Faculty
Faculty Award Winners
This page honors the exceptional faculty members recognized for their outstanding contributions since the inaugural Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Faculty Awards celebration in 2025.
Medical Education Awards
| Distinguished Faculty Award for Phase I Teaching | |
| 2025 | Zhiyong Han, Ph.D. |
| Distinguished Faculty Award for Clerkship Teaching |
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| 2025 | Tovah B. Tripp, M.D., FACP & Kristen Clark, M.D. |
| Distinguished Faculty Award for Advanced Clinical Teaching |
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| 2025 | Charles E. Binkley, M.D. & Melissa M. Figueroa, M.D., MPH |
| Distinguished Faculty Award for Community Engagement Mentoring | |
| 2025 | Gary R. Weine, M.D., FACP |
| Distinguished Faculty Award for Medical Education Scholarship |
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| 2025 | Jennifer Zepf, D.O., FASCP |
Inserra Family Faculty Research and Scholarship Awards
| Distinguished Junior Faculty Award for Basic, Clinical and Translational Science Research | |
| 2025 | Rachel K. Rosenstein, M.D., Ph.D. |
| Distinguished Senior Faculty Award for Basic Science Research | |
| 2025 | Barry Kreiswirth, Ph.D. |
| Distinguished Senior Faculty Award for Clinical and Translational Research |
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| 2025 | Michael D. Stifelman, M.D. |
| Distinguished Faculty Award for Mentoring Student Research |
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| 2025 | Fortunato Battaglia, M.D., Ph.D. |
Service to the Profession and the Institution Awards
| Distinguished Faculty Champion of Opportunity for All Award |
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| 2025 | Talya K. Fleming, M.D. |
| Distinguished Senior Faculty Mentor Award |
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| 2025 | Michael A. Giuliano, M.D., MEd, M.H.P.E |
| Distinguished Faculty Service Award |
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| 2025 | Stephen Percy, Jr., M.D., MBA & Marygrace Zetkulic, M.D. |
| The Dean Bonita Stanton Humanism Faculty Award |
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| 2025 | Carmela Rocchetti, M.D. |