Who may nominate:
- Any currently employed UF COM faculty member with a clinical assignment. Residents and fellows may co-nominate with a UF COM faculty member.
Nominee Eligibility:
- Currently employed UF COM faculty member (Gainesville) with a clinical assignment in patient care (voluntary faculty or courtesy faculty are not eligible).
- Primary appointment in a UF COM clinical department.
- Member of the COM faculty for at least five years.
- Clinical achievements prompting the nomination have taken place while a UF COM faculty member.
- Clinical activities include directly providing clinical care or directly participating in clinical services.
Criteria for Selection include (but are not limited to) documentation of:
- Local, regional and national reputation for medical expertise and clinical excellence.
- Recognition through department-level awards for clinical excellence.
- Advocacy, devotion, and compassion for patients.
- Collegiality and respect for peers, referring physicians and clinical staff.
- Leading effective change in local, regional or national health care practices.
- Leadership positions with clinically-oriented governmental and private agencies (e.g. AHRQ, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, etc.).
- Clinically oriented peer-reviewed publications.
The award will consist of a cash prize, and a plaque. The awardee will be selected by a committee consisting of members of the Faculty Council plus UF Health Clinical Leaders.
2026 David A. Paulus Awardee for Clinical Excellence
Dawn-Christi M. Bruijnzeel, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry
2025 David A. Paulus Awardee for Clinical Excellence
Ian R. Driscoll, MD – Associate Professor for the Department of Surgery
2024 David A. Paulus Awardee for Clinical Excellence
- Desmond A. Schatz, MD – Professor for the Department of Pediatrics
2023 David A. Paulus Awardee for Clinical Excellence
- Tomas D. Martin, MD – Professor and Director for the Department of Surgery
2021 David A. Paulus Awardee for Clinical Excellence
- Marilyn C. Dumont-Driscoll, MD, PhD – Associate Professor for the Department of Pediatrics
2020 David A. Paulus Awardee for Clinical Excellence
- Nancy Mendenhall, MD – Associate Chair & Professor for the Department of Radiation Oncology
2019 David A. Paulus Awardee for Clinical Excellence
- Tomas S. Huber, MD, PhD – Professor for the Department of Surgery
2018 David A. Paulus Awardee for Clinical Excellence
- Juan M. Aranda, Jr., MD – Professor for the Department of Medicine
2017 David A. Paulus Award for Clinical Excellence
- Patrick Duff, MD – Associate Dean and Professor for the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
2016 David A. Paulus Award for Clinical Excellence
- Janet Silverstein, MD – Chief & Professor for the Department of Pediatrics