Awards and Recognitions

Dean’s Community
Service Award

The Dean’s Community Service Award was established in 1999 to recognize individuals whose dedication and commitment to community service have made a positive impact on the local, national, or international community.


About the Award

Since the inception of the Dean’s Community Service Award, Harvard Medical School has recognized the contributions of 152 individuals and donated $1,000 to 138 organizations that serve our community. 13 faculty members have been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Service.Community service is an integral part of the missions of Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine. In faithfulness to this commitment, the Dean’s Community Service Award was established in 1999 to recognize individuals whose dedication and commitment to community service have made a positive impact on the local, national, or international community.

Harvard Medical School donates $1,000 to the organizations served by award recipients. Since the inception, the Dean’s Community Service Award, Harvard Medical School has recognized the contributions of 164 individuals, including 13 faculty members who were honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award and donated $1,000 to 152 organizations that serve our community. (Check out the list of communities served).

2024 Dean's Community Service Award Recipients

Faculty

Organization:  Lexington Community Farm
Jacqueline R. Starr, PhD, MS, MPH
HMS Lecturer in Medicine
Director of Strategic Initiatives, Channing Division of Network Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
HSDM Lecturer on Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology

Trainee

Organization: American Association of Orthodontics Foundation
Jennifer B. Shahar, DDS
Resident, Department of Orthodontics
Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Staff

Organization: Coronel-Endaya Foundation
Maria-Kassandra Endaya Coronel, MD, PgCert
Lead Teacher; Program Coordinator
MEDScience, Harvard Medical School

Organization: Anaya Tipnis Foundation
Pinar Kilicci-Kret
Assistant Director, Operations and Programing
Biomedical Science Careers Program
Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership
Harvard Medical School

Students

Organization: Action for Children and Teens in Oral Health Need
Betty Ben Dor
DMD Candidate 2025
Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Organization: We Got Us
LaShyra T. Nolen
MD/MPP Candidate 2024
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Organization: Harvard Square Homeless Shelter
Richard J. Russel
MD Candidate 2026, Pathway Program
Harvard Medical School

Jessica J. Wang
MD Candidate 2025, Pathways Program
Harvard Medical School

Organization: BIDMC Dermatology Access Clinic
Michael J. Woodbury
MD Candidate 2024
Harvard Medical School

Sofia Milosavljevic
MD/MBA Candidate 2027
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Business School

Past Award Recipients

2023 Dean's Community Service Award Recipients

Faculty

Fiona S. Danaher, MD, MPH
HMS, Instructor in Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital
Center for Immigrant Health

Wesley M. Sanders, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
Frost Call

Katherine Arrigg Koh, MD, MSc  
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston Health Care for the Homeless

Trainee

Leonie A. Oostrom-Shah, MD
Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Adams House / Medical Justice Alliance

Staff

Emma T. Akuffo, BA, BS
MEDscience Teacher
Harvard Medical School
Combating CSA and Smart Kids Ghana

Evan J. Walsh
Career Advisor, Office of Graduate Education
Harvard Medical School
Multiplying Good

Students

Amanda Moreno Garcia, MD Candidate 2026
Harvard Medical School
Body Empowerment Project

Ellen Zhang, BA
MD Candidate 2023
Harvard Medical School
Health Career Collaborative Boston

Jake Cantrell, DMD Candidate 2025
Jen Candiano, DMD Candidate 2025
Kaitlyn Cardenas, DMD Candidate 2025
Anita Nasseri, DMD Candidate 2025
Adam Haochun Yang, DMD Candidate 2025
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
American Student Dental Association at Harvard School of Dental Medicine

 

 


2022 Dean's Community Service Award Recipients

Faculty

Anne C. Brewster, MD
HMS Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Health Story Collaborative

Shelly F. Greenfield, MD, MPH
HMS Kristine M. Trustey Endowed Chair in Psychiatry Professor of Psychiatry; Chief Academic Officer; Chief, Division of Women’s Mental Health; Director, Clinical and Health Services Research and Education Division of Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction, McLean Hospital
and
Christopher M. Palmer, MD
HMS Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Department of Post-Graduate and Continuing Education, McLean Hospital
McLean Hospital Collaboration with Outreach Program with Indian Health Service

Lotfi Merabet, OD, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
CVI Center and CVI Now of the Perkins School for the Blind

Bethany-Rose Daubman, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine; Co-Director, MGH Global Palliative Care Program
Mark J. Stoltenberg, MD, MPH, MA
Assistant Professor in Medicine; Co-Director, MGH Global Palliative Care Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
Jamaica Cancer Care and Research Institute

Trainees

Isabel H. Gonzalez-Bocco, MD
Research Fellow in Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
E-ROQ PROJECT INC

Diane Dayoung Park, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Simon S. Park, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and
the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Empowerment Through Integration and Synses Designs

Students

Amanda Jowell, MD Candidate, Class of 2023
Arian Mansur, MD Candidate, Class of 2025

Harvard Medical School
Harvard Square Homeless Shelter

Brendan Spellman Eappen, MD Candidate, Class of 2023
Silvia Huerta Lopez, MD/ PhD Candidate, Class of 2026
Lianet Vazquez, MD Candidate, Class of 2022

Harvard Medical School
Quetzales de Salud

Nathan V. Mallipeddi
MD Candidate, Class of 2025
Harvard Medical School
Myspeech (formerly Stuttering Scholarship Alliance)

Staff

Karyn Aiello
Senior Grants Manager, Department of Cell Biology
Harvard Medical School
Pixels and Polygons Inc.

Matthew M. Arnold, BA
Laboratory Technician, Department of Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Fish Away Age

 

2021 CSA Recipients


2021 Dean's Community Service Award Recipients

Faculty

Daniel H. Daneshvar, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding
TeachAids 

Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, MGH
American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative

Trainee

Maura Alvarez, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, BIDMC
CUMIS UCV Foundation

Students

Troy B. Amen & Vartan Pahalyants
MD/MBA Candidate, Class of 2021, HMS
Hope Medical Scholars

Camille Herzog, Kristie Kaczmarek, Jennie Kim, Natalie Wen, Susanna Yeh
DMD Candidates, Class of 2022 & 2023, HSDM
Wampanoag Outreach Group: Portable Clinic Project, affiliated with the CHA

Salvador Brito & Olubusola Olukoya
PhD Candidates, Division of Medical Sciences, Program in Neuroscience, HU
Underrepresented Scholars in Neuroscience

Staff

Ashleigh C. Morris
Financial Analyst, Office for External Education, HMS
Project 351

 

2020 CSA Recipients


2020 COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Faculty

Robert S. Brown, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, BIDMC
The Organization for Renal Care in Haiti (TORCH), Inc.

Matthew Gartland, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Part-time, BWH
MGH Asylum Clinic

Arianne S. Kourosh, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Dermatology, MGH
Project Phoenix

Deirdre K. Tobias, ScD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, BWH
Norwell Farms Inc

Trainee

David J. Harrison, MD
Clinical Fellow in Pediatrics, BCH
Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times

Jiska van der Reest, PhD
Research Fellow in Cell Biology, HMS
GOViral

Students

Pooja Chandrashekar
HMS Class of 2023
ProjectCSGIRLS

Kayla Davis
PhD Candidate, BBS Program
Oklahoma Science Project-Code Lab

Renajd Rrapi
HMS Class of 2020
National Alzheimer's Buddies

Staff

Jessica L. Alpert
Case Writer and Researcher, Center for Primary Care, HMS
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center

Tara L. Lauriat, PhD
Program Director for Academic Affairs, Faculty Affairs,HMS
St. Paul Parish Food Pantry

Watch 2020 Dean’s Community Service Award Ceremony

 

2019 csa recipients


2019 DEAN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Lifetime Achivement

Miles G. Cunningham, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, McLean, HMS
Asniya, Inc.

Faculty

Katherine Peeler, MD
Instructor in Pediatrics, BCH
Physicians for Human Rights

Jennifer K. Tan, MD
Instructor in Dermatology, MGH
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Trainee

Mohamed M. Aburawi, MB, BS
Research Fellow in Surgery, MGH
Speetar

Jeremy A. Goss, MD
Research Fellow in Surgery, BCH
The Link Market

Charles G. Rickert, MD, PhD
Clinical Fellow in Surgery, MGH
Surgery Community Health Team, MGH Surgery Department

Students

Jonathon Florance
HMS Class of 2020
Brookline American Legion

Abra Shen
HMS Class of 2020
Longwood Chorus

Logan Briggs, Chase Marso, Mike Seward, Derek Soled
HMS Class of 2021
Medicine in Motion

Staff

Ellen Levine, MA
Administrative Coordinator, Armenise-Harvard Foundation, HMS
International Pemphigus and Pemphigoid Foundation

Philip Trevvett, MA
Content Curator, Clinical and Translational Science Center, HMS
Urban Greens Food Co-op

 

2018 CSA recipients


2018 DEAN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Faculty

Li-Li Hsiao, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, BWH|
Kidney Disease Screening and Awareness Program

Laura G. Kehoe, MD, MPH, FASAM
Assistant Professor of Medicine, MGH
W.A.T.E.R.town~ Watertown Access To Education Resources and Treatment

Brian J. Swann, DDS, MPH
Assistant Professor of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology, HSDM
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)

Erica T. Warner, ScD, MPH 
Assistant Professor of Medicine, MGH
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston

Trainee

Daniel R. Ram, PhD
Research Fellow in Medicine, BIDMC
Fostering Hope

Emily Rosenberg, MD
Resident in Internal Medicine, BIDMC
BIDMCommunity

Students

Katherine Roche
HMS Class 2019 
Newton Athletes Unlimited

Constantine Tarabanis
HMS Class 2019 
Haptic Art

Staff

Joan Ilacqua
Project Archivist, Archives for Women in Medicine, Countway Library of Medicine, HMS
The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston

 

2017 CSA recipients


2017 DEAN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS

Faculty

Herbert S. Birnbaum, DMD
Instructor in Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences, HSDM
The Union of Minority Neighborhoods

Michael Goldberg, PhD
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunobiology, DFCI
Camp Casco

Sara E. Looby, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, MGH
Healing Our Community Collaborative

Hanni Stoklosa, MD, MPH
Instructor in Medicine and Emergency Medicine, BWH
HEAL Trafficking

Trainee

Gabriel Foster, MD
Resident in Internal Medicine, BIDMC
DR HELP - Dominican Republic

Alister Martin, MD, MPP
Resident in Emergency Medicine, MGH/BWH
MGH Department of Emergency Medicine

Students

Eric Busse
Master Candidate 2017, Bioethics Program, HMS
MDiv Candidate, Harvard Divinity School
Scouts for Equality

Samantha A. Wellington
PhD Candidate 2017, Chemical Biology PhD Program, HMS/FAS
Y2Y Harvard Square

Staff

Denise Brown, BA
Staff Assistant III, Office of Student Affairs, HMS   
Greater Vision Tabernacle  Church

 

2016 CSA recipients


2016 DEAN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Lifetime Achievement

Harland S. Winter, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, MGH
Camp Jabberwocky

Faculty

Lipi Roy, MD, MPH
Instructor in Medicine, BCH
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Trainee

Lucy Marcil, MD, MPH
Pediatrics Resident, BCH
StreetCred

Lindsay N. Ramey, MD
Clinical Fellow in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding
Commission for Persons with Disabilities

Students

Hugo Arellano-Santoyo
BBS/DMS 2016
Clubes de Ciencia

Tamara Rodriquez Reichberg
HMS 2018
Chronic Care Clinic at Nashua Street Jail

Jie Sun
HSDM 2017
Academy of Medical & Public Health Services

Staff

Noel Peters, MSc
Director of Research Operations for the Harvard Program in Therapeutic Sciences, HMS    
SoulMates- Dana Farber Cancer Institute

 

2015 CSA recipients


2015 DEAN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Faculty

Alison R. Brookes, MD
Instructor in Medicine, MGH
The Lynn Shelter Association

Soo-woo Kim, DMD, DMSc
Instructor in Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, HSDM
Dentists for Humanity

Trainee

Shaheen E. Lakhan, MD, PhD
Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia, MGH
Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation

Haley E. Ramsey, PhD
Research Fellow in Pediatrics, BCH
Birthday Wishes

Student

Sydnee E. Chavis
HSDM 2015
Improving Special Care, Access, and Patient Equality (iSCAPE) and
American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry

Juliana E. Morris
HMS 2015
Matahari: Eye of the Day

Staff

Obiageli N. Ukadike, MBA
Online Learning Manager, Harvard Catalyst
The WaWa Project

 

2014 CSA recipients


2014 DEAN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Lifetime Achievement

Lanny (Clyde Lanford) Smith, MD, MPH, DTM&H
Instructor in Medicine, BIDMC
Doctors for Global Health

Faculty

Lisa I. Iezzoni, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine, MGH
Boston Center for Independent Living

Trainee

Rafael E. Luna, PhD
Research Fellow in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, HMS
Mission Hill Little League

Student

Luis Nicolas Gonzalez Castro, MD, PhD
HMS 2014
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Sara A. Martin
HMS 2015
Starr Center at Malden High School

Staff

Danielle M. Thomson
Education Program Developer, Harvard Catalyst
Food Pantry, St. Paul’s Parish, Cambridge

 

2013 CSA recipients


2013 DEAN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Lifetime Achievement 

Nancy Oriol, MD, Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, BIDMC
Dean for Students, HMS
The Family Van

Faculty

Yvonne Gomez-Carrion, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, BIDMC
Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts

Thanh-Nga Tran, MD, PhD, Instructor in Dermatology, MGH
Vietnam Vascular Anomalies Center

Trainee

Cheri Blauwet, MD, Clinical Fellow in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Spaulding Adaptive Sports Centers

Student

Benjamin Robbins, HMS 2014
SALAMA: Tanzania

Staff

Amanda Nichols, Staff Assistant III, Systems Biology, HMS
The National MS Society

Philip Snell, Research Assistant III Protein Engineering, 
Wyss Institute, HMS 
PEER Servants

 

CSA 2012 recipients

 

2012 DEAN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Lifetime Achievement 

Ernesto Gonzalez, MD, Professor of Dermatology, MG
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Faculty 

Alphonso Brown, MD, MS Clin Epi, Assistant Professor of Medicine, BIDMC
ICAN Medical Scholars Program

Trainee

Jason Andrews, MD, SM, Research Fellow in Medicine, MGH
Duncan Maru, MD, PhD, Clinical Fellow in Medicine, BWH
Ryan Schwarz, MD, MBA, Clinical Fellow in Medicine, BWH
Nyaya Health

Student 

Altaf Saadi, HMS 2013
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center

Staff 

Leah Van Vaerenewyck, MFA, Academic &Training Coordinator, HMS
PEN New England's Freedom to Write Prison Writing Program

 

2011 CSA recipients

 

2011 DEAN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Lifetime Achievement

Jennifer Kasper, MD, MPH
Instructor in Pediatrics, MGH
Doctors for Global Health

Faculty 

Richard Bail, MD
Clinical Instructor in Population Medicine, HVMA
Communities without Borders

Trainee 

Brandon Abbs, PhD
Research Fellow in Psychiatry, BWH
People of Boston for a Better Library

Student

Ari Johnson, MD
HMS 2011
Project Muso Ladamunen

Staff

Lemanuel Bitsoi, EdD
MAP Program Director, HMS
North American Indian Center of Boston

 

2010 CSA recipients

 

2010 DEAN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Lifetime Achievement 

J. Jacques Carter, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, BIDMC
Community Prostate Cancer Screening and Educational Program

Michael VanRooyen, MD 
Associate Professor of Medicine, BWH
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Strategic Outreach to Families of All Reservists

Faculty 

Jaine Darwin, PsyD
Clinical Instructor in Psychology, CHA

Kenneth Reich, EdD
Clinical Instructor in Psychology, CHA
Strategic Outreach to Families of All Reservists

Jarshin Lin, DDS
Instructor in Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Science, HSDM
Project Bridge

Trainee 

Peter Rohloff, MD
Clinical Fellow in Medicine, BWH
Wuqu' Kawaq

Sara Selig, MD
Clinical Fellow in Medicine, BWH
Ocular Melanoma Foundation

Student 

Brian Block, HMS 2012 
HMS Student AIDS Action Initiative

Thierry Pauyo, HMS 2011 
Haitian Medical Students Association

Staff

Mary Cassesso, MPA
Dean for Administration and Finance, HSDM
Cambridge Health Alliance

Kate Grzesiuk, BA
Assistant Director of Gift Planning, HMS
Horizons for Homeless Children

 

CSA 2009 recipients

 

2009 DEAN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Lifetime Achievement 

Holcombe Grier, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, DFCI
Boston Ronald McDonald House

Lyle Micheli, MD
Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, CHB
Children’s Hospital Boston Division of Sports Medicine / Boston Public Schools Sports Medicine Initiative

Faculty

Marie-Louise Jean-Baptiste, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, CHA
Cambridge Medical Care Foundation

Trainee

Jenny M. Tam, PhD
Research Fellow in Medicine, MGH
Science Club for Girls

Student

Robert Daly, HMS 2010
The Humsafar Trust

Staff

Anna Phelan
Staff Assistant, HMS
Amnesty International USA, Group 133

 

2008 CSA recipients

 

2008 DEAN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Lifetime Achievement 

Laurence Ronan, MD
Instructor in Medicine, MGH
Thomas S. Durant, MD Fellowship in Refugee Medicine

Faculty  

Jennifer Moye, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology, Boston VAMC
Shawmut Gardens

Trainee 

Brian Skotko, MD
Clinical Fellow in Pediatrics, CHB
Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress

Student 

Scott Lee, HMS 2010
Common Hope for Health

Staff 

Karen Wepsic, PhD
Laboratory Assistant, HMS
Fenway Victory Gardens

 

2007 CSA recipients

 

2007 DEAN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Lifetime Achievement  

Lachlan Forrow, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, BIDMC
The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship

Faculty

Rhonda Fogle, MD
Clinical Instructor in Pediatrics. CHB
Association for Retarded Citizens of Eastern Middlesex

Betram Zarins, MD
Augustus Thorndike Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, MGH
Latvian Medical Foundation

Student 

Elizabeth Coté, HMS 2009
Kalaiselvi Karunalaya Social Welfare Society

Staff  

Dave Rizzotto
Media Technician Specialist, HMS
The Newbury Film Series, Inc.

Note: There was a hiatus for years 2005 and 2006

 

 

2004 DEAN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Lifetime Achievement  

Frederick Mandell, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, CHB 
Sudden Infant Death Outreach Foundation

Faculty 

Bruce Kalow, MD
Clinical Instructor in Pediatrics, CHA, MtA
New Day

Alice Rothchild, MD
Clinical Instructor in Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
The Jewish American Medical Project

Trainee 

Frances Kim, DDS, MPH
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology, HSDM
The Everett City Hall Dental Clinic

Suzette Oyeku, MD, MPH
Clinical Fellow in Pediatrics, CHB
The Community Sickle Cell Support Group, Inc.

Student

Onyinye Iweala, HMS 2008 
Linking the Youth of Nigeria through eXchange

Joel Sawady, HMS 2005 
La Asociación Campesina Para el Desarrollo Humano

Staff 

Deirdre Garry
Research Assistant, HMS
The Boston Home

Brianna Wadler
Research Assistant, HSDM
Horizons for Homeless Children

 

 

2003 DEAN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Faculty 

Bruce Levy, MD
Clinical Instructor in Medicine, BIDMC
New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans

Roseanna Means, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, BWH
Women of Means, Inc.

David Van Vactor, PhD
Associate Professor of Cell Biology, HMS
Basic Science Partnership

Lynette Watkins, MD
Instructor in Ophthalmology, MEEI
Zonta International

Trainee

Frederic Bertley, PhD
Research Fellow in Pediatrics, CHB
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative

Sonya Shin, MD
Fellow in Infectious Diseases, BWH
Prevention and Access to Care and Treatment

Lee Wolfer, MD
Resident in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Community Rowing, Inc.

Student

Alejandra Casillas, HMS 2005
Martha Eliot Health Center Mentorship Program

Kush Parmar, HMS/MIT MD-PhD Program 2010
Cruz Blanca Initiative

Staff

Loc Tran
Research Assistant, HMS
Boston Youth Refugee Enrichment Program

 

 

2002 DEAN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Faculty

Heidi Behforouz, MD
Instructor in Medicine, BWH
Prevention and Access to Care and Treatment

David Bor, MD
Charles S. Davidson Associate Professor of Medicine. CHA
Health of the City

David Link, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, CHA
Health of the City

DeWayne Pursley, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, BIDMC
The Family Van

Trainee

Iris Colon, MD
Clinical Fellow in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, BWH
Latin American Health Institute

Student

Liz Hick, HMS Graduate Student in BBS
Science in the News

Jenny Jackson, HSDM 2004
Adam Ortega, HSDM 2004
Operation Mouthguard

Staff

Phillip Hendrickson, PhD
Research Assistant III, HMS
Opportunity Recycling in Ophthalmology

 

 

2001 DEAN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Faculty

Michael Bierer, MD, MPH
Instructor in Medicine, MGH
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Gerald Hass, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, CHB
South End Community Health Center

Trainee

Patrick Linson, MD, MPH
Clinical Fellow in Radiation Oncology, DFCI
Four Directions Summer Research Program

Student 

Bella Shen, DMD, HSDM 2001
Bridge Over Troubled Waters

Staff 

Dennis Walsh
Research Assistant III, HMS
Wanblee Family Alliance

 

 

2000 DEAN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Faculty 

Jim Kim, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medical Anthropology, HMS
Partners in Health

Harvey Makadon, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, BIDMC
Fenway Community Health Center

David Potter, PhD
Robert Winthrop Professor of Neurobiology, HMS
Four Directions Summer Research Program

Trainee 

Chi-Cheng Huang, MD
Clinical Fellow in Pediatrics, BWH/CHB
Bolivian Street Children Home Fund

Student

Laura Gottlieb, HMS 2002
Peace Games

David Gordon, HMS 2001
Mentoring for Science

Karen Ho, HMS 2003
Hepatitis B Education and Prevention Boston Initiative

Staff 

Amalia Sgourakes
Special Assistant to the Dean of the School of Dental Medicine, HSDM
The Theophany School

 

 

1999 DEAN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Faculty 

M. Guillermo Herrera, MD
Lecturer on Ambulatory Care and Prevention, BWH
Spanish Clinic

Trainee

Jeanette Callahan, MD
Clinical Fellow in Pediatrics, MGH
Young Parents' Program, Children's Hospital Boston

Patrik Johansson, MD
Clinical Fellow in Medicine, MGH 
Caleb Cheeshahteamuck Clinic

Staff 

Sharon Clayborne, MA
Director of Financial Aid Operations, HMS
WMBR 88.1 FM

 

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2021 Community Service Awards recognize leadership, activism

For the Common Good

HMS News | May 29, 2021

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