3 faculty members inducted into Shine Academy
By Gregg Shields
Three UT Southwestern Medical Center faculty members – Dr. Elizabeth Brickner, Dr. Celia Jenkins, and Dr. Biff Palmer – were elected recently to the UT Kenneth I. Shine, M.D., Academy of Health Science Education.
“Only a handful of scholars from across the UT System are inducted every year,” said Dr. J. Gregory Fitz, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, and Dean of the Medical School. “We are immensely proud to count them in our number.”
The Shine Academy is described as “a formal organization of distinguished scholars recognized for their teaching excellence” that is committed to the enhancement of health science education. Those selected as members must be outstanding teachers in categories that include direct teaching, curriculum development, learner performance assessment, counseling and mentorship, educational administration/leadership and scholarship, and research.
The new Shine Academy members from UT Southwestern, along with the rest of the 2016 honorees, were recognized during the annual conference, held Feb. 18-19 in Austin.
Dr. Elizabeth Brickner
Dr. Brickner, Professor of Internal Medicine, is co-Director of UT Southwestern’s Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program. Dr. Brickner graduated from The Ohio State University School of Medicine, served her residency at the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, and a completed a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at UT Southwestern.
Dr. Celia Jenkins
Dr. Jenkins, Professor of Psychiatry, graduated from the University of Missisippi School of Medicine, and completed her residency and a fellowship program with UT Southwestern. She has received the Socrates Award for Medical Student Teaching, and the Nancy C. A. Roeske Award for Excellence in Medical Student Education.
Dr. Biff Palmer
Dr. Palmer, Professor of Internal Medicine, received his medical degree from UT Southwestern and completed his residency in internal medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., followed by a research fellowship in the Department of Nephrology at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and a clinical fellowship in the Division of Nephrology at UT Southwestern/Parkland Memorial Hospital. He is a member of the Southwestern Academy of Teachers and has been designated as a Distinguished Teaching Professor by UT Southwestern. His educational attributes have additionally been recognized with a UT Regents Outstanding Teaching Award.
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Dr. Brickner holds the Charles B. Mullins, M.D. Professorship in Clinical Practice and Teaching in Cardiology.
Dr. Fitz holds the Nadine and Tom Craddick Distinguished Chair in Medical Science, and the Atticus James Gill, M.D., Chair in Medical Science.
Dr. Jenkins holds the McKenzie Foundation Chair in Psychiatry.
