Honors & Awards

Jeffrey Berns, M.D., F.A.C.P., Associate Chief for Clinical Affairs, Fellowship Program Director

• Basic Science Teaching Award: Best Course Director Award, University of Pennsylvania (2005)
• Medical Student Government Clinical Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (2006)
• Philadelphia Magazine “Top Docs” – Nephrology (2005)
• Exemplar of Humanism in Medicine Award, Philadelphia College of Physicians (2006)

Alden Doyle M.D.

• J. Russell Elkinton Faculty Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania 2006
• Measey Teaching Fellow, University of Pennsylvania 2004 - Present
• Outstanding Discussion Group Leader Award - Penn Medical School 2001
• Member, American Society of Nephrology
• Member, American Society of Transplantation

Raymond Townsend M.D.

• Donald B. Martin Teaching Award (Dept. of Medicine Housestaff) 1995-1996
• Russell T. Elkinton Award (From Renal Fellows) 2000-2001
• Outstanding Lecturer Award (From Penn Med Students) 2000-2001
• Program Committee ACP/ASIM for 2007 Annual Meeting
• Fellow, Council for High Blood Pressure Research
• Fellow, American Heart Association
• Associate Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine 2000 - 2005
• Associate Editor, Journal of Clinical Hypertension 1999 - Present

Laurence A. Turka M.D.

• Basic Science Established Investigator Award, American Society of Transplantation
• Chair, NIAID Board of Scientific Counselors
• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2007
• Member, American Society of Clinical Investigation
• Member, Interurban Clinical Club
• Member, Association of American Physicians

Mortimer M. Civan M.D.

• Invited Member, ARVO/Pfizer Research Institute Working Group. Proceedings published as: Fautsch MP, Johnson DH, and the Second ARVO/Pfizer Research Institute Working Group: Aqueous humor outflow: What do we know? Where will it lead us? Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 47:4181-7, 2006.
• Invited Member, Planning Committee for Glaucoma Section of the International Congress of Eye Research held at Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2006.
• Editorial Board, American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology

Alan Wasserstein M.D., Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs, 2001-Present

• Chair, Medical Faculty Senate, 2000-2001

Debbie Cohen M.D.

• Editorial Position: Review of Endocrinology

Josh Lipschutz M.D., University of Pennsylvania

• Department of Medicine Holmes Award in Bench Research to Nathan Hellman M.D., Ph.D. for work done in the Lipschutz Lab, 2006
• Deployed on active duty status to Baghdad, Iraq. Served at a Forward Support Hospital, C. Co., 199^th FSB, 256^th BCT (March 2005-July 2005). Awarded an Army Commendation Medal, Operation Iraqi Freedom Medal, and a War on Terrorism Medal.
• Editorial Board, American Journal of Physiology, Renal Physiology