UF Medicine faculty, staff honored with Superior Accomplishment Awards
Data management analyst Piyush Chaudhari received a top-level university award
April 21, 2025 — This year, 28 University of Florida College of Medicine faculty and staff from the Gainesville and Jacksonville campuses received UF Superior Accomplishment Awards.
The program annually recognizes faculty and staff who have contributed outstanding service, demonstrated efficiency or economy in their work or created an impact on quality of life for students and employees. Each winner was nominated by supervisors, peers or customers, with outstanding letters of support submitted on their behalf.
Division-level honorees receive a $200 cash prize and are considered for university-level awards. This spring, College of Medicine data management analyst Piyush Chaudhari was recognized as a University-Gold Award winner and received a $2,000 cash prize.

University-Gold Award
Individual Employee Performance
Finance, Research & Compliance
- Piyush Chaudhari, Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics
Division 5 winners
Individual Employee Performance
- Jennifer Barghout, Department of Anesthesiology
- Marah Berry, College of Medicine Office of Research
- Michelle Calano, Department of Pediatrics
- Piyush Chaudhari, Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics
- Katelyn Dabhi, Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine – Jacksonville
- Demita Ivey, Office of the Dean, College of Medicine – Jacksonville
- Katherine Martinez, Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine
- Savannah Patterson Johnson, Department of Surgery
- Stephanie Reed, Department of Medicine
- Johnathan Thomas, Office of the Dean
- Emily Young, Department of Emergency Medicine
Rookie of the Year
- Hayden Evans, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Tori Hackney, Office of the Dean
- Erik Neuman, Department of Anesthesiology
- Alex Yoon, Ph.D., M.P.H., Department of Surgery
Sustained Excellence
- Leslie Caulder, Office of the Dean, College of Medicine – Jacksonville
- Hannah M. Hatcher, Department of Psychiatry
- Brett Kapper, Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics
- Richanne Lamb, Office of the Dean
- Brandon L. Peckham, Department of Anesthesiology
- Brittney Roth Manning, Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics
Team Collaboration
UF Pain Assessment and Management Initiative
College of Medicine – Jacksonville
- Meghan Carberry
- Leighton Cleveland
- Michelle Lott
- Nolan Menze
- Taylor Munson
- Taylor Scott