The Golden Apple Awards are the highest teaching awards presented by the Duke University School of Medicine student body to recognize outstanding dedication to medical student education. The 2016 recipients of the Golden Apple Awards are:
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| Leonard White, PhD Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery (Preclinical/basic science faculty) |
Saumil Chudgar, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine (Clinical faculty) |
Brian Gilmore, MD |
Awardees are selected first by open nomination, then by a vote of the student body. Three awards are given each year: one each to a member of the preclinical (basic science) faculty, clinical faculty, and clinical house staff.
This year, 109 total individuals were nominated for a Golden Apple, highlighting not only the highly selective nature of the award, but also the incredible dedication of each awardee to medical student education.