The Outstanding Mid-Career Clinician Educator of the Year Award is targeted to a mid-career clinician educator faculty member (Associate Professor) who has made significant contributions to the education and training of students/trainees in geriatrics and the progress of geriatrics education in health professions schools. The ideal candidate will have met some or all of the following criteria: significant contribution to the teaching of students/trainees; significant contribution to mentoring and providing career advice to students/trainees/junior faculty; significant contribution to educational program development. Teaching expertise, as well as educational program development, is valued in the selection of the recipient for this honor.
2026 Recipient: Angela Beckert, MD
Angela Beckert, MD is the 2026 Outstanding Mid-Career Clinician Educator, recognized for her outstanding contributions to geriatrics education. Dr. Beckert is an Associate Professor of Medicine (Division of Geriatric & Palliative Medicine) at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Program Director of the MCW Medicine and Geriatrics Combined Residency/Fellowship. As Program Director, Dr. Beckert maintains the educational curriculum and clinical performance for up to 8 Medicine-Geriatrics residents and fellows each year. Additionally, she trains and mentors students, residents, and fellows within her clinics at Froedtert Hospital and the Milwaukee VA.
Dr. Beckert is a remarkable educator and mentor as well as a past participant of the UCSF Tideswell Emerging Leaders in Aging program. She co-leads the AGS supported ACGME AIRE (Advancing Innovation in Residency Education) pilot project to create a national Medicine-Geriatrics residency and fellowship program model. Dr. Beckert is also an associate editor of Aquifer Geriatrics, the AGS supported national on-line geriatrics curriculum. She is a co-investigator of a HRSA Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) award with a focus on creation of “Geriatric Fast Casts”, <10 minute long podcasts highlighting geriatrics-focused content. Dr. Beckert is known for her cheerful presence, willingness to tackle challenges, and her generous mentorship of faculty and learners alike.
She has been the recipient of numerous awards recognizing her leadership and excellence in clinical education such as the G. Richard Olds Award for Mentorship in Medicine from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2025 and the Outstanding Medical Student Teacher for M4 Ambulatory Internal Medicine from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2024. Her dedication to mentorship, innovation in education, and commitment to training the next generation of geriatricians exemplify the very best of geriatrics education.
Past Recipients of the Outstanding Mid-Career Clinical Educator of the Year Award
2026 Angela Beckert, MD
2025 Renee Flores, MD, EdD, FACP, MHSA, AGSF
2024 Martine Sanon, MD
2023 Todd James, MD, AGSF
2022 Ravishankar Ramaswamy, MD, AGSF
2021 Jorge Camilo Mora, MD, MPH
2020 Mandi Sehgal, MD
2019 Colleen Christmas, MD, FACP
2018 Amit Shah, MD, FACP, AGSF
2017 Lisa Walke, MD, MSHA, AGSF
2016 Anna Chang, MD
2015 Susan Parks, MD
2014 Louise Aronson, MD
2013 Helen Fernandez, MD