Photo: Rob Carlin
Members of the T.H. Chan School of Medicine Class of 2025 gathered on Friday, May 30, for the annual awards breakfast and scholarship ceremony.
More than 30 awards were presented to graduating medical students and faculty members.
In his opening remarks, Terence R. Flotte, MD, the Celia and Isaac Haidak Professor, executive deputy chancellor, provost and dean of the T.H. Chan School of Medicine, reminded the students that their highest award, the Doctor of Medicine, or MD, degree, will be conferred on Sunday, June 1, at the 52nd Commencement.
“Your degree is your most impactful award. It becomes integral to how you see yourself, how your family sees you and how your patients see you,” Dean Flotte said.
Photo: Rob Carlin
Anne Larkin, MD, vice provost and senior associate dean for educational affairs and associate professor of surgery, offered the 142 Medical School graduates two pieces of advice: know when to forge ahead and know when to “tap the brakes”; and enjoy every moment of Commencement.
“This weekend will be truly unforgettable for you. For all of us who have been through this experience before, just like Match Day, it is one of the most special experiences of our lives,” Dr. Larkin said.
Chancellor Michael F. Collins presented the Chancellor’s Award, the highest award given to a graduating student, to Christopher Zammitti, who matched in emergency medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
T.H. Chan School of Medicine Class of 2025 award recipients are:
Chancellor’s Award
Christopher Zammitti
Provost’s Award
Zachary Dyer
The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
Aastha Pokharel
The Anthony P. Lovell, MD, Memorial Endowed Award for Excellence at Baystate Health Foundation
Marcella Jewell
Mostapha Massaee
John S. Efstathiou Memorial Award
Cara Berg
Cameron Both
Maximilian Kinne
Connor Pauplis
Kristen M. Ettensohn Memorial Award for Medical Excellence through Advocacy, Art and Athletics
Madison Jones
Ann Nemitz Memorial Award
Alexander Lo
Gary D. Winzelberg, MD’74, Memorial Award
Kayla Loycano
Jacob Brem Pediatric Award
Nicole Poole
Marianne Felice Adolescent Health Award
Ariba Afzal Memon
New England Pediatric Society Award
Danielle Helms-Waldron
Aaron Lazare Award for Psychiatry
Nicole McGuiggan
Arnold and Patricia Hill Prize in Addiction Medicine
Kelly Harrison
Richard Glew Award for Outstanding Performance in Medicine
Elisa Bello
Mary Hawthorne Award for Outstanding Clinical Performance in Medicine
Veronika Melnik
Richard Hunter Award for Excellence in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Toireasa Rafferty-Millett
Karen Green Award for Social Justice
Natalie Sorial
Halpin Award for Obstetrics & Gynecology Education and Mentoring
Hannah Wisniewski
UMass Surgical Society Award for Excellence in Student Clinical Performance
Samantha Lee
UMass Surgical Society Award for Excellence in Surgical Education
Taylor Quinn
Outstanding Accomplishment in the Longitudinal Capstone Scholarship Discovery Course
Cara Berg
Rohan Bhat
Lydia Brainard
Alexander Bui
Ricky Chae
Courtney Chan
Haley Cirka
Kasia Dillon
Priscilla Doucimo
Emily Gang
Abhinaya Gunasekar
Kelly Harrison
Lyle Kim-Schneider
Samantha Lee
Catherine Merton
Alexander Neamtu
Connor Pauplis
William Pisano
Suryateja Rao
Meghan Reilly
Hannah Wisniewski
Kai-Lou Yue
Satish & Sudha Gupta Award for Cancer Research
Kevin O’Connor
Mick Godkin Scholarship
Natalie Sorial
Eden Diamond
Catherine Zurier Memorial Award
Zachary Dyer
Kevin Gao
Kevin O'Connor
Mohamad Ali Nasrallah
Jeffrey Zhou
American Academy of Neurology Prize for Excellence in Neurology
Louis Beers
Association of Academic Surgery Student Research Award
Michael Mallouh
U.S. Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Award
Christopher Zaro
Massachusetts College Of Emergency Physicians Medical Student of the Year
Natasha Bitar
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award
Jennifer Rossman
Massachusetts Medical Society Scholars Award for Academic Excellence
Scholars
Alexander Lo
Kurren Parida
Finalists
Weaam Arman
Stephanie Choi
Gabrielle Martin
Christopher Zammitti
American Medical Women’s Association Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Certificate of Commendation
Lydia Brainard
American Medical Women’s Association Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Citation for Academic Achievement
Talia Campbell
Justine DiBiasio
Amanda C. Geagea
Madison Jones
Nikita K. Joshi
Alana Prino
The Anthony P. Lovell, MD, Memorial Endowed Award for Excellence at Baystate Health Foundation
Marcella Jewell
Mostapha Massaee
Faculty Award Recipients
Outstanding Clinical Medical Educators
UMass Chan - Baystate
Jamison Bradshaw, DO
Alanna Darling, MD
Ziad Kutayli, MD
UMass Chan - Worcester
Jennifer Carey, MD
James Carroll, MD
Nidhi Chojar, MD
Cezar Cimpeanu, MD
Wissam Deeb, MD
Catherine Ezzio, MD
Ryan Tai, MD
Kathryn Wynne, MD
Outstanding House Officers
Mary Bassaly, MD’22
Alexandra Bennett, MD’23
Michael Bernazzani, MD
Abigail Bose, MD’21
Jonathan Durgin, MD’18
Adrian Fanucci-Kiss, MD’22
Colby McGinn, MD
Jennifer Grauberger, MD
Muhammed Gunduz, MD
Rachel Himel, MD
Noah Manning, MD
Rose Martin, MD
Paige Mastalerz, MD’23
Bahadar Srichawla, DO
Gretta Steigauf-Regan, MD
Charlotte Tisch, MD
