The University of Kansas School of Medicine celebrates its 25th anniversary.th Anniversary of the big event on January 14th at the Kansas City Convention Center.
Formal events recognize the achievements of medical students, staff and faculty, and are an opportunity for medical students to express their appreciation to their educators and mentors.
Akinlolu Ojo, MD, Ph.D., MBA, Dean of KU School of Medicine, said:
After being moved to mid-March in 2022, the event has returned to its traditional time of mid-January. The change at that time was due to concerns over the rise of his COVID-19 variant Omicron in the Kansas City area. Due to the pandemic, the Grand Affair was held as a virtual event in 2021.
rainbow award
The Grand Affair’s top prize is the Rainbow Award, which is presented to faculty who demonstrate medical professionalism and the willingness and ability to mentor others. The 2023 recipient was Annabel Mancilas, M.D., Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Master of Public Health.
Mancillas worked as a Registered Nurse for three years before enrolling at KU Medical School, graduating in 2011. After completing her graduate residency at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, she worked as an obstetrician/gynecologist in the Kansas City area for five years. She is fluent in Spanish and has participated in multiple medical trips to Latin America.
2024 Class and Co-President of Medical Students
The Executive Committee of Congress welcomed guests at the Grand Affair.
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Award chosen by the students.
She will join the University of Kansas Medical Center in 2021. “Working with medical students while fulfilling my passion for providing care to underserved communities continues to foster the altruistic mission that has led many of us into the medical profession. It gives me hope that I can do it.”
The student who nominated Mancilas for the Rainbow Award wrote: … There is nothing stupid in the case of Dr. Mancilas. She makes her students feel comfortable and allows her students to learn by her actions. “
Mancilas said the Rainbow Award is an honor. “It is a great honor to be recommended by a medical student, someone who sees the direct interaction between patients and doctors and how you practice medicine because medical students Because you know exactly who you are as a doctor every day,” she said.
Additional nominees for the 2023 Rainbow Awards include:
- German Berbel, DO, Associate Professor of Surgery
- Meredith Gray, M.D., Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Lyndsey Kilgore, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery
- Mike Rouse, DO, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Other winners
More prizes were handed out at A Grand Affair. His Yegor Pashchenko, M.D., Ph.D., a resident in surgery at his KU School of Medicine in Wichita, received the Excellence in Residency Award. “His care for medical students was evident not only in his personal interactions with us, but in his dedication to education,” wrote his designee. I forgot how many times I watched him sit for hours, go over oral committee cases, and answer all of our questions.”
The Ad Astra Award recognizes physicians who demonstrate excellence and professionalism in their time spent educating KU’s medical students. The 2023 recipient is David Grantham, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Wichita State University School of Medicine.
Locke Uppendahl, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at KU Medical College, Wichita, received the Sunflower Mentoring Award. This honor allows students to recognize outstanding part-time medical educators.
