UK College of Medicine-Bowling Green Campus
Student Awards
Outstanding Clinical Performance Awards (as determined by faculty):
- General Surgery – Meghan Urhahn and Ebe Walton
- Vascular Surgery – Meghan Urhahn
- Orthopedic Surgery – J.R. Goetz
- Otolaryngology – Justin Ma
- Neurology – Scott Nelson
- Neurosurgery – Fielding Horne
- Emergency Medicine – Stuart Tackett
- Pediatrics – Brianna Gagen
- Family Medicine – Alizabeth Nauert
- Internal Medicine – Megan Haupt
- Internal Medicine/Pediatrics – Jaeden Beaty and Madeline Blair
- Cardiology – Reagan Grider and Scott Nelson
- Pulmonology and Critical Care – Meghan Urhahn
- Obstetrics and Gynecology – Carly Lovely and John Michael Mills
- Anesthesiology –Makeba Phillip
Lexington Departmental Award (presented to Bowling Green Campus student)
- The Gerald V. Klim Award (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation): Griffin Green
Wildcat Spirit Award
- Camryn Crass and John Michael Mills
Community Connector Award
- Camryn Crass and Stuart Tackett
Human Textbook Award
- Makeba Phillip
UK College of Medicine Bronze Service Award
- Alicia Fields
Global Health Scholarly Concentration
- Makeba Phillip
Merck Manual Award for Academic Excellence
- Alicia Fields
Alpha Omega Alpha Students
- Alicia Fields
- Brianna Gagen
- James “J.R.” Goetz
- Griffin Green
- Nick Lovely
- Makeba Phillip
- Meghan Urhahn
Gold Humanism Honor Society
- Brianna Gagen
- John Michael Mills
- Kendal Pryor
- KaeLee Stafford
The Humanism in Medicine Award
- Kendal Pryor
Good Physician Award
- Brianna Gagen
BG Class of 2024: Class Speaker
- Stuart Tackett
Honorary Class Members
- Steve Briggs, EdD
- Marcia Fantoni-Torres, MD, PhD
- Kent A. Lewis, MDiv
- Deanna Morris, PhD
Faculty/Staff Awards
Distinguished Teaching Awards (as determined by the BG Class of 2026)
- Emergency Medicine – Chad Collins, MD
- Family Medicine - Emily Ross, MD, Lynetta Stiltner, DO
- General Surgery – Rachel Lovely, MD
- General Surgery Resident – Stephanie Bouchard, DO, Kayla Williamson, MD
- Internal Medicine – Samuel Hardcastle, MD
- Internal Medicine Resident – Jacob Barnes, MD
- Neurology – Jae Lee, MD
- OB/GYN – Ben Banasiewicz, MD
- OB/GYN Resident – Dixi Secula, MD
- Pediatrics - Kelly Kries, MD
- Psychiatry - Shawn Brown, MD
Bowling Green Overall Distinguished Teaching Award, Faculty
- Emily Ross, MD
Bowling Green Overall Distinguished Teaching Award, Resident
- Claire Sanford, MD
The Humanism in Medicine Award
- David Ciochetty, MD
AOA Faculty
- Brad Morris, MD (Attending, Otolaryngology)
- Claire Sanford, MD (Resident, Internal Medicine)
UK College of Medicine-Morehead Campus
Student Awards
Frederick de Beer Medical Student Research Award
- Bradley Firchow
Merck Manual Award for Academic Excellence
- Mason McGhee
Good Physician Award
- Drew Smith
Humanism in Medicine Award
- Bradley Firchow
- Jacob Haggard
- Madison Meister
UK St. Claire HealthCare Excellence in Rural Medicine Award
- Bradley Firchow
UK St. Claire HealthCare Sunflower Award
- Amber Schifano
2026 KAFP Outstanding Senior Student Award, William D. And Peggy Pratt Memorial Scholarship Award
- Bradley Firchow
Alpha Omega Alpha Students
- Alison Marcum
- Madison Meister
Gold Humanism Honor Society
- Alison Marcum
- Madison Meister
Faculty/Staff Awards
RPLP Staff Support
- Oneita Stewart, PA-C
Honorary Class Members
- Megan Dillon, MD
- Jenna McKinney, DO
Distinguished Teaching Award, Faculty
- Zach Hollins, MD
Distinguished Teaching Award, Resident
Alexis Ousley, DO
UK College of Medicine-Northern Kentucky Campus
Student Awards
Gold Humanism in Medicine (Student)
- Megan Ward
Good Physician Award
- Megan Ward
Golden Baton Award
- Donald Williams Stankewicz
Gabriella Smith Award
- Renee White
- Nick Brunner
- Maya David
Dr. Steven Haist Award
- Micah Cummings
- Megan Ward
- Justin Hudnal
Merck Manual Award
- Phil Bright
Dr. Patrick Birrer Award
- Liv Davis
- Kathryn Zalla
- Armin Razavi
CCRU Leadership Awards
- Kathryn Zalla
- Armin Razavi
- Liv Davis
- Holly Insko
- Emma Fitzgerald
- Evan Groneman
- Maya Radic
- Shilpa Namala
- Natalie Hagan
Service-Learning Award
- Flynn Blanchet (Gold)
- Kathryn Zalla (Silver)
Bioethics and Clinical Ethics Scholarly Concentration
- James Krauth
- Miranda McCormick
- Jade Nicely
- Liv Davis
Global Health Scholarly Concentration
- JJ Julian
- Armin Razavi
- Bridget Schneider
Clinical and Translational Research Scholarly Concentration
- Justin Hudnall
- Rachel Zalla
Gold Humanism Honor Society
- Micah Cummings
- Alan Ford
- JJ Julian
- Megan Ward
- Kathryn Zalla
Alpha Omega Alpha Inductees
- Alan Ford
- Justin Hudnall
- Shilpa Namala
- Sydney Roberts
- Megan Ward
- Donald Williams-Stankewicz
- Kathryn Zalla
Family Medicine: William Willard Award
- Sydney Roberts
Neurology: Knack for Neurology Award
- Shilpa Namala
Internal Medicine: William Osler Award
- Alan Ford
- Kathryn Zalla
Psychiatry: Bright Future Award
- JJ Julian
- Liv Davis
Outstanding Student in General Surgery Award
- Josh Finerty
- Megan Ward
Dr. John Morrison Award for Outstanding Performance in Pediatrics
- Megan Ward
Edward C. Hall Golden Forceps Award for Outstanding Achievement in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Bridget Schneider
- Sydney Roberts
Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award
Donald Williams-Stankewicz
Staff/Faculty Awards
Gold Humanism in Medicine (Faculty)
- Kenneth Bazydlo, MD
Healthcare Hero
- Sister Kay
Distinguished Teaching in Emergency Medicine
- Emily Stover, MD
Distinguished Teaching in Internal Medicine
- James Watson, DO
Distinguished Teaching in Neurology
- Ty Brown, MD
Distinguished Teaching in Pediatrics
- Brandie Chan, MD
Distinguished Teaching in Psychiatry
- Vivekananda Rachamallu, MD
Distinguished Teaching in General Surgery
- Zachary Glenn, MD
Distinguished Teaching in Family Medicine
- Tie; James Schack, MD, and Kevin Feeley, DO
Distinguished Teaching in OB/GYN
- Allana Oak, DO
Overall Teaching Award
- Allana Oak, DO
Resident Teaching Award
- Joseph McIntyre, MD
