Emory Main Med Comm

Doctor of Medicine Commencement Ceremony

May Tenth, Two Thousand Twenty-Four

Order of Program

OPENING VOLUNTARIES

Ceremonial Music

Sue Mitchell-Wallace, Organist

PROCESSIONAL

Rob Rogers, Pipe Sergeant, Atlanta Pipe Band

William M. McDonald, MD, Faculty Marshal

Ashley Lauren Harriott, Student Marshal

Corpus Cordis Aureum

Christen C. Hairston, PhD, MEd, Associate Dean, Usher Class of 2024

Faculty

Nancy J. Newman, MD, University Marshal

Platform Party

Diploma Ceremony Chair, J. William Eley, MD, MPH, Executive Associate Dean

Victor J. Dzau, MD, Valedictory Speaker

Marilane B. Bond, EdD, MEd, MBA, Associate Dean

Stacy M. Higgins, MD, Associate Dean

Ira K. Schwartz, MD, Associate Dean

Erica D. Brownfield, MD, MBA, Associate Dean

Carlos del Rio, MD, Executive Associate Dean

John A. Johnson, MD, MBA, 00MR 14B, Alumni Board President

Ravi I. Thadhani, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs

Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS, Dean

DEAN’S WELCOME

Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS, Dean Emory University School of Medicine

INVOCATION

Pastor Ruy Mizuki Retired

OPENING REMARKS

Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS, Dean

VALEDICTORY ADDRESS

Victor J. Dzau, MD President, National Academy of Medicine

PRESENTATION of AWARDS

Marion Luther Brittain Ward

Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS, Dean

Exemplary Teacher Award

Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS, Dean

Papageorge Teaching Award

John A. Johnson, MD, MBA, 00MR 14B, Alumni Board President

HOODING of the PhD RECIPIENTS

J. William Eley, MD, MPH, Executive Associate Dean

Holly Bauser-Heaton, MD, PhD, Interim Director, MD/PhD Program

Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS, Dean

Ravi I. Thadhani, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs

RECOGNITION of DUAL DEGREE RECIPIENTS

J. William Eley, MD, MPH, Executive Associate Dean

HOODING of the MD RECIPIENTS

J. William Eley, MD, MPH, Executive Associate Dean

Stacy M. Higgins, MD, Associate Dean Small Group Leaders

Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS, Dean

Erica D. Brownfield, MD, MBA, Associate Dean

Ravi I. Thadhani, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs

SPEAKER of the CLASS of 2024

Ashley Lauren Harriott

CHARGE to the CLASS of 2024 ~ & ~ OATH of HIPPOCRATES

Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS, Dean

BENEDICTION

The Reverend Dr. Marnie Crumpler

The Reverend Dr. Mark Crumpler

Grace Church Bethlehem, Bethlehem, PA

RECESSIONAL

Sue Mitchell-Wallace, Organist

Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5

Charles-Marie Widor

Please remain seated until the Graduates, Faculty, and Platform Party have recessed.

Please remain seated until the Graduates, Faculty, and Platform Party have recessed.

A Reception will be held at the School of Medicine immediately following the Ceremony.

Charles-Marie Widor

Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5

Sue Mitchell-Wallace, Organist

RECESSIONAL

Valedictory Speaker

VICTOR J. DZAU, MD

Victor J. Dzau, MD, is president of the National Academy of Medicine, vice chair of the National Research Council, chancellor emeritus of Duke University, and past CEO of the Duke Health System. Previously, he was professor and chairman of medicine at both Harvard and Stanford Universities. Recognized globally as a scientist, administrator, and leader, Dzau’s seminal research in cardiovascular medicine and genetics laid the foundation for the class of lifesaving cardiac drugs known as ACE inhibitors. He pioneered gene therapy for vascular disease and was the first to introduce DNA decoy molecules to block transcription as gene therapy in humans. His research in cardiovascular regeneration led to the Paracrine Hypothesis of stem cell action and the therapeutic strategy of direct cardiac reprogramming.

Dzau is one of the most influential leaders in health and medicine. In 2015, he led the important reorganization of the Institute of Medicine into the new National Academy of Medicine (NAM). As the first person of color and the first immigrant to lead any of the three Academies that make up the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, he has brought a global perspective to the academies. As a visionary health leader, Dzau has set an inspiring example, developing initiatives to transform and improve health locally and globally. Under his tenure, the NAM has advanced efforts to improve health equity and address racism throughout its programmatic activities. He believes that health and science leaders should be engaged in developing solutions to broad-reaching social challenges that affect us all. He designed and led important initiatives at the NAM, including the Commission on a Global Health Risk Framework, the Global Roadmap for Healthy Longevity, the International Human Gene Editing Initiative, Vital Directions for Health and Health Care, Confronting the Opioid Crisis, and the Grand Challenge in Climate Change and Human Health.

A leader in global health, Dzau launched the Duke Global Health Institute and Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore, founded the Division of Global Health Equity at Harvard, and chairs the International Advisory Board of McGill’s School of Population and Global Health. He serves on the WHO/World Bank Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, was advisor to the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Financing for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, co-chaired the G20 Scientific Panel on Global Health Security, and served as an advisor to the G7 (Japan) Health Task Force. He leads the Regional Vaccine Manufacturing Collaborative in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). He is co-chair of the Science and Technology Expert Group and a member of the Independent Pandemic Preparedness Steering committee for the 100 Day Mission.

Dr. Dzau has served on the Advisory Committee to the Director for the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and chaired the NIH Cardiovascular Disease Advisory Committee. Currently, he chairs the Steering Committee of the NHLBI Progenitor Cell Translational Consortium. He serves on the board of Imperial College Health Partners of UK, chairs the International Advisory Committee of the Qatar Precision Health Institute, and chairs the Scientific Board of Munk Cardiac Center of University of Toronto. Dzau also chairs the Singapore International Advisory Council of Health and Human Potential, serves on the Prime Minister’s Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council, and the Board of Singapore Health Services. He chairs the Singapore precision medicine initiative PRECISE. In 2014, he received the National University of Singapore’s Outstanding Service Award and the 2014 Singapore National Day Public Service Medal. In 2019, he was named an Honorary Citizen of Singapore.

Among his many honors and recognitions are the Gustav Nylin Medal from the Swedish Royal College of Medicine, the Research Achievement Award from the American Heart Association, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the Poulzer Prize of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, the Henry Freisen International Prize, and the Porter Prize of the University of Pittsburgh. He has received 20 honorary doctorates.

Dual Degrees

DOCTOR of PHILOSOPHY

Victoria Alina Avanzato DPhil in Biomedical Sciences

“Responding to Emerging Viral Pathogens: Characterization of Neutralizing Epitopes on the Nipah Virus Glycoproteins and the Humoral Immune Response Against SARS-CoV-2” Co-Adviser: Thomas A. Bowden, DPhil, and Vincent J. Munster, PhD

Jared Philip Beyersdorf PhD in Biomedical Engineering

“Development of an mRNA-Based Prophylactic for Protection Against Nerve Agent Toxicity” Adviser: Philip Santangelo, PhD

Danielle Cicka

PhD in Molecular and Systems Pharmacology

“Molecular Interactions Between SARS-CoV-2 SPIKE and Host Proteins” Adviser: Haian Fu, PhD

Charles Lester Ford IV

PhD in Neuroscience

“Oxytocin in Translation: Manipulating the Social Brain with Pharmacology and Contextual Stimuli” Adviser: Larry J. Young, PhD

Frank Eugene Glover III

PhD in Environmental Health Sciences

“The Investigation of Chlorpyrifos Exposure on Hypertension and Metabolic Syndrome Prevalence and its Dysregulatory Effects within Hypothalamic Blood Pressure and Metabolism Pathways” Adviser: William M. Caudle, PhD

Kristin Robin Villalon Harrington PhD in Epidemiology

“COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies: Implications for Pandemic Control and the Incidence of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis” Adviser: Neel R. Gandhi, MD

Caroline Stewart Jansen PhD in Cancer Biology

“An Intratumoral Immune Niche Sustains the Anti-Tumor Immune Response and Supports the Response to Immunotherapy” Adviser: Haydn Kissick, PhD

Dan Li

PhD in Neuroscience

“Integrated Prefrontal Cortical Mechanisms Governing Flexible Decision Making” Adviser: Shannon L. Gourley, PhD

Dual Degrees

DOCTOR of PHILOSOPHY

Muhibullah Sayed Tora

PhD in Biomedical Engineering

“Development and Characterization of Porcine Models of Glioma” Adviser: Nicholas M. Boulis, MD, PhD

Hans Peter Verkerke

PhD in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

“Viral and Immune Factors in Acute Respiratory Virus Infections: Evaluating the Role of SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Antigenemia in the Diagnosis and Pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 Infection”

Adviser: Sean Stowell, MD, PhD

MASTER of PUBLIC HEALTH

Rosalind Byrd

Chloe DiGiulio Donegan

Nora Kathleen Hansen

Tu Minh Khong

Elizabeth Marie Manguso

Hannah Eplan Marcovitch

Eudora Louise Olsen

Michelle Ann Mercado Tan

Geffen Ruth Treima n

Ogorchi Michelle Ujari

MASTER of ARTS in BIOETHICS

Logan Suntharam Kugathasan

MASTER of SCIENCE in CLINICAL RESEARCH

Cecilia Anne Castellano

Keziah Maria Daniels

Jared Avery Eckman

Sara Nicole Kebede

Jenna Shari Sands

MASTER of SCIENCE

Maya Balaban Wergeles

MASTER of BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Ryon LaMont Arrington

Christopher Awad

Dimitri Cassimatis, MD

Henry David Biermann

Maximilian Peter Brady

Danielle Cicka

Nathaniel Donovan Forrester

Brian Thomas Legvold

Madhumitha Manivannan

Sandra Ohemaa Peprah

Robert Dixon, MD

Matthew DeShon Carroll

Rebecca Marie Durham

Benjamin Neville French

Patrick Autry Glover

Rebecca Leibowitz

John Shin Mizuki

Oreoluwa Elizabeth Olakunle

Hooding of the Graduates

KLEIN - HARVEY SOCIETY

Mary Dolan, MD, MPH

Elizabeth Marie Manguso

Nancy Fajman, MD, MPH

Ryon LaMont Arrington

Oswaldo Henriquez-Ajami, MD

Lauren Kathleen Costley

Mariana Dodd

Kester Lamar Gibbons

Bijal Shah, MD Faiz Alam

Stephen Brandt, MD

Jared Philip Beyersdorf

John Hunter Crumpler

Ronnie Ahmad Festok

Asmita Narendra Gathoo

Logan Suntharam Kugathasan

Mariam Torres Soto

Carlin Elizabeth Zaprowski

Hughes Evans, MD, PhD

Keziah Maria Daniels

Benoit Arnaud Niclou

HOLMES - LISTER SOCIETY

Lisa Flowers, MD, MPH

Jordan David Couceyro

David Joshua Uchenna Ebhomielen

Charles Lester Ford IV

Sarah Mary Joseph

Lara Annika Schwieger

Michelle Ann Mercado Tan

Emily Chenxing Yang

Andrew Furman, MD

Samuel Itzhak Bennett

Yiwen Li

Jenna Scott Powers

Rachel Marlene Siegel

Benjamin Schornstein Williams

Theresa Vettese, MD

Tsion Assaye

Chiara Maria Bettale

Angelica Laura Delzompo

Cameron Deal Futral

Emma Jane Hollenberg

Dan Li

Oluwakorede Oswald Omole

Rebecca Angela Pankove

Joshua Yuan Qian

Josué Manuel Rodriguez

Anna Von, MD

Francisco Antonio Delgado-Gonzalez

Frank Eugene Glover III

Annabel H. Lu

Shayli Ajit Patel

Annaliese Noel Getz Powell

Jason Liebzeit, MD

Caroline Stewart Jansen

Camille Yuying Lin

Irene Yiran Liu

Roshan Deepen Modi

Marta Taye

Qsanet Negassi Tekie

Alexander Joseph Yue

Joshua Wallenstein, MD

Maya Balaban Wergeles

Bhavin Adhyaru, MS, MD

Jared Avery Eckman

Hannah Eplan Marcovitch

Geffen Ruth Treiman

Donald Batisky, MD

Aminat Adewumi

John Robert Galvin

Maranatha A. Genet

Drew Gertzog Gerber

Sarah Kate Gold

Kristin Robin Villalon Harrington

Colby Patrick Smith

Lilian Juan Zapata

Hooding of the Graduates

CRUMPLER - OSLER SOCIETY

Andres Camacho-Gonzalez, MD

Rosalind Byrd

Cecilia Anne Castellano

Chloe DiGiulio Donegan

Sara Nicole Kebede

Tu Minh Khong

Obiadada Nchekwube Ugochukwu

Maura George, MD

Victoria Alina Avanzato

Christopher Awad

Surabhi Beriwal

Olivia Rose Cote

Rebecca May Hong

Jose Benjamin Trinidad Maria

Elizabeth Hyejin Zeichner

Noble Maleque, MD

Leen Bakdash

Hannah Elizabeth Jones

Ambika Menon

Savanah Namasi Rumbika

Taryn Taylor, MD, MEd

Ogorchi Michelle Ujari

Martha Ward, MD

Anne Albright

Ludivine Brunissen

Andre Joseph Burnham

David Robert Gelston

Amritha Varshini Gourisankar

Abisola Adeola Oso

Hans Peter Verkerke

DeJuan White, MD

Jenna Shari Sands

RODRÍGUEZ TRÍAS - SEMMELWEIS SOCIETY

Wendy Armstrong, MD

Carlyn Larson Harris

Eudora Louise Olsen

Joanna Bonsall, MD, PhD

Avni Sheel Ahuja

Barrington Alexander Bennett

Mary Anna Buser

Julio Cesar Hidalgo Lopez

Rebecca Leigh Shamah

Daniel Dressler, MD, MSCR

Morgan Claire Banks

Lee Alexandra Beaty

Scott Daniel Eisenberg

Klevi Golloshi

Omar Saad

Denny Donggun Shin

Kirstyn Chanera Taylor

Kimberly Manning, MD

Nora Kathleen Hansen

Muhibullah Sayed Tora

Anwar Osborne, MD, MPM

Areeba Afreen Abid

Alan Amedi

Esha Sidhu Banwatt

Joseph Franklin Evers

Juliet Fink

Ashley Lauren Harriott

Alice Jin Wen Hsu

Jason Schneider, MD

Rebecca Lauren Cox

Adam Esteva Sanders

Jada Renee Hislop

Jee Soo Lee

Anudeep Sai Nakirikanti

Amanda Joy Wagner

Kenneth Gijy Williams

Abigail Marie Wilson

Class of 2024

Areeba Afreen Abid

BS, Georgia Institute of Technology

Stanford Health Care

Stanford, CA Emergency Medicine

Aminat Adewumi

BS, Ohio State University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Psychiatry

Avni Sheel Ahuja

BA, University of Georgia

New York University

New York, NY Gynecology & Obstetrics

Faiz Alam

BS, Louisiana State University

MPhil, University of Cambridge University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI Medicine–Pediatrics

Anne Albright

BA, University of Chicago University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Internal Medicine

Alan Fraydun Amedi

BS, Georgia State University

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA Surgery

Ryon LaMont Arrington

BA, Washington University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Thoracic Surgery

Tsion Assaye

BS, Georgia Institute of Technology

WellStar Health System

Marietta, GA Transitional Year

New York University

New York, NY Diagnostic Radiology

Victoria Alina Avanzato

BS, Pennsylvania State University

Stanford Health Care

Stanford, CA Internal Medicine

Christopher Awad

BA, Fordham University

Ohio State University Columbus, OH Emergency Medicine

Leen Bakdash

BS, University of Chicago Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI Medicine–Pediatrics

Morgan Claire Banks

BS, Georgia Institute of Technology

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Internal Medicine

Esha Sidhu Banwatt

BS, University of Florida University of Texas Southwestern Dallas, TX Family Medicine

Lee Alexandra Beaty

BS, Barnard College Emory University Atlanta, GA Pediatrics

Barrington Alexander Bennett

BA, University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Internal Medicine

Samuel Itzhak Bennett

BS, Brown University University of Maryland Baltimore, MD Internal Medicine

Surabhi Beriwal

BS, Duke University University of Rochester/Flaum Eye Institute Rochester, NY Ophthalmology

Chiara Maria Bettale

BA, University of Pennsylvania

Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Medicine-Pediatrics

Jared Philip Beyersdorf

BS, University of Nebraska- Lincoln

Mass General Brigham Boston, MA Anatomic & Clinical Pathology

Henry David Biermann

Class of 2024

BS, Stanford University University of Washington Seattle, WA Internal Medicine

Maximilian Peter Brady

BA, BS, University of Georgia Emory University Atlanta, GA Anesthesiology

Ludivine Brunissen

BS, Yale University University of Colorado Aurora, CO Psychiatry

Andre Joseph Burnham

BA, Hamilton College Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital

St. Louis, MO Otolaryngology

Mary Anna Buser

BS, Davidson College

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Winston-Salem, NC Family Medicine

Rosalind Byrd

BA, Washington University

MA, Loyola University Chicago Emory University Atlanta, GA Internal Medicine

Matthew DeShon Carroll

BS, BIS, Louisiana State University University of South Carolina/Prisma Health Greenville, SC Medicine–Pediatrics

Cecilia Anne Castellano

BA, Williams College

New York University

New York, NY Internal Medicine

Danielle Cicka

BA, Washington University Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital

St. Louis, MO Internal Medicine

Lauren Kathleen Costley

BS, Georgia Southern University WellStar Health System Marietta, GA Gynecology & Obstetrics

Olivia Rose Cote

BS, Georgia Institute of Technology University of Colorado Aurora, CO Ophthalmology

Jordan David Couceyro

BA, Vanderbilt University Emory University Atlanta, GA Emergency Medicine

Rebecca Lauren Cox BS, Georgetown University MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital Washington, DC Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

John Hunter Crumpler

BS, Wake Forest University Emory University Atlanta, GA Anesthesiology

Keziah Maria Daniels

BS, Xavier University Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA Gynecology & Obstetrics

Francisco Antonio Delgado-Gonzalez BS, Carnegie Mellon University AdventHealth Redmond Rome, GA Transitional Year Emory University Atlanta, GA Diagnostic Radiology

Angelica Laura Delzompo BA, University of California-Berkeley University of California-Davis Sacramento, CA Family Medicine

Neil Nimish Dhruva

BS, Emory University

Boston University School of Medicine Boston, MA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Neurocritical Care Research

Class of 2024

Mariana Dodd

BS, University of Georgia

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA Ophthalmology

Chloe DiGiulio Donegan

AA, BS, Emory University

University of Washington

Seattle, WA Internal Medicine

Rebecca Marie Durham

BS, Georgia Institute of Technology

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Pediatrics

David Joshua Uchenna Ebhomielen

BS, Lehigh University

Emory University

Atanta, GA Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Jared Avery Eckman

BA, Vanderbilt University

Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY Internal Medicine

Scott Daniel Eisenberg

BS, University of Georgia

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Internal Medicine

Adam Esteva Sanders

BA, Drew University

DDM, Rutgers State University of New Jersey

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Joseph Franklin Evers

BA, Macalester College

New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center

New York, NY Internal Medicine

Ronnie Ahmad Festok

BA, Emory University

WellStar Health System

Marietta, GA Transitional Year

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Interventional Radiology

Juliet Fink

BA, Colorado College

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT Orthopaedic Surgery

Charles Lester Ford IV BS, Davidson College Industry

Nathaniel Donovan Forrester

BA, Rice University

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Worcester, MA Vascular Surgery

Benjamin Neville French

BA, Washington University

Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Internal Medicine

Cameron Deal Futral

BS, Davidson College University of Washington Seattle, WA Urology

John Robert Galvin

BS, Emory University

University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH Anesthesiology

Asmita Narendra Gathoo

AA, BS, Emory University

Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Gynecology & Obstetrics

David Robert Gelston

BA, Cornell University Westchester Medical Center Valhalla, NY Anesthesiology

Maranatha A. Genet

BS, Columbia University

New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center

New York, NY Gynecology & Obstetrics

Drew Gertzog Gerber

BS, Duke University

New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Class of 2024

New York, NY Internal Medicine

Kester Lamar Gibbons

BA, Lehigh University

University of South Carolina/Lexington Medical Center

West Columbia, SC Transitional Year

Frank Eugene Glover III

BS, Boston College

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Chicago, IL Urology

Patrick Autry Glover

BS, Northeastern University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Transitional Year

Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA Neurology

Sarah Kate Gold

BA, University of Pennsylvania Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, NY

Transitional Year

New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

New York, NY Dermatology

Klevi Golloshi

BS, Yale University

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Medicine–Pediatrics

Amritha Varshini Gourisankar

BS, Washington University

MPH, Emory University

University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN Medicine–Pediatrics

Nora Kathleen Hansen

BS, Georgia Institute of Technology

University of South Carolina/Prisma Health Columbia, SC Gynecology & Obstetrics

Kristin Robin Villalon Harrington

BS, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Mass General Brigham Boston, MA Internal Medicine

Ashley Lauren Harriott

BA, Harvard University Mass General Brigham Boston, MA Anesthesiology

Carlyn Larson Harris

BA, BS, Arizona State University

MPH, University of Edinburgh University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Internal Medicine

Julio Cesar Hidalgo Lopez

BS, Washington and Lee University University of Missouri Columbia, MO Otolaryngology

Jada Renee Hislop

BA, University of Southern California

WellStar Health System

Marietta, GA Transitional Year New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center New York, NY Diagnostic Radiology

Emma Jane Hollenberg

BA, Amherst College University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Internal Medicine

Rebecca May Hong

BS, Georgetown University University of California-Irvine Orange, CA Gynecology & Obstetrics

Alice Jin Wen Hsu

BA, Dartmouth College Emory University Atlanta, GA Surgery

Caroline Stewart Jansen

BA, BS, University of Virginia

Yale University New Haven, CT Internal Medicine

Hannah Elizabeth Jones

BS, University of North Dakota

WellStar Health System

Class of 2024

Marietta, GA Transitional Year

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Sarah Mary Joseph

BS, Georgetown University

University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA Internal Medicine

Sara Nicole Kebede

BS, Tulane University

Southern Illinois University Springfield, IL Plastic Surgery

Tu Minh Khong

BS, Georgia State University

University of South Alabama Mobile, AL Surgery

Logan Suntharam Kugathasan

BS, Emory University

New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center

New York, NY Neurology

Jee Soo Lee

BS, University of California -Los Angeles

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, NY Internal Medicine

Brian Thomas Legvold

BS, University of Colorado- Denver

MSPH, Emory University

Northeast Georgia Medical Center

Gainesville, GA Emergency Medicine

Rebecca Leibowitz

BS, Yale University

HonorHealth

Scottsdale, AZ Dermatology

Dan Li

BA, Washington University

University of Washington

Seattle, WA Anesthesiology

Yiwen Li

BS, MS, Emory University

Emory University Atlanta, GA Dermatology

Camille Yuying Lin

BA, Princeton University

University of South Carolina/Prisma Health Sumter, SC Family Medicine

Irene Yiran Liu

BS, Cornell University

MPH, University of Southern California University of California-Davis Sacramento, CA Anesthesiology

Annabel H. Lu

BS, Emory University

University of Alabama Birmingham, AL Internal Medicine

Elizabeth Marie Manguso

BA, BS, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC Gynecology & Obstetrics

Madhumitha Manivannan

BA, New York University University of California-San Francisco/Benloff Children's Hospital Oakland, CA Pediatrics

Hannah Eplan Marcovitch

BA, University of Michigan Pennsylvania Hospital Philadelphia, PA Gynecology & Obstetrics

Ambika Menon

BS, Duke University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Plastic Surgery

John Shin Mizuki

AA, BA, Emory University

Tripler Army Medical Center Honolulu, HI Surgery

Roshan Deepen Modi

BS, Emory University

Class of 2024

New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center New York, NY Internal Medicine

Anudeep Sai Nakirikanti

BS, Georgia Institute of Technology

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY Internal Medicine

Benoit Arnaud Niclou

BA, MS, Boston University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Oreoluwa Elizabeth Olakunle

Transitional Year

BS, Middle Tennessee State University Mass General Brigham Boston, MA Internal Medicine

Eudora Louise Olsen

BA, Harvard University

University of California-San Francisco San Francisco, CA Internal Medicine

Oluwakorede Oswald Omole

AA, BA, Emory University

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Worcester, MA Orthopaedic Surgery

Abisola Adeola Oso

BA, University of Chicago

MA, Loyola University Chicago Emory University

Atlanta, GA Neurology

Rebecca Angela Pankove

BS, MS, Emory University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Urology

Shayli Ajit Patel

BA, University of Florida

Northwestern University/Lurie Children's Hospital Chicago, IL Pediatrics

Sandra Ohemaa Peprah

BA, Tufts University

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Bethesda, MD Psychiatry

Annaliese Noel Getz Powell

BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mass General Brigham Boston, MA Medicine–Pediatrics

Jenna Scott Powers

BS, University of Georgia

Northwestern University/McGaw Medical Center Chicago, IL Gynecology & Obstetrics

Joshua Yuan Qian

BS, Georgia Institute of Technology

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, NY Radiation Oncology

Josué Manuel Rodriguez

BA, Emory University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Emergency Medicine

Savanah Namasi Rumbika

BS, Northeastern University

Emory University Atlanta, GA Surgery

Omar Saad

BA, University of California-Santa Barbara University of South Carolina/Lexington Medical Center West Columbia, SC Transitional Year

Jenna Shari Sands

BS, Emory University

Children's Hospital Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Pediatrics

Lara Annika Schwieger

BS, Emory University

MSc, University of London

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA Surgery

Rebecca Leigh Shamah

BS, Union College

Children's National Medical Center

Class of 2024

Washington, DC Pediatrics

Nisreen Samer Shiban

BA, Harvard University

Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX Neurology

Denny Donggun Shin

BS, Emory University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Internal Medicine

Rachel Marlene Siegel

BA, Washington University

University of Rochester Rochester, NY Neurology

Colby Patrick Smith

BA, Amherst College

MBS, Tufts University

New York University

New York, NY Internal Medicine

Michelle Ann Mercado Tan

AA, BS, Emory University

University of Tennessee Chattanooga, TN Internal Medicine

Marta Taye

BA, Washington University

WellStar Health System

Marietta, GA

Emory University

Transitional Year

Atlanta, GA Dermatology

Kirstyn Chanera Taylor

BA, University of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Hospital Philadelphia, PA

Transitional Year

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Scheie Eye Institute Philadelphia, PA Ophthalmology

Qsanet Negassi Tekie

BA, Duke University

Northwestern University/Lurie Children's Hospital

Chicago, IL Pediatrics

Muhibullah Sayed Tora

BS, University of Virginia

Oregon Health & Science University

Portland, OR Neurosurgery

Mariam Torres Soto

BA, MA, Wesleyan University

University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM Ophthalmology

Geffen Ruth Treiman

BA, University of California-Berkeley

Yale University

New Haven, CT Neurology

Jose Benjamin Trinidad Maria BS, Oglethorpe University

University of Miami/Jackson Health System

Miami, FL Surgery

Obiadada Nchekwube Ugochukwu

BS, Florida State University

University of Texas Southwestern Dallas, TX Neurology

Ogorchi Michelle Ujari

BS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH Pediatrics

Hans Peter Verkerke

BS, University of Virginia Emory University Atlanta, GA Psychiatry

Amanda Joy Wagner

BA, New York University

Kaiser Permanente Northern California Vallejo, CA Family Medicine

Maya Balaban Wergeles

BA, Oberlin College

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles Gynecology & Obstetrics

Benjamin Schornstein Williams

BS, Brown University

New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Class of 2024

New York, NY Neurology

Kenneth Gijy Williams

BS, Georgia Institute of Technology University of Texas Southwestern Dallas, TX Anesthesiology

Abigail Marie Wilson

BA, Kenyon College

Emory University Atlanta, GA Medicine-Psychiatry

Emily Chenxing Yang

BS, Davidson College Cone Health

Greensboro, NC Family Medicine

Alexander Joseph Yue

BA, BS, Columbus State University

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, MD Anatomic & Clinical Pathology

Lilian Juan Zapata

BA, University of Chicago University of Washington Seattle, WA Emergency Medicine

Carlin Elizabeth Zaprowski BS, Georgia Institute of Technology Emory University Atlanta, GA Ophthalmology

Elizabeth Hyejin Zeichner

BA, University of Chicago Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA Pediatrics

Please remain seated until the Graduates, Faculty, and Platform Party have recessed.

Charles-Marie Widor

From the Graduates

Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5

Sue Mitchell-Wallace, Organist

Emory University Office of Spiritual & Religious Life RECESSIONAL

On behalf of the Class of 2024, we extend our deepest gratitude to all who have helped make this day possible.

Buddhist Chaplain

The Venerable Priya Rakkhit Sraman, MA, MDiv

BENEDICTION

To the faculty and staff of Emory School of Medicine, thank you for your guidance and dedication. You have imparted the gift of education and have transformed us through your compassion, integrity, and service.

Carlos del Rio, MD, Interim Dean

To our family and friends who have supported us over the years, we are truly grateful. We would not be here today if not for your love and encouragement.

CHARGE to the CLASS of 2023 ~ & ~ OATH of HIPPOCRATES

Finally, to our classmates…we began medical school as strangers but have since become family.

Arrix Lamar Ryce

SPEAKER of the CLASS of 2023

Thank you for standing by our side as we faced our greatest challenges and celebrated our sweetest victories.

William M. McDonald, MD, Faculty Marshal

Thank you all for sharing this journey with the Class of 2024.

Marilane B. Bond, EdD, MEd, MBA, Associate Dean

SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS

Ravi I. Thadhani, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs

Carlos del Rio, MD, Interim Dean

Ashley Harriott, President

Alan Amedi, Vice President

Ira K. Schwartz, MD, Associate Dean

J. William Eley, MD, MPH, Executive Associate Dean Small Group Leaders

John Crumpler, Treasurer

Angelica Delzompo, Secretary

Stacy M. Higgins, MD, Associate Dean

RECIPIENTS

HOODING of the MD

J. William Eley, MD, MPH, Executive Associate Dean

Oath of Hippocrates

Please remain seated until the Graduates, Faculty, and Platform Party have recessed.

ACharles-Marie Widor

IPRESENTATION of AWARDS

Provost’s Distinguished Teaching Award for Excellence in Graduate & Professional Education

Carlos del Rio, MD, Interim Dean

Papageorge Teaching Award

s the ancient Greeks swore by their pagan gods, so do I solemnly affirm that as a graduate in medicine at Emory University, according to my ability and judgment, I will keep this oath and stipulation.

Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5

Sue Mitchell-Wallace, Organist

Ralph L. Haynes, MD 70M, Alumni Board President

HOODING of the PhD RECIPIENTS

J. William Eley, MD, MPH, Executive Associate Dean

Emory University Office of Spiritual & Religious Life RECESSIONAL

Buddhist Chaplain

Robert E. Gross, MD, PhD, Director, MD/PhD Program

The Venerable Priya Rakkhit Sraman, MA, MDiv

Carlos del Rio, MD, Interim Dean

BENEDICTION

Ravi I. Thadhani, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs

Carlos del Rio, MD, Interim Dean

RECOGNITION of DUAL DEGREE RECIPIENTS

J. William Eley, MD, MPH, Executive Associate Dean

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will consider dear to me those who have taught me this art and will impart the precepts and instruction of the profession to all those who qualify as students of the art and agree to the standards of the profession. will follow that system of regimen which according to my ability and judgment I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.

CHARGE to the CLASS of 2023 ~ & ~ OATH of HIPPOCRATES

HOODING of the MD RECIPIENTS

Arrix Lamar Ryce

Stacy M. Higgins, MD, Associate Dean

SPEAKER of the CLASS of 2023

J. William Eley, MD, MPH, Executive Associate Dean

Small Group Leaders

William M. McDonald, MD, Faculty Marshal

Marilane B. Bond, EdD, MEd, MBA, Associate Dean

Ira K. Schwartz, MD, Associate Dean

Ravi I. Thadhani, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs

ICarlos del Rio, MD, Interim Dean

Carlos del Rio, MD, Interim Dean

Ravi I. Thadhani, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs

nto whatever house I enter I will go into it for the benefit of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption.

Ira K. Schwartz, MD, Associate Dean

Marilane B. Bond, EdD, MEd, MBA, Associate Dean

William M. McDonald, MD, Faculty Marshal

J. William Eley, MD, MPH, Executive Associate Dean Small Group Leaders

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SPEAKER of the CLASS of 2023

Stacy M. Higgins, MD, Associate Dean

HOODING of the MD RECIPIENTS

Arrix Lamar Ryce

J. William Eley, MD, MPH, Executive Associate Dean

CHARGE to the CLASS of 2023 ~ & ~ OATH of HIPPOCRATES

Carlos del Rio, MD, Interim Dean

RECOGNITION of DUAL DEGREE RECIPIENTS

BENEDICTION

hatever in connection with my professional practice or not in connection with it, I see or hear in the lives of men and women which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret.

Ravi I. Thadhani, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs

Carlos del Rio, MD, Interim Dean

Robert E. Gross, MD, PhD, Director, MD/PhD Program

The Venerable Priya Rakkhit Sraman, MA, MDiv Buddhist Chaplain

J. William Eley, MD, MPH, Executive Associate Dean

Emory University Office of Spiritual & Religious Life

HOODING of the PhD RECIPIENTS

RECESSIONAL

Ralph L. Haynes, MD 70M, Alumni Board President

Sue Mitchell-Wallace, Organist

Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5

Papageorge Teaching Award

hile I continue to keep this oath inviolate, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and the practice of the art, respected by all people in all times, but should I trespass and violate this oath may the reverse be my lot.

Carlos del Rio, MD, Interim Dean

Excellence in Graduate & Professional Education

Charles-Marie Widor

Provost’s Distinguished Teaching Award

PRESENTATION of AWARDS

Please remain seated until the Graduates, Faculty, and Platform Party have recessed.