Academy of Master Educators

The Academy is a formal organization of distinguished scholars recognized for their teaching and educational excellence, and is committed to the enhancement of medical and graduate education. The complete by-laws of the Academy can be viewed by clicking here. The goals of the Academy are to:

1. Recognize and reward outstanding educators for their exceptional contributions;
2. Support faculty development for education;
3. Promote the academic advancement of educators in the health sciences;
4. Encourage development and implementation of innovative educational projects, including collaboration among disciplines and institutions;
5. Promote curriculum design and reform;
6. Foster educational scholarship and research and provide financial assistance for new and innovative educational projects.

The University of Texas-Houston Medical School "Academy of Master Educators" (UTMSH-AME) serves to foster institutional and faculty activities related to the mission of underaduate and graduate education. The Academy is dedicated to promoting and enhancing:

1. Education of future physicians, dentists and biomedical scientist
2. Educational knowledge and skills of all teaching faculty
3. Curricular innovation.
4. professional development of educators
5. Educational scholarship
6. Support of UTMSH educaitonal initiatives wth dedicated resources, including endowments and grants.

Five new members were inducted into the Academy on Tuesday, October 18th  -  Roger, J. Bick, MMedEd, MBS ; John L. Dalrymple, M.D.; Daniel J. Felleman, Ph.D. ; Pedro Mancias, M.D.; Cynthia W. Santos, M.D.

Guest Speaker at the Induction Ceremony was Dr. John Ribble. He spoke about Changes in Medical Education - 50 Years Ago, Today and Tomorrow.

Calendar

A evening meeting of Academy Members will be held in late November.

For the second time in as many years, a physician representing the Medical School and Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Campus has taken top honors at the annual UT System’s Clinical Safety and Effectiveness Conference. Recognized at the conference in a new category honoring the sustainability of their quality improvement efforts were Dr. Bela Patel, assistant chief medical officer and executive director of critical care at Memorial Hermann-TMC. For more information please read the January 13, 2011 edition of Scoop.

Program Coordinator: Vaccaro Greaves
Academy of Master Educator
6431 Fannin JJL 315
Houston TX 77030
Email: Vaccaro.P.Greaves@uth.tmc.edu
Telephone: (713) 500-5105
Fax: (713) 500-0603