Awards and Recognitions
It is one of the RPCF's goals to recognize the outstanding contributions that coordinators make to the profession, each other and both the GME and medical communities at large. With that being said, we are pleased to list the following coordinator awards and recognitions:
ACGME Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Award
2024
Kino Williams
2023
The RPCF Executive Committee is pleased to announce this year’s awards and recognition nomination process is now open to ALL coordinators at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. The categories are as follows:
RPCF GME Rising Star Award:
- A minimum of 1 year of service, active participation in forum, program and/or GME activities
RPCF Humanitarian/Outreach/DEI/ Award:
- A minimum of 2 years of service, active participation in DEI/Outreach/Community activities
RPCF GME Distinguished Service Award:
- A minimum of 3 years of service, active participation in forum, program, GME and/orinstitutional activities
RPCF Professional Development Award:
- Continued professional development of self and the profession, active participation in forum, program, GME and/or institutional activities
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2022 |
2023 |
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RPCF GME Rising Star Award |
Chelsea Cole, MPH |
Nicole Snead, MPA |
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RPCF Humanitarian / Outreach / DEI Award |
Gillian Wells-Linton |
Darell Banks |
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RPCF GME Distinguished Service Award |
Chantal Littrean, MPH, C-TAGME |
Barbara Singh |
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RPCF Professional Development Award |
Wynclette Knight, DMHA, MPA |
Devareco Wilkie, MSc, C-TAGME |
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Maimonides Medical Center Coordinator of the Year Award |
Deborah Roman |
Sharon Deegan |
2021:
Outstanding contribution to the education/support of fellow coordinators during COVID-19 pandemic: Lois Cooper, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Programs
"I would like to thank the R.P.C.F Planning and Executive Committees for the recognition. And thank you to all the Residency/Fellowship coordinator for all the support and hard work done on a daily. Teamwork makes the dream work!"
Continued self-development during COVID-19 pandemic: Natasha Henry, Pathology Residency
Program
“Thank you to the RPCF Executive and Planning Committees for acknowledging my contributions
to the institution and honoring me with the 2021 Recognition Award for continued self-development
during the COVID-19 Pandemic.”
Outstanding humanitarian contribution during the COVID-19 pandemic: Nathalie Mendez,
Dermatology Residency Program
"Thank you so much. I’m truly honored and humbled to receive this award. The RFPC Executive committees have given us, the coordinators, an amazing and supportive community which has allowed our individual talents to shine. A special thank you to Juliet, Debra, Natalie and Kino for their tireless work in coordinating this beneficial conference for us. I look forward to continuing to be a part of and supporting the RFPC and Downstate community. This institution is my home away from home; and I consider the coordinators and many others in Downstate my extended family"
Outstanding contribution in the support of Graduate Medical Education during COVID-19
pandemic: Juliet Arthur, Psychiatry Residency Program
"I would love to send a heartfelt Thank You to the RCPF Planning and Executive Committees
for the choosing as the awardee for the “Outstanding Contribution in the Support of
Graduate Medical Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic” Recognition Award 2020. We
all know that 2020 was a very tough year for us all. We had to think and work outside
of our normal parameters instituting new ways to interview, hold didactics and everything
in the “new normal” – the virtually. It has been a pleasure working with the DIO,
faculty, residents and fellow coordinators to help create guidelines, techniques and
protocols that would be used for virtual interviewing as well as being part of the
process for new endeavors implemented by the GME. This recognition shows that if we
work together, we will always overcome no matter how difficult the situation or circumstance."
Outstanding humanitarian contribution during the COVID-19 pandemic: Kino Williams, Radiation Oncology Residency Program
"I would like to thank the RPCF Planning Committee for this recognition, as it was an act of kindness and a labor of love. It started because of my aunt, Catherine King, wanting to give back to Downstate as it was here where she was treated for cancer. And from that, the initiative just took on a life of its own and we were able to give a hot meal to every weekend member of clinical staff for months and months. It also shows that we all can contribute in whatever way we can!"
2019:
Coordinator of Year: Shelly Anthony, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship