David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA awards Lifetime Achievement in Medical Education award to long-time medical education leader at UC Riverside

By Kris Lovekin on May 28, 2013

Craig V. Byus, (right) senior associate dean, academic affairs for the UCR School of Medicine accepts the award from Alan G. Robinson, associate vice chancellor and senior associate dean for the David Geffen School of Medicine

By Jessica Kump

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) Craig V. Byus, Ph.D., senior associate dean of academic affairs and research in the UC Riverside School of Medicine, received the Lifetime Achievement in Medical Education Award from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA on May 22.

Dr. Alan Robinson, associate vice chancellor and senior associate dean at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, presented the award to Byus at the UCR School of Medicines annual clinical faculty recognition and student awards ceremony in downtown Riverside.

His leadership and role modeling at Riverside was instrumental in developing the program here, said Robinson, who emphasized Byus role in leading the development of the unique mission of the UCR/UCLA Thomas Haider Program in Biomedical Sciences.

Byus is only the third recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in its 18-year existence. In addition to his exemplary career in teaching and service, the award recognizes his leadership in the complete redesign of the UCR/UCLA Thomas Haider Program in Biomedical Sciences, which resulted in a program geared toward diversifying the physician workforce and training physicians who would serve the underserved populations within Inland Southern California.

This is a much-deserved honor that I am pleased to see Craig receive, said Dr. G. Richard Olds, dean of the UCR School of Medicine. I strongly believe that had it not been for his vision, commitment and wise counsel in the transformation of the UCR/UCLA Thomas Haider Program in Biomedical Sciences, the UCR School of Medicine would not be where it is today.

The original UCR/UCLA program, established in 1974, enrolled 250 UCR freshmen in a seven-year program that led to an M.D. The program, by design, pared each cohort of 250 students down to 24 students by the third undergraduate year, which was the first year of medical school.

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UC Riverside Medical School Official Craig Byus Receives Lifetime Achievement Award