2011 Weill Cornell Medical College Convocation

convocation

Weill Cornell Medical College held its convocation ceremony on May 20. Outstanding graduates, other medical students and faculty and staff were recognized for distinguished achievement, dedication to scholarship and/or research, devotion to teaching or service, or demonstration of exceptional professional qualities.

The Franklyn Ellenbogen Prize in Hematology-Oncology
Aaron Goldberg

The Faith Stewart Gordon Prize in Rehab Med
Aerin Spitz

The Dr. Harold Lamport Biomedical Research Prize
Anastasia Grivoyannis

The Joan Severino Parisi Prize in Internal Medicine
Bracken Babula

The William J. Ledger Prize in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Brandi Adams

The T. Campbell Thompson Prize for Excellence in Orthopedic Surgery
Brian Rebelledo

The Oskar Diethelm Prize for Excellence in Psychiatry
Caitlin Snow

The Anthony Seth Werner, M.D. Memorial Prize
Charles Vorkas

The Sondra Lee Shaw Memorial Prize
Charles Vorkas

The George G. Reader Prize in Public Health
Eric Goodman, Phillip Blumenshine

The Leonard Tow Humanism Award
Eric Goodman, Anthony Ogedegbe

The Compassionate Physician
Erica Miller

The Paul Sherlock Prize in Internal Medicine
Erica Miller

The Henry Adelman Memorial Award for Excellence
Grant Aaker, Katherine Heyman Saunders, Caitlin Snow

The Endocrine Society
Joanna Spencer

The Clarence C. Coryell Prize in Medicine
Jody Waldron

The Jay Lawrence Award for Clinical Proficiency in Infectious Disease
Jonathan Robbins

The Hayworth-Gold Award for Excellence in Medical Professionalism
Joseph Fraiman, Shlomo Minkowitz

The Clarence C. Coryell Prize in Surgery
Joseph Ricci

The Edward Norton Prize in Ophthalmology
Joshua Ehrlich

The Gustavo Cudkowicz Memorial Prize in Immunobiology
Judith Briant

The Weiss Prize for Excellence in Clinical Medicine
Judith Briant

The Ralph I. Poucher Prize for Profiency in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Kritsin Taylor

The George Ladas Prize for Efficiency in Gynecology
Laura Abbott

The American Academy of Neurology
Leslie Delfiner

The George S. Meister Prize in Pediatrics
Leslie Delfiner

The Good Physician Award
Leslie Delfiner

The William C. Thro Memorial Prize
Leslie Delfiner

AMWA Citations
Marissa Boeck, Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas, Judith Briant, Erica Miller

AMWA Award (First in Her Class)
Leslie Delfiner

The Gustave J. Noback Memorial Prize in Anatomy
Lindsay Schultz

The Arthur Palmer Prize for Efficiency in Otorhinolaryngology
Luke Donatelli

The David & Gladys Drusin Memorial Prize
Mallory Delehanty

The Gustav Seeligmann Prize for Efficiency in Obstetrics
Maria Keating

The Fabrizio Michelassi Medical Student Prize
Marissa Boeck

The John Metcalf Polk Prizes
Marissa Boeck, Leslie Delfiner, Joseph Ricci

The David Clayson Prize for Creativity
Mollie Biewald

The Charles L. Horn Prize
Monica Saumoy

The E. Darracott Vaughan, Jr. Prize
Nicholas Hauser

The G. Thomas Shires II Prize in Surgery
Nicholas Hauser

The Gustave J. Noback Memorial Fund for Advanced Study & Teaching in the Field of Anatomy
Paul-Michel Dossous

The Medical Student Executive Council Award
Peter Coombs

The Dean William Mecklenburg Polk Memorial Prize
Peter Morgenstern

The Harold G. Wolff Research Prize
Peter Morgenstern

The Richard Kohl Prize for Excellence in Psychiatry
Philip Blumenshine, Norman Lee

The Mitchell Spivak Memorial Prize in Pediatrics
Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas

The Society for Academic EM
Rosa Estevez

The Yvette & Seymour Feil Prize in Medicine
Stephen Gaeta

The Elise Strang L'Esperance Prize in Public Health
Tracy Mak, Erica Miller

The Alfred Moritz Michaelis Prize in General Medicine
William Gordon

The Medical Society of the State of NY
Yizza Naveras

The Alan van Poznak Award
Zachary Turnball

The Henry C. & Anne Hayworth First Honor Prize
Colleen Wichser

The Herman Jacobius Prize in Pathology
Joseph Ricci

The Sidney and Viola Borkon Memorial Prize
Jeremy Y. Chan

Teaching Awards

The Elliot Hochstein Teaching Award
Anthony Ogedegbe

The Charles L. Bardes, M.D. Teaching Prize
Anthony Ogedegbe

The Richard A. Herrmann, M.D. Teaching Award
Ernie Esquivel

Class of 1952 Resident Physician Prize
Kathy Hong (OBGYN)

The House Staff Teaching Award
Kathy Hong (OBGYN)

First-Year Teaching Award
Larry Palmer

Second-Year Teaching Award
Peter Marzuk

Volunteer Clinical Faculty Award of Alpha Omega Alpha
Jason Kendler

Senior List
Dr. Ilya Bialik
Dr. Charles L. Bardes
Dr. Morton Bogdonoff
Dr. Salvatore Cilmi
Dr. Byron Demopoulos
Dr. Domenick Falcone
Dr. Erica Jones
Dr. Joseph Lane
Dr. B. Robert Meyer
Dr. Estomih Mtui
Dr. Anthony Ogedegbe

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