of Research at the Division on Addiction, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry 2022 2022 Scientific Achievement Award from the International Center for Responsible Gaming
Allen Shaughnessy, PharmD,MMedEd Director of Master Teacher Development for the Tufts Family Medicine Residency at CHA 2022 Lynn and Joan Carmichael STFM (Society of Teachers of Family Medicine) Recognition Award
Michael Yogman, MD Pediatrician 2022 2022 Community Clinician of the Year from the Middlesex District Medical Society
Allen Shaughnessy, PharmD,MMedEd Director of Master Teacher Development for the Tufts Family Medicine Residency at CHA 2021 Nominated to Sigma Xi, the Scientific Resarch Honor Society
Lou Ann Bruno-Murtha, DO Division Chief, Infectious Diseases 2021 Cambridge YWCA's 2021 Tribute to Outstanding Women Award
Hannah Galvin, MD Chief Medical Information Officer 2020 Byron Oberst Award, American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Clinical Information Technology
Jeanette Callahan, MD 2020 Women of Courage and Conviction Award from the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women
Gaurab Basu, MD, MPH 2020 Science Defender from the Union of Concerned Scientists
Rebecca Rollston, MD, MPH 2020 American Academy of Family Physicians Award for Excellence in Graduate Medical Education
Sandra Dejong, MD, MSc Assistant Professor, Psychiatry 2018 Faculty Innovation in Education Award from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Elizabeth Gaufberg, MD, MPH Associate Professor, Medicine and Psychiatry 2018 Anne L. Brodie Medical Education Scholar Award (University of Virginia)
Katherine Grimes, MD, MPH Associate Professor, Psychiatry 2018 Outstanding Mentor Award from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Tyrone Williams, MD Instructor, Psychiatry 2018 Carl B. Cutchins Award for Children's Behavioral Health
Jessica Knapp, DO 2017 Young Investigator Award from the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine
Ana Nava, PhD Teaching Associate, Psychiatry 2017 MAPS Mary and Manual Rogers Lifetime Community Service Award
Richard Pels, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine 2017 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
Nancy Rappaport, MD Associate Professor of Psychiatry 2017 American Medical Women's Association's 2017 Exceptional Mentor Award
Jay Bhatt, MD, MPH 2016 Chief Medical Officer, President and CEO of the Educational Trust of the American Hospital Association
Marie-Louise Jean-Baptiste, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine 2016 Reducing Health Disparities Award from the Massachusetts Medical Society
Stefanos Kales, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Environmental Health 2016 Award for research on improving the wellbeing of firefighters at the International Association of Fire Chiefs
Diya Kallivayalil, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry 2016 American Psychological Association's Task Force on Human Rights
Edward Khantzian, MD Professor of Psychiatry 2016 Massachusetts Psychiatric Society Lifetime Achievement Award
Treniece Lewis Harris, PhD Assistant Clinical Professor 2016 Director of the ALANA Mentoring Program at Harvard Medical School
Honor MacNaughton, MS Assistant Professor of Family Medicine 2016 Massachusetts Academy of Family Physicians Family Medicine Educator of the Year
Kirsten Meisinger, MD Regional Medical Director 2016 National Co-Chair of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' "Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative"
Gregory Sawin, MD, MPH Assistant Clinical Professor 2016 Silver Program Director Award
Steven Schwaitzberg, MD Professor of Surgery 2016 Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Distinguished Service Award
Linda Shipton, MD Instructor of Medicine 2016 New England TB Heroes
George Maxted, MD Associate Clinical Professor 2015-2016 Mark Aisner, MD Award for Excellence in Teaching Physical Diagnosis
Howard Schaffer, MD Associate Professor of Psychiatry 2015 Lifetime Research Award from the National Council on Problem Gambling

Harvard Macy Institute Scholarship & CPAD Educational Scholarship Awards

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