One of the Keck School of Medicine’s many strengths is the outstanding achievements of our faculty. Click here to view Keck Faculty Awards and Distinctions.

ACADEMY & SOCIETY FELLOWS

ROBERT ADLER
Professor of Pediatrics, CHLA
Fellow – American Pediatric Society

CYNTHIA BIR
Professor of Research, Emergency Medicine
Fellow – American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

ZEA BOROK
Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Fellow – Association of American Physicians

WENDY COZEN
Professor of Preventive Medicine
Fellow – American Epidemiological Society

TOINETTE FREDERICK
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clinical Research in Pediatrics
Fellow – Society for Pediatric Research

SHOU-JIANG GAO
Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Fellow – American Academy of Microbiology

FRANK GILLILAND
Professor of Preventive Medicine
Fellow – American Association for the Advancement of Science

L.J. HAYWOOD
Professor of Medicine
Fellow – American Association for the Advancement of Science

MARC INCERPI
Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology
Fellow – Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society

PETER JONES
Distinguished Professor of Urology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Inaugural Fellow – American Association for Cancer Research Academy

NANDA KERKAR
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, CHLA
Fellow – American Pediatric Society

ROBINDER KHEMANI
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, CHLA
Fellow – Society for Pediatric Research

YONG-MI KIM
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, CHLA
Fellow – Society for Pediatric Research

MICHELE KIPKE
Professor of Pediatrics (Clinical Scholar), CHLA
Fellow – American Pediatric Society

KEVIN LEMLEY
Professor of Pediatrics (Clinical Scholar), CHLA
Fellow – American Pediatric Society

PAT LEVITT
Provost Professor of Pediatrics, CHLA
Fellow – Institute of Medicine

CARRIE NICHOLS
Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine
Fellow – American Academy of Family Physicians

ROBERT SEEGER
Professor of Pediatrics, CHLA
Fellow – American Pediatric Society

PENINA SEGALL-GUTIERREZ
Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine
Fellow – American Academy of Family Physicians

JENNIFER UNGER
Professor of Preventive Medicine
Fellow – American Academy of Health Behavior

DOUGLAS VANDERBILT
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, CHLA
Fellow – Society for Pediatric Research

VINCENT WANG
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, CHLA
Fellow – Society for Pediatric Research

ALAN WAYNE
Professor of Pediatrics (Clinical Scholar), CHLA
Fellow – American Pediatric Society

JAMIE WOOD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, CHLA
Fellow – American Pediatric Society

CAMILO ZAKS
Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine
Fellow – American Academy of Family Physicians

BERISLAV ZLOKOVIC
Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
Fellow – American Association for the Advancement of Science

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

DAVID AGUS
Professor of Medicine
Commendation for “The End of Illness” – British Medical Association

HOOMAN ALLAYEE
Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine
Vice President – International Society of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics

MARTIN KAST
Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Urology
Elected Secretary/Treasurer – International Papillomavirus Society

MENG LAW
Professor of Radiology
Member – Leading Physicians of the World

FRANK STANCZYK
Professor of Research, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Henry Burger Prize – International Menopausal Society

CHI-SHING ZEE
Professor of Radiology and Neurosurgery
Honorary member – Jiangsu Medical Association (China)
Honorary committee member – MRI Group of Chinese Society of Radiology

NATIONAL AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

LOURDES BAEZCONDE-GARBANATI
Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine
Top Research Award – Health Communication Conference
10 Years of Transformative Science Award – NIH Common Fund

BENJAMIN BERMAN
Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine
Forbeck Scholar Award, William Guy Forbeck Research Foundation
Institutional Award – American Cancer Society
Research Career Development Award – STOP CANCER

ZEA BOROK
Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Recognition Award for Scientific Accomplishments – American Thoracic Society

DOERTHE BRUEGGMANN
Research Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
APGO Excellence in Teaching Award – Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics

THOMAS BUCHANAN
Professor of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Physiology and Biophysics
Mayo H. Soley Award – Western Society for Clinical Investigation

KAREN CHANG
Assistant Professor of Cell and Neurobiology
Research Award – LeJeune Foundation

PREET CHAUDHARY
Professor of Medicine
Ronald H. Bloom Family Lymphoma Research Award – STOP CANCER

JUDY CHEN
Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
National Faculty Award for Excellence in Resident Education – Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology

CHRISTINA DANCZ
Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
National Faculty Award for Excellence in Resident Education – Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology

DEMETRIOS DEMETRIADES
Professor of Surgery
Lifetime Achievement Award – American Heart Association

GENEVIEVE DUNTON
Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine
Early Achievement Award – Society of Behavioral Medicine

HENRI FORD
Professor of Surgery
Academic Medicine and Clinical Practice Award – National Medical Fellowships

GERHARD FUCHS
Professor of Clinical Urology
Teaching Recognition – American Urological Association

MICHAEL GORAN
Professor of Preventive Medicine
TOPS Research Achievement Award – The Obesity Society

STEPHEN GRUBER
Professor of Medicine
Lifetime Achievement Award – Collaborative Group of the Americas on Inherited Colorectal Cancer

L.J. HAYWOOD
Professor of Medicine
Distinguished Achievement Award – American Heart Association

MARK HUMAYUN
University Professor of Ophthalmology, Cell and Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering
Harrington Scholar-Innovator Award – Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals Case Medical Center

HOSSEIN JADVAR
Associate Professor of Radiology
Distinguished Investigator Award – Academy of Radiology Research
Vice President – Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
President – American College of Nuclear Medicine

MENG LAW
Professor of Radiology
President – American Society of Spine Radiology
President – American Society of Functional Neuroradiology
Distinguished Investigator Award – Academy of Radiology Research

ADAM LEVENTHAL
Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine
Jarvik-Russell Early Career Award – Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

WANGE LU
Associate Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Distinguished Scholar Award – John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation

M. VICTORIA MARX
Professor of Clinical Radiology
Treasurer – Society of Interventional Radiology

KOJI MATSUO
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Young Investigator Award – Gynecologic Oncology

ALICIA MCDONOUGH
Professor of Cell and Neurobiology
Donald Seldin Lecturer – Council on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease, American Heart Association

JON-PAUL PEPPER
Assistant Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology
Anderson Prize – American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

SHAHBUDIN RAHIMTOOLA
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Lifetime Achievement Award – American College of Cardiology

GIRIDHARAN RAMSINGH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Marni Levine Memorial Research Career Development Award – STOP CANCER

SRAVANTHI REDDY
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
President of the Alliance of Medical Student Educators in Radiology – Association of University Radiologists

LUANNE ROHRBACH
Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine
Service Award – Society for Prevention Research

JONATHAN SAMET
Distinguished Professor of Preventive Medicine
Edward Livingston Trudeau Medal – American Thoracic Society
Langmuir Award – American Epidemiologic Society
Distinguished Achievement Award – American Heart Association

MIKEL SNOW
Professor of Cell and Neurobiology
Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teaching Award – Association of American Medical Schools

REBECCA SOKOL
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Emerita
Vice President – American Society of Reproductive Medicine

AMYTIS TOWFIGHI
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Michael S. Pessin Stroke Leadership Prize – American Academy of Clinical Neurology

HEATHER WIPFLI
Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine
Fellow – Delta Omega Honorary Society for Excellence in Public Health

MIN YU
Assistant Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Career Transition Award – National Cancer Institute

LOCAL AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

LOURDES BAEZCONDE-GARBANATI
Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine
Recognition for Outstanding Contributions to Tobacco Control – California Department of Public Health Tobacco Control Program Health Equity

CHRISTINA DANCZ
Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Resident’s Choice Teaching Award – LAC+USC Medical Center

MULLER FABBRI
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, CHLA
CHLA Research Career Development Award – CHLA

CHRISTOPHER GAYER
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, CHLA
CHLA Research Career Development Award – CHLA

SENTA GEORGIA
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, CHLA
CHLA Research Career Development Award – CHLA

ANDREA HRICKO
Professor of Clinical Preventive Medicine
Haagen Smit Award – California Air Resources Board

ASHWINI LAKSHMANAN
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Clinical CHLA
CHLA Research Career Development Award – CHLA

CARMEN PULIAFITO
Dean, Professor of Ophthalmology
Innovation Award for Technology – Los Angeles County Medical Association

INTERNAL AWARDS

KIM BADER
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Faculty Teaching Award III – KSOM

EYAL BEN-ISAAC
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Clinical, CHLA
Faculty Fellow – USC Center for Excellence in Teaching

NICOLE BENDER
Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Lester T. Hibbard Faculty Teaching Award – KSOM
Faculty Teaching Award for Excellence in Residency Education – KSOM

PARUL BHATIA
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Clinical, CHLA
Faculty Teaching Award III – KSOM

JEFFREY CANCEKO
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Faculty Teaching Award Year III – KSOM

MYLES COCKBURN
Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine
Mellon Mentoring Award Graduate Students – USC

YVES DECLERCK
Professor of Pediatrics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Award for Creativity in Research and Scholarship – USC Associates

INDERBIR GILL
Professor of Urology
Presidential Medallion – USC

DAVID HINTON
Gavin S. Herbert Professor of Retinal Research, Professor of Pathology, Neurological Surgery, Ophthalmology
Inaugural Associate Dean for Vision Science – KSOM

JUSTIN ICHIDA
Assistant Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Faculty Scholar Award – Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation

JENNIFER ISRAEL
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical
Faculty Teaching Award III – KSOM

MARTIN KAST
Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Urology
Mellon Mentoring Award Graduate – USC

NANCY KLIPFEL
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Faculty Teaching Award, Year IV – KSOM

MICHAEL KOSS
Professor of Pathology
Student Teaching Award Year II – KSOM

ADAM LEVENTHAL
Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine
Mellon Mentoring Awards Undergraduate Students – USC

ETAN MILGROM
Professor of Family Medicine, Pediatrics
Faculty Teaching Award IV – KSOM

DAVID MILLER
Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Lester Hibbard Faculty Teaching Award – KSOM

KEVIN NASH
Assistant Professor of Research, Pathology
Student Teaching Award Year I – KSOM

CASEY O’CONNELL
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Master Teacher – KSOM

BEGUM OZEL
Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Faculty Teaching Award for Excellence in Resident Education – KSOM
Earl Henriksen Award for Outstanding Attending Physician – KSOM

BHUVAN PATHAK
Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Excellence in Teaching Award – KSOM

SURAIYA RASHEED
Professor of Pathology
Distinguished Faculty Service Award of the Academic Senate – USC

THOMAS VALENTE
Professor of Preventive Medicine
Mellon Mentoring Award Graduate – USC

ANTON VALOUEV
Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine
Faculty Fellow Award – Donald E. & Delia Baxter Foundation

SHARON WINER
Adjunct Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Faculty Teaching Award for Excellence in Resident Education – KSOM

THERESA WOEHRLE
Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine
Faculty Fellow – USC Center for Excellence in Teaching

MIN YU
Assistant Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Ming Hsieh Institute for Research for Engineering-Medicine for Cancer Award – USC

JOERG ZEHETNER
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Faculty Teaching Award Year III – KSOM