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Honor’s Day

Awards and Recipients



M1 Awards for Current First Year Students
The Best Paper In Human Genetics Angela Yingchun Hou
Rachel Helen Titerence
M1 Awards - Highest Score in Each Course (Current M2 Students)
Behavioral Sciences I Srinath Adusumalli
Matthew Caldwell
Sarah Beth Corley
Jeannette Elizabeth Hankins
Daniel Rory Kelly
Kristin Anne Liebrecht
Megan Rose Shandelson
Kathleen Anne Thornton
Foundations of Clinical Medicine Caroline Yancey Winslow Heitz
Gross and Developmental Anatomy Caroline Yancey Winslow Heitz
Histology Caroline Yancey Winslow Heitz
Human and Molecular Genetics Caroline Yancey Winslow Heitz
Immunology Srinath Adusumalli
Daniel MacLeod Fistere, Jr.
Caroline Yancey Winslow Heitz
Matthew Charles Hulse
Robert Brinton Layser
Kevin Darrow Marcus
Medical Biochemistry Caroline Yancey Winslow Heitz
Neurosciences Robert Brinton Layser
Physiology and Biophysics Robert Brinton Layser
COllier Stephens Pace
Duy Lam Phan
Population Medicine Caroline Yancey Winslow Heitz
McGraw-Hill Companies Medical Publishing Lange Student Award Caroline Yancey Winslow Heitz
Collier Stephens Pace
A.D. Williams Award Caroline Yancey Winslow Heitz
M2 Awards - Highest Score in Each Course (Current M3 Students)
Best Medline Assignment in Foundations of Clinical Medicine James Christopher Krakowski
Behavioral Sciences II Christopher George Brown
Sara Tavernier Burgardt
Beth Sue Pecora
David Paul Timler
Cardiovascular William Thomas Brand, III
Sarah Jane Iglehart
Endocrine Sarah Jane Iglehart
Foundations of Clinical Medicine Nisha Pulpet Warrier
Gastrointestinal

Christopher George Brown
Samer Salman Hijaz
Thomas Matthew Mullin
Henry Wong

Hematology/Oncology Hesham Magdi Abbas
Microbiology Michael Mo Hakky
Musculoskeletal Talia Victoria Glasberg
Nervous System

Sarah Jane Iglehart
Phillip Alexander Taylor

Pathogenesis Monica Gabrielle Velasquez
Pharmacology
Albert J. Wasserman Student Award
Sara Tavernier Burgardt
Renal Hesham Magdi Abbas
Susan Peng Demarest
Christa Attkisson McQuate
Amar Pradip Patel
Brian Andrew Robertson
Respiratory Hesham Magdi Abbas
Tammer Mahmoud Hadi
Seth Vance Kingree
Women’s Health Kami Michelle Hu
A.D. Williams Award Sarah Jane Iglehart
M3 Clerkship Awards (Current M4 Students)
Family Practice Excellence Award Kevin Carl Long
Internal Medicine
William Branch Porter Award
Joshua Stephen Butler
Neurology Award Marie Kate Gurka
American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Excellence in Neurology Award Ali Sultan-Qurraie

Obstetrics/Gynecology
Daniel Crooks Award

Rebecca Marie Habenicht
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Eric Schelin Award
Erin Katherine Brown Davis
Pediatrics
Elizabeth Joanne Harbison Memorial Award
Branden Michael Engorn

Pediatrics
Lee Sutton Award

Payal S. Patel
Psychiatry Award Katherine Lynn Harding
Surgery Award Rebecca Marie Habenicht
A.D. Williams Award (1st in M3 Class) Erin Katherine Brown Davis
Katherine Lynn Harding
Crystal Meera Shrestha
Jessica Leigh Caldwell
M4 Awards for Current Fourth Year Students
M4 FCM Teaching Award (M1 Co-Leaders) Kathryn Leigh King
Andrew William Scharf
M4 FCM Teaching Award (M2 Co-Leaders) Mitika Trisha Patel
Aryan Atosa Aghevli
Merck Manual Award Katherine Lynn Harding
Payal S. Patel
The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
(presented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation)
Nathan Douglas McLaughlin
Honors in Psychiatry David Charmoy Buxton
Bonny Lauren Moore
Specialty Awards and Private Scholarships for 2008-2009
Aesculapian Award Danielle Avula
Jonathan Terry Orwin
Matthew David Painter
Malkit Kaur Singh
Jason Lee Arthur Scholarship Olakunle Idowu
Dr. Sidney B. Barham Scholarship Payal S. Patel
H. Vaughan & Margaret D. Belcher Scholarship Fund

Benjamin D. Fox

Coleman Brantley Scholarship Marcin Konrad Kolber
Stephen C. and Marie F. Cenedella Endowed Scholarship Fund Christopher Alfonso Manipula
Uppinder Kaur Mattu
Joseph Collins Foundation Collier Stephens Pace
Michelle Christina Tsai
Linda and Richard Costanzo Scholarship Jonathan Steven Katz
Dean’s Merit Scholarship

Mubdiul Ali Imtiaz
Ryan Inshan Ally
Danielle Avula
Grishma Bharucha
Nirjhor Mondril Bhowmik
Tamar Rebecca Mya Binyamin
Scott Bayles Black
Ashley Landon Brown
Jessica Colleen Brueckner
Stephen Merrill Causey
Andrew Seung Chang
Renee Tran Chen
Adrianne Michelle Colton
Erin Katherine Brown Davis
Panfilo Castro Delacruz
Kevin Dholaria
Steven James Disharoon
Jason Uchechi Emejuru
Branden Michael Engorn
Tais Farahmand
Robet Filler
Michael Forbes
Peter Desmond Gibson
Rebecca Marie Habenicht
Lara Hamadani
Eddie Keith Hasty
Christopher Todd Heitz
Samer Salman Hijaz
Audra Jolyn Hill
Karl David Hillenbrand
Sara Beth Huberman
Michael Kamil Humsi
Pooya Jahanshahi
Adam Hassan Johnson
Andrew Ryan Junkin
Jeremy David Karlin
Rishika Kaundal
Daniel Rory Kelly
Jamie Leigh King
MarcinKonrad Kolber
Margarita Kushnir
Cecilia Kye
Gregory Neil Lamb
Ashley Paige Lescanec
Sarah Kent Longest
Erin Abbott Street Mateer
Nathan George Miller
Shiva C. Mohan
Anita Diwakar Mulye
Eric N. Nguyen
Monika Dao Nguyen
Vicky Thi Nguyen
Jonathan Terry Orwin
Matthew David Painter
Nishant Bharat Parikh
Matthew Richard Parry
Jay Mukesh Patel
Vaibhav Patel
Milt Grover Poll
Adrian Repic
Ashish Sethi
Alex Berry Sherwood
Malkit Kaur Singh
Luke Richard Sponholz
Elizabeth Ann Spradlin
John Timothy Stranix
Adam Michael Stuart
Yula Alexandria Taormina
Noreen Eneiquez Tiangco
Vinh Quang Trang
Kathryn Elise Wilkinson
Robet Travis WIlson
Meng Y. Wang
Henry Wong
William Fairchild Zimmerman

Lillian Chan Ding, M.D. Scholarship Dana C. Chan
Monica Gabrielle Velasquez
William S. Dosher Scholarship Steven James Disharoon
Paul Dunn Scholarship Adam Hassan Johnson
Gilbert Greentree and Kitty Greentree Hirsch Scholarship Mary Ann Nelson
Sarah Marie Stuppy
Jean Harris Scholarship Trevan Monteil Rankin
The Heldberg-Messmer Scholarship Vibin Roy
Dr. Miles Hench Scholarship Valerie Magdelena Hoang
Herman Hertzberg Scholarship Fund Crystal Meera Shrestha
Hoak Scholarship Vaibhav Patel
Lucas Benjamin Payor
Dr. George M. and Mrs. Leona Hostetler Scholarship Seth Vance Kingree
Mickael M. Kannan Pediatrician Teaching Award & Student Scholarship Jessica Leigh Caldwell
Dr. Nancy B. King Memorial Scholarship Sara Beth Huberman
Dr. Richard H. Kirkland Scholarship Fund Maimoona Naeem Khan
R. Conrad McAllister, M.D. Schoalrship Jeffrey Scott Forrest
MCV Alumni Association of VCU Scholarship Katherine Lynn Harding
Medical Class of 1966 Scholarship Grishma Bharucha
Susan J. Mellette Fund Scholarship Ayman Abdel-Rahman
Michael Mo Hakky
Jeremy David Karlin
Jenny Lu
Amar Pradip Patel
Sherri Lynn Rauenzhan
Anshu Shukla
David Paul Timler
Richard A. Michaux, M.D. Scholar ship Fund Patrick Lawton Turner
Lillian H. & Stewart R. Moore Scholarship Mary Katherine Mays
Timothy Joseph Titchner
William Edward Newby, M.D. Scholarship Nathan Campbell Givens
Pollak/Brout Scholarship Trevan Monteil Rankin
Lucien and Virginia Roberts Scholarship Fund Mary Virginia Harrison
A. H. Robins Medical Student Scholarship Fund Andrew William Scharf
Seymour Schotz Memorial Scholarship Samer Salman Hijaz
Edith E. and Hugo R. Seibel Award for Excellence in Gross Anatomy Sarah Rose Peterson
Harry and Zackia Shaia Annual Scholarship Bethany Caroline Morehouse
Thomas and Mary Shaia Family Scholarship Letitia R. Price
Henry Clay Smith Memorial Award William Edward Dameron
Theresa A. Thomas Health Professional Scholarship Sarah Beth Artrip
John L. and Marjorie L. Thornton Scholarship Endowment Adriana Danielle Faulkner
J. Ives Townsend Medical Student Scholarship Christina Marie Smith
Frank S. Trani Memorial School of Medicine
Scholarship Fund
David Charmoy Buxton
William Wallenmeyer Scholarship Tjoson Tjoa
H. Hudnall Ware, Jr., M.D. & Mary Warren Williams Ware Scholarship Sara Elizabeth Ivey
Dr. Elbert P. Whited Scholarship Jill Annemarie Zackrisson
Leslie Antoinette Brown
William Winston, M.D. Scholarship Audra Joyn Hill