Awards
Lynn H. Orr, Jr. MD Award to the Best Outstanding Fellow of the Year
Lynn H. Orr, Jr., MD
1948-2010
Expert Clinician.
Outstanding Teacher.
Trusted Friend to Many.
The Lynn H.Orr, Jr., M.D. Award is given once each year to a fellow chosen by vote of the cardiology teaching faculty who most personifies the qualities of scholarship, clinical excellence, and passionate commitment to the continuing education of cardiology fellows. Dr. Orr himself set the highest of standards in these and so many other areas, and it is to honor him and to honor the fellows selected that the award was created. It was instituted in the year 2010.
In addition, the continuation of this award as a departmental tradition at the fellows’ annual graduation banquet emphasizes the continuing commitment of the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences to the highest standards of professionalism and teaching. As a tangible reminder of the award, the fellow selected for this honor receives an engraved stethoscope, a recognition plaque, and identification as the recipient of this award in the cardiology section awards and honors wall area.
Past Recipients
- 2016 – Manish Patwardhan, MD
- 2015 – Christopher Bianco, DO
- 2014 – Minh Tran, DO
- 2013 – Christopher Bianco, DO
- 2012 – Punit Sarna, MD
- 2011 – Christopher Gregory, MD
- 2010 – Christopher Porterfield, MD
Teaching Faculty of the Year Award
Each year a faculty member from the division of Cardiovascular Sciences at East Carolina University is named the “Teaching Faculty Member of the Year.” Fellows nominate faculty members who exceed their duties as advisors and educators.
Award Purpose
The “Teaching Faculty of the Year Award” was created to recognize and thank a faculty member who has made outstanding contributions to fellow education and exceed his/her job expectation in providing exceptional educational experiences to fellows. The award recipient is formally recognized at the graduation ceremony held at the end of each academic year.
Requirements for Nominations
- Nominee must be a full-time faculty member at the East Carolina University.
- Exhibit excellence in working with fellows in a teaching and/or advising capacity.
- Provide exceptional mentorship to fellows and residents throughout the year to foster and enhance each fellow’s educational growth and leadership potential.
Past Recipients
- 2017 – Blase Carabello, MD
- 2016 – Rajasekhar Nekkanti, MD
- 2015 – C. Bogdan Marcu, MD
- 2014 – C. Bogdan Marcu, MD
- 2013 – Deepa Kabirdas, MD
- 2012 – Rajasekhar Nekkanti, MD
- 2011 – Wayne Kreeger, MD
- 2010 – Brian Cabarrus, MD
- 2009 – Rajasekhar Nekkanti, MD
- 2008 – Wayne Kreeger, MD
- 2007 – Lynn H. Orr, MD
Best Cardiology Resident of the Year Award
The Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program faculty and fellows will select eligible candidates from the residents rotating through cardiology team or consult services. Eligible candidates must have rotated during the academic year and be senior residents from the Department of Internal Medicine (i.e. categorical medicine, med-psychiatry, or emergency-internal medicine residents).
The award is to recognize the exemplary performance of a resident on a cardiology rotation.
Past Recipients
- 2016 – Irfan Siddiqui, MD
- 2015 – Samuel Durrett, MD
- 2014 – Adeel Siddiqui, MD
- 2013 – Tin Nguyen, MD
- 2012 – Manish Patwardhan, MD
- 2011 – Arjun Chagarlamudi, MD
- 2010 – Sundeep Adusumalli, MD
- 2009 – Manali Kamdar. MD
- 2008 – Chad Kornegay, MD
- 2007 – Christopher Porterfield, MD
- 2006 – Laura Moore, MD
- 2005 – Laura Moore, MD
- 2004 – Joey Sepich, MD
- 2003 – Noel Peterson, MD
- 2002 – Vijay Kasa, MD
- 2001 – Jaafer Golzar, MD & Karen Milligan, MD
- 2000 – Jaafer Golzar, MD
- 1999 – Shekar Kumar, MD
- 1998 – Shekar Kumar, MD
- 1997 – Hung T. Davis, MD
- 1996 – Terri I. Hoffman, MD
- 1995 – Jerry A. Simpson, MD
- 1994 – Mahmoud K. Atieh, MD
- 1993 – Wilhelmine Wiese, MD
- 1992 – Doug Lee, MD
- 1991 – Keith Hassan, MD
- 1990 – Nicholas Xenpoulos, MD
- 1989 – Nicholas Xenpoulos, MD
The Brody School of Medicine Master Educator Award
