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Kalyan Kandra, MD , was recently honored with two international awards at the Association for Academic Psychiatry (AAP) Annual Meeting in Milwaukee on September 10-14. AAP is a leading global organization dedicated to advancing psychiatric education and fostering the career development of psychiatric educators worldwide. To be recognized with two of its prestigious awards in one year is a career highlight. Kandra received t he AAP Early Career Development Award and the Master Educator IDEA Fellowship Award. Candidates for the former are evaluated on the quality and breadth of their teaching

Kalyan Kandra, MD , was recently honored with two international awards at the Association for Academic Psychiatry (AAP) Annual Meeting in Milwaukee on September 10-14. AAP is a leading global organization dedicated to advancing psychiatric education and fostering the career development of psychiatric educators worldwide. To be recognized with two of its prestigious awards in one year is a career highlight. Kandra received t he AAP Early Career Development Award and the Master Educator IDEA Fellowship Award. Candidates for the former are evaluated on the quality and breadth of their teaching

Kalyan Kandra, MD , was recently honored with two international awards at the Association for Academic Psychiatry (AAP) Annual Meeting in Milwaukee on September 10-14. AAP is a leading global organization dedicated to advancing psychiatric education and fostering the career development of psychiatric educators worldwide. To be recognized with two of its prestigious awards in one year is a career highlight. Kandra received t he AAP Early Career Development Award and the Master Educator IDEA Fellowship Award. Candidates for the former are evaluated on the quality and breadth of their teaching

A young girl sits in a chair in the corner of a hospital room. She watches as a nurse quietly adjusts her grandfather’s oxygen tube and smooths the blanket at his side. A physician kneels to explain the next steps to her worried parents, his voice calm and measured. A nurse offers a reassuring hand and a few words of comfort that seem to ease the moment. From her seat, Meredith Flamm sees how small gestures of compassion can bring strength and calm into a room heavy with uncertainty. This was her realization: she wanted to help others like the healthcare providers who helped her grandfather.

A young girl sits in a chair in the corner of a hospital room. She watches as a nurse quietly adjusts her grandfather’s oxygen tube and smooths the blanket at his side. A physician kneels to explain the next steps to her worried parents, his voice calm and measured. A nurse offers a reassuring hand and a few words of comfort that seem to ease the moment. From her seat, Meredith Flamm sees how small gestures of compassion can bring strength and calm into a room heavy with uncertainty. This was her realization: she wanted to help others like the healthcare providers who helped her grandfather.

A young girl sits in a chair in the corner of a hospital room. She watches as a nurse quietly adjusts her grandfather’s oxygen tube and smooths the blanket at his side. A physician kneels to explain the next steps to her worried parents, his voice calm and measured. A nurse offers a reassuring hand and a few words of comfort that seem to ease the moment. From her seat, Meredith Flamm sees how small gestures of compassion can bring strength and calm into a room heavy with uncertainty. This was her realization: she wanted to help others like the healthcare providers who helped her grandfather.

A young girl sits in a chair in the corner of a hospital room. She watches as a nurse quietly adjusts her grandfather’s oxygen tube and smooths the blanket at his side. A physician kneels to explain the next steps to her worried parents, his voice calm and measured. A nurse offers a reassuring hand and a few words of comfort that seem to ease the moment. From her seat, Meredith Flamm sees how small gestures of compassion can bring strength and calm into a room heavy with uncertainty. This was her realization: she wanted to help others like the healthcare providers who helped her grandfather.

A young girl sits in a chair in the corner of a hospital room. She watches as a nurse quietly adjusts her grandfather’s oxygen tube and smooths the blanket at his side. A physician kneels to explain the next steps to her worried parents, his voice calm and measured. A nurse offers a reassuring hand and a few words of comfort that seem to ease the moment. From her seat, Meredith Flamm sees how small gestures of compassion can bring strength and calm into a room heavy with uncertainty. This was her realization: she wanted to help others like the healthcare providers who helped her grandfather.

A young girl sits in a chair in the corner of a hospital room. She watches as a nurse quietly adjusts her grandfather’s oxygen tube and smooths the blanket at his side. A physician kneels to explain the next steps to her worried parents, his voice calm and measured. A nurse offers a reassuring hand and a few words of comfort that seem to ease the moment. From her seat, Meredith Flamm sees how small gestures of compassion can bring strength and calm into a room heavy with uncertainty. This was her realization: she wanted to help others like the healthcare providers who helped her grandfather.