Annual Student Awards and Faculty Recognition

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.

• Department of Anesthesiology
• Department of Biomedical Sciences
• Department of Emergency Medicine
• Department of Family and Community Medicine
• Department of Medical Ethics, Humanities, and Law
• Department of Medicine
• Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Department of Pathology
• Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
• Department of Psychiatry
• Department of Radiology
• Department of Surgery

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
• Leader Award
• Educator Award
• Advocate Award
• Researcher Award

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 2024 Inductees

  Victoria Addis Andrew Alfred Peter Awad Allison Balaj John Bradtke Simranjeet Cheema Kira Couch Dakota De Cecco Zachary Dewyer

  Julita Gongolli Jalen Martin Seyjil Turpin Zachary Pearson Paul Peso Maninder Randhawa Patrick Reichhold Anna Vanderschaegen Jeanna Yu

• 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 2024 Inductees

  Victoria Addis Peter Awad James Burton Simranjeet Cheema Kira Couch Francine Grey-Theriot Erica Myrick

  Sam Natla Maxwell Olson Deep Patel Benjamin Root Agnieszka Steiner Devin Velasco

Scholarship Recipients

• Dean’s Endowed Scholarship
• Peter H. Capelli Endowed Scholarship
• James R. Ryan Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship

Service Commitment Scholarships

• F. Edward Hébert Armed Forces Health Professions (HPSP) Scholarship
• National Health Service Corps Scholarship (NHSC)

Faculty Awards

Prior to commencement, each graduating class presents awards to outstanding medical school faculty.

• Outstanding Basic Science Educator, Foundations of Medicine
• Outstanding Clinical Science Educator, Foundations of Medicine
• Outstanding Clinical Science Educator, Clerkship Director
• Outstanding Clinical Science Educator, Clinical Faculty
• Outstanding Clinical Science Educator, Resident Physician

Distinctions

• Advocacy and Leadership in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Distinction

  MD Class of 2024

  • Andrew Alfred

  
  MD Class of 2023

  • Andrew Lynch
• Global and Public Health Distinction

  MD Class of 2024

  Sam Natla Vera C. Obinwanne

  Brittany Sullivan Seyjil Turpin

  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 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

• Interprofessional Focus in Community Health Distinction

  MD Class of 2023

  • Christine C. Maisano

  
  MD Class of 2022

  Rachel Chang Matthew Gray Sarah Jo Hogenson Elaine Oldford Megan Sandberg

  Kelsy Schultz Gina Shoemaker Lo Tamburro Letty Thottathil

• Medical Ethics, Humanities, and Law Distinction

  MD Class of 2024

  Somer Corbett Kira Couch Peter Ewing

  Sam Natla Joseph A. Willner

  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

• Promoting Excellence in Medical Education Distinction

  MD Class of 2024

  Victoria Addis Peter Awad Benjamin Root

  Simran Singh Jonathan Tse

• Well-Being in Medicine Distinction

  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 2023

  Tracy Lynn Frederick Maya Limbu Giaquinta Faith Hsu Andrew Lynch Christine C. Maisano

  Zain Khan Soofi Krishna Lee Tiwari Raechel Lea Warchock Rachel B. Zamihovsky

  MD Class of 2022

  • Maria Magidenko
  • Melissa Pellman