Faculty members, staff, students and relatives joined to celebrate the classroom and lab achievements of Wayne State University School of Medicine instructors, researchers and students during the school's 25th annual Honors Recognition program.
"This recognition program is definitely the highlight of my life as a dean," said Valerie Parisi, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., interim dean of the School of Medicine. "The dedication and expertise of the people we recognize this afternoon is the excellence upon which the Wayne State University School of Medicine is founded."
Dean Parisi noted that it is individuals such as the honorees who make all the difference in trying times. "As you know, these are very difficult times for our nation, our state and our region," she told the audience. "Despite all of that, push forward. Should we ever lose your intensity for medicine and caring for people we should all go home."
This year's Staff Award, which is presented annually to a clinical instructor elected by the senior class, was presented to Victor Ajluni, M.D., assistant professor of Psychiatry.
"Receiving the Staff Award from the senior class is certainly one of the highlights of my career at Wayne State," Dr. Ajluni said. "Working with medical students and being even a small part of their development as physicians is a great and very humbling honor. With the distinguished faculty we have at the School of Medicine, many of whom I learned from, being singled out by the students for this award is extraordinarily special."
Barbara Bosch, M.D., associate professor of Pathology, was presented with the Lamp Award. The honor is bestowed annually by the sophomore class to a basic science instructor.
"I am distinctly honored to have been selected for the Lamp Award by the WSUSOM Class of 2011 and wish the students all the best in their medical careers," Dr. Bosch said.
The honorees include:
2009 Graduate Student Research Awards
Justus Adamson, Medical Physics - Ph.D.
Olga Astapova, Pathology - M.D./Ph.D.
Douglas Atchison, Physiology - M.D./Ph.D.
Sita Desmoulin, Cancer Biology - Ph.D.
Najla Kfoury, Molecular Biology and Genetics - Ph.D.
Amanda Larson-Gedman, Cancer Biology - Ph.D.
Lesley Lawrenson, Molecular Biology and Genetics - M.D./Ph.D.
Nicholas Mischel, Physiology - M.D./Ph.D.
Jeffrey Szymanski, Physiology - M.D./Ph.D.
Bernadette Victor, Pharmacology/Cancer Biology - Ph.D.
Minhao Wu, Anatomy & Cell Biology - Ph.D.
2009 Research Excellence Awards
Stephen DiCarlo, Ph.D., Physiology
Alexander Gow, Ph.D., CMMG/Neurology/Pediatrics
Derek Wildman, Ph.D., CMMG/Obstetrics & Gynecology
Noreen Rossi, M.D., Internal Medicine
Mark Greenwald, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Shane Perrine, Ph.D., Psychiatry
2009 Academic Achievement Awards
Class of 2010, Emily McLaren
Class of 2011, Edward Shields
Class of 2012, Hassan Beydoun
Honors in Year I of Class of 2012
Atif Ahmed, Niharika Ahuja, Ayad Alkhatib, Ramy Alosachie, Lawrence Bahoura, Erica Bechtel, Hassan Beydoun, David Dornbos III, Sayeeda Fatima, Allison Goldin, Danielle Heidemann, Anthony Hencsie, Sara Herman, Nicholas Joza, Audrey Kam, Aaron Kirsch, Grace Ma, Nathan Marshall, Caitlin Meadows, Amanda O'Steen, Natalie Prohaska, Gary Rajah, Vincent Ruisi, Melinda Schaller, Holly Sobczak, Harold Thurston, Allison Tisack, Kristin Tompkins, Anthony Van Vreede, Nolan Wessell, Saba Zabetian, Ralph Zade and Mark Zaki.
Honors in Year II Class of 2011
Valida Bajrovic, Julian Barbat, Stephen Berger, Erik Brown, Katherine Caretti, Erica Chimienti, David Crawford, Patrick Dantzer, Gunjan Goel, Ciprian Gradinaru, Adrienne Hoban, Michael Jurewicz, Sarah Kenning, Sami Khan, Mark Kolbe, Bonita Kozma, Ashlee Krisko, Elizabeth Liveright, Kory London, Adam Lyon, Jesse Morrison, Laura Most, Michael Persenaire, Andrew Petraszko, Erin Pettijohn, Roy Pullukat, Sarah Reagan-Steiner, Nick Reeser, Timothy Reynolds, Zain Rizvi, Shaun Rybak, Christopher Saddler, Gurpriya Sethi, Neil Shah, Edward Shields, Christopher Shoemaker, Andrew Singer, Michael Stone, Gilbert Tang, Jesse Veenstra, Lisa Vitale, Benjamin Workman, Joseph Yang, Daniel Zeldes and Danielle Zwier.
Honors in Year III Class of 2010
Sayf Al-Katib, Marijana Atanasovski, Grant Bailey, Jaida Bourke, Britton Carter, Chelsea Cunliffe, Kunai Dalal, Stephanie Dean, Benjamin Degner, Justin Dueweke, Whitney Elliott, Timothy Ferng, Elizabeth Frayer, Pooja Gupta, David Hackenson, Aaron Heindl, Levi Hilton, Levi Hinkelman, Taemyn Hollis, Joanna Hooten, Marian Ibrahim, Cerine Jeanty, Jennifer Johnston, Aaron Kang, Abid Khan, Stephanie Loe, Emily McLaren, Randee Miller, Brett Mollard, Dominic Pelle, Lindsay Petersen, David Prior, Jason Rose, Courtney Rowling, Johanna Scheer, Eirwen Scott, Adam Skrzynski, Matthew Stemer, Justin Stenz, Erica VanderKooy, Timothy VanderKooy, Lisa Walker, Leah Weitz, Lucas Witer and Nathan Zwagerman.
Alpha Omega Alpha Class of 2010
Sayf Al-Katib, Marijana Atanasovski, Grant Bailey, Jane Beimer, Jaida Bourke, Britton Carter, Kunai Dalal, Stephanie Dean, Samantha Dewundara, Iuliana Dit, Justin Dueweke, Timothy Ferng, Elizabeth Frayer, Ryan George, Alissa Gottesman, Pooja Gupta, David Hackenson, Aaron Heindl, Levi Hilton, Levi Hinkelman, Taemyn Hollis, Joanna Hooten, Marian Ibrahim, Cerine Jeanty, Aaron Kang, Brandon King, Laura Kitzmiller, Thomas LaRoche, Christopher Lam, Remy Lobo, Allison Long, Emily McLaren, Randee Miller, Mazen Mislmani, Brett Mollard, Dominic Pelle, David Prior, Jason Rose, Courtney Rowling, Johanna Scheer, Eirwen Scott, Adam Skrzynski, Matthew Stemer, Justin Stenz, Erica VanderKooy, Timothy VanderKooy, Katherine Vitale, Amber Warnat, Leah Weitz and Nathan Zwagerman.
Alpha Omega Alpha Class of 2011
Julian Barbat, Katherine Caretti, Erica Chimienti, David Crawford, Ciprian Gradinaru, Adrienne Hoban, Sarah Kenning, Bonita Kozma, Ashlee Krisko, Jesse Morrison, Laura Most, Gurpriya Sethi, Edward Shields, Gilbert Tang, Jesse Veenstra, Benjamin Workman, Joseph Yang and Daniel Zeldes.
2009 College Teaching Awards
Jocelyn Ang, M.D., Pediatrics
William Berk, M.D., Emergency Medicine
Jira Coumarbatch, M.D., Family Medicine
Lawrence Crane, M.D., Internal Medicine
Mona Doshi, M.D., Internal Medicine
M. Maher Fakhouri, M.D., Neurology
Gerald Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., CMMG/Pathology/Pediatrics
Domenico Gatti, M.D., Ph.D., Biochemistry
Matthew Griffin, M.D., Emergency Medicine
James Janisse, Ph.D., Family Medicine
David Kessel, Ph.D., Pharmacology/Internal Medicine/Cancer Institute
Paul Kissner, M.D., Internal Medicine
Nehman Lauder, M.D., Family Medicine
Li Li, Ph.D., Internal Medicine/CMMG
Patricia LoRusso, D.O., Internal Medicine/Cancer Institute
Jason Mateika, Ph.D., Physiology
Larry Matherly, Ph.D., Cancer Institute/Pharmacology
Pierre Morris, M.D., Family Medicine
Venkata Penumetcha, M.D., Internal Medicine
Florence Prigent, M.D., Internal Medicine
Jose Rafols, Ph.D., Anatomy
Shiva Rau, M.D., Internal Medicine
Aashit Shah, M.D., Neurology
Jack Sobel, M.D., Internal Medicine/Immunology & Microbiology/Obstetrics & Gynecology
Beena Sood, M.D., Pediatrics
Joel Steinberg, M.D., Internal Medicine
Susan Stine, M.D., Ph.D., Psychiatry
Harley Tse, Ph.D., Immunology/Microbiology
Rosalie Young, Ph.D., Family Medicine/Cancer Institute
2009 Academic Teaching Awards
Victor Ajluni, M.D., Staff Award
Barbara Bosch, M.D., Lamp Award
2009 WSU Faculty Awards
Csaba Juhasz, M.D., Ph.D., Pediatrics/Neurology, Career Development Chairs Award
Deepak Kamat, M.D., Ph.D., Pediatrics, Board of Governors Faculty Recognition Award
Serge Vinogradov, Ph.D., Biochemistry, Distinguished Faculty Fellowship Award