Dr. Prakash Masand, director of Cardiac Imaging Service in the Texas Children’s Hospital Department of Radiology has been awarded a Fulbright & Jaworski LLP Faculty Excellence Award from Baylor College of Medicine. He is the first pediatric radiologist at Texas Children’s to receive this award.
To be considered for an award in Teaching and Evaluation, a member of the Baylor faculty must show evidence of quality of teaching, number of teaching hours and diversity in content of material, and variety of teaching formats among medical students, residents and fellows.
“One of the most valuable assets of any academic medical center is a great teacher,” said Texas Children’s Radiologist-in-Chief George S. Bisset. “Dr. Masand understands the power of teaching and his commitment has inspired many of our trainees in radiology.”
As a Radiology attending physician since 2010, Masand has contributed to the training and education of numerous residents and fellows who rotate on the Radiology service from Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas in Houston and the San Antonio military program.
As an educator, Masand inspires residents and fellows by incorporating effective teaching methods to help them discover their true potential. He enjoys teaching while interpreting case studies with trainees and enjoys interactions with his trainees during clinical conferences, didactic and lecture based teaching. Masand is also passionate about optimizing and setting up imaging protocols and sequences, which eventually helps with standardization of imaging based algorithms, and provides him with the unique opportunity to participate in the education of our Radiology staff, including nurses, technologists and sonographers.
“My collaboration with residents, fellows and faculty from other clinical specialties has continually enhanced my learning and I am happy to say that we have developed several successful clinical programs using a multidisciplinary approach,” Masand said. “Being the imaging spearhead for these programs, I am able to impart knowledge about the latest and the best imaging techniques to my clinical colleagues, which improves patient care and benefits the community.”
Congratulations to Dr. Masand for this prestigious excellence in teaching award!