Stoudemire Innovations in Education Award

Dr. Alan Stoudemire

The Stoudemire Innovations in Education Award is given to recognize a creative educational program in the area of consultation-liaison psychiatry directed at any level, from medical students to C-L Psychiatry fellows, that is outstanding by virtue of its innovation and impact. The lead nominator for the program is invited to prepare a poster for the Academy’s fall scientific meeting presenting the winning educational program. Up to five co-creators of the program maybe also be recognized.

The award is named for Alan Stoudemire, MD, FACLP, a highly respected clinician, educator, and a prolific author and editor. Dr. Stoudemire was a professor of Psychiatry at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He received the Academy's highest honor, the Thomas P. Hackett Memorial Award, in 1997. He is remembered for his deep commitment to education, scholarship, mentorship, and his enduring influence on the field.

Dr. Stoudemire passed away at age 49 in February 2000 of melanoma. Dr. James Levenson, Academy president at the time, wrote in his President's Message for the Newsletter:

"In health and in illness Alan was a remarkable man, and an inspiration to us all. He brought a level of serious commitment to his work few could match, yet never lost sight of life's most important values of family and friendship, all the while wielding his wicked sense of humor, sparing no sacred cows."

For an excellent and inspiring read about Dr. Stoudemire, see A Tribute to Alan Stoudemire, MD 1951–2000 in the February 2001 issue of Psychosomatics by Troy L. Thompson II, MD, FACLP (Academy president 1991-92).

AWARD DETAILS

ELIGIBILITY

- Development or leadership of an innovative educational program in consultation-liaison psychiatry
- Demonstrated impact on learners, training programs, or educational systems
- Program may be directed at medical students, residents, fellows, or practicing clinicians

SELECTION

- Nominations are reviewed and scored by the ACLP Fellowship & Awards Subcommittee

RECOGNITION

The recipient receives:

- Plaque presented at the Annual Meeting
- Complimentary Annual Meeting registration for one non-ACLP member
- An invitation to present the educational program in poster format at the Annual Meeting

TIMELINE

- Applications open March 16, 2026 and close April 30, 2026.

APPLICATION

Nominations may be submitted by the program’s creators or by others on their behalf through the online nomination Form.

The application must include:

- Nominee’s CV
- Description of the educational program, including evidence of innovation and impact.

2026 Award Recipient

Shruti Mutalik, MD, and colleagues

Group Reflections – Mount Sinai Hospital

Led by Shruti Mutalik, MD, Transplant and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Group Reflections is a weekly educational initiative within the Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service at Mount Sinai Hospital. Established in the summer of 2020, the program has become an integral part of the consultation-liaison psychiatry rotation, providing clinicians and trainees with a dedicated space to reflect on race, racism, structural inequities, social determinants of health, disparities in care, bias, identity, and challenging clinical experiences. Sessions incorporate a mission statement and group pledge, discussion of clinical experiences and current events, and selected readings or media, with the goal of promoting thoughtful dialogue, self-reflection, and greater awareness of how structural and individual factors affect patient care.

Omar Mirza, DO played a significant role in the program’s early development, including helping shape its mission statement and group pledge. The initiative has also been supported by Consultation-Liaison Service leaders Jennifer Finkel, MD, and Carrie Ernst, MD, as well as faculty, fellows, residents, and medical students who have contributed to Group Reflections over the years.

Previous Award Winners

2025	Jennifer Erickson, DO Community-Based Integrated Care Fellowship, University of Washington
2024	David Fipps, DO ACLP Case Conference Webinar Series
2023	Omar Mirza, DO Harlem Hospital NYC Health + Hospitals
2022	Sarah Nagle-Yang, MD University of Colorado Medicine
2021	Scott Simpson, MPH, MD Denver Health Medical Center
2018	Sanjeev Sockalingham, MD, MHPE, FACLP, FRCPC Medical Psychiatry Alliance Education Program, University of Toronto
2017	Robert McCarron, DO UC Davis Train New Trainers (TNT) Primary Care Psychiatry (PCP) Fellowship
2016	Anna Ratzliff, MD, PhD University of Washington Integrated Care Pathway: Psychiatry in Medical Settings
2015	No award
2014	No award
2013	J. Michael Bostwick, MD, FACLP Disruptions in Development: A Pioneering Course for First-year Medical Students Taught at the Psychosomatic Interface
2012	Gary J. Gala, MD, FACS Crossing the Blood Brain Barrier: An Experiment in Interdisciplinary Research
2011	Pamela Diefenbach, MD, FACLP Educating Multiple Disciplines of Trainees in Primary Care Clinics
2010	Philip Bialer, MD, FACLP MSKCC Comskil [communication skills] Curriculum
2009	Philip R. Muskin, MD, FACLP A Tool for Assessment of Consultation-Liaison Trainees: Train the Trainer
2008	Rebecca W. Brendel, MD, JD "Team 5" at Massachusetts General Hospital
2007	Per Fink, MD, FACLP The TERM — An Advanced Educational Program for Primary Care Physicians in the Treatment of Functional Somatic Symptoms
2006	Robert Schneider, MD Virginia Commonwealth University: A Unique Approach to Teaching Psychiatry to Nonpsychiatric Physicians Through a Special Curriculum that Incorporats the Way Internists Think
2005	No award
2004	Theodore A. Stern, MD, FACLP Avery D. Weisman, MD Psychiatric Consultation Service of Massachusetts General Hospital
2003	Nehama Dresner, MD, FACLP, Program Director Women’s Mental Health Rotation for Obstetrics/Gynecology Residents at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
2002	Donald L. Rosenstein, MD, FACLP, Program Director NIMH Program in Psychiatric Research Bioethics
2001	Joseph S. Weiner, MD, PhD, Program Director Program in the Doctor-Patient Relationship at Long Island Jewish Medical Center