The Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine’s Fifteenth Annual Medical Faculty and Student Awards Ceremony was held on April 19. Congratulations to all the winners!
See photos from the 2024 Awards Ceremony.
STUDENT AWARDS
Outstanding Academic Performance M3/M4
- Richard Suarez
Outstanding Academic Performance M2
- Keelin McKenna
Outstanding Academic Performance M1
- Austen Hentschel
AMWA Glasgow-Rubin Citation for Academic Achievement
- Hannah Bearham
- Ann Chacko
- Rachel Garrity
- Danielle Hanuschak
- Kayla Imms
- Alexandra Townsend
ACOG District XII-2022 Medical Student Award
- Rachel Siretskly
- Hannah Baker
Outstanding Clerkship Awards
- Emergency Medicine: Daniel Usuga
- Family Medicine: Ann Chacko
- Geriatrics: Arhum Saleem
- Internal Medicine: Kai Fu
- Neurology: Richard Suarez
- Obstetrics & Gynecology: Maryam Ali
- Pediatrics: Hannah Bearham
- Psychiatry: Kevin Pendo
- Radiology: Seema Al-Shaihli
- Surgery: Dino Fanfan
Outstanding Community Service Award
- M4: Michael Qureshi
- M2: Caroline Hobson
Outstanding Leadership Award
- M4: Praveen Wickremasinghe
- M2: Hope Morales
Dan Castellano, PhD Award in Professsionalism
- M4: Jose Redondo II
- M2: Joseph Luzarraga
Peggy O’Leary Siegler Scholarship
- Jose Redondo II
Judy & Fred Schild, MD Scholarship
- Karli Chaplin
Leonard Tow Humanism Award
- Jose Redondo II
- Matthew Colas
Robert Kemper, MD Award for Professionalism in Medicine
- Oreoluwa Olorunlogbon
- Brooke Schwartz
Medical Alumni Award
- Monica Polcz, MD’15
MEDICAL FACULTY AWARDS
Leonard Tow Humanism Award
- Sarah Stumbar, MD
Resident and Fellow Clinical Teaching Award
- Emily Quintero, MD
Excellence in Clinical Teaching in Emergency Medicine
- John D. Kimpel, MD
Excellence in Clinical Teaching in Family Medicine
- Jose Martinez, MD
Excellence in Clinical Teaching in Primary Care Preceptorship
- Felix Grudsky, DO
Excellence in Clinical Teaching in Geriatric Medicine
- Anabella Ferrari, MD
Excellence in Clinical Teaching in Internal Medicine
- Nelson Garcia, MD
Excellence in Clinical Teaching in Neurology
- Sheryl Strasser, MD
Excellence in Clinical Teaching in Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Darren Salinger, MD
Excellence in Clinical Teaching in Pediatrics
- Julie Kantor, MD
Excellence in Clinical Teaching in Surgery
- Kfir Ben-David, MD
Excellence in Clinical Teaching in Radiology
- Katherine Lampen Sachar, MD
AOA Voluntary Clinical Teaching Award
- Javier Hiriart, MD
Excellence in Medical School Teaching–Course/Clerk Directorship
- Jenny Fortun, PhD
Excellence in medical School Teaching–Large Group Interactive
- Ferdinand Gomez, MS
Excellence in Medical School Teaching—Innovative Learning
- Sarah Stumbar, MD
Excellence in Medical School Teaching- Small Group
- Marysse Pedoussaut, MD
Faculty Advisory or Mentor of the Year Student Choice Award
- Heidi von Harscher, PhD
Hippocratic Award
- Sarah Stumbar, MD
Other Awards
Excellence in Public Health Award (Presented by the U.S. Public Health Service Physician Professional Advisory Committee)
Shebin George and Rafey Khan
Florida Medical Student Research Journal
Adriana Maribona, Daniella Nunez, Kevin Newsome, Samuel Salazar, Richard Suarez, Alexandra Townsend, Nathan VanderVeer-Harris