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Students, faculty honored for excellence
PHOTO BY DAVID CHRISTOPHER
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Members of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society are, from left, top row: Ramin Morshed, Scott Goldberg, Kevin Wymer, Ethan Jaffee, Talia Shear, Jacqueline Meadow. Middle row: Nathaniel Wilson, William Chapin, Aubrey Jordan, MHS, Gabrielle Liu. Bottom row: Kathryn Sullivan, Elizabeth Munroe, Caitlin Chicoine, Julia Mhlaba, Noura Choudhury. Not pictured: Adam Weiner.
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ixteen fourth-year Pritzker School of Medicine students were named to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Students are selected based on academic excellence, capacity for leadership, compassion and fairness. W. Bruce Fye, MD, MA, emeritus professor of medicine and the history of medicine at the Mayo Clinic, was the keynote speaker at the 2016 AOA banquet. The AOA Class of 2016 elected the following alumni, faculty and residents to the Illinois Beta Chapter (The University of Chicago): Alumni: Kristi Kirschner, MD’86, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital; and Peter O’Donnell, MD’03, UChicago Department of Medicine. Faculty: Karen E. Kim, MD, MS, Department of Medicine; and Ross Milner, MD, Department of Surgery. Housestaff: Richa Garg, MD, MS, Department of Family Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem; Cathryn Lee, MD, Department of Medicine; and Nathaniel Steiger, MD, Department of Medicine. Beth Plunkett, MD’97, a member of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at NorthShore University HealthSystem, is the Volunteer Clinical Faculty Awardee. The honor recognizes a community physician who contributes with distinction to the education and training of clinical students. PHOTO BY DAVID CHRISTOPHER
Gold Humanism Honor Society
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eventeen students from the Pritzker School of Medicine Class of 2016 were inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. GHHS honors fourth-year medical students who consistently demonstrate excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion and dedication to service. Michael Marcangelo, MD, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, and Lauren Hobbs, MS4, received the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award for Faculty and Student, respectively. James N. Woodruff, MD, professor in the Department of Medicine and Pritzker’s associate dean of students, is the 2015 AAMC Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award nominee. Sonia Oyola, MD, clinical instructor of family medicine, was the keynote speaker for the induction ceremony in Joseph Bond Chapel.
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The 2016 Pritzker School of Medicine Gold Humanism Honor Society inductees are, from left, top row: Michael Underriner, Ethan Jaffee, Scott Goldberg, Aubrey Jordan, MHS, Kirk Cahill, Kevin Wymer. Middle row: Noah Schwartz, Talia Shear, Noura Choudhury, Lauren Hobbs, Ndang Azang-Njaah, MPH. Bottom row: Hila Calev, Nita Padavil, Leslie Mataya, Michelle (Ashley) Tsang, Caitlin Chicoine, Allison Louis.
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