Erica B. Baller, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, is the 2025 recipient of the Leonard Berwick Memorial Teaching Award. The Berwick Award was established in 1981 as a memorial to Leonard Berwick by his family and the Department of Pathology. It recognizes “a member of the medical faculty who in his or her teaching effectively fuses basic science and clinical medicine.” It is intended that this award recognize persons who are outstanding teachers, particularly among younger faculty. Dr. Erica Baller is dedicated to advancing trainee education in the care of medically ill patients with neuropsychiatric disorders. In addition to her role as director of neuroscience education for the Department of Psychiatry’s residency program, she is a national leader in the National Neuroscience Curriculum Initiative (NNCI), where her widely adopted teaching materials have been used in 178 countries and incorporated into primary care training in Canada. She has developed more than 15 educational modules for the NNCI and actively mentors residents in creating neuroscience teaching tools used internationally. Learn more about Dr. Baller