Miriam Hospital’s Vakharia Riesman Family Excellence in Teaching Award
Sunday, July 16, 2017
Miriam Hospital surgeon Jamsheed Vakharia, M.D., received the 2017 Riesman Family Excellence in Teaching Award at Miriam Hospital.
The award recognizes a Miriam physician who teaches at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He serves as a clinical assistant professor of surgery at Brown. He serves as a clinical assistant professor of surgery at Brown.
“He has been a leader in teaching residents technical and humanistic aspects. I have worked with Jamsheed since he was an intern and even at that early stage his brilliance and kindness distinguished him as a unique and special caregiver. He extends the same brand of care to everyone with whom he interacts,” said Fred Schiffman, M.D., associate physician-in-chief at The Miriam Hospital and medical director of the Lifespan Cancer Institute.
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Vakharia, a Barrington resident, is a 1990 graduate of Aga Khan University Medical School in Karachi, Pakistan, who arrived at The Miriam in 1992 as an intern in surgery and completed his residency in 1998.
He is a former Charles C.J. Carpenter, M.D., Outstanding Physician of the Year honoree.
Riesman Family Excellence in Teaching Award
The Riesman Family Excellence in Teaching Award was created in 2007 by a gift from the Robert A. and Marcia S. Riesman family for the purpose of recognizing excellence in teaching by a Miriam Hospital/Brown Medical School faculty member who is currently and actively involved in the education of medical students, resident physicians and other colleagues.
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