Faculty
FACULTY RECRUITMENT, RECOGNITION AND SERVICE: Gastroenterology & Hepatology
The division’s 17 faculty members serve their specialty organizations in many capacities, and over the past year have received a number of awards.
Abdullah Al-Osaimi, MD
- Course director, UVA 8th Annual Meeting on Liver Disease and Transplantation (Charlottesville, May 2013)
- Medical Director, Virginia Society of Ultrasonography, 2012
- Editorial board member, Journal of Liver: Disease and Transplantation, 2012
- 2012 UVA Department of Medicine Award for Outstanding Clinical Activity
Curtis Argo, MD, MS
- 2012 UVA Department of Medicine Outstanding Young Investigators Award
- 2012 UVA Internal Medicine Resident Research Award (faculty mentor)
- Chair, American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Graduate Training Exam subcommittee (beginning May 2013)
Stephen Caldwell, MD
- Co-organizer, Coagulation Symposium at American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), (Boston, November 2012)
- Coagulation in Liver Disease Symposium lecture at Digestive Disease Week (Orlando, May 2013)
- Gastric Varices Management: AASLD/EASL Single Topic Conference (Atlanta, June 2013)
James Mann, MD
- 2012 UVA Division of Gastroenterology – Educator of the Year Award
Patrick Northup, MD
- American College of Gastroenterology Train the Trainers Course Scholarship Award Recipient
Steven Powell, MD
- 2012 UVA Division of Gastroenterology – Endoscopy Teacher of the Year Award
Neeral Shah, MD
- 2012 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award, UVA School of Medicine
- 2012 UVA Internal Medicine Resident Research Award (faculty mentor)
- 2013 UVA Muholland Society Teaching Award
- AASLD Public Policy Committee
- Virginia Chapter, American College of Physicians, Public Policy Committee
Vanessa Shami, MD
- 2012 UVA Internal Medicine Resident Research Award (faculty mentor)
Andrew Wang, MD
- 2012 Regional Top Doctor, Selected by U.S. News and World Report in partnership with Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.
- 2013 Regional Top Doctor, Selected by U.S. News and World Report in partnership with Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.
- 2012 Dean’s Clinical Excellence Award, UVA School of Medicine
- 2012 UVA Internal Medicine Resident Research Award (faculty mentor)
- 2013 Elected fellow, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- 2013 Elected fellow, American College of Gastroenterology
- 2013 Top Reviewer Award, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy editorial review board
- Co-leader/moderator/teacher for ERCP and ASGE training courses (March, May 2013)