The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has announced its 2023 Award recipients, recognizing the strength, innovation, and commitment to the graduate medical education (GME) community these recipients have displayed.

Meet one of one of 10 recipients of the Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award: Richard G. Ellenbogen, M.D., FACS,  Professor and Theodore S. Roberts Endowed Chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Washington, attending surgeon at Harborview Medical Center, Seattle Children’s Hospital and University of Washington Medical Center, Director of the UW Medicine Neurosciences Institute, and Director of the Neurological Surgery Residency Program and Founding Co-Director of the Seattle Sports Concussion Program, a joint program sponsored by Seattle Children’s Hospital and UW Medicine.

The Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award recognizes program directors who have fostered innovation and improvement in their residency/fellowship programs and served as exemplary role models for residents and fellows. Dr. Ellenbogen will be formally recognized with other winners at the 2023 ACGME Annual Educational Conference in Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 23 to 25, 2023.