Lowell Tong, MD receives AAP award for outstanding psychiatric educator

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Lowell Tong, MD received a prestigious national award for "outstanding psychiatric educator" at the 2009 meeting of the Association of Academic Psychiatry in Washington D.C. earlier this month. He also gave a key note address about the UCSF curriculum at the meeting.

This award, established in 1988, is given to either an outstanding psychiatric educator, or an outstanding psychiatric educational project or program, in recognition of excellence in psychiatric education with significant impact. The Award acknowledges innovative and exemplary psychiatric educators and/or educational programs—at the medical school, residency and faculty development levels, as well as those people and programs involved in educating non-psychiatrists and/or the general public about psychiatry. To learn more about this award, please visit the AAP website.

Congratulations!