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Honoring Excellence in Education, Research and Philanthropy

2010 Barbara Harris Award for Educational Excellence -

Cecilia Gutierrez, MD

The California Academy of Family Physicians Foundation is proud to name Cecilia Gutierrez as the 2010 Barbara Harris Award for Educational Excellence.

Dr. Gutierrez is a family physician from the UC San Diego Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, where she has a busy clinic and dedicates significant time to teaching residents and students. Born and raised in Santiago Chile, Dr. Gutierrez comes from a rich family background of educators and physicians.

Dr. Gutierrez enjoys the challenges of seeing people of all ages and backgrounds. Her approach to medicine is to foster shared decision - making and to promote preventive medicine and well being for all.

Dr. Gutierrez received her medical degree 18 years ago at the UC Irvine School of Medicine and completed her residency at UCSD. Teaching has always been Dr. Gutierrez's passion; she taught biology and physiology at Grossmont College and San Diego State. She has also taught residency training and continues to teach as faculty at UCSD.

Curriculum development within the residency is a huge part of her responsibility; she organizes workshops, develops and coordinates educational experiences for residents and faculty and designs CME classes for physicians for the California Department of Corrections.

Dr. Gutierrez enjoys a work-life balance by appreciating nature and admitting the beauty of the forest or waves. She enjoys hiking, climbing mountains or walking along the shore.  The greatest adventure of her life was a trip to Antarctica in February 2009. "The majesty of the place, its beauty and wonder, the wildlife still so adapted to the environment were so spectacular," she said. When she's not feeling as adventurous, Dr. Gutierrez appreciates the opera or a good mystery novel.

Congratulations to 2010 Barbara Harris Award winner Cecilia Gutierrez.



2010 California Family Medicine Researcher of the Year -

Derjung "Mimi" Tarn, MD

The Family Medicine Research Award recognizes excellence in the field of family medicine research.  It honors those who advance the field of family medicine, through efforts to promote and support research in family medicine.

The CAFP Foundation is pleased to present the 2010 award to Mimi Tarn, MD.

Dr. Tarn is an assistant clinical professor of family medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She received her medical degree from New York Medical College and her bachelors and masters degrees in biological sciences at Stanford University. She completed a family medicine residency at the University of Southern California-Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in 2002, where she was a chief resident during her final year.  

Dr. Tarn takes pride in conducting research - particularly her research on physician-patient communication. "My research has demonstrated that when prescribing new medications, physicians often do not communicate important information that may affect a patient's understanding of how to take a medication, and why it is important to take it," Dr. Tarn said. "This may distract from a patient's ability to take their medications properly, and contribute to non-adherence."

Though she says she and her husband don't have a lot of free time (he is a city councilman in La Palma), Dr. Tarn does make time to listen to as many St. Louis Cardinals games on the radio as possible. Born and raised in St. Louis, Dr. Tarn is an avid Cardinals fan and is looking forward to see how the Cards will finish this season. When she has a bit more free time, Dr. Tarn enjoys traveling, hiking and going to museums.

Here's what others have said about Dr. Tarn:

"Mimi exemplifies excellence in family medicine research through her studies, and through her efforts to promote and support research in family medicine. She is indeed one of the few family physicians who are fully engaged as a researcher, clinician and educator excelling in all."

Patrick Dowling, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair of Research

Michael A. Rodriguez, MD, MPH, Professor and Vice Chair of Research

UCLA School of Medicine


 

"With her unique perspective as both a practicing physician and researcher, she is establishing herself as a national figure in the area of patient-physician communication surrounding medications. There are few researchers in the country who use a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods to study this aspect of communication as she does."

                                                                              Nancy Beth Grossman, MD


Barbara Harris Award for Educational Excellence

1984   Ransom B. Turner, MD

1985   Merrill Werblin, MD

1986   John Crivaro, MD

1987   Edward Neal, MD

1988   Harrison McCandless, MD

1990   Richard Barnett, MD

1991   Stephen Brunton, MD

1995   Hugh Upton, MD

1997   John Dervin, MD

1998   George Kent, MD

1999   Alex Sherriffs, MD

2000   Jimmy Hara, MD

2001   Francesca Taylor, MD

2002   Ellen Beck, MD

2003   Tim Munzing, MD

2004   Marianne McKennett, MD

2005   Margaret McCahill, MD

2006   Michael Prislin, MD    

2007   Peter Sommers, MD

2008   Susan Melvin, DO 

2009  Carol Havens, MD

2010   Cecilia Gutierrez, MD



CAFP Foundation Philanthropist of the Year


2000   Dr. and Mrs. Norbert Hillecke

2001   Dana Ware, MD

2002   John Crivaro, MD

2004   Ronald Bangasser, MD and Susan Bangasser, PhD

2006   Yushu Jack Chou, MD
CAFP Foundation Researcher of the Year


2001   Lillian Gelberg, MD, MSPH

2002   Ted Ganiats, MD

2004   Kevin Grumbach, MD

2006   Michael Rodriguez, MD, MPH

2007  David Folsom, MD

2010  Derjung "Mimi" Tarn, MD
California Academy of Family Physicians Foundation
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