2023 ALUMNI AWARDS Recognize Eight Alumni

The Alumni Recognition Committee has selected eight esteemed alumni to recognize on Friday, May 19 at the 2023 Alumni Awards Ceremony. Each honoree typifies the Geisel/ DMS tradition of excellence in their field of medicine or service to the Dartmouth community. All are invited to join us in-person or virtually using this link: dartgo.org/aawards23.

Young Alumni Awardee

Matthew M. Ippolito, PhD, D’02, MED’11 is a physician-scientist who primarily focuses on malaria research in Zambia in his medical career. Additionally, he cares for patients at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and educates students as an assistant professor of infectious diseases and clinical pharmacology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and at the Malaria Research Institute at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Ippolito is the director of clinical epidemiology for the Southern and Central Africa International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research. Matthew has conducted scholarly and humanitarian work in many countries, including Zambia, Peru, Tanzania, and Guatemala. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana and is on the editorial board of Frontiers in Malaria.

Outstanding Service Awardee

Kenton (Kent) E. Powell MED’07, RES’11 has dedicated himself to serving patients as well as learners throughout his medical career. He joined the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) faculty in 2011 in the Lyme clinic. In 2013, Dr. Powell became director of the primary care track Internal Medicine Residency program and the associate director of the Internal Medicine Residency program. He became the medical director of the Lyme clinical site in 2017 and co-director of the advanced ambulatory medicine clerkship in 2019. He is also a preceptor for the On Doctoring program and a faculty member at the Geisel School of Medicine. Kent developed a new approach to getting DHMC residents engaged with the Employee Assistance Program.

Distinguished Alumni Awardees

Joyce A. Sackey D’85, MED’89 is instrumental in championing the cause of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the United States as well as internationally. As associate dean and the inaugural chief diversity and inclusion officer for Stanford Medicine, she utilizes her passion for equity and creating inclusive environments, particularly in medical professions. Prior to Stanford, she served as associate provost and chief diversity officer for Tufts University Health Sciences Schools, as the dean for Multicultural Affairs and Global Health in the Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM), and as the Jane Murphy Gaughan Endowed Professor at TUSM. As dean, she oversaw the medical school’s programs that aimed to increase the number of underrepresented-in-medicine students pursuing careers in the biomedical sciences and health professions.

Megan T. Sandel MED’96 is a staunch advocate for the health of children and underserved families, a passion that began as a student at Dartmouth Medical School and continues into her professional career as a researcher and innovator. She serves as professor at the Boston University (BU) Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and a professor at the BU School of Public Health. She’s also the co-director of the Grow Clinic for Children at Boston Medical Center (BMC), which is a multispecialty clinic for children with failure to thrive. She is the principal investigator for the Boston Opportunity System Collaborative, which connects underserved Boston neighborhoods with employment and affordable housing opportunities. She’s also the co-lead principal investigator for Children’s HealthWatch at BMC, and leads the medical center’s $6.5 million housing and place-based community health initiative.