The University of New Mexico

Department of Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine

MSC 10 5550
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: (505) 272-4661
Fax: (505) 272-4628
DOIMadmin@salud.unm.edu

UNM Foundation

Staff and employee awards and recognition

2011 Staff Recognition Awards

The 2011 Staff Recognition Award ceremony and breakfast was held on Tuesday, August 16, 2011, in the Student Union Building (SUB).

Divisional Professional Staff

  1. Patricia Esquibel, Traci Jastrzemski
  2. Pamela Kirchner, Sharron Castillo
  3. David Koepsell

Divisional Administrative Staff

  1. Colin Mitchell
  2. Patricia Halcli
  3. Tina Lujan, Karen Luttecke, Florance Subia

Department Chair Administrative Staff

  1. Shauna Rodriguez, Melissa Cordero
  2. Jolyne McCrary, Linda Richardson

Team Award

  1. Asthma Team (Karen Luttecke, Kathy Moseley)
  2. Gastroenterology Team (Sharon Castillo, Dina Estrada, Linda Gutierrez, Florance Subia)

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2010 employee recognition

Beyond the Call of Duty

The Beyond the Call of Duty Award Program is designed to recognize and reward individuals who, consistent with the departmental mission, have gone above and beyond their formal, identified job duties to exceed the needs of our patients, visitors, faculty and staff, or “Beyond the Call of Duty”. The program is open to all faculty, staff, students, and volunteers who are part of the UNM HSC Department of Internal Medicine.

Jolyne McCrary

Jolyne McCrary

2010 winner: Jolyne McCrary

"She embodies all ideal aspects of administrative support for faculty and the administration in the department of medicine, and the health sciences center. Not only does she wear many hats, she wears them all with integrity, enthusiasm and completeness. She goes the extra mile to make sure people get their jobs done." (From the nomination by Kathleen Colleran, MD)

Hallway Awards

The Department of Internal Medicine recognizes its employees by highlighting outstanding dedication. The department has awarded more than 60 awards since 1999 to faculty, housestaff, and staff.

The Hallway Award winners for September 2010 are:

Faculty Award

Suzanne Emil, MD & Michel Boivin, MD

Runner-up: Mark Rohrscheib, MD

Housestaff Award

Zorisadday Gonzales, MD

Runner-up: Saman Hayatdavoudi, MD

Staff Award

Maryhelen Pridham

Runner-up: Shauna Carter-Rodriguez

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Previous winners

Beyond the Call of Duty

  • March 2010: Richard Nuttall

Hallway Awards

October 2009

  • Faculty: Denece Kesler, MD
  • Housestaff: Hassan Abouhouli, MD
  • Staff: Shannon Griego

March 2009

  • Faculty: Robert Leverence, MD
  • Resident: Shadi Battah, MD
  • Staff: Lisa Finley

October 2008

  • Faculty: Kendall Roger, MD
  • Resident: Marisa Micelli, MD
  • Staff: Mike Maes

June 2008

  • Faculty: Aroop Mangalik
  • House Officer: Theresa Marie White
  • Staff: Patricia Herson

September 2007

  • Faculty:
  • House Officer:
  • Staff:  

January 2007

  • Faculty:
  • House Officer:
  • Staff: Nicole Sandoval

September 2006

  • Faculty: Gulshan Parasher
  • House Officer: Hemanth Pai and Adrian Michael
  • Staff: Dina Estrada

April 2005

  • Faculty: Rob Hromas
  • House Officer: Felipe Gutierrez
  • Staff: Christine Hayward

August 2004

  • Art Bankhurst
  • Abine Achrekar
  • Ysela Gonzales and Meifen Zhao

January 2004

  • Robert Taylor
  • Ryan Fagan
  • Mary Helen Pridham

June 2003

  • Charles Spalding
  • Tony Serna
  • Carolyn King

January 2003

  • Thomas Ma
  • Darren Schmidt
  • Jan Preston

August 2002

  • Mark Burge
  • Mela Chavez
  • Camila Tapia

May 2002

  • Fred Hashimoto
  • Joan Ruth
  • Rosa Marshall

January 2002

  • Richard Rubin
  • Lisa Portillo
  • Mike Mennen and Gavin Noble

August 2001

  • Diane Goade and Ed Libby
  • Steve Pergam
  • Shannon Griego and Tina Gomez

October 2000

  • David Gonzales
  • Virginia Brown
  • Beverly Kloeppel

February 2000

  • Carolyn Voss
  • B. Jaramillo and Lydia Martinez
  • Julie Raggio

November 1999

  • David Coultas
  • Nancy Whalen
  • Jenny Ritzau