Students from the Weill Cornell Medical College Class of 2020 were recognized for their outstanding achievements, with the winners announced on May 27. Medical students received special awards, prizes and certificates, acknowledging their exceptional academic achievement, scholarship, research, teaching and service. Convocation also honors other students, alumni, faculty and staff.
The following is a complete list of all of the award winners:
Student Awards
The Alan van Poznak Award
Andrew Robert Milewski
The Moselle and Milton Pollack Prize in Medical Ethics
Kevin Saile Ackerman
The T. Campbell Thompson Prize for Excellence in Orthopedic Surgery
Francesca Rose Coxe
The Edward Norton Prize in Ophthalmology
Richmond Lee Manning Woodward
Henry Adelman Memorial Award for Excellence in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
Amy Yuan Sun
Henry Adelman Memorial Award for Excellence in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
John Butterworth III
The Faith Stewart-Gordon Prize in Rehab Medicine
Elizabeth Selvaggio
The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine’s Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award
Barbara Elena Sahagun
The American Academy of Neurology
Anna Chaojun Cai
The Weiss Prize for Excellence in Clinical Medicine
Brittany Tamar Abel
The Joan Severino Parisi Prize in Internal Medicine
Eliza Cricco-Lizza
The Yvette & Seymour Feil Prize in Medicine
Sven Joshua Walderich
The Clarence C. Coryell Prize in Medicine
Srikanth Palanisamy
The Alfred Moritz Michaelis Prize in General Medicine
Kevin Chan
The David & Gladys Drusin Memorial Prize
Kevin Ackerman
The Paul Sherlock Prize in Internal Medicine
Karina Nicole Ruiz-Esteves
The Jay Lawrence Award for Clinical Proficiency in Infectious Disease
Jonathan Stephen Galati
The Anthony Seth Werner, M.D. Memorial Prize
Julio Andres Alverez
The Arthur Palmer Prize for Efficiency in Otorhinolaryngology
Michael Zhao Cheng
The James A. Moore Scholarship
Tasher Losenegger
The Fabrizio Michelassi Medical Student Prize
Arpit Gupta
The Clarence C. Coryell Prize in Surgery
Teagan Elizabeth Marshall
The G.Thomas Shires II Prize in Surgery
Andrea Yu-Ling Liu
The Elise Strang L'Esperance Prize in Public Health
Anna Chaojun
The Elise Strang L'Esperance Prize in Public Health
Mary Cox
The George G. Reader Prize in Public Health
Edwin Rosendo
The George G. Reader Prize in Public Health
Sophia White
The George S. Meister Prize in Pediatrics
Andzelika Dechnik
The Mitchell Spivak Memorial Prize in Pediatrics
Alexa Gildea David
Service Awards/Central Awards
The John Metcalf Polk Prizes
Stephanie Y Tsai
The John Metcalf Polk Prizes
Sven Joshua Walderich
The John Metcalf Polk Prizes
Sophia White
The Charles L. Horn Prize
Brittany Tamar Abel
The Charles L. Horn Prize
Karina Nicole Ruiz-Esteves
The Leonard Tow Humanism Award
Amanda Hayley Ceravolo
The Medical Society of the State of NY
Anna Chaojun Cai
The Medical Society of the State of NY
Andrew Robert Milewski
Glasgow-Rubin Memorial Achievement Citations
Brittany Tamar Abel
Glasgow-Rubin Memorial Achievement Citations
Andzelika Dechnik
Glasgow-Rubin Memorial Achievement Citations
Andrea Yu-Ling Liu
Glasgow-Rubin Memorial Achievement Citations
Teagan Elizabeth Marshall
Glasgow-Rubin Memorial Achievement Citations
Sophia White
Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Award
Stephanie Y Tsai
The Good Physician
Sven Joshua Walderich
The Medical Student Executive Council Award
Joanna Gao
The Gustav Seeligmann Prize for Efficiency in Obstetrics
Rana Khan
The William J. Ledger Prize in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Jason Silberman
The Oskar Diethelm Prize for Excellence in Psychiatry
Lu Jin
The Oskar Diethelm Prize for Excellence in Psychiatry
Evguenia Makovkina
The Richard Kohl Prize for Excellence in Psychiatry
Molly Irene Chodakewitz
The Richard Kohl Prize for Excellence in Psychiatry
Mary Cox
The Compassionate Physician
Mohamed Ahmed Soliman
The Gustave J. Noback Memorial Fund for Advanced Study & Teaching in the Field of Anatomy
Hanley Ong
The Gustave J. Noback Memorial Prize in Anatomy
Francesca Alexandra Voza
The Gustavo Cudkowicz Memorial Prize in Immunobiology
Angel Marie Charles
The Dean's Research Award
Patrick O'Connor Bolan
The Alan von Kreuter Cancer Research Prize
Mitali Kini
The Frederick Brown MD Award for Allergy and Immunology
Manik Dutt Uppal
The Harry Bush Jr. Award for Excellence in Vascular Bio
Srikanth Palanisamy
The Harold G. Wolff Research Prize
Umberto Tosi
The Sondra Lee Shaw Memorial Prize
Mohamed Ahmed Soliman
Area of Concentration Certificate of Excellence
Kevin Saile Ackerman
Julio Andres Alvarez
Lorenzo David Bean
Aaron Michael Bloch
Kevin Chan
Molly Irene Chodakewitz
Alexa Gildea David
Laura Jeanne Deering
Jeremy S. Ho
Dennis D. Lee
Srikanth Palanisamy
Elizabeth Selvaggio
Mohamed Ahmed Soliman
Herie Sun
Sven Joshua Walderich
Richmond Lee Manning Woodward
1M, 2M, 3M Student Awards
The David Clayson Prize for Creativity
Tara Pilato
The William C. Thro Memorial Prize
Nathaniel Goldblatt
The Sidney and Viola Borkon Memorial Prize
Nathaniel Goldblatt
The Hayworth-Gold Award for Excellence in Medical Professionalism
Rachel Friedlander, Leora Haber, Jason Harris
The Henry C. & Anne Hayworth First Honor Prize
Jade Wang
Faculty Awards
The Charles L. Bardes, M.D. Teaching Prize
Susan Samuels, MD
Leaonard Tow Humanism Teacher
Susana Morales, MD
The Elliot Hochstein Teaching Award
Ernie Esquivel, MD
The House Staff Teaching Award
Ryan Kahn, MD
Class of 1952 Resident Physician Prize
Dario Villamar, MD
Volunteer Clincial Faculty Award of Alpha Omega Alaph
Shari Midoneck, MD
The Richard A. Herrmann, MD Teaching Award
Dana Gurvitch, MD
First Year Teaching Award
Lawrence Palmer, PhD Christopher Cunniff, MD
Second Year Teaching Award
Joseph Safdieh, MD
Senior List
Juliet Aizer, MD
Brian Eiss, MD
Ernie Esquivel, MD
Domenick Falcone, PhD
Dimitry Francois, MD
Mackenzie Hillard, MD
Sydney Katz, MD
Michael Torres Lizardi, MD
Demetri Merianos, MD
Esthomi Mtui, MD
Mayur Narayan, MD
Anthony Ogedegbe, MD
Amanda Ramsdell, MD
Melissa Rusli, MD
Joseph Safdieh, MD
Alice Tang, MD