Honoring 2026 Recipients of the Excellence in Mentoring Awards

There wasn’t an empty seat in the room. Nearly 100 members of the HMS community joined the Excellence in Mentoring Awards recipients and their mentees for the 2026 awards ceremony on June 11. The Office for Culture and Community Engagement hosted the annual event honoring recipients of the William Silen Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award, the A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award, the Young Mentor Award, and the 2026 HMS Scholars in Medicine Excellence in Student Mentoring Award.

Dean George Daley opened the ceremony by noting that mentorship is where integrity and accountability meet growth and discovery, blending compassion with clear, constructive feedback. While celebrating this year’s honorees, he commended them for exemplifying these core pillars of mentorship, which reflect the HMS mission and values.

Setting the tone for the day, the ceremony celebrated mentors for both their visible and invisible efforts—and for their enduring impact on the HMS community. This year’s honorees include:

William Silen Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award

Robert Barbieri, MD, HMS Kate Macy Ladd Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, BWH/ MGB

Edward R. Marcantonio, MD, SM, HMS Professor of Medicine, BIDMC

Long H. Ngo, PhD, HMS Associate Professor of Medicine, HSPH Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Director of Biostatistics, BIDMC

Rachel L. Rosen, MD, HMS Professor of Pediatrics, BCH

A Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award

Hermioni L. Amonoo, MD, MPH, HMS Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Carol C. Nadelson, MD, Endowed Chair in Psychiatry, BWH/MGB

Irene Ghobrial, MD, HMS Professor of Medicine, DFCI

Tara Sotsky Kent, MD, HMS Associate Professor of Surgery, BIDMC

Cindy H. Liu, PhD, HMS Associate Professor of Pediatrics, BWH/ MGB

David O. Williams, MD, HMS Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, HMS

Young Mentor Award

Christina M. Astley, MD, ScD, HMS Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, BCH

Alejandro Bertolet, PhD, HMS Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, MGH

Sanjay Divakaran, MD, MPH, HMS Assistant Professor of Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, BWH/MGB

Stephen P. Juraschek, MD, PhD, HMS Associate Professor of Medicine, BIDMC

Helen Burton-Murray, PhD, HMS Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, HMS Assistant Professor of Medicine, MGH

HMS Scholars in Medicine Excellence in Student Mentoring Award

Suneet Agarwal, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, BCH

George Dyer, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, BWH

Katherine Koh, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, MGH

Closing the 31st Excellence in Mentoring Awards Ceremony, Dr. Joan Y. Reede, Dean for the Office of Culture and Community Engagement, shared a quote from John Maxwell, “One of the greatest values of mentors is the ability to see ahead what others cannot see and to help them navigate a course to their destination.”