About the WIO Exemplary Senior Trainee Award
The WIO Exemplary Senior Trainee Award recognizes an outstanding female senior resident or fellow in an otolaryngology-head and neck surgery training program who demonstrates excellence in leadership, research, education, and mentoring.
The 2025 nomination cycle is now closed. Award recipients will be announced in June 2025.
2024 WIO Exemplary Senior Trainee Award Recipient
The 2024 recipient of the AAO-HNS Women in Otolaryngology (WIO) Exemplary Senior Trainee Award is Jacqueline Harris, MD. Dr. Harris will complete her residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery in July 2024 at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and pursue a career in pediatric otolaryngology with a fellowship at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health.
Dr. Harris graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and completed medical school at Vanderbilt University. As one of the first women Black residents in the UCSF otolaryngology-head and neck surgery department, she advocates for marginalized patients and trainees, and has been recognized throughout her training as an empathic physician, dedicated mentor, and passionate researcher.
A dedicated mentor to medical students, Dr. Harris takes extra time to help students succeed on their rotations at UCSF and other institutions. Throughout her training, she has demonstrated a strong desire to learn and develop exceptional skill sets. Her colleagues say she is a critical thinker in the operating room and other clinical settings and provides excellent patient care.
In the aftermath of the 2020 George Floyd protests, Dr. Harris championed a diversity, equity, and inclusion retreat for the UCSF otolaryngology-head and neck surgery department, which was attended by nearly 100 participants. She helped lead and direct the curriculum for the retreat, which included communication training, personal reflection time, and advocacy.
In addition, she has been elected to the UCSF Graduate Medical Education Committee for her commitment to mentorship and dedication to positive change for residents. According to one junior resident, “Dr. Harris brings positivity to any situation and shows grace in difficult moments. I cannot think of a more inspiring senior resident.”
RECIPIENTS:
- 2023: Shannon D. Fayson, MD
- 2022: Zainab Farzal, MD, MPH
- 2021: Anisha R. Noble, MD, MS
- 2020: Leila Jean Mady, MD, PhD, MPH
- 2019: Hayley L. Born, MD
- 2018: Sarah N. Bowe, MD
- 2017: Juliana Bonilla-Velez, MD
- 2016: Kara Davis, MD
