#  Exceptional Institutional Service Awards 

 



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The Awards for Exceptional Service were established to recognize the value of service to the Harvard Medical School and/or Harvard School of Dental Medicine. The substantial contributions made by faculty and staff to institutional service are vital to advancing the missions of the Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. The Awards for Exceptional Service recognize and celebrate faculty and staff members whose exemplary contributions to the school(s) have set the standard for service at HMS/HSDM through their personal initiative to provide service and engaging others to do the same.

Exceptional Institutional Service is recognized with the following Harvard Medical School awards:



 

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###    Barbara J. McNeil Faculty Award for Exceptional Service to HMS/HSDM  expand\_more  

**Faculty Award Description**

Harvard Medical School promotes an environment where institutional service is valued and recognized. The Barbara J. McNeil Faculty Award for Exceptional Service recognizes faculty who have made exemplary contributions in service of Harvard Medical School and/or Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Commitment to institutional service is necessary to the overall success of HMS/HSDM. This Award was established to recognize and celebrate faculty who have set the standard for service at HMS/HSDM through their personal initiative in providing service and engaging others to do the same. Such service often goes unrecognized and unheralded.

An advisory committee to the Dean will review the nominations and recommend faculty recipient(s). ***Self-nominations are accepted***.

The Barbara J. McNeil Faculty Award was established in 2014 to recognize faculty for exceptional institutional engagement and service in supporting the missions of Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine. The Faculty Award for Exceptional Service is named for Dr. Barbara McNeil, Ridley Watts Professor of Health Care Policy and Professor of Radiology, whose outstanding commitment and service to HMS is exemplified throughout her distinguished career at Harvard Medical School where she is a consummate example of service to academic medicine.

**Eligibility for the Award**

HMS and HSDM faculty members with a rank of instructor through professor are eligible for this award. However, faculty members who hold decanal positions are not eligible.

**Nomination Guidelines**

- The nomination should indicate how a nominee’s service and civic contributions to HMS/HSDM are extraordinary and have had a beneficial or lasting impact on the school(s) or its community of students, trainees, faculty, staff, and leadership.
- The nomination must demonstrate how service goes above and beyond routine expectations and requirements of the nominee’s position.
- The nomination should include specific example(s) that exhibit the nominee’s exceptional service to Harvard Medical School and/or Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

***Examples of faculty contributions to the school might include one or more of the following:***

- Serving on HMS/HSDM committees, councils, task forces and panels;
- Participating in activities related to recruitment of students and faculty;
- Volunteering time in support of programs in other departments or offices at Harvard Medical School and/or Harvard School of Dental Medicine
- Faculty contributions might also include volunteering their service, professional talents or expertise in support of other departments and programs at HMS/HSDM.

 

 



###    Daniel D. Federman Staff Award for Exceptional Service to HMS/HSDM  expand\_more  

**Staff Award Description**

Harvard Medical School promotes an environment where institutional service is valued and recognized. The Daniel D. Federman Staff Award for Exceptional Service recognizes staff of Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine who have made substantial contributions in service of the school(s). Commitment to institutional service is necessary to the overall success of HMS/HSDM. This Award was established to recognize and celebrate staff members who have set the standard for service at HMS/HSDM through their personal initiative in providing service and engaging others to do the same. Such service often goes unrecognized and unheralded.

An advisory committee to the Dean will review the nominations and recommend staff recipient(s) for this award. ***Self-nominations are accepted from staff of Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine***.

The Daniel D. Federman Staff Award was established in 2014 to recognize staff for exceptional institutional engagement and service in supporting the missions of Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine. The Staff Award for Exceptional Service is named for Dr. Daniel Federman (1928-2017), Carl W. Walter Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Medical Education, who was a steward of a long legacy of outstanding service to Harvard Medical School as exemplified in his more than 50 years of institutional service and civic engagement to the medical school and it’s community of staff, students, trainees, faculty and leadership.

**Eligibility for the Award**

- Staff must work directly for Harvard Medical School or Harvard School of Dental Medicine (i.e., receive an HMS/HSDM paycheck). We encourage nominations for full or part-time staff members from all areas including administration, support, service, and trades. Individuals in decanal positions are not eligible for this award.

**Nomination Guidelines**

Institutional service includes a broad range of services that enable the schools and their departments, divisions, offices and programs to operate and function - and in doing so - also support the missions of the Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Staff members from all areas including administration, support, service, and trades, play important roles in the schools’ daily operations and often go above in beyond the routine expectations of their position by getting involved in service to HMS/HSDM.

- The nomination should indicate how a nominee’s service and civic contributions to HMS/HSDM are extraordinary and have had a beneficial or lasting impact on the school(s) or its community of staff, students, trainees, faculty, and leadership.
- The nomination must demonstrate how service goes above and beyond routine expectations and requirements of the nominee’s position.
- The nomination should include specific example(s) that exhibit the nominee’s exceptional service to Harvard Medical School and/or Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

***Examples of staff contributions to the school might include one or more of the following:***

- Individual or departmental service to the Quadrangle; staff often provide institutional service through their department, program or office by going above and beyond their routine responsibilities;
- Volunteering time in support of programs in other departments or offices at Harvard Medical School and/or Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
- Participating in activities related to recruitment of staff, students or faculty;
- Serving on HMS/HSDM committees, task forces and panels.
- Staff contributions might also include volunteering their service, professional talents or expertise in support of other departments and programs at HMS/HSDM.

 

 



 

 

 

 

     ![Melissa Maher is on a projector screen while two people present her the Federman award at an HMS town hall meeting.](/sites/g/files/omnuum11411/files/styles/hwp_5_4__480x385/public/2026-03/Melissa%20Maher_Federman%20Staff%20Awardee%202026.JPG?itok=GTQ5d_G-) 

 



 

 2025 Daniel D. Federman Staff Award for Exceptional Service to HMS and HSDM presented to Melissa Maher



   

 

     ![Sarah Troy is holding the Federman award while at the HMS town hall meeting.](/sites/g/files/omnuum11411/files/styles/hwp_5_4__480x385/public/2026-03/Sarah%20Troy-Petrakos_Federman%20Staff%20Awardee%202026.JPG?itok=XphpRf-P) 

 



 

 2025 Daniel D. Federman Staff Award for Exceptional Service to HMS and HSDM presented to Sarah Troy-Petrakos



   

 

 

 

 

###  Melissa Maher and Sarah Troy-Petrakos receive the 2025 Daniel D. Federman Staff Award for Exceptional Service to HMS and HSDM 

 

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###  2025 Barbara J. McNeil Faculty Award for Exceptional Service to HMS and HSDM presented to Dr. David K. Urion 

 

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      ![David Urion is sitting in an office holding up the Barbara McNeil Faculty Award, which is a silver cup.](/sites/g/files/omnuum11411/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2025-12/DavidUrion.png?itok=4NBuFEVT) 

 

 

  

 



 

 

 

##  2025 Exceptional Institutional Service Awards to HMS/HSDM Award Recipients 

### Barbara J. McNeil Faculty Award for Exceptional Service

**David Urion, MD**

Associate Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Department of Neurology

Boston Children's Hospital

### Daniel D. Federman Staff Award for Exceptional Service

**Melissa N. Maher**

Associate Director, Grants and Contracts

Office of Research Administration

Harvard Medical School

**Sarah Troy-Petrakos**

Director of Admissions

Office of Dental Education

Harvard School of Dental Medicine



 

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##  Past Award Recipients 

 



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###    2024  expand\_more  

### Barbara J. McNeil Faculty Award for Exceptional Service

**Allan M. Brandt, PhD**  
Amalie Moses Kass Professor  
Department of Global Health & Social Medicine  
Harvard Medical School

**David G. Hunter, MD, PhD**  
Professor of Ophthalmology  
Department of Ophthalmology  
Boston Children's Hospital

### Daniel D. Federman Staff Award for Exceptional Service

**Meredith I. Solomon, MLS**   
Manager, Outreach & Public Services  
Countway Library  
Harvard Medical School

**David Zenaty**  
Executive Coordinator, Office of the Chair  
Department of Microbiology  
Harvard Medical School

 

 



###    2023  expand\_more  

### Barbara J. McNeil Faculty Award for Exceptional Service

**Vicki Rosen, PhD**  
Professor and Chair  
Department of Developmental Biology  
Harvard School of Dental Medicine

### Daniel D. Federman Staff Award for Exceptional Service

**Jennifer Puccetti**  
Executive Director  
Department of Global health and Social Medicine  
Harvard Medical School

**Carrie Sylven**  
Director of Student Affairs  
Office of Dental Education/Office of Student Affairs  
Harvard School of Dental Medicine

 

 



###    2022  expand\_more  

### Barbara J. McNeil Faculty Award for Exceptional Service

**German O. Gallucci, DMD, PhD**  
Raymond J. and Elva Pomfret Nagle Associate Professor and Chair,  
Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences  
Harvard School of Dental Medicine

**Michael E. Greenberg, PhD**  
Nathan Marsh Pusey Professor of Neurobiology  
Harvard Medical School

### Daniel D. Federman Staff Award for Exceptional Service

**Jane R. Barrow, MS**  
Executive Director, HSDM Initiative to Integrate Oral Health and Medicine  
Director, Office of Global and Community Health  
Lecturer, Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology  
Harvard School of Dental Medicine

**Curtis A. Burris**  
Mail Services, Campus Operations (retired)  
Harvard Medical School

 

 



###    2021  expand\_more  

### Barbara J. McNeil Faculty Award for Exceptional Service

**Julie E. Buring, ScD**  
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School  
Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

**Katherine R. Peeler, MD, MA**  
Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, Global Health and Social Medicine, and Bioethics, Harvard Medical School  
Division of Medical Critical Care, Boston Children's Hospital

### Daniel D. Federman Staff Award for Exceptional Service

**Carl A. Cowan**  
Associate Director of Emergency Management  
Campus Planning and Facilities, Harvard Medical School

**M. William (Willy) Lensch, PhD**  
Executive Director, Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness (MassCPR)  
Strategic Advisor, Office of the Dean, Harvard Medical School

 

 



###    2020  expand\_more  

### Barbara J. McNeil Faculty LIFETIME Award

**Frederick H. Lovejoy Jr., MD**  
William Berenberg Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, BCH

### Barbara J. McNeil Faculty Award for Exceptional Service

**John G. Flanagan, PhD**  
Professor of Cell Biology, HMS

**Maryam M. Asgari, MD, MPH**  
Professor of Dermatology, MGH

### Daniel D. Federman Staff Award for Exceptional Service

**Rebecca Caruso**  
Director, Committee on Microbiological Safety (COMS) and Director, COMS Office of Biological Safety, HMS

**Robert Dickson**  
Director of Campus Services, HMS

 

 



###    2019  expand\_more  

### Barbara J. McNeil Faculty Award for Exceptional Service

**Tracey Milligan, MD, MS**  
Assistant Professor of Neurology, BWH

**DeWayne M. Pursley, MD, MPH**  
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, BIDMC

### Daniel D. Federman Staff Award for Exceptional Service

**Soha Ashrafi, PhD**  
Associate Director of Neuroscience Research, HMS

**Thomas J. Fleenor, Jr., MEd**  
Data Analyst, Office of Educational Qulity Improvement, HMS

 

 



###    2018  expand\_more  

### Barbara J. McNeil Faculty Award for Exceptional Service

**Patricia A. D’Amore, PhD, MBA**  
Charles L. Schepens Professor of Ophthalmology, SERI/MEE Professor of Pathology, MGH

**Paul S. Russell, MD**  
John Homans Distinguished Professor of Surgery, MGH

### Daniel D. Federman Staff Award for Exceptional Service

**Patricia Cunningham**  
Academic Program Manager, Irving M. London Society of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, HMS

**Sara J. Kiarsis**  
Associate Director, Office of Academic and Clinical Affairs, HMS

 

 



###    2017  expand\_more  

### Barbara J. McNeil Faculty Award for Exceptional Service

**Haiden Huskamp, PhD**  
Professor of Health Care Policy, HMS

**Russell S. Phillips, MD**  
William Applebaum Professor of Medicine, HMS, BIDMC

### Daniel D. Federman Staff Award for Exceptional Service

**Steve Obuchowski**  
Interim Director of Administration, Division of Medical Sciences, HMS

 

 



###    2016  expand\_more  

### Barbara J. McNeil Faculty Award for Exceptional Service

**Elizabeth Armstrong, PhD**  
Professor of Pediatrics, Part-time, BCH  
  
**Isaac Schiff, MD**  
Joe Vincent Meigs Professor of Gynecology, MGH

### Daniel D. Federman Staff Award for Exceptional Service

**Ann Ogletree**  
Resident Counselor, Part-Time, Program in Medical Education, HMS  
  
**Jennifer Ryan**  
Director, Office of Academic and Research Integrity, Academic and Research Integrity, HMS

 

 



###    2015  expand\_more  

### Barbara J. McNeil Faculty Award for Exceptional Service

**Ronald A. Arky, MD**  
Daniel D. Federman, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Medical Education, HMS  
   
**Anne E. Becker, MD, PhD**  
Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, HMS  
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, MGH

### Daniel D. Federman Staff Award for Exceptional Service

**May Corrigan, BS**  
Director of Administration and Finance, Department of Neurobiology, HMS

**Kari Hannibal, MA**  
Administrator and Program Manager, Scholars in Medicine Office  
Program in Medical Education, HMS