OU Academy of Teaching Scholars

The OU College of Medicine inaugurated a new academy in May known as Academy of Teaching Scholars. This Academy has been created to foster, recognize, celebrate and encourage excellence in teaching and scholarly pursuits in education itself. The initial members that were inducted into the Academy May 16 included two groups: (1) all former Stanton L. Young Master Teacher Award winners who are still active members of the faculty, and (2) a group selected from the faculty after careful consideration by a faculty task force.  Four members of the Department of Surgery faculty were included in the newly formed Academy:  M. Alex Jacocks, MD, Jason S. Lees, MD, Jacqueline O’Herrin, MD and Russell G. Postier, MD.  Congratulations and thanks for the excellent teaching.

OU Regent's Alumni Award

Eleven exceptional University of Oklahoma alumni and friends received the Regents’ Alumni Awards for their dedication and service to OU in a ceremony May 11 on the Norman campus. Included in this year's honorees was Douglas "Che" Miller, MD ('07).


A committee formed by the Alumni Association selects the award recipients from nominations made by alumni, friends, and OU faculty and staff. Each recipient receives a plaque and their names are engraved on a permanent plaque in Oklahoma Memorial Union.  He joins Sam T Hamra, MD ('68) who was honored in 1995. Congratulations!

Frequent flyer

David W. Tuggle, MD is an invited guest lecturer at a meeting in Kanagawa, Japan at the Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons this May sharing with them his experiences from OU Pediatric Surgery.