Ghosn Named University's Distinguished Teaching Professor From: University Currents Date: June 9, 2000 By: Sheryl Hilton Phone: (513) 556-4553 Archive: Campus News Saad J. Ghosn, MD, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the UC College of Medicine and director of the Pathology Department at the Veterans Administration Hospital, is this year's recipient of the university-wide Distinguished Teaching Professorship Award. UC President Joseph Steger and the UC Board of Trustees approved the recommendation of the emeriti faculty review committee to award Ghosn this prestigious honor. The title of Distinguished Teaching Professor is the highest honor the university has to give in recognition of excellence in teaching. "Ghosn was given this most prestigious university honor in recognition for both his excellence in teaching and his contribution to our medical school curricular development," said John Hutton, MD, dean of the UC College of Medicine. Said Ghosn: "I am very honored to have been selected for the award. Receiving this award is a direct recognition of the value that the UC College of Medicine and Dean Hutton place upon education." Ghosn has been teaching at the College of Medicine for 15 years. During that time, he developed several innovative courses, one of which is on the timely topic of practicing efficient and cost-effective medicine. Ghosn has been repeatedly recognized for his efforts in medical education. He received the Golden Apple medical students award as the best teacher in 1990, 1992 and 1994, the Silver Apple medical students award as the outstanding teacher in the basic sciences in 1996, 1998 and 1999, and a university-wide Faculty Achievement Award in 1995. He was nominated by the UC College of Medicine for the prestigious national Alpha Omega Alpha distinguished teacher award in the basic and clinical sciences in 1992 and 1998, respectively. In 1998, he was also nominated by the Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center for the "Federal Employee of the Year Award."