Janet Smith, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy at Drexel University College of Medicine. She teaches Gross Anatomy and Microscopic Anatomy in the first-year curriculum. Dr. Smith has been with the College of Medicine and its predecessor institutions since 1973. She is the recipient of numerous teaching awards, including many Golden Apple Awards from medical students, the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching and the Angelo Pinto Award for Basic Science Teaching.