The day before they become doctors, several Medical School students receive senior awards

On May 12, several members of the graduating class of 2016 — in addition to a few other students — were honored at the annual Medical School and Medical Center Alumni Society (MCAS) Graduation Awards Luncheon in the Michigan Union.

The following student awards were presented:

Academic Achievement Award (MCAS Award)
Tyler Menge

Academic Recognition Award (Scholastic Award)
Apurba Chakrabarti, Tyler Menge, Cristina Sarmiento, Yasmine White, Timothy Yee

Puneet “Ashu” Ailawadi Memorial Award
Katelin Zahn

Paul DeWolf Award
Peter Helvie

Ralph M. Gibson Award
Mohamad Issa

Patrick John Niland Award
Julie Blaszczak

Sujal Parikh Award
Steven Weinberg

Jane Skillen Memorial Award
Leah Bauer

Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award (presented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation)
Julie Blaszczak

Andrew J. Zweifler Award for Excellence in Clinical Skills
Cristina Sarmiento

Glasgow-Rubin Achievement Citations (from the American Medical Women’s Association)
Julie Blaszczak, Alexandria Dulchavsky, Lesley Everett, Lindsey Gaston, Alina Lou, Sarah Michael, Ashley Miller, Rula Mualla, Cristina Sarmiento, Amanda Shepard-Hayes, Yasmine White

David Ashburn, M.D., Memorial Scholarship Award
Alyssa Mazurek, M2

MCAS Scholarship Service Award
Sagar Deshpande, M3
Regina Royan, M2

In addition to the senior and other student awards, several faculty awards were presented at the luncheon:

American Medical Women’s Association Gender Equity Award
Karin M. Muraszko, M.D.

Elizabeth Crosby Award
Scott R. Owens, M.D.

Kaiser Permanente Awards for Excellence in Teaching

Pre-clinical: Beverly M. Yashar, Ph.D.
Clinical: Vineet Chopra, M.D.

Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award (presented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation)
Terrance P. Murphy, M.D.

Thomas G. Varbedian Award for Excellence in Service to Students
Michael P. Lukela, M.D.

At Commencement, the following students will graduate with distinction:

Graduation with Distinction
Jonathan Bender, Julie Blaszczak, Apurba Chakrabarti, Daniel Choi, Alexandria Dulchavsky, Lesley Everett, Peter Finin, Lindsey Gaston, Alina Lou, Tyler Menge, Sarah Michael, Ashley Miller, Rula Mualla, Gregory Powell, Cristina Sarmiento, Amanda Shepard-Hayes, Yasmine White, Timothy Yee

Graduation with Distinction in Medical Education
Miguel Arribas, Alexis Carulli, Carolyn Commissaris, Natalie Eisert, LeeAnne Flygt, Mohamad Issa, Michael Kemp, Linda Li, Jason Nagel, Cristina Sarmiento, Bella Shah

Graduation with Distinction in Research

Standard Students: Rebecca Bickham, Daniel Choi, Max Davis, Christopher Frost, Hussein Hamid, Scott Hawken, Mohamad Issa, Edward Kim, Casey Kraft, Hong-Gam Le, Tyler Menge, Jonathan Peterson*, Jason Pradarelli, Yeohan Song, Yasmine White, Timothy Yee

MSTP Students: Alexis Carulli, Cailin Collins, Lesley Everett**, Matthew Iyer, Lauren Kett, Michael Mashiba, Asish Misra*, Sharan Srinivasan, Heiko Yang

The top student within each pool also was recommended for the Dean’s Award for Research Excellence (*). The George R. DeMuth Award is given to a graduating MSTP student who best exemplifies all of the attributes of a physician-scientist (**).

Graduation with Distinction in Service
Jonathan Bender, Alexis Carulli, Elise Gelston, Paula Goldman, Elizabeth Irish, Mohamad Issa, Elizabeth Perelstein, Steven Weinberg, Katelin Zahn

Dean’s Commendation for Excellence in Clinical Skills and the Art of Medicine
Jonathan Bender, Julie Blaszczak, Joshua Bornstein, Apurba Chakrabarti, Daniel Choi, Cailin Collins, Laura Colman, Christopher Dampier, Maxwell Dixon, Lesley Everett, Andrew Gardner, Lindsey Gaston, Scott Hawken, Alina Lou, Tyler Menge, Sarah Michael, Gregory Powell, Cristina Sarmiento, Amanda Shepard-Hayes, Sarah VanArendonk, Yasmine White, Timothy Yee