2001 Kaiser Permanente Teaching Award in Clinical Education

Paul Fine, M.D., clinical assistant professor, General Medicine, Internal Medicine

Dr. Fine's contributions in the area of scholarship and educational methods in teaching have been truly remarkable. He has created innovative programs at the University of Michigan to facilitate medical students' educational experience on the inpatient wards, as well as providing superb teaching in inpatient and outpatient settings. These educational programs have led to a dramatic improvement in the medical students understanding and acculturation to the ward environment. To quote one of his students "Paul Fine is an excellent attendingprobably the best one I've had so far. He is an excellent teacher. The attending and preceptor rounds were always thorough yet practical and were on subjects we wanted and needed to know more about. He cares a lot about students. I was lucky to have him as an attending."

Dr. Fine's clinical and teaching expertise has also led to a numberof publications. He is sole author of a book entitled "The Wards: An Introduction to Clinical Clerkships". The book stems from both the Clinical Refresher Program and the Internal Medicine Clerkship Preceptorship, initiatives that Dr. Fine established and continues to direct. Dr. Fine is co-editor of the Department of Internal medicine Reading List. He also served as editor of Kelley's Textbook of Internal Medicine and the Rapid Access Guide and Pocket Handbook.

Dr. Fine received a Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude from Harvard University in 1985. In 1989, he came to the University of Michigan to complete his M.D., and remains here today. He was Chief Medical Resident in 1992, Lecturer from 1993-1994, Clinical Instructor from 1994-1997, and now in his current position as Clinical Assistant Professor.

2001 Kaiser Permanente Teaching Award in Basic Science

Louis D'Alecy, Ph.D., professor Physiology

Dr. D'Alecy has a history of over 25 years of outstanding teaching to medical and graduate students at the University of Michigan. Last year he was one of the two highest rated basic science instructors in the winter semester. Dr. D'Alecy is one of the individuals most committed to education in the basic sciences. He has also spent considerable administrative effort as the course director for Physiology 500. He is also very involved as a teacher of graduate students in Systems and Integrative Physiology. Dr. D'Alecy has served on 42 Doctoral committees, sponsored 10 Postdoctoral Fellows, 18 research rotations, and sponsored 13 undergraduate Honors thesis. He has hosted in laboratory during the summer months a large number of medical students and undergraduates.

Many of Dr. D'Alecy's students found him to be an excellent instructor. The students thought he was very refreshing when he said, "I want you to learn this material by thinking and understanding rather than by rote memorization that you will forget in a week." Most agreed that his lectures were very interesting and enjoyable. The material was presented in a way that allows students to understand the big picture and gain the ability to think out issues down the road.

In 1962, Dr. D'Alecy completed his undergraduate work at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey. He received a D.M.D. from the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry in 1966. His Ph.D. was obtained in 1971 from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in Department of Physiology. Also at the University of Pennsylvania he did a Postdoctoral Fellowship that commenced in 1971.

In 1973, Dr. D'Alecy was a Special Fellow at the NIH in the area of Heart-Lung at the University of Washington. He remained at the University of Washington School of Medicine as an Instructor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics in 1971. In 1972, he was promoted to Assistant Professor. Dr. D'Alecy joined the faculty in the Department of Physiology at the University of Michigan as an Assistant Professor in 1973 and promoted to Associate Professor in 1977. He was a Visiting Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard University from 1979-1980. In 1983, he was promoted to the rank of Professor of Physiology in the Department of Physiology at the University of Michigan and Professor of Physiology in the Department of Surgery in 1985.