The Resident Psychiatric Educator Award program was created to honor psychiatry residents/fellows who demonstrate particular promise as educators and scholars in the field of academic psychiatry.
During this unique two-year award period, Resident Psychiatric Educator awardees will receive complimentary registration for two Annual Meetings*, as well as reimbursement for meeting-related hotel and meal expenses - year 1; receive mentoring from AAP faculty; meet and collaborate with other awardees; and have the opportunity to present scholarly work at the Annual Meeting poster sessions. In addition, residents/fellows receive complimentary AAP membership and an online subscription for the journal, Academic Psychiatry. This award represents an important professional experience, offering transformative and enjoyable opportunities to academic psychiatry’s best trainees each year.
* To receive complimentary meeting registration year 2 of the award, Residents and Fellows must present a poster, workshop, or WIP. Submissions must be received by the posted deadline.
Application Guidelines
Residents/fellows may be nominated by the department chair, vice-chair (education), director of residency education or a faculty member. Trainees must be a PGY-3 or above and be in training at the time of the award.
Current CV (resident nominee).
Resident/fellow nominee personal statement. The statement must describe the nominee's vision for their career as an academic psychiatrist and how this award may help them to achieve those goals. Statement is limited to a maximum of 500 words.
Two or three letters of support from departmental members (e.g., chair, training director, supervisor), each approximately two pages in length commenting on:
The trainee’s demonstrated ability as a teacher (emphasized in the award selection process);
The trainee’s commitment to an academic career;
The department’s interest and plans for fostering the trainee’s professional, academic, and personal growth, including a statement of the department’s willingness to provide partial financial support for the candidate if they are selected as an awardee (departmental support is not used as a selection criterion and is not a consideration of the Award Committee when choosing recipients of the award);
Publications, presentations, and educational, or research projects in which the nominee has played a major role;
and Personal qualities that bear upon the nominee’s capacities in academic medicine and describing relevant experiences in the teaching/learning continuum.
Electronic submission is required. All materials should be included in a single .pdf submission.
Note: Nominees for AAP Resident Psychiatric Education award will be judged first and foremost on merit, based on the criteria above. Only one nomination per institution is allowed. Programs where multiple residents express interest are asked conduct an internal process to select one resident to support.
Thank you for your interest. The Awards Portal is NOW OPEN! The deadline for submissions for this award is April 1, 2026. Click here to access the Awards Portal.
FOR INQUIRIES ONLY, contact Richard Ly, MD, Trainee Engagement Committee Chair, at richardly@samhealth.org. Award submissions sent to this address will not be accepted for consideration.
* To receive complimentary meeting registration year 2 of the award, Residents and Fellows must present a poster, workshop, or WIP. Submissions must be received by the posted deadline.
Tips for Nominations
Nomination by faculty or chair
Demonstrated ability as a teacher
Commitment to an academic career
Impact desirable (e.g., publication, presentations, projects)
Personal qualities that set the nominee apart
Complimentary AAP membership
2 years Complimentary Academic Psychiatry online subscription
2 years Complimentary Annual Meeting registration 2 years*
Reimbursement for meeting-related hotel and meal expenses - year 1
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Award Recipients
2025
Poojajeet Kaur Khaira, MD
Athena Ko, MDCM
Kayla Sue Murphy, MD
Rohini Paul, DO
Andrew Phan, MD
Heidi June Stahl, MD
Vincent Tang, MD
Jeffrey Woods, MD
2024
Chetan Girijanand Bhat, MD
Dustin Avery Brinker, MD, MHPE
Alexis Carnduff, MD
Dallas Hamlin, MD
Hania Ibrahim, MD
Chengxi Li, MD
Liad Maslaton, MD
Elizabeth Steuber, MD
2023
Khalid Elzamzamy, MD, MA
David E. Freedman, MD
Wayles Haynes, MD, MFA
Kimberly S. Hsiung, MD, MS
Sally Huang, MD, MS
James H. Lee, MD
Omar Munoz Abraham, MD
Shelley Rote, MD
Nikhita Singhal, MD
Erene Stergiopoulos, MD, MA
2022
Raheel Chaudhry, MD
Michael A. Donath, MD
Zeeshan N. Mansuri, MD, MPH
Marco Christian Michael, MD
Danielle N. Morelli, MD
Ihuoma O. Njoku, MD
Tolu Odebunmi, MBBS, MPH
Jessica J. Stephens, DO
2021
Molly Howland, MD
Paresh Atu Jaini, DO
Alexis W. Kropf, MD
Benson S. Ku, MD
Jane Ma, MD
David Mauricio Martinez Garza, MD
Badr Ratnakaran, MBBS
Sandra Westcott, MD
2020
Jordan Bawks, MD
Heather Buxton, MD
Veronica Faller, MD
Fiona Fonseca, MD, MS
Andrew Halls, MD
Kathryn Kinasz, MD
Janee Mestrovich, DO
Elise Scott, MD 2019
Jessica Bentzley, MD
Alaa Elnajjar, MBBCh, MSc
Lu Gao, MD
Rachel Hammer, MD
Katherine Jong, MD
Lianna Karp, MD
Zain Khalid, MD
Asfand "Andy" Khan, MD
2018
Philip B. Cawkwell, MD
Michael H. Langley-DeGroot, MD
Lindsay G. Lebin, MD
Daniel J. Lee, MD
Mimi P. Levine, MD
Ralph R. McKenzie, Jr., DO
Phaedra Pascoe, MD
Alissa Petrites, MD
Daniela Rakocevic, MD, MSc
Charles Whitmore, MD, MPH
2017
Sarah E. Baker, MD
Srinath Gopinath, MBBS
Laura Beth Kaplan, MD
Anne K. Leonpacher, MD
Roberto E. Montenegro, MD, PhD
John A. Pesavento, MD
Laura Jin Pientka, DO
Judith Puckett, MD
Megan Riddle, MD, PhD, MS
2016
Muhammad Awais Aftab, MD, MBBS
Mohsina Fatima Ahmed, MD
Jai C. Gandhi, MD
Jessica Ashley Gold, MD, MSc
Abhisek C. Khandai, MD
Jeremy D. Kidd, MD, MPH
Michela “Mimi” Owusu, MD, MSc, MGH
Michael R. Walker, MD
2015
Joshua Hubregsen, MD
Robert Scott Johnson, MD, JD, LLM
Nathan S. Johnston, DO, MS
Lauren Koehler, MD
Wynne Lundblad, MD
David E. Marcovitz, MD
Michael Neszt, MDCM
Maja Skikic, MD
2014
Danielle M. Chammas, MD
Andrea L. Crowell, MD
James R. Haliburton, MD
Debra Hamer, MD
Venkata B. Kolli, MBBS
Anne E. Penner, MD
Thomas A. Soeprono, MD
Isheeta Zalpuri, MD
2013
Alexis D. Armenakis, MD
Rachel Anne Caravella, MD
Lisa N. Clement, MD
Marley Doyle, MD
Chris A. Karampahtsis, MD, MPH
Laura McLafferty
Eric G. Meyer, II, MD
Heather Speller Vestal, MD, MHS
2012
Michaela Beder, MD
Mirjana Jojic, MD
Peter R. Knudsen, MD
Jesse Markman, MD, MBA
Mark Newman, MD
Lee A. Robinson, MD
Lokesh Shahani, MD, MPH
2011
Priya Raju, MD
Kerry Elise Wilkins, MD
Danielle N. Wroblewski, MD, MPH
Melanie L. Zupancic, MD
2010
Thomas Cantey, MD
Carla Marienfeld, MD
Weronika Micula-Gondek, MD
Jennifer Milone, MD
Shawn Sidhu, MD
Priya Sonik, MD
Felicia Wong, MD
Marika Wrzosek, MD
2009
Jennifer Alt, MD
Deidre Davis, MD J
anet Ellis, MD
Iljie Fitzgerald, MD, MS
Rebecca Gladding, MD
Sarah Johnson, MD
Milap Nowrangi, MD
Kanwar Sidhu, MD
2008
Mohammad Alsuwaidan, MD
Brian K. Cooke, MD
Tracy H. McCarthy, MD
Rachel C. Molander, MD
Emiko Moniwa, MD
Divy Ravindranath, MD
Glendon Tait, MD
2007
Lana Benedek, MD
Krauz Ganadjian, MD
Brian T. Hyatt, MD
Glendon Ralph Tait, MD
Andrea Waddell, MD
2006
Shirley Alleyne, MD
Lana Benedek, MD
Jason P. Caplan, MD
Jennifer Heath, MD
Rebecca O'Donnell, MD
Andrea Waddell, MD
2005
Teresa Bennett, MD
Kelly Harding, MD
Anita R. Kishore, MD
Theresa M. Matuszak, MD
2004
Gregg Dwyer, MD, EdD
Lewis P. Krain, MD
Christopher H. Warner, MD
2003
Amin Azzam, MD
Judith Bealke, MD
Adam J. Goldyne, MD
Robert M. Jarvis, MD
Val Taylor, MD
2001
Kristopher Kaliebe, MD
Nancy Sheng-Shih Wu, MD
Jodi Ellen Star, MD
Lisa Seyfried, MD
2000
Jonathan Mckinsey, MD
Marcelo Eizner, MD
Ernestina Pelayo De Olivares, MD
Stephen Siegel, MD
1999
Todd Cox, MD
Andrew Klafer, MD
Zohar Waisman, MD
1998
Eleanor Burlingham, MD
Charles Devine, MD
Kevin A. Mack, MD
Jennifer M. Pasternak, MD
Cesar Soutullo, MD
1997
Kiki D. Chang, MD
Diana M. Hughes, MD
Waguith William Ishak, MD
Zachary Solomon, MD
1996
Tammy Binder, MD
Stacy A. Davids, MD
Robert Remington Franklin, MD
Sherri-Hansen-Grant, MD
Celia Jenkins, MD
Joseph V. Penn, MD