Students from the Weill Cornell Medical College Class of 2021 were recognized for their outstanding achievements, with the winners announced on May 17. 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 Herman Jacobius Prize in Pathology
Joshua Alexander Zeitlin
The Alan van Poznak Award
Emily Rose Eruysal
The Moselle and Milton Pollack Prize in Medical Ethics
Leora Elizabeth Haber
The T. Campbell Thompson Prize for Excellence in Orthopedic Surgery
Jung Kee Mok
The Edward Norton Prize in Ophthalmology
Melissa Yuan
Henry Adelman Memorial Award for Excellence in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
Anurag Ratan Goel
Henry Adelman Memorial Award for Excellence in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
Tatiana Marie Gonzaga Requijo
The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine's Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award
Jaskaran Singh Bains
The American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Prize for Excellence in Neurology
Catherine Mahala Callaway
The Barbara Slifka Global Health Award
Elena Leigh Beideck
The Weiss Prize for Excellence in Clinical Medicine
Max Francis Morin
The Joan Severino Parisi Prize in Internal Medicine
Hector Andres Mora
The Yvette & Seymour Feil Prize in Medicine
Rohini Vijay Kopparam
The Clarence C. Coryell Prize in Medicine
Bethina Liu
The Alfred Moritz Michaelis Prize in General Medicine
Elena Leigh Beideck
The David & Gladys Drusin Memorial Prize
Leora Elizabeth Haber
The Paul Sherlock Prize in Internal Medicine
Elena Leigh Beideck
The Jay Lawrence Award for Clinical Proficiency in Infectious Disease
Prithvi Mrinalini Mohan
The Anthony Seth Werner, M.D. Memorial Prize
Kimberly Nicole Forlenza
The Arthur Palmer Prize for Efficiency in Otorhinolaryngology
Mark Lee
The James A. Moore Scholarship
Ahmed Toure
The Fabrizio Michelassi Medical Student Prize
Joel Jose Quitlong Nario
The Clarence C. Coryell Prize in Surgery
Solomon N. Levin
The G.Thomas Shires II Prize in Surgery
Noah Zachary Feit
The Elise Strang L'Esperance Prize in Public Health
Elena Leigh Beideck
The Elise Strang L'Esperance Prize in Public Health
Sophie Mou
The George G. Reader Prize in Public Health
Leora Elizabeth Haber
The George G. Reader Prize in Public Health
Maria A. Minor
The George S. Meister Prize in Pediatrics
Maya Berit Feldman
The Mitchell Spivak Memorial Prize in Pediatrics
Clare Arledge Burchenal
Service Awards/Central Awards
The John Metcalf Polk Prize
Noah Zachary Feit
The John Metcalf Polk Prize
Shannon Marie Glynn
The John Metcalf Polk Prize
Melissa Yuan
The Charles L. Horn Prize
Rohini Vijay Kopparam
The Leonard Tow Humanism Award
Sarita S Ballakur
The Medical Society of the State of NY
Joshua William Bliss
Glasgow-Rubin Memorial Achievement Citations
Mytrang Hoang Do
Glasgow-Rubin Memorial Achievement Citations
Rachel Leigh Friedlander
Glasgow-Rubin Memorial Achievement Citations
Melissa Yuan
Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Award
Shannon Marie Glynn
The Good Physician
Max Francis Morin
The Medical Student Executive Council Award
Leora Elizabeth Haber
The Gustav Seeligmann Prize for Efficiency in Obstetrics
Rachel Leigh Friedlander
The William J. Ledger Prize in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Shannon Marie Glynn
The Oskar Diethelm Prize for Excellence in Psychiatry
Ashley Wu
The Richard Kohl Prize for Excellence in Psychiatry
Zachary Joseph Myslinski
The Compassionate Physician
Leora Elizabeth Haber
The Gustave J. Noback Memorial Fund for Advanced Study & Teaching in the Field of Anatomy
Noah Zachary Feit
The Gustave J. Noback Memorial Prize in Anatomy
Sarita S Ballakur
The Gustavo Cudkowicz Memorial Prize in Immunobiology
Matthew Magruder
The Dean's Research Award
Andrew Lukas Yin
The Harry Bush Jr. Award for Excellence in Vascular Bio
Mahmoud Eljalby
The Sondra Lee Shaw Memorial Prize
Ashley Wu
Area of Concentration Certificate of Excellence
Jaskaran Singh Bains
Clare Arledge Burchenal
Eric Thaddeus Caliendo
Catherine Mahala Callaway
David Lei Chang
Rahmi Elahjji
Mahmoud Eljalby
Emily Rose Eruysal
Shannon Marie Glynn
Jennifer Huang
Sonia Iosim
Rohini Vijay Kopparam
Brian Scott LaGrant
Kailyn Ruohan Li
Brienne Chloe Lubor
Maria A. Minor
Sophie Mou
Pooja D. Shah
Gal Wald
Graham Thomas Wehmeyer
Ashley Wu
Annie Yau
Andrew Lukas Yin
Melissa Yuan
1M, 2M, 3M Student Awards
The David Clayson Prize for Creativity
Alexander Koo
The William C. Thro Memorial Prize
Rohan Roy
The Sidney and Viola Borkon Memorial Prize
Quillan M. Austria
The Hayworth-Gold Award for Excellence in Medical Professionalism
Anthony Palillo
Elizabeth Reznick
Cheyenne Smith
The Henry C. & Anne Hayworth First Honor Prize
Joon Tae Kim
Faculty Awards
The Charles L. Bardes, M.D. Teaching Prize
Ernie Esquivel, MD
Leonard Tow Humanism Teacher
Amanda Ramsdell, MD
The Elliot Hochstein Teaching Award
Dana Gurvitch, MD
The House Staff Teaching Award
Lauren Balkan, MD
Class of 1952 Resident Physician Prize
Chou Chou, MD
Volunteer Clincial Faculty Award of Alpha Omega Alpha
Ashita Batavia, MD
The Richard A. Herrmann, MD Teaching Award
Demetri Merianos, MD
First Year Teaching Award
Shaina Reid, PhD
Second Year Teaching Award
Juliet Aizer, MD
Senior List
Juliet Aizer, MD
Ilya Bialik, MD
Pamela Charney, MD
Kevin Ching, MD
Justin Choi, MD
Ernie Esquivel, MD
Dimitry Francois, MD
Dana Gurvitch, MD
Sydney Katz, MD
Bryan Leppert, MD
William Levine, MD
Demetri Merianos, MD
Anthony Ogedegbe, MD
MacKenzi Preston, MD
Amanda Ramsdell, MD
Michael Torres Lizardi, MD