Mission Magazine - Employees honored at Presidential Awards

Sixteen faculty and staff members received Presidential Awards.

Sixteen faculty and staff members from the UT Health Science Center San Antonio were recently honored for excellence in research, clinical care, teaching and service. Click here to read more about our award winners.

Employees honored at Presidential Awards

April 2013

Faculty and staff members who exemplify exceptional leadership in their fields were recognized at the 2013 Presidential Awards ceremony. The Health Science Center’s highest honor, the Presidential Distinguished Scholar award, was presented to Kenneth M. Hargreaves, D.D.S., Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Endodontics in the Dental School, and professor of pharmacology, physiology and surgery in the School of Medicine. The award winners are:

Presidential Distinguished Scholar

Kenneth M. Hargreaves, D.D.S., Ph.D., Endodontics and Pharmacology,
Physiology and Surgery

Junior Research Scholar

Manjeet K. Rao, Ph.D., Cellular and Structural Biology

Teaching Excellence Award

Gregory Anstead, M.D., Ph.D., Infectious Diseases

Lily Dong, Ph.D., Cellular and Structural Biology

Alexandra Loffredo, M.D., Family and Community Medicine

Ridley O. Ross, D.D.S., Comprehensive Dentistry

Alan Sakaguchi, Ph.D., Cellular and Structural Biology

Mark Soucy, Ph.D., RN, APRN, Family and Community Health Systems
and Psychiatry

Clinical Excellence Award

M. Rosina Finley, M.D., CMD, Family and Community Medicine

Deborah Jo Levine, M.D., Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Randal Robinson, M.D., Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

Employee Excellence Award

Rosanne Fohn, Communications

Gloria A. Matthews, Endocrinology

Richard M. Ongkiko, Office of the Dental Dean

Rebecca Smith, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Susan Stappenbeck, M.Ed., M.P.H., Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science

Click here to view a video about our Presidential Awards.