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Every year, Galens members recognize the clinical faculty members, pre-clinical faculty members, and resident physicians that display excellence in medical student education, inspiration, and leadership.
Silver Shovel Award
Since 1937, the prestigious Silver Shovel has been awarded to the clinical faculty member selected by the Society for his or her teaching abilities and dedication to medical student education. Specifically, Galens members present the award to the faculty person who has most clearly exemplified the high qualities of scientific palilalia and circumlocution during the preceding year. The Silver Shovel is presented on the second night of the Smoker by the previous year's winner in an uproariously hilarious presentation that has been unchanged for centuries.
Congratulations to Dr. Doug Gelb of Neurology on winning the 2024 Silver Shovel Award!
Past winners:
2023 Paul Fine
2022 Gift Kwakye
2021 Anita Malone
2020 Dan Cronin
2019 Erin McKean
2018 Dave Marzano
2017 Jonathon Finks
2016 Theo Polley
2015 Douglas Gelb
2014 Amir A. Ghaferi
2013 Zachary London
2012 Rishi M. Reddy
2011 Sandro K. Cinti
2010 Michael J. Englesbe
2009 Paul J. Christensen
2008 John P. Schmidt
2007 Thomas Sisson
2006 Paul Fine
2005 Kenneth Pituch
2004 Vincent M. Cimmino
2003 Gilbert R. Upchurch
2002 Sanjay K. Saint
2001 Rajesh S. Mangrulkar
2000 Andrew Flint
1999 Robert W. Lash
1998 James F. Peggs
1997 Paul Fine
1996 Michael J. Shea
1995 David S. Rosen
1994 Gerald B. Zelenock
1993 Cyril Grum
1992 Robert A. Green
1991 Richard D. Judge
1990 Michael J. Shea
1989 Robert H. Bartlett
1988 Stephen R. Ramsburgh
1987 Gerald B. Zelenock
1986 John N. Sheagren
1985 Hsi-Yen Liu
1984 Theodore Z. Polley, Jr.
1983 Dennis R. Schaberg
1982 Carol A. Kauffman
1981 Stephen R. Ramsburgh
1980 Faith T. Fitzgerald
1979 Errol E. Erlandson
1978 William N. Kelley
1977 Josip Matovinovic
1976 J. Robert Willson
1975 Joseph Silva, Jr.
1974 John T. Santinga
1973 Kenneth R. Magee
1972 F. Robert Fekety, Jr.
1971 R. M. Delrich
1970 Roland G. Hiss
1969 William J. Fry
1968 Earl R. Feringa
1967 Frank N. Ritter
1966 RIchard O. Kraft
1965 Richard D. Judge
1964 Walter P. Work
1963 Samuel J. Behrman
1962 Henry H. Swain
1961 Jack Lapides
1960 John R. G. Gosling
1959 Robert E. Berry
1958 Richard C. Schneider
1957 Dorrin L. Hinerman
1956 James L. French
1955 Frederick A. Coller
1954 Arthur C. Curtis
1953 John M. Sheldon
1952 Edgar H. Kahn
1951 Albert C. Fustenberg
1950 Harry A. Towsley
1948 H. Marvin Pollard
1946 James L. Wilson
1945 Maurice H. Seevers
1944 Henry K. Ransom
1943 Carl. E. Badgley
1942 Max M. Peet
1941 Bradley M. Patten
1940 Norman F. Miller
1939 Cyrus C. Sturgis
1938 Reed M. Nesbit
1937 Fred J. Hodges
Elizabeth Crosby Award
Elizabeth Crosby Award
This award was established by the Society on March 21, 1957 and is presented annually to the faculty member who, in the opinion of the Society, is the best teacher in the Basic Sciences. The award is administered jointly by the Society and the Dean's Office and is presented annually at the Senior Graduation Luncheon. The award is named in honor of Dr. Elizabeth Crosby (1888-1983), the beloved teacher of Neuroanatomy at the University of Michigan Medical School. Dr. Crosby was the School's first female professor and taught Michigan medical students from 1920 to 1958. A neuroanatomist of international authority, she co-authored several volumes of Correlative Neurosurgery, the standard neurosurgery textbook for nearly 20 years. In 1980, Dr. Crosby was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Jimmy Carter. The Elizabeth Crosby Lecture Hall is located at 3695 Medical Science II North.
Congratulations to Dr. Madeline Lew of Pathology on receiving the 2024 Elizabeth Crosby award!
Past winners:
2023 Andrew Tai
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2020 Andrew Tai
2019
2018
2017
2016 Scott Owens
2015 Carol A. Kauffman
2014 Douglas Gelb
2013 John L. Zeller
2012 John Zeller
2011 John Zeller
2010 Andrew Flint
2009 Andrew Flint
2008 John Velkey
2006 Thomas Gest
2005 Tamara Stein
2004 Andrew Flint
2003 Ameed Raoof
2002 A. Kent Christensen
2001 Ameed Raoof
2000 Carol A. Kauffman
1999 Joseph M. Metzger
1998 Don L. Fisher
1997 David C. Dawson
1996 Gerald D. Abrams
1995 Bruce M. Carlson
1994 Carol A. Kauffman
1993 Frances E. Bull
1992 Carol A. Kauffman
Bronze and Golden Beepers
Bronze and Golden Beepers
Galens members present this coveted award to the fifteen resident physicians who best exemplify the high standards of medical student education, leadership, and patient care. The awarded house officers are announced on the second night of the Smoker and receive a commemorative Bronze Beeper pin to display their white coats. Beginning in 2006, Galens Medical Society and the University of Michigan Medical Center Alumni Society (MCAS) award the Golden Beeper Award to the top male and female vote-getters for the Bronze Beeper. The award carries with it a $1,000 stipend for Golden and $100 for Bronze Beepers.
Congratulations to the following house officers for winning the 2016 Golden and Bronze Beeper awards!
Golden Beepers
Adam Baruch (OB/Gyn)
Arielle Kanters (General Surgery)
Bronze Beepers
Jessica Voit (Internal Medicine)
Roy Lirov (General Surgery)
Charles Mouch (General Surgery)
Amit Gupta (Internal Medicine)
Ashley Dehudy (Pediatrics)
Emma Lawrence (OB/Gyn)
Brandon Moss (Neurology)
Priyanka Rao (Pediatrics)
Matthew Ralls (General Surgery)
Farokh Demehri (General Surgery)
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