Three women from the Department of Medicine faculty were honored by the Indiana Chapter of the American College of Physicians with awards for their dedication to medicine and medical education.
LeeAnn Cox, MD, was given the Alex Djuricich Award for Excellence in Education. The winner of the Djuricich Award is an extraordinary medical educator who is dedicated to advancing future internal medicine physicians and exemplifies talent, enthusiasm, and professionalism in medical education, according to the ACP.
Jennifer Hur, MD, and Amy Munchhof, MD, were co-recipients for the Outstanding Women Physician of the Year award. The ACP presents this honor to female physicians “with a distinguished career in areas of exceptional patient care, medical education or research.”
Each faculty members recognized by the Indiana ACP holds various leadership positions at IU School of Medicine.
In addition to her clinical work at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Center, Cox is the Statewide Internal Medicine Clerkship Director. She was part of a first-of-its-kind, 20-year, multicenter study of former chief residents from diverse academic internal medicine residency programs to describe trends in gender, type of positions, and subsequent career choices.
Hur is the Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program in Indianapolis. Her clinical research interests include preoperative medical assessments and risk assessment for the geriatric surgical population. She is a local authority on the subject, and she shares her expertise with residents and colleagues.
Munchhof is an associate program director of the combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program. Her work as an academic hospitalist at the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital gives her the chance to combine her passion of caring for hospitalized patients while teaching residents and students.
Two adjunct faculty members in the Department of Medicine were also recognized: Katherine Palmisano, MD, was given the Outstanding Early Career Physician Award; and Oksana Karpov, DO, was named a new chapter fellow.