This award honors the chief resident who best demonstrates a dedication to teaching and mentoring more junior colleagues. It is in memory of Dr. Cassius M.C. Ellis III, a longtime clinical professor in the Department of Surgery who was the director of surgical education at North Memorial Medical Center. Ellis, who died in 1997, was also the first assistant dean for minority students at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
2008 - Dr. Peter K. Lee
2007 - Dr. Sean J. Barnett
2006 - Dr. Paul S. Vietzen
2005 - Dr. Bradley C. Linden
2004 - Dr. Jonathan D'Cunha
2003 - Dr. Brian C. Grubbs
2002 - Dr. Charles A. Svendsen
2001 - Dr. Benjamin Suhr
2000 - Dr. Robert D. Acton
1999 - Dr. Daniel A. Saltzman & Dr. Isaac Felemovicius
1998 - Drs. Timothy D. Sielaff & Daniel A. Saltzman
1997 - Dr. Andrew J. Matthews
Prior to 1997, the now Cassius award was named the Resident of the Year award.
1996 - Dr. Timothy D. Sielaff
1995 - Dr. Karol A. Gutowski
1994 - Dr. Stephen J. Migliori
1993 - Dr. John P. Leone
1992 - Dr. James B. Williams II
1991 - Dr. Daniel A. Saltzman
1990 - Drs. George H. Landis & Mark D. Sawyer
1989 - Dr. Peter G. Stock
1988 - Dr. Russell A. Shatford
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