School of Medicine honors students, residents and faculty with annual awards

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The UC Davis School of Medicine recently recognized more than 100 students, residents, faculty, and a staff member for their exceptional contributions to the medical school as part of its 2023 annual awards.

Students wearing blue graduation gowns on stage

The student awards were announced during the School of Medicine’s 52nd annual commencement ceremony last week.

2023 Student Awards

School of Medicine Medal
Lamia Choudhury

Golden Goblet Award
Joshua Crane

Loren D. Carlson Endowed Scholarship Research Award
Brendan Cohn-Sheehy

Eli Benjamini Endowed Fund for Biological Sciences
Spencer Gilles

O.M.E. Medical Student Scholarship Award
Manuel Fierro

Rena & Gabriel Smilkstein Humanitarian Award
Erika Monasch
Mustafa Shakir

J.T. Simon Lie, MD Memorial Scholarship Award
Se Ri Bae

The Merck Manual Award
Samya Faiq
Michael Nguyen
Paramjyot Panesar

Allan T. Nunn, M.D. Memorial Scholarship
Aida Nasirishargh

David M. Igdaloff and Michael A. Igdaloff Memorial Scholarship Award
Joseph Bisoglio

Edward J. Hurley, M.D. Memorial Scholarship Fund
Angelica Martin

Healing Arts Award
Rebecca George

Helen McConnell Palthe Fellowship Award
Se Ri Bae

James Franklin McManus Scholarship Award
Savanna Thompson

The Johnson Family Scholarship Award
Erika Monasch

The Irvine L. Johnson, Ethel M. Cushman Johnson, and Marilyn B. Johnson Endowed Scholarship Award
Erika Monasch

Kenneth W. and Phyllis J. Snow Endowed Award in Medicine
Brandon Fennell

Mansoor Ally Memorial Scholarship Award
Julia Goupil

San Joaquin Valley Prime Endowed Scholarship Award
Jacqueline Leon

2023 Gold Humanism Honor Society
Alexa Abdallah
Zina Ahmed
Joseph Bisoglio
Emily Dooley
Caitlin Esparza
Brandon Fennell
Manuel Fierro
Rebecca George
Julia Goupil
Gloria Han
Ian Joseph
Sarah Kardos
Joshua Lin
Angelica Martin
Charity Muraya
Michael Nguyen
Savanna Thompson
Allison Ong

Department Awards

Outstanding Medical Student in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Alexa Abdallah
Joshua Lin

Outstanding Medical Student in the Division of Pain Medicine
Joseph Bisoglio

Outstanding Medical Student in Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
Summer Meyer

Outstanding Medical Student in Cardiology
Alexa Abdallah

The Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy Barry F. King Memorial Award
Brandon Fennell
Janani Ramesh

Family and Community Medicine Award in Excellence
Asia Satchell

Ernest M. Gold Award for Excellence in Internal Medicine
Zina Ahmed
Brandon Fennell

Thomas Depner Award for Excellence in Nephrology
Brandon Fennell
Ariana Moghbel
Anna Nordquist
Mohammad Pourhosseinzadeh

Outstanding Medical Student in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Caitlin Esparza

Outstanding Medical Student in Ophthalmology and Vision Science
Michael Nguyen

Outstanding Medical Student in Orthopaedic Surgery
Carter White

Award for Excellence in Otolaryngology
Sukhkaran Aulakh
Joy Chen

Robert E. Stowell, M.D., Ph.D. Award for Excellence in Pathology
Joel Hernandez

Crystie Halsted Award for Excellence in Pediatrics
Angela Nguyen

Outstanding Medical Student in Pharmacology
Erika Monasch

Outstanding Medical Student in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Brendan Cohn-Sheehy

Heineman Award for Excellence in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Brian Lawton

Russell A. McFall, MD Excellence in Radiology
Timothy Lee

Outstanding Medical Student in Surgery Award
Ian Joseph

Rural PRIME Outstanding Medical Student Award
Savanna Thompson

SJV PRIME Outstanding Medical Student Award
Jacqueline Leon

Reach Outstanding Medical Student Award
Benjamin Vincent

Teach-MS Outstanding Medical Student Award
Ronald Hart

2023 Excellence in Public Health Award by the U.S. Public Health Sciences
Charity Muraya

The Doctoring Awards
Brandon Fennell
Rebecca George
Kayla Meadows
Erika Monasch

Outstanding Teaching Awards Resident Medical Staff

Emergency Medicine
Joseph Yoon

Family and Community Medicine
Nealy Wooldridge

Internal Medicine
Conan Liu

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Janese Thompson

Pediatrics
Pritha Multani

Psychiatry
Alexis Rosvall

Surgery
Nikunj (Nick) Donde

Faculty Awards

John Tupper, M.D. Prize for Excellence in Teaching
Melody Hou
Jennifer Plant

Hibbard Williams Award for Extraordinary Achievement
Craig McDonald

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Award for Excellence in Teaching
Shubha Ananthakrishnan
Nipavan Chiamvimonvat
Ronald Jan

Outstanding Instructor Awards from the Class of 2022
Basic Sciences Faculty: Colleen Sweeney
Clinical Sciences (Full-time Faculty): Shubha Ananthakrishnan
Clinical Sciences (Volunteer Faculty): Yasmeen Shagufta

Joan Oettinger Memorial Award
William Murphy

School of Medicine Research Award
Ramsey Badawi
Nipavan Chiamvimonvat

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