Master Educators of the Academy are role models in medical education who have had a lasting impact on education, and help steer the overall direction of the Academy.

Six Master Educators were appointed to the academy by the Vice-President for Medical Education and the Senior VP, Chief Academic Officer at the time of the Academy’s formation Spring 2016. Thereafter a maximum of two Master Educators may be inducted yearly. Master Educators have lifetime tenure in the Academy.

Master Educators

  • Alison Samitt, MD, Family Medicine
  • Carl Germann, MD, MHPE, Emergency Medicine
  • David B. Seder, MD, Medicine
  • Denham Ward, MD, PhD, Anesthesiology
  • Douglas Sawyer, M.D., Ph.D., Medicine
  • Jo Linder, MD, Emergency Medicine
  • Kalli Varaklis, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Kathleen Fairfield, MD, MPH, DrPH, Medicine
  • Kristiina Hyrkäs, PhD, LicNSc, MNSc, RN, Nursing Research
  • Leah Mallory, MD, Pediatrics
  • Linda Chaudron, MD, MS, Psychiatry
  • Mark Parker, MD, FACP, FASN, Nephrology
  • Mary Ottolini, MD, MPH, MEd, Pediatrics
  • Michael Baumann, MD, FACEP, Emergency Medicine
  • Peter W. Bates, MD, Medicine
  • Robert Bing-You, MD, MEd, MBA, Endocrinology
  • Robert Trowbridge, MD, Medicine
  • Scot Remick, MD, Oncology
  • Tania Strout, PhD, RN, MS, Emergency Medicine
  • Vicki Hayes, MD, Family Medicine

Emeritus Master Educators

  • Andrew Perron, MD, Emergency Medicine
  • Ann Skelton, MD, Family Medicine
  • James Whiting, MD, Surgery
  • John Tooker, MD, MBA, MACP, Medicine
  • Marjorie S. Wiggins, DNP, MBA, RN, FAAN, NEA-BC, Nursing
  • Robert S. Hillman, MD, MACP, Medicine
  • Samuel B. Broaddus, MD, FACS, Urology