Medical and physician assistant students from the Class of 2025 were honored during convocation and certificate ceremonies May 14 for their dedication to scholarship, excellence in research, devotion to teaching or service and exceptional professional qualities. The ceremonies also recognized exceptional faculty.
Dr. Robert Harrington, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine and provost for medical affairs of Cornell University, and Dr. Michael Stewart, interim senior associate dean for education, senior associate dean for international affairs and affiliations and chair of the Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, hosted the awards ceremony.
2025 Student Awards
The Alan Van Poznak Award for Excellence in Anesthesiology
Alex Barbulescu
The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine’s Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award
Sarah Christina Rosselli
The Henry Adelman Memorial Award for Excellence in Geriatric Medicine
Karolina Sadowska
The Anthony Seth Werner, M.D., Memorial Prize
Sheridan Bowers
The Jay Lawrence Award for Clinical Proficiency in Infectious Diseases
Chloe Kazuko Boehm
Alfred Moritz Michaelis Prize in General Medicine
Dalton Van Banh
The Clarence C. Coryell Prize in Medicine
Patrick Tiongco Magahis
The David and Gladys Drusin Memorial Prize
Ariana Ilene Rabinowitsch
Joan Severino Parisi and Alfred F. Parisi, MD '63 Prize in Internal Medicine
Chloe Kazuko Boehm
The Weiss Prize for Excellence in Clinical Medicine
Nathan Eric Matzko
The Yvette and Seymour Feil Prize in Medicine
Ali Lahooti
The American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Prize for Excellence in Neurology
Alyssa Faith Pelak
The Gustav Seeligmann Prize for Efficiency in Obstetrics
Embree Marie Thompson
The William J. Ledger Prize in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Kristen Elizabeth Riley
The Edward Norton Prize in Ophthalmology
Alina Husain
The T. Campbell Thompson Prize for Excellence in Orthopedic Surgery
Robert Anthony Cecere
The Arthur Palmer Prize for Efficiency in Otorhinolaryngology
Karena Zhao
The James A. Moore Scholarship in Otolaryngology
Andrew Sangho Lee
The George S. Meister Prize in Pediatrics
Katharine Anne Cunnane
The Mitchell Spivak Memorial Prize in Pediatrics
Kyle Bernard Wierzbicki
The Oskar Diethelm Prize for Excellence in Psychiatry
Charlotte D. LaPlante
The Richard N. Kohl Prize for Excellence in Psychiatry
J David Lind
The Faith Stewart-Gordon Prize for Excellence in Rehabilitation Medicine
Sam McGowen
The Clarence C. Coryell Prize in Surgery
Marissa Martha Michael
The Fabrizio Michelassi Medical Student Prize
Dawn Chirko
The G. Thomas Shires II Prize in Surgery
Jordan Leith
The Gustave J. Noback Memorial Prize in Anatomy
Sheridan Bowers
The Gustave J. Noback Memorial Fund for Advanced Study and Teaching in the Field of Anatomy
Sheridan Bowers
The Moselle and Milton Pollack Prize in Medical Ethics
Kyle Finos
The William C. Thro Memorial Prize for Academic Achievement Pathology
Dylan Manuele
The Barbara Slifka Global Health Award
Shakirah Namuyomba Ssebyala
The Elise Strang L’Esperance Prize in Public Health
Kristen Elizabeth Riley
The George G. Reader Prize in Public Health
Nicholas Lowell Streichert Roberts
The United States Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Award
Alina Husain
The Alan von Kreuter Cancer Research Prize
Karena Zhao
The Dean’s Research Award
Karena Zhao
The Harold G. Wolff Research Prize
Rachael Kim Han
The Sondra Lee Shaw Memorial Prize
Kwang Min Woo
The Susanna Cunningham-Rundles Medical Student Research Prize
Marissa Martha Michael
Area of Concentration Certificates of Excellence
Carlos Daniel Alcocer
Mark Raif Basilious
Brittney Kate Chong
Katharine Anne Cunnane
Kyle Finos
Simon Gagliardi
Hajirah Gumanneh
Marissa Martha Michael
Jeremy Nathaniel Orentreich Orloff
Subhanik Purkayastha
Gabrielle Luz Ramirez
Nicholas Lowell Streichert Roberts
Marc-Anthony Rodriguez-Carr
Sarah Christina Rosselli
Abigail Shilvock
Tejas Subramanian
Isabel Anna Wolfe
Jacob Harold Zeitlin
Karena Zhao
WCM Award for Academic Excellence
Zi-Ning Choo
Deeksha Deep
Daniella Carolina De Freitas
Rachel Hill
Alina Husain
Patrick Tiongco Magahis
Benjamin Tonnu Jackson
Ali Lahooti
Marc-Anthony Rodriguez-Carr
Karena Zhao
The Charles Horn Prize
Ryan Christian Samuel Storgard
The David Clayson Prize for Creativity
Amy Lu
The Hayworth-Gold Award for Excellence in Medical Professionalism
Lexa Harpel
Kingsley Osei-Karikari
Chana Schochet
The Henry C. and Anne Hayworth First Honor Prize
Tara Joseph
The Sidney and Viola Borkon Memorial Prize
Jeffery Shi
The John Metcalf Polk Prizes
Zi-Ning Choo
Patrick Tiongco Magahis
Karena Zhao
The Medical Student Executive Council Award
Karena Zhao
The Compassionate Physician Award
Katharine Anne Cunnane
The Good Physician Award
Marc-Anthony Rodriguez-Carr
The Nelson Felix Sánchez M.D. LGBTQ+ Excellence Award
Damon Jon Rideaux
Shakirah Namuyomba Ssebyala
The Paul Sherlock Prize in Internal Medicine
Nathan Eric Matzko
The Leonard P. Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
Student recipient: Jennifer Sugijanto
Faculty recipient: Dr. Kimberly Bloom-Feshbach
2025 Faculty Awards
The Senior List Excellence in Teaching
Dr. Juliet Aizer
Dr. Kathleen Bubb
Dr. June Chan
Dr. Emily Coskun
Dr. Brian Eiss
Dr. Melissa Frey
Dr. Dana Gurvitch
Dr. Joy Howell
Dr. Bryan Leppert
Dr. William Levine
Dr. Estomih Mtui
Dr. Anthony Ogedegbe
Dr. Christopher Reisig
Dr. Sam Senturia
The Charles L. Bardes, M.D. Teaching Prize
Dr. Teresa Milner
The 1952 Resident Physician Prize
Dr. Caroline Cherston
Dr. Nicolas Herrera Crosta
Dr. Daniel Poston
Dr. Nathen Spitz
The Elliott Hochstein Teaching Award
Dr. Bryan Leppert
The House Staff Teaching Award
Dr. Robert Beale
The Medical Student Executive Council - First Year Teaching Award
Dr. Paul Barone
Dr. Daniel Kellner
The Medical Student Executive Council - Second Year Teaching Award
Dr. Peter Marzuk
The Richard A. Herrmann, M.D. Teaching Award
Dr. Demetri Merianos
Physician Assistant Awards
PA students at certificate ceremony on May 14. Click photo for full gallery.
- Outstanding Preclinical Instructor Award
William J. Ameres, M.S., PA-C - Outstanding Clinical Instructor Award
Sam Senturia, M.D. - The Academic Excellence Award for Outstanding Performance During the Preclinical Phase of the Program
Jennifer Kenney
Olivia Korenfeld - The Academic Excellence Award for Outstanding Performance During the Clinical Phase of the Program
Jennifer Kenney - The Research Excellence Award for Outstanding Performance During the Thesis Proposal and Defense
Alexa Rojas-Carroll - The Peer Award
MinJoo Kang - The Dr. Verne E. Chaney Humanitarian Healthcare Award
Maggie Rubin - The Leadership Award
Sara Mitchell - 25-Year Milestone – Distinguished Faculty Service Award
William J. Ameres, M.S., PA-C - Lifetime Achievement in Academic Medicine Award
Sandip Kapur, M.D. - 30-Year Milestone – Physician Assistant Program Dedication Award
Alexis Blount