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eventeen fourth-year Pritzker School of Medicine students named to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society were honored at the annual AOA banquet this spring. Students are selected based on academic excellence, capacity for leadership, compassion and fairness. The AOA Class of 2015 chose Rita F. Redberg, MD, MS, professor of medicine and director of women’s cardiovascular services at the University of California, San Francisco, as the keynote speaker. Redberg also delivered the Department of Medicine Grand Rounds lecture, “Less Is More: Why Sometimes Less Health Care Results in Better Health.” The class elected the following to the Illinois Beta chapter (University of Chicago): Faculty: Savitri Fedson, MD, MA’90, associate professor, Department of Medicine; and Keme Carter, MD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine. Alumnus: Christopher Straus, AB’88, MD’92, associate professor, Department of Radiology.
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Housestaff: Michael Drazer, MD’12,
Department of Medicine; Alan Schurle, MD’14, Department of Medicine; and Pedro Vivar Cruz, Department of Neurology. Michael Ujiki, MD, a member of the Department of Surgery at NorthShore University Health System, received the Volunteer Clinical Faculty Award, which recognizes a community physician who contributes with distinction to the education and training of clinical students.
Members of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society are, from left, bottom row: Annie Castro, Camil Correia, Vaibhav Upadhyay, PhD’13, Claire Shappell, Jack Peace, Katlynn Adkins; top row: Thomas Couri, Michael Hayes, Jennifer McCoy, Claire Naus, Elizabeth Rhinesmith, Kyle Ericson, Kevin Hodges, Jimin Kim, MS, Lorenzo Rinaldo, PhD’13, Emily Stockert, MBA’10, Kimberly Clinite.
Gold Humanism Honor Society inductees ighteen students from the Pritzker School of Medicine Class of 2015 were inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society, which honors senior medical students, residents, role-model physician teachers and other exemplars for “demonstrated excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion and dedication to service.” Monica B. Vela, MD’93, associate professor of medicine and associate dean for multicultural affairs, was the keynote speaker for the induction ceremony in Bond Chapel. Keme Carter, MD, assistant professor of medicine, and Thomas Couri, MS4, received the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award for Faculty and Student, respectively. The Leonard Tow Award recognizes those physicians and students who best demonstrate the Gold Foundation’s ideals of outstanding compassion in the
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delivery of care and respect for patients, their families and healthcare colleagues, as well as demonstrated clinical excellence. Sonia Oyola, MD, clinical instructor in the Department of Family Medicine is the 2014 AAMC Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award nominee.
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The 2015 Pritzker School of Medicine Gold Humanism Honor Society inductees are, from left, bottom row: Joanna Perdomo, Jimin Kim, MS, Alisha Ranadive, Elizabeth Rhinesmith, Christopher Castaneda, Annie Castro. Middle row: Chad Hochberg, Rebecca Harris, Katlynn Adkins, David Goese, Jack Peace, Patricia Osmolak, Robert Sanchez. Top row: Michael Hayes, Hannah Wenger, Thomas Couri, Richard Schroeder, Claire Naus.