Sinai Hospital of Baltimore has a long-tradition of outstanding clinician-educators who have achieved national recognition. From the original chair of pediatrics Harry Gordon, MD, who went on to be the Dean at the Einstein College of Medicine and win the prestigious Howland Award from the American Pediatric Society, to the developers of the external defibrillator Michel Mrowski, MD and Morton Mower, MD, the early days at Sinai were a mecca for outstanding clinicians. More recently, John Herzenberg, MD, lead the International Limb Lengthening program that has spread his pioneering techniques worldwide, and the former chair of surgery Mark Katlic, MD, pioneered the aging surgeon program which has received international acclaim.
Currently, many of our faculty have received national awards and/or serve on national committees in their specialty. Here is a list of some of them.
Scott Krugman, MD (Senior Associate Dean for the RMC)
- National Association of Distinguished Pediatric Educators (Academic Pediatric Association - APA)
- Executive Committee of the Section on Child Death Review and Prevention (American Academy of Pediatrics - AAP)
- Advancing Pediatric Educator Excellence (APEX) faculty member (AAP, APA)
- Faculty Member for multiple national conferences – AAP Hospital Medicine Board Review Course, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Emerging Leaders Program, American Academy of Family Physicians FMX conference, AAP National Conference and Exhibition
- Former editorial Board Member of Pediatrics and Hospital Pediatrics journals
- Past member of the Council on Community Pediatrics Prevention (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Recipient of the Academic Pediatric Association Health Care Delivery Award and Greenberg- Serwint Education Award
Laura Green, MD (Associate Dean for Student Affairs)
- Member of the Academy of Master Surgeon Educators (first ophthalmologist)
- Board of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
- Received the Senior Achievement Award from AAO in 2025
- Member of the Board and Executive Committee of Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
Aziza Shad, MBBS (Chair, Department of Pediatrics)
- Received the Agent of Change Award from the Global Health Forum at the United Nations
- Society of International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP) Continental President of North America
- Lifetime Achievement Health Care Heroes, The Daily Record
- GRAVITAS Award for Outstanding Humanitarian Work, Gravitas International
- Member of the St. Jude Global Alliance
- Member of the Scientific Program Advisory Working Group, SIOP
- Medical Director of the ASLAN Project
- Numerous invited lectures worldwide
Joseph Bennett, MD (Chair, Department of Surgery)
- Member of the Society of Surgical Oncology committee for community surgical oncologists with multiple symposiums at our national meetings
Mark Katlic, MD (Chair emeritus, Department of Surgery)
- Geriatric Surgery Geriatric Surgery Verification Program of The American College of Surgeons, member of Core Development Team; National Chair of Standards and Verification Committee; member of ongoing Core
- John Cameron Distinguished Service Award, American College of Surgeons MD Chapter (highest award)
- Moderator, ACS Quality and Safety Conference, Geriatric Surgery, 2023
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons Workforce on Aging
- American Geriatrics Society Council on Surgical Specialties, Board
- Member, Fellow of the American Geriatrics Society (only surgeon)
- External Advisory Committee, National Institute on Aging CLIN-Star Program
- Multiple international speaking events
- Multiple book chapters
Robert Reed, MD (Director, Critical Care Medicine)
- Critical Care Medicine. Super Doctors, Washington, DC-Baltimore-Northern Virginia Rising Stars 2013
- Pulmonary Medicine. Super Doctors, Washington, DC-Baltimore-Northern Virginia Rising Stars 2013
- Internal Medicine. Super Doctors, Washington, DC-Baltimore-Northern Virginia Rising Stars 2013
- mPower award for Bioengineering Capstone Project 2025
Darpan Bansal, MBBS (Cardiology)
- Member, Cardiology Item Writing Task Force (Nov 2020- June 2023), American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
- Member, ABIM Governance, Interventional Cardiology LKA Approval Committee (June 2023- Present)
- Member, Awards Committee (2025- Present), American College of Cardiology (ACC)
Yoram Unguru, MD, MS, MA (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Bioethics)
- Chairman, Children’s Oncology Group Bioethics Steering Committee
- Co-Chair, Pediatric Academic Societies, Bioethics Interest Group
- Temporary Member and Ethics expert participant, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), Pediatric Oncology Subcommittee of the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (pedsODAC)
- Chairman, Working Group on Chemotherapy Drug Shortages in Pediatric Oncology
- Past advisor to the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Report and FDA on chemotherapy and supportive care drug shortages
Phillip McClure, MD (Pediatric Orthopedics)
- Director of the Baltimore Limb Deformity Course, now in its 35th year (draws attendees from around the world every year)
- Director of a new course for residents and fellows: Essentials of Lower Extremity Reconstruction, now in it’s 4th year
- Director of two limb reconstruction courses in Mukachevo Ukraine (2024 and 2025, scheduled for 2026)
- Past chair of the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America’s Trauma Committee
- Subject matter expert for the International Pediatric Orthopedic Symposium (sponsored by POSNA).
- Faculty at the International Pediatric Orthopedic Symposium (IPOS) for 6 years.
- International invited lectures in Hong Kong, Japan, UK, Ireland. Upcoming Lecture in Shanghai this April
Ryan Miller, MD (Pediatric endocrinology)
- Editor for Pediatric Endocrinology Self- Assessment Program (Pediatric ESAP; https://www.endocrine.org/store/selfassessmentmoc-tools/pediatric-endocrine-selfassessment-program-book-20252026 )
Suneeta Kumari, MD, MPH (Psychiatry)
- Completed APA/SAMHSA Fellowship 2024
Lekshminarayan Raghavakurup, MD
- Outstanding Hospitalist Award (2026) – American College of Physicians, Maryland Chapter
- Fellow, American College of Physicians (FACP)
- Associate Professor of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Clinical Instructor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Sub-Investigator, M-BRACE Trial (multicenter cardiovascular disparities study)
- Clinical Adjudicator, Prenosis multicenter studies – Early Stratification of Septic Patients & Heart Failure.