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Past Honorees

We are proud of the past honorees of the Ruth Bohan Teaching Professorship in the School of Medicine, our highest recognition for teaching.

2024

  • Elizabeth Ablah, PhD, MPH, Department of Population Health, Wichita
  • Rachel DiTeresi, MD, FACOG, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kansas City
  • Kelsie Kelly, MD, MPH, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Kansas City

2023

  • Edward "Ned" Hunter, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Kansas City
  • Lore Nelson, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Kansas City

2022

  • Abebe Abebe, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Kansas City
  • Brenda Rongish, PhD, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Kansas City

2021

  • Megha Ramaswamy, PhD., MPH, Department of Population Health, Kansas City
  • Laurel Witt, MD, MPhil., Department of Family and Community Health, Kansas City

2020

  • David Becker, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine, Kansas City
  • Joseph W. LeMaster, M.D., MPH, Department of Family Medicine, Kansas City

 2019

  • Sharad C. Mathur, M.D.
    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
  • Robert R. Wittler, M.D.
    Department of Pediatrics, Wichita

2018

  • K. Allen Greiner, M.D.
    Department of Family Medicine
  • David G. Naylor, M.D.
    Department of Internal Medicine

2017

  • Beth Levant, Ph.D.
    Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
  • Isaac Opole, M.D., Ph.D.
    Department of Internal Medicine

2016

  • Kenneth E. McCarson, Ph.D.
    Department of Pharmacology, Toxiology and Therapeutics
  • Mark Cunningham, M.D.
    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

2015

  • Gary C. Doolittle, M.D.
    Internal Medicine - Hematology/Oncology
  • Daniel L. Swagerty, M.D., MPH
    Department of Family Medicine

2014

  • Andrew Massey, M.D.
    Department of Internal Medicine, Wichita
  • Carol Lindsley, M.D.
    Department of Pediatrics

2013

  • Tomas L. Griebling, M.D., MPH
    Department of Urology
  • Michael J. Werle Ph.D.
    Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology

2012

  • Joseph Fontes, Ph.D.
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Pam Shaw, M.D.
    Department of Pediatrics

2011

  • Ivan Damjanov, M.D., Ph.D.
    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
  • Amy O'Brien-Ladner, M.D.
    Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary
  • Wolfram R. Zückert, Ph.D.
    Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology

2010

  • John N. Dorsch, M.D.
    Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wichita

2009

  • Gary Gronseth, M.D.
    Department of Neurology
  • Merrill Tarr, Ph.D.
    Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology

2008

  • John G. Wood, Ph.D.
    Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
  • Michael Moncure, M.D.
    Department of Surgery

2007

  • Belinda A. Vail, M.D.
    Department of Family Medicine
  • V. Gustavo Blanco, M.D., Ph.D.
    Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology

2006

  • John W. Calkins, M.D.
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Jacqueline S. Osland, M.D.
    Department of Surgery, Wichita

2005

  • Allan R. Fleming, M.D.
    Department of Internal Medicine- Hematology/Oncology
  • Douglas E. Wright, Ph.D.
    Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology

2004

  • James L. Fishback, M.D.
    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
  • Stephen D. Smith, M.D.
    Department of Pediatrics

2003

  • Norberto C. Gonzalez, M.D.
    Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
  • Daniel J. Stechschulte Sr., M.D.
    Department of Internal Medicine,
    Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology

2002

  • Scott E. Moser, M.D.
    Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wichita
  • Ruben D. Bunag, Ph.D.
    Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics

2001

  • Dianne Durham, Ph.D.
    Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
  • George Varghese, M.D.
    Department of Rehabilitation Medicine

2000

  • Richard L. Clancy, Ph.D.
    Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
  • Allen B. Rawitch, Ph.D.
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

1999

  • William Jewell, M.D.
    Department of Surgery
  • Michael Parmely, Ph.D.
    Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology

1998

  • James Bergin, M.D.
    Department of Internal Medicine
  • George Enders, Ph.D.
    Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology

1997

  • Vincent Gattone, Ph.D.
    Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
  • Norton Greenberger, M.D.
    Department of Internal Medicine

1996

  • Marvin Dunn, M.D.
    Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology
  • Robert Klein, Ph.D.
    Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology

1995

  • Daniel Hinthorn, M.D.
    Department of Internal Medicine- Infectious Diseases
  • Norman Martin, M.D.
    Department of Radiology

1994

  • R. Neil Schimke, M.D.
    Department of Internal Medicine- Endocrinology
  • Louis Wetzel, M.D.
    Department of Radiology

1993

  • Barbara Lukert, M.D.
    Department of Internal Medicine- Endocrinology
  • Frederick Chang, M.D.
    Department of Surgery, Wichita

1992

  • Joseph Bast, Ph.D.
    Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
  • Thomas Pazdernik, Ph.D.
    Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
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