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HARWELL WILSON SURGICAL SOCIETY AWARDS AND BANQUET

In June, the Department of Surgery held its 49th Annual Harwell Wilson Surgical Society Research Symposium during the day and celebrated the 2022 resident graduates in the evening at the Awards Ceremony and Banquet.

Left to Right: Michael Bright, MD, Domenic Craner, MD, Cherie Colbert, MD, Justin Drake, MD, Benjamin Pettigrew, DO, Stacey Kubovec, MD, Xu Zhao, MD, Kristin Harmon, DO, William Zickler, MD, and Benjamin Zambetti, MD. (Photo/UTHSC).

AWARDS LIST

ABSITE Awards

PGY- 1: Daniel Gehle, MD PGY-2: Nikia Toomey, MD PGY-3: Angel Doño, MD PGY-4: Jacqueline Stuber, MD and Denise Wong, MD PGY-5: Cherie Colbert, MD

Chairman’s Top ABSITE Performance Award

PGY-4: Clarisse Muenyi, MD

Resident Teacher of the Year Award

Benjamin Pettigrew, DO

Trauma Intensive Care Unit (TICU) Award

Benjamin Lehrman, MD

Faculty Teacher of the Year Award

Justin Monroe, MD

WHAT’S NEXT

MICHAEL IOAN BULZAN BRIGHT, MD Plans after Graduation: Surgical Critical Care Fellowship University of Florida Gainesville, FL

CHERIE MULHERN COLBERT, MD Plans after Graduation: General Surgery private practice Enterprise, AL

DOMENIC RAYMOND CRANER, MD Plans after Graduation: General Surgery private practice Norton Surgical Specialists Louisville, KY

JUSTIN ALAN DRAKE, MD Plans after Graduation: Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Moffitt Cancer Center/ University of South Florida Tampa, FL

KRISTIN ELIZABETH HARMON, DO Plans after Graduation: Surgical Critical Care Fellowship University of South Carolina Columbia, SC STACEY KUBOVEC, MD Plans after Graduation: Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Fellowship, Indiana University Indianapolis, IN

BENJAMIN D. PETTIGREW, DO Plans after Graduation: General Surgery private practice Corinth, MS

BENJAMIN R. ZAMBETTI, MD Plans after Graduation: Vascular Surgery Fellowship University of Maryland Baltimore, MD

XU “STEVE” ZHAO, MD Plans after Graduation: General Surgery/ Hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) Surgery private practice, Ascension Columbia-St. Mary’s Hospital Milwaukee, WI

WILLIAM PAUL ZICKER, MD Plans after Graduation: Vascular Surgery Fellowship Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY

FELLOWSHIP MATCH

COMPLEX GENERAL SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

Leah Hendrick, MD Moffitt Cancer Center Tampa, FL

Denise Wong, MD Fox Chase Cancer Center Philadephia, PA

THORACIC SURGERY

Nidhi Desai, MD Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC

VASCULAR SURGERY

Jacqueline Stuber, MD Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI

UTHSC ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN SURGEONS (AWS) SPRING MIXER

The chapter held its fellowship event for women surgeons in May. The AWS, founded in 1981, is a not-for-profit educational and professional organization dedicated to enhancing the interaction and exchange of information between women surgeons with a mission to inspire, encourage, and enable women surgeons to realize their professional and personal goals. (Clarisse Muenyi/Twitter).

HWSS PHOTOS

The Department of Surgery gathered for the annual Harwell Wilson Surgical Society Research Symposium and Awards Ceremony and Banquet. The event was held at the Mooney and Nash Buildings for the Symposium and the Awards Ceremony and Banquet was held at The Peabody Hotel.