Volunteer Clinical Faculty Award

Recognizes community physicians who contribute to the education and training of students. The recipients are:

D. Gordon Allan, MD (AΩA, University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, 1982) Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Maria Justine Birotte-Sanchez, MD, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Lannie J. Cation, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine

Wesley Chambers, MD, Morehouse School of Medicine

Robin Creamer, DO, University of Florida College of Medicine

Julia Cruz, MD (AΩA, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1998) George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Katherine Degen, MD, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine

Gary M. Freeman, MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Medicine

Daniel Gomez, MD, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Samantha F. Heisler, DO, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Margaret Kearns-Stanley, MD, New York Medical College

Katherine A. Kopkash, MD, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Vladimir Koren, MD, T.H. Chan School of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School

Deborah Landis Lewis, MD, University of Michigan Medical School

Cass Nakasone, MD (AΩA, John A. Burns School of Medicine University of Hawaii, 1998) John A. Burns School of Medicine University of Hawaii

Chloe Olson, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine

Nathalie Regalado, MD, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University

Carl Thurmond, MD, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia

Timothy A. Wierson, MD (AΩA, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, 1986) University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Hooman Yaghoobzadeh, MD, Weill Cornell Medical College

Recognizes community physicians who contribute to the education and training of students. The recipients are:

Lauren Abdul-Majeed, MD, MPH, University of Michigan Medical School

John Berdahl, MD, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine

Tejal S Brahmbhatt, MD (AΩA, Boston University School of Medicine, 2022, Faculty) Boston University School of Medicine

Laura Cloukey, DO, University of Florida College of Medicine

Debra L. Doubek, MD, University of Kansas School of Medicine

David R. Fischler, MD, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Zachary Harris, MD, University of Louisville School of Medicine

Jason S. Kendler, MD, Weill Cornell Medical College

Peter Khamvongsa, MD, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University

Alexandra Leigh, MD (AΩA, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, 2004) Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans School of Medicine

Daniel J. Leonard, DO, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine

Rosaura Licea, MD, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Jane A. Lochrie, MD, T.H. Chan School of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School

Peter L. Loper, Jr., MD, University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Brian McInerney, MD, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Prashant S. Patel, MD (AΩA, Indiana University School of Medicine, 2007) Indiana University School of Medicine

Mark J. Piacentini, MD, The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Gail J. Povar, MD (AΩA, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, 1977) George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Toby Sadkin, MD, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont

Sherri Sanders, DO, New York Medical College

Ashok K. Sinha, DO, Morehouse School of Medicine

Philip A. Verhoef, MD, PhD, John A. Burns School of Medicine University of Hawaii

Julie Wei, MD, University of Central Florida College of Medicine

Patricia Wilkerson-Uddyback, MD, Meharry Medical College School of Medicine

Ashanti Woods, MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Recognizes community physicians who contribute to the education and training of students. The recipients are:

Dale Agner, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine

Sandra Balmoria, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

Jessica Bossie, MD, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

J. Andrew Bowe, MD, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Aimee S. Crow, MD, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Jamil T. Elfarra, MD, University of Louisville School of Medicine

Nelson Garcia, Jr., MD, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University

Marc A. Georgi, MD, University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Albert H. Grollman, MD, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Lincoln Heath, MD, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont

George Tseng Ho, MD, (AΩA, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 1987) The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Jean Lageson, MD, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine

Clayton Ramsue, MD, Morehouse School of Medicine

Joseph A. Readling, MD (AΩA, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 1981), SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Medicine

Niyati Shah, MD, University of Michigan Medical School

Dana Silver, MD (AΩA, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 1991), University of Maryland School of Medicine

Neal Sorensen, MD, University of Washington School of Medicine

Donald F. Zimmer, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine

Recognizes community physicians who contribute to the education and training of students. The 17 recipients are:

Andreas Bollmann, MD, Sidney Kimmel Medical College

Stephen W. Brooks, MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Nathan E. Bruce, DO, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine

R. Matthew Cambareri, MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Medicine

Elizabeth E. Ferrenz, MD, Boston University School of Medicine

Sandra L. Hans, MD, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Michael S. Marshall, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

Shari R. Midoneck, MD (AΩA, Weill Cornell Medical College, 2001, Alumni), Weill Cornell Medical College

Mathew Parayil, MD, New York Medical College

Bethany Perry, MD (AΩA, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 1997), Drexel University College of Medicine

William W. Pond, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine

John T. Quaresima, MD, MEd, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont

Jason Spurling, MD, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine

Patrick J. Stiles, II, MD, University of Kansas School of Medicine

Simita Talwar, MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine

John P. Thalken, MD, University of Washington School of Medicine

Ravi Vadlamudi, MD, MPH, University of Michigan Medical School

The Alpha Omega Alpha Volunteer Clinical Faculty Award is presented annually by local Chapters or Associations to recognize community physicians who have contributed with distinction to the education and training of medical students. AΩA provides a permanent plaque for each Chapter’s dean’s office; a plate with the name of each year’s honoree may be added each year that the award is given. Honorees receive a framed certificate and engraved key ring. The 34 recipients are:

Randi Abramson, MD, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Janice L Bacon, MD, University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Marie A Bentsianov, MD, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine

Regina Carney, MD, Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

Scott Coates, MD, University of Kansas School of Medicine

Chrisette Dharma, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Rachel DiSanto, MD, The Robert Larner, MD College of Medicine at the University of Vermont

Valerie Edwards, MD, University of Washington School of Medicine

Christine Fanning, MD, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Lisa Ann Gaffney, MD, State University of New York Upstate Medical University College of Medicine

Cynthia Galvan, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine

Brian Gavitt, MD, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Cyrus Hamidi, MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine

William Handy, MD, University of Virginia School of Medicine

Kathryn Idol-Xixis, MD (AΩA, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, 2010), James H. Quillen College of Medicine of East Tennessee State University

Elizabeth O. Iledare, MD, Morehouse School of Medicine

Thomas Kalman, MD, Weill Cornell Medical College

Amrit S. Khalsa, MD, Drexel University College of Medicine

Joshua Kitchens, MD, University of Louisville School of Medicine

Stephen Lane, MD, Boston University School of Medicine

Eric Lazar, MD (AΩA, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1989), Sidney Kimmel Medical College

George Liakeas, MD, New York Medical College

Kristin Martel, MD (AΩA, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2007) Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Ronald Romero, MD, University of Michigan Medical School

Amir Salam, MD, University of Texas Medical Branch

James L Sanders, MD (AΩA, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, 2015), University of Central Florida College of Medicine

Monty Sellon, MD, University of Nebraska College of Medicine

Olga Shabalov, MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

R. Maclean Smith, MD, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine

Roy Strowd, Jr., MD (AΩA, Wake Forest School of Medicine, 2008), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Alexandra Sueda, MD (AΩA, University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine, 2004), University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine

AnneMarie Tull, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

Bridget Wild, MD, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine