CMSC Awards
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The Chicago Medical Student Council (CMSC) Awards Night recognize the exceptional contribution of the people who make our College of Medicine a community of which we are all proud members. Awards are held annually near the end of the spring semester. Nominations and voting are open to every member of the student body, to better reflect the best of the College of Medicine.
The Frank T. Sparks Memorial Award for Excellence in Medical Education Support Staff
This award promotes and recognizes the outstanding contributions of the late Frank T. Sparks to the area of medical education by a support staff member.
The C. Thomas Bombeck Award for Excellence in Medical Education
This award promotes and recognizes the outstanding contributions of the late C. Thomas Bombeck to the area of medical education by a faculty member.
The Abbas Hyderi Leadership Award
This award recognizes two members in each class who have displayed outstanding student leadership and advocacy during their careers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.
The Maria Devens Memorial Award
The Dr. Maria Devens Memorial Award seeks to honor those individuals who promote interpersonal cooperation and aim to alleviate the psychosocial stressors associated with medical training through their actions. Students are invited to nominate any peers, faculty, or staff who they have witnessed engage in such an action, no matter whether the action affects two people or two hundred. The award seeks to honor the memory of Dr. Devens, who devoted much of her research to educating students and residents about sources of stress within the medical profession and promoting attention to personal well-being during medical training.
Nominations will be solicited in the spring each academic year and a recipient will be chosen through a selection committee composed of individuals from the Chicago Medical Student Council Executive Board, each Class Board, and one representative from the Department of Family Medicine. The Devens Memorial Award will be awarded at most once per academic year, but if a deserving recipient is not found by the selection committee, it may not be awarded each year.
The Pulido Award for Excellence in Medical Education in Surgery
The purpose of this award is to acknowledge outstanding teaching of medical students by a faculty member in the surgery or the surgical subspecialties. The criteria include enthusiasm for the subject, respect for the medical students, and the promotion of lifelong learning and research.
The Reeves Memorial Award
This award commemorates a UIC medical student who died during his third year. Each year, the third year class chooses a third year student to receive this award. The student who receives this award should exemplify one or more of the following qualities:
- A student who has suffered unusual hardship
- Outstanding student leadership or representation
- Outstanding student volunteer or tutor
- Outstanding strength of character
The Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Medical Education
This award recognizes one faculty member for each class for their outstanding teaching of medical students and contribution to the education of that class.
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2021 CMSC Award Recipients
Sparks Award Erich Wallbruch Bombeck Award Dr. Ana Gangopadhyaya Hyderi Award M1 Matthew Grande M1 Ange Uwimana M2 Nirali Chauhan M2 Daniel Loizzo M3 Hoda Sayegh M3 Jasmine Solola M4 Natasha Mehta M4 Rachel Lombard Devens Award Dean Heather Heiman Pulido Award Dr. Gelila Goba Reeves Award Jasmine Solola Golden Apple M1 Dr. Mahesh Patel M2 Dr. Claudia Lora M3 Dr. Brittani James M4 Dr. Asra Khan Andrea Plaut Award (SRFC) Alexandra (Ali) Lamacki Granville Bennett Ally Young Outstanding Student Organization Award SNMA
Presidents: Miriam Guzman & Folasade OdeniyiCOM Cup Richmond House COM Artists: Body Electric Winners No 2020-21 winner -
2020 CMSC Award Recipients
Check out the online award ceremony for the 2020 CMSC Awards Night on Prezi.