School of Medicine honors students, residents and faculty with annual awards
By Liam Connolly
(SACRAMENTO)
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.
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
