WALTHAM – Dr.
Scott Gilbert, a professor at Tufts University School of Medicine and fellowship
director for Tufts Medical Center’s Division of Nephrology, has been honored by the Massachusetts
Medical Society as the 2018 recipient of the Grant V. Rodkey Award, an honor
recognizing a Massachusetts physician for outstanding contributions to medical
education and medical students.
Gilbert was
nominated by a host of medical students, all of whom praised their mentor for
his willingness to engage and excite.
“Dr. Gilbert exemplifies what it means to be an excellent educator,”
medical student Serena Lofftus said. “It is the amount of care he takes in
getting know the students, providing resources and answering questions, and his
passion for the subject of nephrology that makes his course such a success.
Outside of the classroom, he is equally as engaged: greeting students by name,
taking opportunities to advise them in their careers, and organizing clinical
experiences in nephrology.”
Gilbert, a graduate of Washington
University School of Medicine (St. Louis), serves on the medical advisory board
of the National Kidney Foundation and, in 2016, was part of the Boston Marathon
medical staff.
