Senior Award Recipients

class of 2021


FACULTY AND PEER NOMINATED AWARDS

ALTMAN CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE AWARD
Joyce Chen
Milli Desai

RODERICK K. CALVERLEY HUMANITARIAN SERVICE AWARD
Milli Desai

THOMAS E. CAREW, M.D. PRIZE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH
Sutton Reed Fox

RUTH COVELL AWARD IN GERIATRICS
Chelsea K. Jones
Jessica Wen Xiao

SANDRA DALEY AWARD FOR ADVANCEMENT OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION
Jonathan Cunha

MARK B. FEFFERMAN, M.D. AWARD FOR HUMANITARIAN LEADERSHIP
Chelsea K. Jones 

TERRY FREITAS AWARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE
Cierra Chiyoko Virtue

GEORGE G. GLENNER MEMORIAL AWARD
Sponsored by the Department of Pathology
Alexandra Frankel

ARLENE J. AND DR. BERNARD GOODHEAD SERVICE AWARD IN ONCOLOGY
Joyce Chen

IGOR GRANT, M.D. ENDOWED AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Bridget Vivian MacDonald

S.B.H. MEMORIAL THESIS AWARD, IN MEMORY OF SAMUEL B. HAMBURGER
First Prize:       Rebecca A. Dehnel
Second Prize:  Jason Caffrey
Third Prizes:     Milli Desai
                        Britt DeVore

THE CENTER FOR HEALTHY AGING AND STEIN INSTITUTE'S JACKUELYN HARRIS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN AGING RESEARCH
Mi Song Kim

TYLER PARDEE, M.D., MEMORIAL AWARD
Inna Blyakhman
Anupam Garg

THE LOLA ROMANUCCI-ROSS AND JOHN ROSS JR. AWARD IN MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Rebecca Gold

THE JOHN AND LOLA ROSS AWARD IN THE SCIENCE AND CULTURE OF MEDICINE
Simone P. Phillips

J. JOSEPH SHELLEY AWARD
Cecilia M. Rangel-Garcia

JOSEPH STOKES, III, M.D. AWARD
Meghan Carlson
Casey Wilkerson

THE LEONARD TOW HUMANISM IN MEDICINE AWARD PRESENTED BY THE ARNOLD P. GOLD FOUNDATION
Rebecca A. Dehnel 

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AWARDS

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MEDICAL SCHOOL COMMUNITY AWARD
Britt DeVore

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE LEADERSHIP AWARD
Mili Parikh
 

DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS

EMERGENCY MEDICINE SENIOR AWARD FROM THE SOCIETY OF ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Ellen Kettler

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE SENIOR AWARD
Yokabed Ermias

THE PAUL AND BARBARA INSEL ENDOWED AWARD ON BEHALF OF A MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAM GRADUATE
Anupam Garg
Eulanca Y. Liu

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY STUDENT AWARD
Bryan Ryba

DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSCIENCES SENIOR AWARD
Victoria Speck

DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY, AND REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES SENIOR AWARD
Payton A. Ottum

EXCELLENCE IN OPHTHALMOLOGY AWARD
Anupam Garg

JEFFREY P. HARRIS M.D., Ph.D. AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING STUDENT IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY/ HEAD & NECK SURGERY
Tammy Binh Pham

DEPARTMENT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PATHOLOGY
Kari Hird

DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS SENIOR AWARD
Stosh Ozog

EXCELLENCE IN PHARMACOLOGY AWARD
Rahul Chaturvedi

PRIMARY CARE CLERKSHIP AWARD
Stacy Ma

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY SENIOR AWARD
Britt DeVore

CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE AWARD
Debha Narsingh Amatya
Cecilia M. Rangel-Garcia

JEAN AND ELLIOT MARVELL AWARD IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY
Dasha Klebaner

DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY SENIOR STUDENT AWARD
Neda Ghassemi

ELLIOTT LASSER EXCELLENCE IN RADIOLOGY RESEARCH AWARD
Bradley King

FOUNDATION ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN SURGERY
Christina Cui
Jonathan Cunha
Graham Joseph Spurzem

COMMUNITY AWARDS

AMERICAN MEDICAL WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION GLASGOW-RUBIN CERTIFICATES OF COMMENDATION FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Mallory Cless
Neela Easwar
Alexandra Frankel
Rebecca Gold
Dasha Klebaner
Margaret Frances Meagher
Mia Salans
Victoria Speck
Kaley Marcis Waring
Casey Wilkerson

THE KIWANIS CLUB OF SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION / WALTER A. ZITLAU MEMORIAL AWARD
Sutton Reed Fox

MERCK AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS
P. Travis Courtney
Neela Easwar
Pavan Upadhyayula

EDWIN REITHMAYER, M.D. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD BY THE SAN DIEGO ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS
Rebecca A. Dehnel