Nisha Unni, MD, Honored With Outstanding Teacher Award

Dr. Unni, an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center, received the Eugene P. Frenkel, MD, Outstanding Teacher Award in the Hematology and Oncology Fellowship Program.

Prior to joining the UT Southwestern faculty in 2013, Dr. Unni received her medical degree from the University of Kerala in India. She completed several fellowships in the United States, including a fellowship in transfusion medicine and blood banking at Yale University School of Medicine and a fellowship in hematology and oncology at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Specializing in breast cancer, she is also a member of UT Southwestern’s Division of Hematology and Oncology, according to her faculty profile.

The award was created through a philanthropic gift from Eugene P. Frenkel, MD, a hematologist/oncologist and Professor of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern from 1969 until his passing in 2019. Dr. Frenkel pioneered the medical center’s Division of Hematology and Oncology and was known for his research on vitamin B12 metabolism and cancer, according to the institution’s website.