May 11, 2017 — The UF College of Medicine class of 2017 took a break from preparing for their ever-nearing residencies to recognize each other’s achievements over the last four years. The senior awards banquet was held May 5 at the Wyndham Garden Gainesville Hotel.
The list of 2017 awards and recipients is as follows:
J.S. Gravenstein Award for Excellence in Anesthesiology
Lauren Smajdor
Color Atlas of Dermatology
Rony Francois
Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award
Austin Costa
Excellence in Family Medicine Award
Meray Ohanessian
Excellence in Community Health Award
Cristina Rabaza
Excellence in Primary Care Sports Medicine
Katherine Fahy
American College of Physicians Award
Shiyi Pang
Robert Cade, M.D., Memorial Award
Jonathan Berry & Kavita Chapl
George J. Caranasos Professionalism Award
Meron Hirpa
Richard Conti, M.D., Excellence in Cardiovascular Medicine Award
Matthew Huber
Endocrine Society Medical Student Achievement Award
Ritesh Patel
William Osler Award in Internal Medicine
Lauren Donnangelo
Outstanding Medical Student in Hematology/Oncology
Jonathan Berry
A.J. Block Critical Care Medicine Award
Rachel Naramore
Samuel D. Harris Award for Excellence in Pulmonary Medicine
Alexandra Pedicone
American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Award for Excellence in Neurology
Denus Balaban & Christopher Wood
Excellence in Neurosurgery Award
Timothy Gooldy
Albert L. Rhoton, Jr., M.D., Neurosurgical Excellence Award
Timothy Gooldy
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists District XII Award
Savannah Pena
W.C. Thomas Award
Mariana Ramos-Rivera
The Kenneth Kellner, M.D., Ph.D., Award
Senior Student Excellence in Ophthalmology Award
Yasmin Islam
W.F. Enneking, M.D., Award for Excellence in Orthopedic Surgery
Jorge Gil
Excellence in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Award
Glenn Sapp
George T. Singleton, M.D., Award for Excellence in Otolaryngology
Nicklas Orobello
Dr. Sigurd J. Normann Excellence in Pathology Award
Catherine Gonsalves
Dean Mitchell Baker Award
Kimberley Jacobs
Hugh and Cornelia Carithers Award in Child Health/Human Development
Pamela Londres
Eugene Craig Haufler Award
Zachary Anderson
Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Luther W. Holloway Award
Angelique Boutzoukas
Michael and Mary Solowy Memorial Award
Matthew Authement
STOP! Children’s Cancer Hematology/Oncology Senior Medical Student Award
Christina Turn & Kelsey Nestor
Peter Regan, M.D., Award
Mark Baptiste
Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Gabriela Marranzini
Senior Excellence in Radiology Award
Hazel Asumu
The Robert R. Donahoe Memorial General Surgery Award
Kelly Herremans
Florida Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Award
Brian Black
Edward R. Woodward, M.D., Surgical Award
Elizabeth Pace
Excellence in Urology Award
Stephanie Stillings
Judy Duff Memorial Award
Zachary Anderson
Ibn al-Nafis Exemplary Student Award
Yamin Islam
UF American Medical Association Medical Student Section Excellence in Leadership Award
Jacob Burns, Hunter Pattison & Kimberly Swartz
Thorkild W. Andersen Award
Christian Reintgen
Merck Manual Award
Yasmin Islam, Kimberley Jacobs & Adam Leavitt
Excellence in Medical Education Award
Hazel Asumu, Rony Francois & Selina Sutchu
Office of Student Counseling and Development Service Award
Lisa Awe, Jeremy Collado, Rony Francois, Catherine Gonsalves, Tene Sablo Redman & Kara Ruder
Okun Family History of Medicine Distinguished Scholar Award
Kavita Chapla & Kathleen Park
Deanne Barlow Romrell Memorial Award
Kavita Chapla & Rachel Naramore
Eugene Tubbs Memorial Award
Jeremy Collado
University Medical Guild Memorial Merit Scholarship
Kelly Herremans, Nicholas Laconi & Hunter Pattison
Student Hippocratic Award
Kavita Chapla
Students also presented awards to the faculty, including:
Outstanding Resident Teacher
Ahsan Raza, M.D., department of surgery
Outstanding Basic Science Teacher
Marc Zumberg, M.D., department of medicine
Outstanding Clinical Science Teacher
Christopher Giordano, M.D., department of anesthesiology
Outstanding Basic Science Course
Hematology (Course Director, Dr. Marc Zumberg)
Outstanding Clinical Clerkship
Emergency Medicine (Clerkship Directors – Matt Ryan, M.D., Ph.D., Gainesville, and Tom Morrissey, M.D., Ph.D., Jacksonville)
