Congratulations to following students, trainees, faculty, and staff who were honored at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine’s Senior Awards Ceremony this spring.
College of American Pathologists Distinguished Medical Student Award
Melissa Murphy (Student, Bowling Green)
The D. Kay Clawson Award
Eric Honaker (Student, Lexington)
The Frederick de Beer Medical Student Research Award
Zachary Winder (Student, Lexington)
The Gerald V. Klim Award for Outstanding Performance in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Dillon Powell (Student, Northern Kentucky)
The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
Christopher Simmons, MD (Faculty, Lexington)
Emilie Touma (Student, Lexington)
The Humanism in Medicine Award
Faculty:
Allana Oak, DO (Northern Kentucky)
James K. Phillips, MD (Bowling Green)
Students:
Doug Nash (Bowling Green)
Peyton Roach (Lexington)
Sheyanne Trent (Morehead)
Jonathan Feazell (Northern Kentucky)
Student Awards
Good Physician Award
Ashley Childress (Northern Kentucky)
Sydney Fitzpatrick (Morehead)
Ryan Hines (Lexington)
Trevor Hoffman (Bowling Green)
Merck Manual Award for Academic Excellence
Mara Atherton (Lexington)
Devon Clifton (Bowling Green)
Hina Iqbal (Lexington)
Emily Moore (Morehead)
Samantha Neanover (Northern Kentucky)
American Medical Women's Association Glasgow-Rubin Awards
Lexington
Emilie Cornett
Anna Hansen
Virginia Nunamaker
Christa Saelinger
Kristine Shady Lewis
Kate Spencer
Emilie Touma
Morehead
Emily Koehler
Northern Kentucky
Ashley Childress
Lauren DiTommaso
Ashton Maricocchi
Outstanding Clinical Performance/Departmental Awards
Bowling Green
Anesthesiology – Alex Schneller
Cardiology – Shivam Champaneria
Critical Care – Cole Alsip
Emergency Medicine – Taylor Morris and Jackson Pope
Family Medicine – Jacob Nanney
General Surgery – Abbigayle Willgruber
Internal Medicine – Jacob Nanney
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics – Chandler Dunn and Austin Matney
Neurology – Austin Matney
Obstetrics and Gynecology – Stevie Hoyng
Orthopedic Surgery – Vivek Shah
Otolaryngology – Chandler Dunn and Abbigayle Willgruber
Pediatrics – Devon Clifton and Austin Matney
Psychiatry – David Bandy and Tayla Nathoo
Pulmonology – Taylor Morris
Vascular Surgery – Vivek Shah
Lexington
William D. and Peggy Pratt Memorial Scholarship Recipient – Emilie Cornett
Peter P. Bosomworth Excellence in Anesthesiology Award – Ryan Hines and Clay Larkin
David B. Clark Award for Excellence – Sawyer Blair and Eric Honaker
The Arthur Lieber, MD, Award for Excellence in Radiology – Kara Fields
Dr. John Githens Award – Mara Atherton
Myron G. Sandifer, Jr., MD, Award – Mariana Arce
Steven A. Haist Outstanding Academic Performance in Internal Medicine Award – Clayton Burruss
Outstanding Scholarship and Humanism in Internal Medicine Award – Rebika Khanal
The Francis M. Massie Award for Excellence in Surgery – Angelica Solomon
The Andrew R. Pulito Award – Krista Spear
The Raleigh O. Jones, MD, Award – Daniel Yun
R. Von Myers, II Award – Eric Honaker
Carey-Cup Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award – David Kelley
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Excellence in EM Award – Skylar King
John Greene, Jr., MD, Clinical Excellence Award – Anna Hansen
Louise Perkins McHenry Award – Megan Stewart
Northern Kentucky
Dr. Ed Hall Golden Forceps Award (OB/GYN) – Krista Murphy
Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award – Austin Johnson
Dr. William Willard Award (Family Medicine) – Morgan Sydnor-Cryer
Knack for Neurology Award – Annabel Moore
Dr. John Morrison Award (Pediatrics) – Ashton Maricocchi
Bright Future Award (Psychiatry) – Kayla Riegler Tuggle
Outstanding Student in General Surgery Award – Lauren DiTommaso and Emily McCord
Dr. William Osler Award (Internal Medicine) – Callen Conroy
Clinical and Translational Research Scholarly Concentration
Lexington
Cody Hayden
Ryan Hines
Olivia Honaker
Dalton House
Bryson Jones
Sandro Pasagic
Erik Roepke
Angelica Solomon
Lucas Steele
Northern Kentucky
Durham Colohan
Michael Nichols
Giannina Rokvic
Bioethics and Clinical Ethics Scholarly Concentration
Krista Murphy (Northern Kentucky)
Abbigayle Willgruber (Bowling Green)
Katelyn Cox (Lexington)
Jerod Crockett (Lexington)
Global Health Scholarly Concentration
Cheyenne Krehl (Northern Kentucky)
Trevor Hoffman (Bowling Green)
Lexington
Emma Bateman
Gabrielle Fannin
Andrew Kennedy
Rebika Khanal
Hailey Mair
Virginia Nunamaker
Krista Spear
Faculty and Staff Awards
Distinguished Teaching Awards (determined by the Class of 2024)
Bowling Green
Overall Distinguished Teaching Award – Manmeet Sandhu, MD
Emergency Medicine – Paul Jackson, DO
Family Medicine - Emily Cecil, MD
General Surgery - Darin Passer, MD
General Surgery Resident – Cameron Moore, DO
Internal Medicine – Samrat Patel, MD
Internal Medicine Resident – Cassandra Blackwell, DO
Neurology – Jae Lee, MD
OB/GYN - Manmeet Sandhu, MD
OB/GYN (Resident) – Dixi Secula, MD
Pediatrics - Kelly Kries, MD
Psychiatry - Shawn Brown, MD
Psychiatry Resident – Ziad Ali, MD
Lexington
Distinguished Teacher Award (Faculty) – John Romond, MD
Distinguished Teacher Award (Resident) – Max Richardson, MD
Morehead
Distinguished Teacher Award (Faculty) – Daniel Lee, MD
Northern Kentucky
Overall Distinguished Teaching Award – Allana Oak, DO
M1 and M2 Site Directors:
Thomas Carrigan, MD
James Farrell, MD
M3 and M4 Rotations:
Emergency Medicine – Rachel Helpling, MD
Family Medicine – Kenneth Bazydlo, MD
Family Medicine (Resident) – Jessica Martinez, MD
General Surgery – Zachary Glenn, DO
Internal Medicine – Dhanunjay Boyalakuntla, DO
Neurology – Vinod Krishnan, MD
OB/GYN – Allana Oak, DO
Pediatrics – Meredith Landorf, MD
Psychiatry – Vivekananda Rachamallu, MD
Honorary Class Members
Bowling Green
Steve Briggs, EdD
Todd Cheever, MD
Kent A. Lewis, MDiv
Lexington
Ashlee Hamilton, EdD
Michael Kuduk, MD
Michelle Lineberry, EdD
Morehead
Bodie Stevens
Alfredia Mocabee
Northern Kentucky
Emily Scanlon, MEd
Meredith Landorf, MD
Rachel Cooper
Campus-Specific Awards
Bowling Green Campus
Class Speaker
Cole Alsip
Lexington Campus
Outstanding Leadership in Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
Hailey Mair and Nick Norman
Morehead
St. Claire HealthCare Physician Award
Makayla Arnett
St. Claire HealthCare Sunflower Award
Garrett Little
Northern Kentucky Campus
Gabriella Smith Award
Cheyenne Krehl
Golden Baton Award
Ashley Childress
Health Care Hero
Sister Kay Kramer
CCRU Executive Committee
Ashton Maricocchi – Clinic Manager
Margo Nelis – Community Resource Manager
Samantha Neanover – Research Assistant
Kendal Wehrle - Supplies and Lab Manager
Jessica Schilling – Physician Liaison
Patrick T. Birrer Award
Ashton Maricocchi
Steven A. Haist Award
Dillon Powell
Evelyn MacPherson
Alex Voelker
Scotty Farmer
Michael Nichols
