Each year, as they prepare for commencement and the next step in residency training, the medical school officially welcomes our fourth-year students as WMed alumni and honors the top students from the graduating class during the annual Awards and Alumni Banquet. Faculty are also recognized during the event and honored with awards that are chosen by the students.
Outstanding Student Awards
Annually, each academic department at the medical school selects one or more outstanding students from the graduating class to be awarded on behalf of the department faculty.
- Anesthesiology
- Grant Finlayson, 2018
- Sheila Sullivan, 2018
- Michael Chavarria, 2019
- Jeffrey Friedman, 2019
- Paras Garg, 2020
- Yoad Porat, 2020
- Taylor Tribett, 2021
- Alexander Centala, 2022
- Paul Dudek, 2022
- Amir Feeley, 2023
- Rachel B. Zamihovsky, 2023
- Erica Myrick, 2024
- Patrick Reichhold, 2024
- Erin Burgmaier, 2025
- Biomedical Informatics
- Emma Sand, 2025
- Ali Shammout, 2025
- Urvi Savant, Research, 2026
- Catherine Drake, Distinction, 2026
- Amisha Garikipati, Distinction 2027
- Sage Bilsland, Distinction, 2027
- Biomedical Sciences
- Victoria Addis, 2024
- Tucker Morris, 2025
- Emily Hinners, 2026
- Emergency Medicine
- Jacob Brugger, 2018
- Nathan Whelham, 2019
- Conner Holthaus, 2020
- Joaquin Peralta, 2021
- Kendall Smith, 2022
- Rachel Lea Warchock 2023
- Jessica Ziccarello, 2024
- Marie Freudenburg, 2025
- Noelle Fukuda, 2025
- Family and Community Medicine
- Thu Nguyen, 2018
- Jennifer Kim, 2019
- Jonathan Ericson, 2020
- Stephanie Liu, 2020
- Zackary Cowan, 2021
- Matthew Gray, 2022
- Tracy Lynn Frederick, 2023
- John Bradtke, 2024
- Benjamin Root, 2024
- Samantha Mazurek, 2025
- Medical Ethics, Humanities, and Law
- Emily Josephine Carroll, 2023
- Casey Chmura, 2024
- Yvonne Hojberg, 2024
- Medicine
- Nicole Foley, 2018
- Keegan Colletier, 2019
- Amy Rechenberg, 2019
- William Petro, 2020
- Kyle VanDommelen, 2020
- Nicole Ahmed, 2021
- Casey Fealko, 2022
- Elaine Oldford, 2022
- Hayley Marie Barker, 2023
- Collin Scott Vasseur, 2023
- Catherine Bloch, 2024
- Maxwell Olson, 2024
- Matthew Welter, 2025
- Siobhán West, 2025
- Medicine-Pediatrics
- Paulina Cradeur, 2025
- Jeffrey Nosek, 2025
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Samuel Yost, 2018
- Claire Cameron-Ruetz, 2019
- David Lee, 2019
- Gina Bravata, 2020
- Alysa Hernandez, 2021
- Kelsy Schultz, 2022
- Emma Swayze, 2022
- Andrew Lynch, 2023
- Evelyn Ainsley McWilliams, 2023
- Julita Gongolli, 2024
- Jeanna Yu, 2024
- Leilani Nguyen, 2025
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Michael Behun, 2018
- Evan Kohler, 2019
- Patrick Albright, 2020
- Seth Moffatt, 2021
- Kelsey Suggs, 2022
- Rachel Lynn Tolsma, 2023
- Juliana Overbey, 2024
- Cassidy Hinton, 2025
- Pathology
- Heather Chen, 2018
- Timothy Wysozan, 2018
- Melanie Bourgeau, 2019
- Michael Madrid, 2020
- Kelsey Miller, 2021
- Hailee St. Louis, 2021
- Adrienne Workman, 2022
- Mahmuod Abdeljaber, 2023
- Yvonne Hojberg, 2024
- Matthew Schuler, 2025
- Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
- Grant Finlayson, 2018
- Sheila Sullivan, 2018
- Michael Chavarria, 2019
- Jeffrey Friedman, 2019
- Paras Garg, 2020
- Yoad Porat, 2020
- Taylor Tribett, 2021
- Alexander Centala, 2022
- Paul Dudek, 2022
- Amir Feeley, 2023
- Rachel B. Zamihovsky, 2023
- Erica Myrick, 2024
- Patrick Reichhold, 2024
- Jennifer Vosters, 2025
- Psychiatry
- Olivia Fournier, 2018
- Jamil Khondker, 2020
- Daniel Waters, 2021
- Andy Jan, 2022
- Ka Sam, 2023
- Alena Wurster, 2023
- Tam Doan, 2024
- Sherwin Shabdar, 2024
- Nicole Pearce, 2025
- Radiology
- Eleanor Yu, 2018
- Peter Hoeksema, 2019
- Benjamin Roush, 2019
- Thomas Duong, 2020
- John Winterholler, 2020
- Tong Li, 2021
- Paul Yousif, 2022
- James Quang Le, 2023
- Mackenna Louis Senti, 2023
- Zachary Dewyer, 2024
- Paul Peso, 2024
- Surgery
- Peter White, 2018
- Samuel Lai, 2019
- Daniel Ferman, 2020
- Jacob Baxter, 2021
- Jesse Chou, 2021
- Gordon Liu, 2022
- Emily Eizabeth Beck, 2023
- Christine Ann Schmitt, 2023
- Peter Awad, 2024
- Chester Gauss IV, 2024
- Noemi Mangiamele, 2025
- Emma Sand, 2025
- WMed Impact Award
- Jeffrey Nosek, 2025
CLEAR Awards
Students in each graduating class select one peer who exemplifies excellence in each area of the medical school's foundational CLEAR mission: Clinician, Leader, Educator, Advocate, and Researcher.
- Clinician Award
- Timothy Truong, 2018
- Nicholas Sweda, 2018
- Kathryn Davis, 2020
- Lucas Rich, 2021
- Matthew Gray, 2022
- Christine C. Maisano, 2023
- John Bradtke, 2024
- Simranjeet Cheema, 2024
- Carlynn Gasser, 2025
- Leader Award
- Kevin Cates, 2018
- Nathan Whelham, 2019
- Kylie Miller, 2020
- Patrick McCreesh III, 2021
- Melissa Pellman, 2022
- Amy Renee Lorber, 2023
- Deep Patel, 2024
- Nikoli Nickson, 2025
- Educator Award
- Arad Abadi, 2018
- Neil Hughes, 2019
- Gina Bravata, 2020
- Mekala Neelakantan, 2021
- Elaine Oldford, 2022
- Mahmuod Abdeljaber, 2023
- Peter Awad, 2024
- Jeffrey Nosek, 2025
- Advocate Award
- Ana Villalobos Acosta, 2018
- Grace Catherine-Parikh Walter, 2019
- Gina Bravata, 2020
- Lauren Strzyzewski, 2021
- Claire Tanager, 2021
- Rebecca Reardon-Lochbaum, 2022
- Andrew Lynch, 2023
- Kira Couch, 2024
- Tierra Jolly, 2025
- Rosemary Vergara, 2025
- Researcher Award
- Jacqueline Dauch, 2018
- Samuel Lai, 2019
- John Winterholler, 2020
- Jesse Chou, 2021
- John "Jack" Dewey, 2022
- Rachael Lynn Tolsma, 2023
- Juliana Overbey, 2024
- Talal Al-Assil, 2025
Honor Society Inductees
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
The Michigan Epsilon chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society at WMed recognizes students who have shown dedication to academia, peer teaching, leadership, humanism, and service. Students become eligible for this honor in their third year, and are selected by faculty who are members of the society.
MD Class of 2025 Inductees
- Hunter Berger
- Kevin Chen
- Samantha Dominguez
- Noelle Fukuda
- Mason Gonzales
- Cassidy Hinton
- Amanda Hunt
- Rachel Kimura
- Sydney Les
- Timothy Mayotte
- Tucker Morris
- Kunal Ranat
- Emma Sand
- Luke Schultz
- Ali Shammout
- Matthew Welter
Resident Class of 2025 Inductees
- Matthew Belardo, MD
- Taylor Cable, MD
- Kyra Folkert, MD
- Kent Grosh, MD
- Maura Holm, DO
- Alec Johnson, DO
- Sarah Khalil, MD
- Shamanthika Shelkay, MD
- Syed Ibed Ali, MD
Faculty Class of 2025 Inductees
- Sravani Alluri, MD
- Susan Bannon, MD
- Ross Driscoll, MD
- Theotonius Gomes, DO
- Nichol Holodick, PhD
- Neil Hughes, MD
- Joshua Mastenbrook, MD
- William Nettleton, MD
- Maria Sheakley, PhD
- Kristi VanDerKolk, MD
- Momoko Yoshimoto, MD, PhD
- Gold Humanism Honor Society
We believe in the importance of developing humanistic future physicians who are dedicated to compassionate, respectful, and empathetic patient care. Students who have exhibited these characteristics while in medical school are inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Students are nominated for this honor in their third year by their peers.
MD Class of 2025 Inductees
- Campbell Brown
- Paulina Cradeur
- Sultan Elhaj
- Marie Freudenburg
- Carlynn Gasser
- Cassidy Hinton
- Tierra Jolly
- Sydney Les
- Nikoli Nickson
- Jeffrey Nosek
- Rosemary Vergara
- Mallory Wright
Scholarship Recipients
- Dean’s Endowed Scholarship
- McKenzie Akers, 2018
- Nathan Whelham, 2019
- Conner Holthaus, 2020
- Seth Moffatt, 2021
- Drew Moss, 2022
- Emily Elizabeth Beck, 2023
- Deep Patel, 2024
- Paul Peso, 2024
- Tierra Jolly, 2025
- Joseph Preziosi, 2025
- Ravi Trivedi, 2025
- Peter H. Capelli Endowed Scholarship
- Samuel Yost, 2018
- Jordan Fenlon, 2019
- Patrick Albright, 2020
- Joshua White, 2021
- Wei Zhao, 2022
- Robert Dean Kerruish III, 2023
- Simranjeet Cheema, 2024
- Hunter Berger, 2025
- Mason Gonzales, 2025
- James R. Ryan Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship
- Samuel Yost, 2018
- Tyler Gardner, 2019
- William Petro, 2020
- Lucas Rich, 2021
- Elaine Oldford, 2022
- Gina Shoemaker, 2022
- Mahmuod Abdeljaber, 2023
- Maninder Randhawa, 2024
- Dakota De Cecco, 2024
- Luke Schultz, 2025
Service Commitment Scholarships
- F. Edward Hébert Armed Forces Health Professions (HPSP) Scholarship
- Beau Prey, 2019
- Daniel Ferman, 2020
- Joshua Hunt, 2020
- Kylie Miller, 2020
- Patrick Hilaire, 2022
- Brandon Llewellyn, 2023
- Amy Shao, 2024
- Campbell Brown, 2025
- Nikoli Nickson, 2025
- Gregory Olsen, 2025
- Logan Spooner, 2025
- National Health Service Corps Scholarship (NHSC)
- Kevin Cates, 2018
- Grace Walter, 2019
- Kailin Kuo, 2020
- Anna John, 2022
- Rachel Chang, 2022
- Paulina Cradeur, 2025
Faculty Awards
Prior to commencement, each graduating class presents awards to outstanding medical school faculty.
- Outstanding Basic Science Educator, Foundations of Medicine
- Maria Sheakley, PhD: 2018, 2023
- Timothy Bauler, PhD: 2019, 2024
- David Riddle, PhD: 2024
- Jade Woodcock, PhD: 2021, 2025
- Shanna Cole, PharmD: 2022
- Sara Allison, PhD: 2026
- Andromeda Nauli, PhD: 2027
- Outstanding Clinical Science Educator, Foundations of Medicine
- Joel Reinoehl, MD: 2018, 2019
- Lisa Miller, MD: 2020
- Joseph Prahlow, MD: 2021, 2023
- Jeffrey Wilt, MD: 2022, 2027
- C. Gregory Hodgman, MD: 2024
- Theotonius Gomes, DO: 2025
- Cheryl Dickson, MD: 2026
- Outstanding Clinical Science Educator, Clerkship Director
- Melissa Olken, MD, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023
- Lisa Miller, MD, 2019, 2024
- Maria Demma Cabral, MD, 2022
- Priscilla L. Woodhams, MD, 2025
- Outstanding Clinical Science Educator, Clinical Faculty
- Anna Hoekstra, MD, MPH: 2018
- Sheldon Maltz, MD: 2019
- Prashant Patel, DO: 2020, 2021
- Mark Loehrke, MD: 2022
- Nicholas J. Helmstetter, MD: 2023
- Sravani Alluri, MD, MS: 2024
- Diane L. Peirce, MD, 2025
- Outstanding Clinical Science Educator, Resident Physician
- David Schutter, MD: 2018
- Jairo Espinosa, MD: 2019
- April Korneli, DO: 2020
- Michelle Peterson, MD: 2021
- Kent Grosh, MD: 2022, 2024
- Ian Thomas Crumm, MD: 2023
- Salman Abdul Majeed, DO: 2024
- Mikayla Marie Moody, DO, 2025
- Gabriel Assis de Carlos, MD, 2025
Distinctions
- Advocacy and Leadership in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Distinction
MD Class of 2023
- Andrew Lynch
MD Class of 2024- Andrew Alfred
MD Class of 2025- Talal Al-Assil
- Clinical Informatics Distinction
MD Class of 2025
- Shane Handelsman
- Emma Sand
- Global and Public Health Distinction
MD Class of 2022
- Rachel Chang
- John Frederick, IV
- Natasha Haris
- Khadijah Hussain
- Winnie Long
- Jeanne Oord
- Rebecca Reardon
- Megan Sandberg
- Kelsy Schultz
- Sorabh Singhal
- Kelsey Suggs
- Lo Tamburro
MD Class of 2023
- Tara Leen Ballouz
- Emily Josephine Carroll
- Elizabeth Lee Schultz Corpuz
- Nolan Timothy Klunder
- Evelyn Ainsley McWilliams
- James Garrison Southard
MD Class of 2024
- Sam Natla
- Vera C. Obinwanne
- Brittany Sullivan
- Seyjil Turpin
MD Class of 2025
- Carolyn Cooper
- Carlynn Gasser
- Delour Haj
- Sreevidya Kurra
- Noemi Mangiamele
- Nikoli Nickson
- Daniela Pinto Payares
- Ravi Trivedi
- Rubie Villela
- Interprofessional Focus in Community Health Distinction
MD Class of 2022
- Rachel Chang
- Matthew Gray
- Sarah Jo Hogenson
- Elaine Oldford
- Megan Sandberg
- Kelsy Schultz
- Gina Shoemaker
- Lo Tamburro
- Letty Thottathil
MD Class of 2023- Christine C. Maisano
MD Class of 2025- Anton Iskerskiy
- Medical Ethics, Humanities, and Law Distinction
MD Class of 2023
- Emily Josephine Carroll
- Mfoniso Usen Ekpo
- Sophia Dan Qing He
- Jenelle Hyunji Lee
- Brandon Jacob Llewellyn
- Nirvan Shanker
- Margaret Mary Smith
- James Garrison Southard
MD Class of 2024
- Somer Corbett
- Kira Couch
- Peter Ewing
- Sam Natla
- Joseph A. Willner
MD Class of 2025
- Thomas Chan
- Tierra Jolly
- Rachel Kimura
- Ali Shammout
- Promoting Excellence in Medical Education Distinction
MD Class of 2024
- Victoria Addis
- Peter Awad
- Benjamin Root
- Simran Singh
- Jonathan Tse
MD Class of 2025
- Hong Phan
- Well-Being in Medicine Distinction
MD Class of 2022
- Maria Magidenko
- Melissa Pellman
MD Class of 2023- Tracy Lynn Frederick
- Maya Limbu Giaquinta
- Faith Hsu
- Andrew Lynch
- Christine C. Maisano
- Zain Khan Soofi
- Raechel Lea Warchock
- Rachel B. Zamihovsky
MD Class of 2024
- Michael Crone
- Peter Ewing
- Natasha Heart
- Joshua McGarry
- Katherine McNally
- Shivani Reddy
- Agnieszka Steiner
- Kathryn Tighe
- Jonathan Tse
MD Class of 2025
- Paulina Cradeur
- Rachel Foshee
- Anton Iskerkiy
- Katie Kesler
- Sydney Les
- Noemi Mangiamele
- Tucker Morris
- Jeffrey Nosek
- Nicole Pearce
- Daniel Wagner