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Master Educators for
2003
A top-quality education
depends on excellent teachers. The Master Educators' Guild was established
by University President Stuart D. Cook, MD, in 2000 to recognize exceptional
faculty at UMDNJ. The Guild has grown each year as new members are added.
Master Educators
are chosen by their deans from nominations by their peers, students, other
faculty, administrators, and department chairs. A University-wide committee
headed by David Gibson, EdD, dean of the UMDNJ-School of Health Related
Professions, reviews and approves all applications. Those selected have
demonstrated their gifts for teaching in the classroom, the laboratory,
hospital or clinic setting, and all have served as mentors for UMDNJ students.
The goal of the Guild
is to facilitate and support the improvement of educational effectiveness
and innovation. Their Web site, the Online Center for Excellence in Health
Sciences Education and Teaching (www.umdnj.edu/megweb), includes links
designed to support and enhance health sciences education.
Since its inception,
the University has inducted 37 faculty members into the Guild. This July,
11 new members were added and they were introduced to the UMDNJ community
at University Day in the fall. Here, meet the Master Educators "class
of 2003."
NEW JERSEY
MEDICAL SCHOOL
Marjorie Brandriss, PhD
Professor of microbiology and molecular genetics
As Vice Chair of the New Curriculum Steering Committee, she is overseeing
the introduction of a new curriculum for the medical school, scheduled
to launch in August 2004. She also restructured the microbiology course
to include a greater integration of clinical information into basic science,
and initiated a new elective: Fellowship in Medical Education.
Kenneth
M. Klein, MD
Professor of pathology and laboratory medicine
Klein is the recipient of 22 Golden Apple awards, given to outstanding
teachers by medical students. As chair of the Preclinical Curriculum Committee,
he is also involved in the development of the new NJMS curriculum.
GRADUATE
SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
Nicholas Ponzio, PhD
Professor of pathology and laboratory medicine
Ponzio was cited by his nominators for his "contagious enthusiasm
for research, his lasting influence on the development of students' careers,
and his ability as a teacher and as a mentor."
Donald Winkelmann,
PhD
Associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine
He has been a leader in the use of Web-based resources for the curriculum
in molecular biosciences and plays a key role in the molecular sciences
core curriculum, both as course director and lecturer.
SCHOOL OF
HEALTH RELATED PROFESSIONS
Elaine Keohane, PhD
Professor of clinical laboratory sciences
She is program director of the medical technology and medical laboratory
technician programs, and also developed a clinical laboratory sciences
track in the Masters in Health Sciences program.
SCHOOL OF
OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
Thomas A. Morley, DO
Professor of medicine
A faculty member since 1984, Morley has served in many leadership positions,
including course director for the pulmonary medicine clinical rotation.
He has been an active participant in teaching interns and residents and
is program director for the critical care fellowship.
SCHOOL OF
NURSING
Patricia A. Mahoney, MSN, RN
Assistant professor
She is a faculty member and administrator in UMDNJ's joint ASN program
at Middlesex County College. Among her accomplishments is the development
of a support program to help students prepare for nursing boards. The
school had 100 percent passing rates in 2001 and 2002.
ROBERT WOOD
JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL
Michael E. Chansky,MD
Associate professor and chair, emergency medicine
Associate professor of medicine (RWJMSCamden)
A winner of several Golden Apple in Teaching awards, he was cited as "an
important teacher, advisor and mentor of medical students...with extraordinary
abilities as a teacher and physician role model." He is the first chair
of the Department of Emergency Medicine at RWJMS.
John A. Walker,
MD
Professor of medicine
As director of the nephrology training program, he has been actively involved
in the educational mission of the school on both the graduate and undergraduate
levels. He is the author of numerous articles on dialysis and kidney disorders.
NEW JERSEY
DENTAL SCHOOL
Marc Rosenblum, DMD, PhD
Associate professor of restorative dentistry
With backgrounds in both dentistry and ceramic engineering, he was given
a leadership role in the newly formed Department of Restorative in 2001.
He is active in teaching and research.
SCHOOL OF
PUBLIC HEALTH
Bernadette M. West, PhD
Assistant professor of public health
As faculty advisor of HIPHOP (Homeless and Indigent Population Health
Outreach Project), she has developed several programs in collaboration
with medical students to promote health education in underserved communities.
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