2025 Dean’s Excellence Awards

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Carol R. Bradford, MD: The faculty and staff we are honoring this evening reflect the very best that our college has to offer. 

[Text on screen: Carol R. Bradford, MD
Dean, College of Medicine]

Carol R. Bradford, MD: Your peers nominated you because they see the excellence you bring to your careers and the contributions you have made to education, research, patient care, community service, and inclusive excellence.

[Text on screen: Debbie Pond
Administrator of the Year Award recipient]

Debbie Pond: We have almost 3,000 faculty in the College of Medicine, so it's helping them to be better doctors, researchers, educators that gets me motivated every day.

[Text on screen: Daniel M. Walker, PhD
Excellence Award for Health Services Research recipient]

Daniel M. Walker, PhD: It's such a team environment here at OSU, and there's so much collaboration that goes on and it really is nice to be highlighted and of great value to not just myself, but also the entire team in terms of the work that we do here to improve the health of the community.

[Text on screen: Emily McCartney
Inclusive Excellence Award recipient]

Emily McCartney: It means paying attention to what people are really... What's important to them, and what their values are. It's something I'm deeply passionate about.

[Text on screen: Ashley K. Fernandes, MD
Distinguished Clinical Science Educator Award recipient]

Ashley K. Fernandes, MD: To be able to teach, it's a great honor, and then to be awarded for that is incredible. I teach medical ethics and professionalism, so really trying to get medical students and trainees to understand how to uphold the dignity of the human person in their everyday practice.

[Text on screen: Kartik K. Venkatesh, MD
Excellence Award for Translational Science Research recipient]

Kartik K. Venkatesh, MD: One of the things that I'm passionate about is being able to literally see patients in clinic and do research side by side, to be able to bring them the very best care, evidence-based care, and to learn together.

Emily McCartney: If you think that there's somebody in your mind that would be a qualifying person to nominate, then you should nominate them. I think this gives a great platform for people to learn about other positions at the medical center, but also a good opportunity to shine a little bit of light on the people who are doing the good work.

Debbie Pond: I hope they understand one person makes a difference.

Carol R. Bradford, MD: Congratulations to each of our award recipients. We are extremely proud to honor and celebrate you as you pursue excellence in our tripartite mission and community service.

[The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Learn more, or submit a nomination at go.osu.edu/2026deansexcellenceawards]

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