School of Medicine hosts 2024 Honors & Awards Convocation

On Friday, May 10, the MU School of Medicine held its annual Honors and Awards Convocation inside Bryant Auditorium, where students, faculty and alumni were recognized for outstanding achievements.

The full list of honorees is below. Congratulations to each recipient and to the Class of 2024!

Alpha Omega Alpha

General Scholarships

• Claire Boyce
• Carlton Homan

Medical Honors Society Members

• John Baumann
• Claire Boyce
• Sydney Bruns
• Brittany Calkins
• Stephanie Clookey
• Jacob Dunlap
• Colin Dunne
• Tessa Foti
• Josie Giefer
• Carlton Homan
• Theodore Hyman
• Adam Lechner
• Paola Orozco
• Madeline Pashos
• Alexis Philippe
• Alexandria Spurgeon
• Pranav Suri
• Tyler Swearingin
• Megan Sweeney
• Carly Troupe
• Sara Venier
• Faith Vietor
• McKenzie Wallace
• Andruw Wittels
• Claire Wright

• Anna Bauer
• Clayton Brinkley
• Roee Dar
• Savannah Groves
• Sasidhar Karuparti
• Allison Long
• Jennifer Marx
• Evan Reeves
• Samuel Schaeffer

• Erik Clutter
• Matthew Hirabayashi
• Nicholas Sheridan

• Joshua Stilley, MD
• Don Moore, MD
• Rony Marwan, MD

• Alexander Garza ‘96

Global Health Scholars

• Rohit Allada
• Thalia Anderson
• Claire Boyce
• Brittany Calkins
• Matilda Dervisevic
• Casey Fogarty
• Nicole Hitchcock
• Emily Hinkle
• Bunmi Olayinka
• Ishita Patel
• Suryanshi Rawat
• Madison Richey
• Emily Schaff
• Tyler Swearingin
• Ana Wilden
• Claire Wright

Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Gold Humanism Honor Society

• Anastasia Anazonwu
• Thalia Anderson
• Stephanie Clookey
• Connor Diaz
• Colin Dunne
• Lauren Flowers Rinehart
• Josie Giefer
• Kameron Haake
• Gracie Holloran
• Carlton Homan
• Kevin Hooshmand
• Jessie Li
• Alexis Philippe
• Suryanshi Rawat
• Pranav Suri
• Brooke Wiewel
• Ana Wilden
• Andruw Wittels
• Claire Wright

• Eboni Acoff
• Angela Ash
• Mikala Cessac
• Balaji Cherupalla
• Roee Dar
• Suma Gondi
• Sasidhar Karuparti
• Kyle Liggins
• Jennifer Marx
• Yak Nak
• Erin Nischwitz
• Samuel Perez
• Jada Phillips
• Karolina Pogorzelski
• Avery Schroeder
• William Shearon
• Parker Smith
• Tiffany Trzupek
• Leanna Zelle

• Erik Clutter, MD
• Tejas Mehta, MD
• Spencer Price, MD
• Jonathan Thacker, MD
• Brian Blankenship, MD
• Joshua Gaunt, DO
• Ashir Mehra, MD
• Chinedo Obi, MD
• Manal Salim, MD

• Laura Morris, MD, MSPH
• Joel Shenker, MD, PhD
• Laine Young-Walker, MD
• Nathan Beucke, MD
• Krystal Foster, MD
• Rony Marwan, MD
• Amanda Swenson, MD, MSPH

The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Awards

Faculty

• Kevin Bartow, MD

Student

• Stephanie Clookey

American Medical Women’s Association

Glasgow-Rubin Certificate of Commendation for Academic Achievement

• Claire Boyce
• Sydney Bruns
• Tessa Foti
• Josie Giefer
• Alexandria Spurgeon
• Claire Wright

Research Council Awards

Most Outstanding Paper by Medical Student in Basic Science

• Christine Shao

Most Outstanding Paper by Medical Student in Clinical Science

• Angela Ash

Most Outstanding Paper by Medical Student in Translational Science

• Shreya Dash
• Karolina Pogorzelski
• Wendy Zhang

Doctors Richard & Jean Holt Medical Ethics Essay Award

• Suryanshi Rawat – 1st Place
• Shreya Anand – 2nd Place
• Kristen Bosworth – 3rd Place

Emergency Medicine

AECP Medical Student Professionalism and Leadership Award

• Sara Venier

SAEM Medical Student Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award

• Sydney Bruns

Family and Community Medicine

Geriatrics Scholars

• Casey Fogarty
• Grace Holloran
• Kevin Hooshmand
• Suryanshi Rawat
• Faith Vietor
• Ana Wilden

Geriatric Medicine Award

• Suryanshi Rawat
• Faith Vietor

Family Health Foundation of Missouri Award

• Brooke Wiewel

Ruby T. McVean Family Medicine Scholarship

• Claire Boyce
• Kameron Haake
• Julie Whitten
• Claire Wright

Vernon E. Wilson, MD, Memorial Scholarship in Family & Community Medicine

• Anastasia Anazonwu
• Andruw Wittels

John T. Crowe, MD, Family Practice Scholarship

• Samuel Cheng

Medicine

Joseph J. Muscato, MD, and Mary S. Muscato, MD, Student Award for Excellence in Internal Medicine

• Paola Orozco

American College of Physicians Book Award

Faculty

• Nancy Mabe, MD

Student

• Tessa Foti

American College of Physicians Outstanding Physical Diagnosis Award

• Tiffany Trzupek

Outstanding Performance in Internal Medicine

• Jacob Dunlap

David Klachko Endocrinology Award

• Michael Miller

Thomas W. Burns Diabetes Award for Outstanding Performance in Diabetes Rotation

• George Win

Jack Bragg Outstanding Medical Student IN Gastroenterology

• Vishruth Thaghalli Sunil Kumar

Dr. Dandachi’s Award for Medical Student in Recognition of Contributions in Advancing Efforts to End the HIV Epidemic

• Jay Devineni

Neurology

James Dexter Award

• Lauren Nowakowski

American Academy of Neurology Student Prize of Excellence

• Brittany Calkins

Pradeep Sahota, MD, Aspiring Leadership Award

• Angela Ash

Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health

Outstanding Student in Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Abigial Beach

Otolaryngology

Outstanding Excellence in Medical Student Education

• Elsie L. Barry

Pathology and Anatomical Sciences

S.E. Kerr Memorial Scholarship Award

• McKenzie Wallace

W.B. (Pete) Stewart Memorial Pathology Award

• McKenzie Wallace

Pediatrics

Sunil Batchu Memorial Award in Pediatrics

• Abigail Hopkins

Robert L. Jackson Award in Pediatrics

• Abigail Hopkins

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Howard A. Rusk Memorial Scholarship Award

• Alexis Philippe

Psychiatry

James M. A. Weiss Award for Excellence in Psychiatry

• Anna Lowery

Radiology

David M. Witten Award for Outstanding Student in Radiology

• Pranav Suri

Acute Care Surgery

Acute Cary Surgery Merit Award for Excellence

• Grace Holloran

Neurosurgery

Samuel P.W. Black Prize for Excellence

• Sasidhar Karuparti

Orthopaedic Surgery

Missouri Orthopaedic Institute Award for Student Excellence

• Jack Baumann

Urology

Ian M. Thompson Award for Excellence in Urology

• Katherine Campbell

Graduate Medical Education

Helpful Elephant Award

• Christian Van Doren, DO

Medical Student Affairs Council Awards

Most Improved Student Organization

• American Medical Association (AMA)

Best New Student Organization

• Trauma Medicine Interest Group (TMIG)

Outstanding Student Organization

• Student National Medical Association (SNMA)

Student Leadership & Service Awards

• Gaby Malave – Class of 2027
• Danna Jenkins – Class of 2026
• Shaminy Manoranjithan – Class of 2025
• Suryanshi Rawat – Class of 2024

Outstanding Resident Award

• Kevin Klifto, DO

Excellence in Research Mentoring

• Albert Hsu, MD

Outstanding Pre-Clinical Educator Award

• Carmen Cirstea, MD, PhD, FAHA

Outstanding Springfield Clinical Campus Faculty Preceptor

• William Moore, MD

Outstanding Clinical Educator

• Krystal Foster, MD

Sandra J. McCurdy Dedicated Staff Award

• Shawn Owens

Medical Education Awards

Outstanding M4 Tutor Award and Scholarship

• Claire Wright

Circle of Excellence Awards

• Deepthi Rao, MD – Faculty
• Shawn Owens – Staff
• Connor Sierra – Student

Rural Scholars Program Completion

• Abigail Beach
• Jack Baumann
• Leon Cheng
• Sam Cheng
• Stephanie Clookey
• Jacob Dunlap
• Emily Hinkle
• Nicole Hitchcock
• Abigail Hopkins
• Ryan Jobe
• Bethany Mather
• Madeleine McSpadden
• Jayce Simoncic
• Ashton Skopec
• Katelyn Weith
• Bingyue Zhang

Rural Scholars Scholarship

• Quin Blankenship
• Madelyn Bogler
• Alexis Borgstadt
• Jessalyn Hultz
• Dagen Jones
• Cameron Meyer
• Adam Orf
• Ravi Patel
• Welton Vosmith
• Madison Williams
• Emily Winfrey
• Sydney Young

Exemplary Rural Community Based Faculty Award

• Kenneth Slack, MD

Rural Scholars Exemplary Student Award

• Bingyue Zhang

Outstanding Pre-Clerkship Advisor

• Nathan Beucke, MD

Outstanding Clinical Advisor

• Molly Greenwade, MD

Mizzou MedPrep Professional Development Legacy Scholars

• Osaigbokan Aihie
• Emily Hinkle
• Munachukwudi Okoye
• Paola Orozco
• Ishita Patel

Mizzou MedPrep Legacy Scholars

• Stephanie Clookey
• Tessa Foti
• Eesha Kelkar
• Colt Moller
• Muhammed Salim

Dr. Michael C. Hosokawa Turtle on a Fencepost Award

• John Hardwick
• Suzanne Neff
• Kate Wessler

Claude K. Leeper, MD, Scholarship

• Jaxsen Ball

James L. Chapel Scholarship

• Elizabeth Cremer
• Ransome Drexler
• Sasidhar Karuparti
• Lauren Nowakowski
• Samuel Schaeffer

Charles Stephen Brooks, MD, Medical Student Scholarship

• Molly Gunter

Harvey F. Howitt Memorial Scholarship

• Mikala Cessac

Emily Ariel Bamberger Award for Compassion Scholarship

• Ana Wilden