CPD Awards

The CME Distinguished Lecturer Award is given to two OHSU faculty members annually, who are recognized for their outstanding service to continuing medical education, have demonstrated excellence in CME teaching and have provided service to the OHSU Division of Continuing Professional Development through one or more of the following:
- Project development
- Curriculum planning
- Service on Continuing Professional Development committee
- Faculty development
- Serving as faculty at Continuing Professional Development-sponsored programs
The awards have been given annually since 2007. The following have been honored in the past:
2022 Johanna Warren, M.D. and Scott Yang, M.D.
2021 Katherine Drago, M.D. and James Clements, M.D.
2020 Emily Morgan, M.D. and Hans Carlson, M.D.
2019 Erin Bonura, M.D. and Holger Link, M.D.
2018 Jessica Castle, M.D. and Benjamin Hoffman, M.D.
2017 David Mansoor, M.D. and Craig Williams, Pharm.D.
2016 Elizabeth Bower, M.D., M.P.H. and James Chesnutt, M.D.
2015 Nels Carlson, M.D. and Cynthia Ferrell, M.D., M.S.Ed.
2014 Alan Hunter, M.D. and Atif Zaman, M.D., M.P.H.
2013 Michelle Berlin, M.D., M.P.H. and Scott Mader, M.D.
2012 Y Pritham Raj, M.D., FACP and Ali Olyaei, Pharm.D., BCPS
2011 Susan Grauer, M.D. and Mark O'Hollaren, M.D.
2010 Sharon Anderson, M.D. and Robert Taylor, M.D.
2009 Greg Larsen, M.D. and Matthew Riddle, M.D.
2008 John McAnulty, M.D. and Fran Storrs, M.D.
2007 Stephen Campbell, M.D. and Thomas DeLoughery, M.D.
The Continuing Professional Development Educator Awards are recognize the contributions of OHSU faculty to the continuing education of health professionals. The dedicated efforts of OHSU CME Educators, Honored Educators and Distinguished Educators are vital to the success of OHSU's Continuing Medical Education program.
See all the Continuing Professional Development Educator Award recipients
Presented to activity coordinators who have made outstanding contributions to OHSU’s CME mission.
2022: Kirstin Moreno, Ph.D., Education Improvement and Innovation and Laura Potter, Rural Health
2021: Robin Sasaoka, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and Adrien Mills, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
2020: Miriam Wolf, B.S., Oregon Rural Practice Research Network and Kristin Bittorf, Hillsboro Medical Center Graduate Medical Education
2019: Leslie Lesner, Casey Eye Institute and Molly Willis, Center for Ethics
Presented to activity planners who have made exceptional contributions to the planning of OHSU CME activities.
2022: Linda Schmidt, M.D., Child Psychiatry
2021: David Mansoor, M.D., Psychiatry
2020: Steve Wahls, M.D., Family Medicine
2019: Kara Connelly, M.D., Pediatric Endocrinology and Emily Morgan, M.D., Internal Medicine & Geriatrics
The OHSU Continuing Professional Development Clinical Star awards are given to those with exemplary patient experience scores in the top quartile of all OHSU providers. The recipients' patient care epitomizes OHSU’s core values of quality and service excellence.
Portland Monthly Magazine's Top Doctors are identified by their peers in response to the question: “To whom would you trust with the care of a loved one?” By being recognized as a Top Doc, these clinicians represent the top 5% of all providers that were voted for. OHSU Continuing Professional Development would like to acknowledge those OHSU providers who have not only been recognized for this distinction once, but repeatedly.
These awards recognizes specific projects that have made a difference at OHSU.
Presented to a program that furthers faculty development in research, especially those that incorporate mentorship.
2019: Pepper Schedin, Ph.D., on behalf of the Junior Faculty Advancement Program
Awarded to a program that utilizes innovative methods to further faculty development in research.
2019: Cindy Morris, Ph.D., M.P.H., on behalf of Design Studio
Sakai Outstanding Course Design Award
Awarded for teaching with technology in a course that engages and enhances the student learning experience.
2019: Erin Bonura, M.D.
Sakai Torchbearer Award
Presented for using innovations to improve and transform the learning experience by pushing use of technology in a course.
2019: Alexander Kain, Ph.D.