Department of Medicine Award Winners
The Department of Medicine recognizes research, education and clinical excellence for faculty, trainees and staff at the annual Evans Research Days Reception Dinner.
2025 Award Recipients
Outstanding Citizenship Award
Jai G. Marathe, MBBS – Infectious Diseases
Kim Vanuytsel, PhD – Hematology & Medical Oncology
Clinical Quality Improvement Award
Nicholas Cordella, MD, MSc – General Internal Medicine
Clinical Innovation Award
Paul J. Maglione, MD, PhD – Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
Junior Faculty Mentoring Award
Elliott J. Hagedorn, PhD – Hematology & Medical Oncology
Nicholas Bosch, MD, MSc – Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
Research Mentoring Award
Karen R. Jacobson, MD, MPH – Infectious Diseases
Mari-Lynn Drainoni, PhD, MEd – Infectious Diseases
Special Recognition Teaching Award
Sonia Ananthakrishnan, MD – Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition & Weight Management
Clinical Excellence Award
Eric H. Awtry, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine
Faculty Diversity Award
Julien Dedier, MD, MPH – General Internal Medicine
Evans Physician Award
Henri Lee, MD – General Internal Medicine
Kristen Lee, MD – General Internal Medicine
Henry Trier, MD – General Internal Medicine
Jean M. Francis, MD – Nephrology
Lillian E.C. McMahon, MD – Hematology & Medical Oncology
John L. Berk, MD – Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
David Coleman, MD Junior Faculty Prize
Jessica L. Fetterman, PhD – Vascular Biology
Nicholas Bosch, MD, MSc – Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
APP Excellence in Education and Mentoring Award
Jessica Bardina, DNP – General Internal Medicine
APP Clinical Care Excellence Award
Arlene Dermovsesian, NP – Cardiovascular Medicine
APP Patient Care Innovation & Quality Improvement Award
Margaux Dockerty, MSN, AGNP-C – Hematology & Medical Oncology
APP Excellence in Research Award
Lisa Mendelson, NP – Hematology & Medical Oncology
Maria Antoinette Evans Award
Teresa Acosta, MPH – Faculty Development & Diversity Office
David “Aaron” Freed Award
Renee Pittman – Slone Epidemiology Center
Outstanding Research Collaborator Award (Evans Center/IBRO)
Florian Douam, PhD – Virology, Immunology & Microbiology
Kevin C. Thomas, PhD – Anatomy & Neurobiology
Clinical Oral Presentation Winners
1st Place: Ali Elzieny
2nd Place: Amy Yuan
3rd Place: Hung Vo
Basic Science Oral Presentation Winners
1st Place: Diya Pamidimukkla
2nd Place: Thea De
3rd Place: Porter Dooley
Clinical Poster Winners
1st Place: Katie McMenamin
2nd Place: Stephanie Pan
3rd Place: Brindet Socrates
Basic Science Poster Winners
1st Place: Isabelle Joy
2nd Place: Joseph McWhirter
3rd Place: Kylie Tang
3rd Place: Jonathan Chang
2024 Recipients
Outstanding Citizenship Award
Laura Lowery, PhD – Hematology & Medical Oncology
Adam Lerner, MD – Hematology & Medical Oncology
Clinical Quality Improvement Award
Hospital reAdmission Reduction Program (HARP) Team
Clinical Innovation Award
Andrew Wilson, MD – Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
Junior Faculty Mentoring Award
Jean Liew, MD, MS – Rheumatology
Research Mentoring Award
Alan Fine, MD – Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
Special Recognition Teaching Award
Craig Noronha, MD – General Internal Medicine
Clinical Excellence Award
Nana Addo-Tabiri, MD, PhD – Hematology & Medical Oncology
Faculty Diversity Award
Natalia Morone, MD, MS – General Internal Medicine
Evans Clinician
Claudia Hochberg, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine
Elizabeth Klings, MD – Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
Naomi Ko, MD, MPH – Hematology & Medical Oncology
Susan L. Phillips, MD – General Internal Medicine
Catherine A. Rich, MD – General Internal Medicine
Vaishali Sanchorawala, MD – Hematology & Medical Oncology
Omar Siddiqi, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine
David Coleman, MD Junior Faculty Prize
Jean Liew, MD, MS – Rheumatology
APP Excellence in Education and Mentoring
Teri Linardos, MPA, MSN, FNP-BC – General Internal Medicine
APP Clinical Care Excellence
Dylan Clemens, PA-C – Infectious Diseases
Meg Perkins Ames, FNP-BC – General Internal Medicine
Kelly Wulff, FNP-C – Cardiovascular Medicine
APP Patient Care Innovation & Quality Improvement
Ludwine Paul, MSN, ACNP-BC, AACC – Cardiovascular Medicine
Kathleen Neimann, MSN, AGPC-NP – General Internal Medicine
Maria Antoinette Evans Award
Jen Murphy, MBA – Department of Medicine
David “Aaron” Freed Award
Casaundra Knight – Hematology & Medical Oncology
Evans Center/IBRO Outstanding Research Collaborator Award
Ioannis Ch. Paschalidis – Electrical and Computer Engineering
2023 Recipients
Outstanding Citizenship Award
Sarah Kimball, MD – General Internal Medicine
Clinical Quality Improvement Award
David Yuh, MD – General Internal Medicine
Clinical Innovation Award
Deepa Gopal, MD, MS – Cardiovascular Medicine
Nir Ayalon, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine
Junior Faculty Mentoring Award
Jessica Taylor, MD – General Internal Medicine
Research Mentoring Award
Alexander Walley, MD – General Internal Medicine
Special Recognition Teaching Award
Mark Sloan, MD – Hematology & Oncology
Clinical Excellence Award
Praveen Govender, MB BCh – Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
Faculty Diversity Award
Kaku So-Armah, PhD – General Internal Medicine
Evans Clinician
Lauren Stern, MD – General Internal Medicine
David Coleman, MD Junior Faculty Prize
Anica Law, MD, MS – Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleepy & Critical Care Medicine
Maria Antoinette Evans Award
Erin Kane – Computational Biomedicine
Daneiris Heredia-Perez, MSPM – General Internal Medicine
David “Aaron” Freed Award
Dennis Chow – Central Finance
Evans Center/IBRO Outstanding Research Collaborator Award
Elise Morgan, PhD – Engineering Design & Innovation
2022 Recipients
Outstanding Citizenship Award
Frederick Ruberg, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine
Clinical Quality Improvement Award
Nicholas Bosch, MD, MSc – Pulmonary, Allery, Sleep & Critcal Care
Clinical Innovation Award
Pablo Buitron de la Vega, MD, MSc – General Internal Medicine
Junior Faculty Mentoring Award
Deepa Gopal, MD, MS – Cardiovascular Medicine
Excellence in Education Scholarship Mentoring Award
Lindsay Demers, MS, PhD – Geriatrics
Research Mentoring Award
Renda Wiener, MD, MPH – Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care
Special Recognition Teaching Award
Ashish Upadhyay, MD – Nephrology
Clinical Excellence Award
Ramon Bonegio, MD – Nephrology
Faculty Diversity Award
Elizabeth Klings, MD – Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care
Evans Clinician
Ashvin Pande, MD – Cardio Vascular Medicine
Christine Reardon, MD – Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care
Michael York, MD – Rheumatology
Sandhya Rao, MD – General Internal Medicine
Maria Antoinette Evans Award
Inel Ferrara – Hematology & Oncology
Amanda Tran, MPH – Geriatrics
David “Aaron” Freed Award
Jennifer Fosbroke – General Internal Medicine
Evans Center/IBRO Outstanding Research Collaborator Award
David Sherr, MD – Environmental Health
2021 Recipients
Outstanding Citizenship Award
Craig Noronha – General Internal Medicine
Clinical Quality Improvement Award
Antonieta Camara, MSN, NP – General Internal Medicine
Clinical Innovations Award
Jessica Taylor, MD – General Internal Medicine
Junior Faculty Mentoring Award
Gene Kwan, MD, MPH – Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Mentoring Award
Lindsay Farrer, PhD – Biomedical Genetics
Special Recognition Teaching Award
Warren Hershman, MD – General Internal Medicine
Faculty Diversity Award
Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD – Biomedical Genetics
Excellence in Education Scholarship Mentoring Award
Hollis Day, MD, MS, MHPE – Geriatrics
Evans Center/IBRO Outstanding Research Collaborator Award
Shelley Russek, PhD – Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Clinical Excellence Award
Susan Phillips, MD – General Internal Medicine
Marie Antoinette Evans Award
Rachelle Joseph – Research Administration
David “Aaron” Freed Award
Linda Neville – Academic Primary Care, Preventive Medicine & Addiction Medicine Fellowships
Evans Clinician Designation
Lisa Caruso, MD, MPH – Geriatrics
Robert Eberhardt, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine
Amy Fitzpatrick, MD – General Internal Medicine
Janice Quan, MD – General Internal Medicine
Robert Dawson Evans Distinguished Professors of Medicine
Emelia Benjamin, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine
David Felson, MD – Rheumatology
Michael Paasche-Orlow, MD – General Internal Medicine
Thomas Perls, MD – Geriatrics
David Salant, MD – Nephrology
Clinical Poster Winners
Hamza Hassan, MD – 1st Place(Tied)
Kate Bloch, PhD – 1st Place(Tied)
Mengjie Yuan, PhD – 3rd Place
Basic Poster Winners
Neelou Etesami, MD, PhD Candidate – 1st Place
Liang (Martin) Ma, MD, PhD Candidate – 2nd Place
Megan Snyder, PhD Candidate – 3rd Place
Clinical Oral Presentation Winners
Eduardo Núñez, MD – 1st Place
Yusuke Koga, BS, MS – 2nd Place
Brooke Rice, MD – 3rd Place
Basic Oral Presentation Winners
Anukul T. Shenoy, PhD – 1st Place
Khaliun Enkhbayar – 2nd Place
Rhiannon Werder – 3rd Place
2020 Recipients
Outstanding Research Collaborator: Junior Faculty
Jessica Fetterman, PhD
—Vascular Biology
Outstanding Research Collaborator: Junior Faculty
Vijaya Kolachalama, PhD —Computational Biomedicine
Clinical Innovation Award
Influenza-like Clinic
Team Leads
Jason Worcester, MD —General Internal Medicine
Sarah Kimball, MD —General Internal Medicine
Clinical Excellence Award
Alice Jacobs, MD — Cardiovascular Medicine
Junior Faculty Mentoring Award
Michelle Long, MD —Gastroenterology
Omar Siddiqi, MD —Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Mentoring Award
Katya Ravid, DSc —Cardiovascular Medicine
Outstanding Citizenship Award
Mike Kirber, PhD — Research Implementation
Michael Ieong, MD— Pulmonary
Cassandra Pierre, MD, MPH, MSc — Infectious Disease
Miriam Komaromy, MD — General Internal Medicine
Clinical Quality Improvement Team Award
Reducing No-Shows in the Multidisciplinary Lupus Clinic
Team Leads
Michael York, MD — Rheumatology
Christina Lam, MD —Dermatology
Hanni-Menn Josephy, MD — Nephrology
Special Recognition Teaching Award
Asher Tulksy, MD — Gneral Internal Medicine
Matthew Jones, PhD —Pulmonary
David Aaron Freed Award
Nicole Nguyen —Education Office
Inaugural Faculty Diversity Award
Sheila Chapman, MD —General Internal Medicine
Inaugural Marie Antoinette Evans Award
Rania Omar Burke, PhD — Vice Chair of Finance & Administration
Clinical Poster Winners
Michael Garcia, MD —1st Place
Kathryn Fantasia, MD —2nd Place tie
Meenah Zareh, MD —2nd Place tie
Basic Poster Winners
Jessie Huang, PhD — 1st Place
Wenqing Yin, MD, PhD —2nd Place tie
Anukul T. Shenoy, MS, PhD —2nd Place tie
Michael Herriges, PhD —2nd Place tie
Most Abstract Submissions
Computational Biomedicine & Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM)
Evans Clinician Designation
Heidi Auerbach, MD —Geriatrics
Sheilah Bernard, MD — Cardiology
Maura Fagan, MD —Infectious Disease
Melissa DiPetrillo, MS —General Internal Medicine
Kevin Monahan, MD —Cardiology
2019 Recipients
Evans Center IBR Research Collaborator of the Year Award
Rhoda Au, PhD –
Anatomy & Neurobiology
Inaugural ARC Leadership Award
Lindsay Farrer, PhD – Biomedical Genetics
Clinical Innovation Award
Palliative Medicine Unit
Sandhya D. Rao, MD -Team Lead
Henri Lee, MD
Perla Macip-Rodriguez, MD
Alexandra Dobie, LICSW
Jessica Knight, FNP-C, ACHPN
Amy L Cann, BS
Clinical Excellence Award
Won M. Lee, MD —Geriatrics
Junior Faculty Mentoring Award
Shayna Sarosiek MD —Hematology and Medical Oncology
Jessica L Fetterman, PhD —Vascular Biology
Research Mentoring Award
Vipul C. Chitalia, MD, PhD –Nephrology
Citizenship Award
Thomas Ostrander, MD — General Internal Medicine
Gustavo Mostoslavsky, MD, PhD— Gastroenterology
Clinical Quality Improvement Team Award
Antibiotic Stewardship Team
Tamar F. Barlam MD – Team Lead
Karrine Brade PharmD – Co-Lead
Excellence in Educational Scholarship Mentoring
Catherine A. Rich, MD — General Internal Medicine
Special Recognition Teaching Award
Gopal Yadavalli, MD — Infectious Diseases
Inaugural David Aaron Freed Award
John Farrell
Most Abstract Submissions
Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM)
2018 Recipients
Evans Center IBR Research Collaborator of the Year Award
Irving Bigio, PhD
Xaralabos (Bob) Varelas, PhD
Kathleen Morgan, PhD
Clinical Innovation Award
Enhancing Appropriate Cardiac Device Management
Robert Helm, MD – Cardiology
Mauricio Gonzalez MD – Anesthesia
Clinical Excellence Award
Maura Fagan, MD—Infectious Diseases
Junior Faculty Mentoring Award
Devin Steenkamp, MBChB—Endocrinology
Research Mentoring Award
Barbara Corkey PhD – Gastroenterology and the Obesity Center
Citizenship Award
Francesca Seta, PhD—Cardiovascular Medicine, Vascular Biology Unit
Ricardo Cruz, Jr, MD — General Internal Medicine
Clinical Quality Improvement Team Award
Inpatient Glucosemetrics
Team Lead—Sara Alexanian, MD
Excellence in Educational Scholarship Mentoring
Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD
Most Abstract Submissions
Pulmonary Section
2017 Recipients
Outstanding Citizenship Award
Gretchen A. Gignac, MD
Clinical Innovation Award
Team Lead: Alexander Y. Walley, MD, MSc | Zoe Weinstein, MD, MSc | Danny Regan, NP | Linda Neville, BS
Special Recognition Teaching Award
Lynn L. Moore, DSc
Outstanding Citizenship Award
Jude T. Deeney, PhD
Junior Faculty Mentoring Award
Ryan Z. Chippendale, MD, MSc
Special Recognition Teaching Award
Jennifer Siegel, MD
Clinical Excellence Award
Heidi P. Auerbach, MD
Research Mentoring Award
Joseph P. Mizgerd, ScD
Most Abstracts Submitted
Cardiology
Clinical Quality Improvement Award
Team Lead: Dong Wook Kim, MD | Lorrie Young, RD MS | Laurie Kearns, RD MS | Maryellen Lopez, RD | Sandra Lee, RD | Page O’Leary, RD MS | Bethany Gentile, RD | Rebecca Zinkowski, RD MS | Kristen Monahan, RD | Haley Andersen, RD | Rena Whisler, RD MS | Joy Koga, RD MS
Evans Center IBR Excellence Research Collaborator Award
Daniel Segre, PhD, MSc
Evans Center IBR Excellence Research Collaborator Award
Belinda Borrelli, PhD
Evans Outstanding Clinicians
Eric H. Awtry, MD | Ioana Bica, MD | Gretchen Gignac, MD | Sandra S. Looby-Gordon, MD | Arthur C. Theodore, MD | David P. Nunes, MD
All Faculty Winners (1998-2021)
Research Mentoring
David T. Felson & Joseph A. Vita – 2007
Karen Freund & Lew Braverman – 2008
Rebecca Silliman & Ramachandran S. Vasan – 2009
Neil Ruderman – 2010
Emelia J. Benjamin – 2011
Yuquing Zhang, Dsc – 2012
Jeffrey Samet – 2013
Darrel Kotton – 2014
Ricard A. Cohen – 2015
Tuhina Neogi – 2016
Joseph P. Mizger, ScD – 2017
Barbara A. Corkey, PhD – 2018
Vipul Chitalia – 2019
Katya Ravid – 2020
Lindsay Farrer – 2021
Robert Dawson Evans Faculty Special Recognition Teaching Award
L. Jack Faling – 1998
Edward Alexander & Robert Levin – 1999
Elihu Schimmel – 2000
Robert Witzburg – 2001
Thomas Barber – 2002
Sheilah Bernard & Steven Borkan – 2003
Helen Hollingsworth – 2004
Angela Jackson & Sharon A. Levine – 2005
John Schwartz & Erin H. Awtry – 2006
Robert. C Lowe – 2007
George J. Pilippides – 2008
Lewis Weintraub & Jay D. Orlander – 2009
Harrison Farber – 2010
Anand Kartha – 2011
Christine Phillips – 2012
Katya Ravid – 2013
Shoumita Dasgupta – 2014
Frank Schembri – 2015
Teresa Cheng & Vassilis Zannis – 2016
Jennifer Siegel, MD & Lynn Moore, DSc – 2017
Eugene Kissin, MD – 2018
Gopal Yadavalli – 2019
Asher Tulsky & Matt Jones – 2020
Warren Hershman – 2021
Quality Improvement Award
IVC Filter Retrieval/Clinical Alarm Management – 2013
Gastroenterology QI Team – 2014
Sedation Vacations for Intubated Patients – 2015
Implementing Lung Cancer Screening – 2016
Dong Wook Kim, MD – 2017
Sara M. Alexanian, MD – 2018
Antibiotic Stewardship Team – 2019
Michael York, MD & Hanni-Menn Josephy, MD (Multidisciplinary Lupus Clinic Team) – 2020
Antoineta Camara – 2021
Clinical Excellence Award
David Nunes & Jeffrey Berman – 2014
Thomas Barber – 2015
Michelle Hankins – 2016
Heidi P. Auerbach, MD – 2017
Maura Fagan, MD – 2018
Won Lee – 2019
Alice Jacobs – 2020
Susan Phillips – 2021
Outstanding Citizenship Award
George Rosenthal – 2009
Christine Campbell Reardon – 2010
Jason Worcester – 2011
Jane Liebschutz & Orian Shirhai, PhD – 2012
Henri Lee – 2014
Sheila Chapman – 2015
Amy Fitzpatrick – 2016
Gretchen A. Gignac, MD & Jude T. Deeney, PhD – 2017
Francesca Seta, PhD & Ricard Cruz Jr., MD – 2018
Tom Ostrander & Gustavo Mostoslavsky -2019
Miriam Komaromy, MD, Mike Kirber, PhD, Michael Leong, MD & Cassandra Pierre, MD, MPH, MSc – 2020
Craig Noronha – 2021
Junior Faculty Mentoring Award
Kenneth Albreht – 2009
Marie McDonnell – 2010
Alex Walley – 2011
Serena Chao – 2012
Adam Rose – 2013
Renda Weiner – 2014
Jared W. Magnani – 2015
Allan Walkey – 2016
Ryan Z. Chippendale, MD – 2017
Devin W. Steenkamp, MBChB – 2018
Shayna Sarosiek & Jessica Fetterman – 2019
Omar Siddiqi & Michelle Long – 2020
Gene Kwan – 2021
Clinical Innovation Award
Hasmeena Kathuria – 2016
Alexander Walley, MD, MSc (Addiction Consult Service) – 2017
Robert H. Helm, MD – 2018
Palliative Medicine Unit (Sandhya Rao) – 2019
Influenza-Like Clinic (Jason Worcester & Sarah Kimball) – 2020
Jessica Taylor – 2021
Educational Scholarship Mentoring Award
Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD – 2018
Catherine Rich – 2019
Hollis Day – 2021
Faculty Development & Diversity Award
Sheila Chapman – 2020
Shoumita Dasgupta – 2021