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Rocky Vista University provides quality healthcare education while inspiring students to serve with compassion, integrity, and excellence.

Class of 2020 Commencement Friday, First of May, Two-Thousand Twenty Letter from the President

To Rocky Vista University’s Class of 2020,

This year’s Commencement is dedicated to our students and faculty as they played, and continue to play, a significant role in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Not since 1918 has our Country’s medical professionals been challenged by such a far-reaching pandemic. It challenges us, as a graduate healthcare University, to insist on the most advanced educational technologies and curricular emphasis, while never forgetting our commitment to the healing power and the importance of body, mind, and spirit.

We are proud of the stellar performance and eagerness of the Class of 2020 to launch into the next phase of medical education. You came to RVU with a sense of purpose, a desire to make a difference, and today, I remind you that your journey is never complete. The faculty and staff have provided you with the tools for success and wish you every joy and happiness a life of service can bring.

Today is a day of gratitude: gratitude to your family, friends, and faculty—all of whom share in your pride and accomplishment.

To our medical school graduates, the people that are not here are your future patients, the individuals and families you will be privileged to touch. The “DO Touch” encompasses compassion, caring, and expertise in your chosen specialty. Every day, we hear tragic sto- ries of families devastated by not being with their loved ones at their hour of need; this sorrow will reside in their hearts and minds forever. It is for these families that you are becoming a physician today.

To our fourth MSBS class, thank you for the trust you have placed in us. You have worked hard to be one step closer to achieving your professional goal and I know you will go on to do great things.

I am proud of each and every one of you—now your challenge is to make RVU proud of you!

Warmest regards,

Clinton E. Adams, DO, FACHE President and CEO, Rocky Vista University The Osteopathic Oath

I do hereby affirm my loyalty to the profession I am about to enter. I will be mindful always of my great responsibility to preserve the health and the life of my patients, to retain their confidence and respect both as a physician and a friend who will guard their secrets with scrupulous honor and fidelity, to perform faithfully my professional duties, to employ only those recognized methods of treatment consistent with good judgment and with my skill and ability, keeping in mind always nature’s laws and the body’s inherent capacity for recovery.

I will be ever vigilant in aiding in the general welfare of the community, sustaining its laws and institutions, not engaging in those practices which will in any way bring shame or discredit upon myself or my profession. I will give no drugs for nefarious purposes to any person, though it may be asked of me.

I will endeavor to work in accord with my colleagues in a spirit of progressive cooperation and never by word or by act cast imputations upon them or their rightful practices.

I will look with respect and esteem upon all those who have taught me my art. To my college and my profession, I will be loyal and strive always for its best interests and for the interests of the students who will come after me. I will be ever alert to further the application of basic biologic truths to the healing arts and to develop the principles of osteopathic medicine which were first enunciated by Andrew Taylor Still. Fellows Erika Aspasia Anderson Whitney Austin Liehr Anatomy Fellow Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow General Surgery Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation St. Joseph Hospital | SCL Health UC Davis Medical Center Denver, Colorado Sacramento, California Zeke Bartholomew Clemmens Jacob Scott Pearson Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track Orthopedic Surgery Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Samaritan Health Services HonorHealth Corvallis, Oregon Scottsdale, Arizona Shreyash Pradhan Carson Quentin Ence * Anatomy Fellow Anatomy Fellow Global Medicine Track Anesthesiology General Surgery University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Community Memorial Health System Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Ventura, California Buffalo, New York Melanie Jayne White Neal Daniel Ferrin * Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow Anatomy Fellow Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation General Surgery Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education Western Michigan University Stryker School of Medicine Rochester, Minnesota Kalamazoo, Michigan Amanda Marie Wolf Samuel Taylor Hart Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow Pediatrics Family Medicine Oregon Health & Science University Valley Hospital Medical Center Portland, Oregon Las Vegas, Nevada Aaron Yearsley Jordan Taylor Heser Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Global Medicine Track University of Texas Health Science Center Anesthesiology San Antonio, Texas Sunrise Health GME Consortium Las Vegas, Nevada Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine - Class of 2020 Kyle Miller Adkins Krista Rae Allen Family Medicine Emergency Medicine HealthONE | Sky Ridge Medical Center Mercy Health | St. Vincent Medical Center Lone Tree, Colorado Toledo, Ohio Matthew William Albright Braden Erik Anderson Emergency Medicine Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track Riverside Regional Medical Center Internal Medicine Newport News, Virginia Baylor Scott & White Temple, Texas Ashley Jane Alden General Surgery Tor Visscher Anderson University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine Family Medicine Tampa, Florida Community Health Care Tacoma, Washington

*Graduating with Honors Nolan Nathaniel Andres Tanner Paul Bond Military Medicine Program Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track General Surgery Internal Medicine David Grant USAF Medical Center University of Tennessee Health Science Center Travis Air Force Base, California College of Medicine Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tennessee Corin r. Archuleta Military Medicine Program Colin Matthew Bonhag Family Medicine Internal Medicine Family Medicine Residency at Offutt Air Force Base HealthONE | Sky Ridge Medical Center Offutt, Nebraska Lone Tree, Colorado David Phillip Baldwin Joel Scott Bonzo Internal Medicine Family Medicine St. Joseph Hospital | SCL Health St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center Denver, Colorado Pueblo, Colorado Charlotte Louise Ballantine * Joshua Daniel Bradford Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track Military Medicine Program Internal Medicine Internal Medicine University of New Mexico School of Medicine Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Albuquerque, New Mexico Bethesda, Maryland Collin Andrew Beckstrom Daniel Elling Brown Internal Medicine Emergency Medicine University of Oklahoma at Tulsa Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Community Medicine Lubbock, Texas Tulsa, Oklahoma Kelsi Rae Brown Phillip Marshall Bennett Family Medicine Anatomic and Clinical Pathology St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center University of Utah Health Pueblo, Colorado Salt Lake City, Utah Bryce Bunn Madison Lindsey Berman Physician-Scientist Track General Surgery General Surgery Detroit Medical Center | Wayne State University Midwestern University OPTI Detroit, Michigan Mesa, Arizona Benjamin Seth Bernard Iris Margaret Burgard General Surgery Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track Berkshire Medical Center Obstetrics and Gynecology Pittsfield, Massachusetts St. Joseph Hospital | SCL Health Denver, Colorado Tara Elizabeth Bjorklund Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track Daniel Marquez Coates Obstetrics and Gynecology Family Medicine St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Adventist Health Ukiah Valley Pontiac, Michigan Ukiah, California Kiara Layne Blough Beau James Condie Global Medicine Track Family Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology Clarkson Family Medicine Residency Program New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital Omaha, Nebraska Brooklyn, New York Christopher Mark Cormier Pathology University of New Mexico School of Medicine Albuquerque, New Mexico *Graduating with Honors Charles Boone Curtis Nathan Samuel Grigg Military Medicine Program Internal Medicine Transitional Year Parkview Medical Center Naval Medical Center Pueblo, Colorado San Diego, California Alexander Thomas Grover Angela Francesca DiCosola Family Medicine Internal Medicine | Pediatrics St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center Tulane University School of Medicine Pueblo, Colorado New Orleans, Louisiana Roxana Alejandra Guggenmos Monica Teresa Dzwonkowski Global Medicine Track Internal Medicine Pediatrics Geisinger Health System Children’s Mercy Kansas City Danville, Pennsylvania Kansas City, Missouri Conner Allen Feeney Allison Jean Guild Internal Medicine Pediatrics HealthONE | Sky Ridge Medical Center University of Nebraska Medical Center Lone Tree, Colorado Omaha, Nebraska Austin Frazer Forbes * Bransen Zarek Guild * Global Medicine Track Psychiatry General Surgery Creighton University School of Medicine St. Joseph Medical Center Omaha, Nebraska Tacoma, Washington Shannon Elise Hall * Brent Cody Mäkijärvi Fowler Urology Family Medicine University of Texas | UT Health San Antonio University of Wyoming at Casper San Antonio, Texas Casper, Wyoming Aleksander Willis Hansen Jaspreet Kaur Garcha Internal Medicine Internal Medicine Samaritan Health Services Community Memorial Health System Corvallis, Oregon Ventura, California Brady Monte Hansen Leva Gorji Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track General Surgery Family Medicine Kettering Health Network | Grandview Medical Center Utah Valley Regional Medical Center Dayton, Ohio Provo, Utah Michaeli Chris Gorman Elizabeth Avery Hill Anesthesiology Pediatrics University of Wisconsin Madison | UW Health Central Iowa Health System | Blank Children’s Hospital Madison, Wisconsin Des Moines, Iowa Nathan Thomas Gorman Sara Emmalyn Holt * Family Medicine Dermatology University of Wisconsin School of Medicine HCA Healthcare | USF Morsani College of Medicine GME and Public Health in Madison Largo, Florida Madison, Wisconsin Jenna Lynn Hoobler * Marco A. Grieco Military Medicine Program Military Medicine Program Global Medicine Track General Surgery Pediatrics David Grant USAF Medical Center Naval Medical Center Travis Air Force Base, California Portsmouth, Virginia

*Graduating with Honors Peter Mao Huang Ria M. Joseph Internal Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology St. Joseph Hospital | SCL Health Metro Health | University of Michigan Health Denver, Colorado Wyoming, Michigan Cicily Catherine Hummer Kaia Jystad Physician-Scientist Track Military Medicine Program Internal Medicine Global Medicine Track Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center General Surgery Spokane, Washington Naval Medical Center San Diego, California Sally Ann Huynh Internal Medicine Michelle A. Kautz * HealthONE | Sky Ridge Medical Center Military Medicine Program Lone Tree, Colorado Internal Medicine Naval Medical Center Torri Igou Portsmouth, Virginia Global Medicine Track Family Medicine Jibran A. Khan * St. Anthony Hospital North Orthopedic Surgery Westminster, Colorado Samaritan Health Services Corvallis, Oregon Jennifer Elizabeth Irvine Obstetrics and Gynecology Emily LaCount Marian Regional Medical Center General Surgery Santa Maria, California Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine Stratford, New Jersey Iman Isayli Emergency Medicine HoaKy Quang Lam Aventura Hospital and Medical Center Anesthesiology Miami, Florida Cleveland Clinic | South Pointe Hospital Warrensville, Ohio Madisen Kelly Janssen Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track Rachel Anna Landin Neurology Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track University of Minnesota Medical School Surgery | Preliminary Minneapolis, Minnesota University of Colorado Denver, Colorado Erica Ann Janz Anesthesiology Danielle Nicole Lattes University of Wisconsin Madison | UW Health Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track Madison, Wisconsin Family Medicine North Colorado Medical Center Maggie Y. Jiang Greeley, Colorado Obstetrics and Gynecology Kern Medical Center Alexandra Megan Lee Bakersfield, California Global Medicine Track Family Medicine Yiwei Jiao St. Anthony Hospital North Military Medicine Program Westminster, Colorado Transitional Year Eisenhower Army Medical Center Marina Rose Leith Fort Gordon, Georgia Family Medicine Community Health Care Anthony Abraham Jones Tacoma, Washington Ophthalmology Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin

*Graduating with Honors Cameron Blake Lindemann Sidney Elaine Pearson * Military Medicine Program Family Medicine Otolaryngology University of Kansas School of Medicine | Via Christi Naval Medical Center Wichita, Kansas Portsmouth, Virginia Annelisa Pessetto Andrew Krogsgaard Mason Internal Medicine Military Medicine Program University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Psychiatry Austin, Texas Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center Fort Hood, Texas Binh Nguyen Pham Physician-Scientist Track Molly L. McLellan Psychiatry Family Medicine Larkin Community Hospital Poudre Valley Hospital South Miami, Florida Fort Collins, Colorado Natalie Poliektov * Adela Miller Physician-Scientist Track Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track Obstetrics and Gynecology Neurology Emory University School of Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital Atlanta, Georgia Phoenix, Arizona Caitlin Porter-Smith Jillianne Nanadiego Physician-Scientist Track Emergency Medicine Pathology Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Penrose Hospital Springfield, Illinois Colorado Springs, Colorado Michael B. Neinast Jordan Renee Price Internal Medicine Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Emergency Medicine Springfield, Illinois Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Lawton, Oklahoma Mia Helena Nevala * Internal Medicine Steven James Prueitt University of Kentucky Medical Center Military Medicine Program Lexington, Kentucky Family Medicine Family Medicine Residency at Offutt Air Force Base Ahmad Ahssan Nezam Offutt, Nebraska Emergency Medicine University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Medicine Joseph Ptasinski Las Vegas, Nevada Pediatrics Akron Children’s Hospital | NEOMED Lan-Uyen Trang Stephanie Nguyen Akron, Ohio Family Medicine St. Anthony Hospital Megan Carlson Ptasinski Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Obstetrics and Gynecology Summa Health | NEOMED Cameron Sinclair Olsen Akron, Ohio Internal Medicine Still OPTI | Northeast Regional Medical Center Kirstin Raguindin Kirksville, Missouri Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track Family Medicine Samantha Olsen St. Mary’s Medical Center | SCL Health Internal Medicine Grand Junction, Colorado Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center Idaho Falls, Idaho

*Graduating with Honors William Howard Robinson Rohindeep Singh Military Medicine Program Global Medicine Track Transitional Year Diagnostic Radiology Walter Reed National Military Medical Center State University of New York Health Science Center Bethesda, Maryland Brooklyn, New York Olivia Nicole Roehling D. Scott Slusarenko Internal Medicine Internal Medicine Boise VA Medical Center Legacy Emanuel | Good Samaritan Boise, Idaho Portland, Oregon Mary Catherine Rountree Joshua Martin Smith Family Medicine Emergency Medicine Samaritan Health Services Beaumont Health Corvallis, Oregon Farmington Hills, Michigan Ashley Brooke Ryder Meng W. Smith Internal Medicine Family Medicine Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences | Still OPTI | Peak Vista Family Medicine GME Consortium | Freeman Health System Residency Program Joplin, Missouri Colorado Springs, Colorado Ethan Scott Sandler Amelia Elizabeth Sneve Pediatrics Pediatrics University of Maryland Medical Center University of Nebraska Medical Center Baltimore, Maryland Omaha, Nebraska Yuina Satoh Clarke Lancaster Snodgrass Family Medicine Emergency Medicine Puyallup Tribal Health Authority Midwestern University OPTI Tacoma, Washington Kingman, Arizona Thomas Patrick Schermoly Jennifer Jocelyn Speirs General Surgery Family Medicine University of Kansas School of Medicine HealthONE | Sky Ridge Medical Center Kansas City, Missouri Lone Tree, Colorado Megan Maureen Schicktanz Holly V. Spitzer Pediatrics Military Medicine Program University of New Mexico School of Medicine General Surgery Albuquerque, New Mexico Beaumont Medical Center El Paso, Texas Robert Alexander Seawell Psychiatry Parker LeRoy Spriggs HealthONE | Sky Ridge Medical Center Military Medicine Program Lone Tree, Colorado Operational Pediatrics Naval Medical Center Katie Layne Shewbart Portsmouth, Virginia Pathology University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine Hayden Allen Springer Sioux Falls, South Dakota Military Medicine Program Internal Medicine Ryan A. Shillingburg Keesler Medical Center Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi Family Medicine University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine Knoxville, Tennessee

*Graduating with Honors Peter John stacy Christian Thomas Frank Vangeison Military Medicine Program Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Psychiatry Baylor College of Medicine Wright-Patterson Medical Center Houston, Texas Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio Giovanni A. Villegas Morgan Stanley Psychiatry Psychiatry University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Medicine Kaweah Delta Health Care District Las Vegas, Nevada Visalia, California Zachary James Vincent Elizabeth Lynn Stoll * Emergency Medicine Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences | Family Medicine GME Consortium | Freeman Health System St. Anthony Hospital North Joplin, Missouri Westminster, Colorado Bayan Vojdani * Katherine Nicole Stuart Neurology Family Medicine University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics HealthONE | Sky Ridge Medical Center Madison, Wisconsin Lone Tree, Colorado Jordan Charles Walker Krysta Mary Sutyak * Internal Medicine Class Valedictorian HealthONE | Sky Ridge Medical Center Global Medicine Track Lone Tree, Colorado General Surgery University of Nebraska Medical Center Edmund Wang Omaha, Nebraska Anesthesiology Kaweah Delta Health Care District Esther Ruth Swan Visalia, California Psychiatry Prisma Health - Midlands | University of South Carolina Corey Wasser School of Medicine Columbia Psychiatry Columbia, South Carolina HealthONE | Sky Ridge Medical Center Lone Tree, Colorado Tiffany Grace Tahata Internal Medicine Kate Alta Wilcox Community Memorial Health System Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track Ventura, California Internal Medicine | Pediatrics Medical College of Wisconsin Emily Olivia Tallent Milwaukee, Wisconsin Family Medicine Poudre Valley Hospital Clark Jefferies Wilkey Fort Collins, Colorado Family Medicine Community Memorial Health System Alexandria Kathleen Thompson Ventura, California Family Medicine Alexander Gerber Wilkins Indiana University Health | Ball Memorial Hospital Muncie, Indiana Anesthesiology Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine Kayla Gray Vanderkooi Lubbock, Texas Global Medicine Track Emergency Medicine Brent Maxwell Wilkinson CHRISTUS Health Family Medicine Corpus Christi, Texas Central Washington Family Medicine Yakima, Washington

*Graduating with Honors Christopher Thomas Wilkinson Katrina Kristine Wong Military Medicine Program Family Medicine Family Medicine Sunrise Health GME Consortium Eisenhower Medical Center Las Vegas, Nevada Augusta, Georgia Cason James Wortley Tina Wilson Pediatrics Military Medicine Program Baystate Medical Center Transitional Year Springfield, Massachusetts Brooke Army Medical Center Fort Sam Houston, Texas Derek J. Young Pediatrics Central Iowa Health System Elizabeth Lola Wittrock Des Moines, Iowa Internal Medicine St. Joseph Hospital | SCL Health Matthew Francis Zemel * Denver, Colorado Global Medicine Track Surgery | Preliminary Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, Washington

*Graduating with Honors

“Every single member of our Class has something that makes them completely special and unique. We are made up of artists, athletes, dreamers, adventurers, parents, musicians, free spirits, strong leaders, and truly some of the funniest people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. We will be a wave of compassionate physicians who are not afraid to lend a soothing touch to our patients and to rock the boat to fight for what we believe in. I am incredibly proud to know you all and do not have a shred of doubt in my mind that we will do great things for our patients and medicine as a whole.” - Ria Joseph, Class of 2020 Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences Class of 2020 Rachel Elizabeth Abercrombie Erin Magdalena Herbstova Florida State University Middle Tennessee State University Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences Bachelor of Science in Biology and Psychology Moody Copper Labast Inabangan Logan Charles Anderson Logan University Morningside College Bachelor of Science in Human Biology Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry Scarlett Kass Mitchell Jay Ballard University of South Carolina Columbia Metropolitan State University of Denver Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science Bachelor of Science in Biology Harry Edward Kranichfeld Elinor Russo Barsh University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Boulder Bachelor of Arts in Ecology and Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience and Psychology Evolutionary Biology Donald James Borchert, MS Brycen Matthew Lauer University of Colorado Boulder University of Arizona Master of Science in Integrative Physiology Bachelor of Science in Microbiology Vladimir Cardenas Colmenares Christina Marie Virginia Looby * Indiana University - Purdue University Northwestern University Bachelor of Arts in Biology Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences and Psychology Camille Rose Crane, MS * University of Colorado Boulder Matthew Morelli Master of Science in Integrative Physiology Colorado State University Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences Stephanie Grace Gedney * University of Colorado Denver Joseph Louis Noble Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering Xavier University Bachelor of Science in Adrianna Lynne Hammack * Health Services Administration University of Colorado Boulder Bachelor of Arts in Theater Arts Nitya Nunna Nova Southeastern University Brian Carter Hartman Bachelor of Science in Biology Chapman University Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry Anjali Patel and Molecular Biology University of Southern Indiana Bachelor of Science in Biology Isaac William Hartman University of Denver Bachelor of Science in Art and Biochemistry Sagar Patel Kristen Elizabeth Valente Indiana University Bloomington University of Colorado Boulder Bachelor of Science in Psychology Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience and and Neuroscience Integrative Physiology Sofia Rahmanzai Reena Xyza Villariz University of Nebraska Omaha Saint Mary’s University Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology Bachelor of Science in Biology Nicholas Slaboden Morgen Fay Weatherly University of Cincinnati Colorado State University Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry Devin Audrey Thomas Austin George White University of California San Diego Arizona State University Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry Taylor Noreen Tischhauser Metropolitan State University of Denver Bachelor of Science in Biology

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Kyle Adkins David Baldwin Positions: Vice President of AOCPMR. Positions: Vice President of ACOEP. Volunteer: Peer Men- tor and Careers in Medicine Coach; Wrote “Pain manage- Matthew Albright ment in the ED” (Colorado Medicine). Honors: Third Place in Rocky Mountain Region Public Health Case Competition. Volunteer: Tutor. Research: Charlotte Ballantine “The TIME Study: Technology Increasing Independence Honors: Top 10% of Class; Sigma Sigma Phi; Rural Ser- Using Medical Electronics.” vice Award: Outstanding Academic Excellence; Recipient of Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation Scholarship; Ashley Alden Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track. Volunteer: Tutor; Honors: Sigma Sigma Phi. Positions: Ambassador. Vol- Wrote “The cadaver connection” (Colorado Medicine). unteer: Tutor and Careers in Medicine Coach. Research: “Can a management model incorporating axillary ultra- Collin Beckstrom sound be used to decrease the number of axillary lymph Volunteer: Mass Casualty Incident Volunteer. Miscella- node dissections in patients with T1-2 breast cancer?” neous: Colorado UltraFest Participant.

Krista Allen Phillip Bennett Positions: Advocacy Chair for Medical Student Section of Honors: Honored in Informatics. Positions: Ambassador; AMA for 15 States; Class of 2020 Class Secretary. Volun- Vice President and First-Year Representative of DermPath teer: Represented RVU at 8 National Meetings and Au- Club; Collegium Aesculapium Service Representative. thored 9 Healthcare Policies on Domestic Violence, Sexual Research: “Comparison of Lab Report Design on Patient Assault, Gun Violence, and More; Co-Authored Resolution Engagement”; “Laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK)”; 955 “Equality for COMLEX and USMLE.” “Corneal Dystrophy.” Miscellaneous: Launched The Osteopod Podcast; 2017 Inter-Professional Clinical Experi- Braden Anderson ence Participant. Honors: Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track. Volunteer: Tutor; Organized Care Packages for the Homeless. Madison Berman Positions: Member of CAFP, SAAO, and SOSA. Volun- Erika Anderson teer: Member of HOLA Foundation. Honors: Sigma Sigma Phi. Positions: Anatomy Pre- Doctoral Fellow. Volunteer: Tutor, Mentor, and Careers in Benjamin “Seth” Bernard Medicine Coach. Research: “Anatomic Variation of the Ex- Positions: Member of Integrative Medicine Club and WM- trahepatic Bile Ducts: Cystic Duct entering Right Hepatic SIG. Volunteer: RVU Awards Night Performer. Miscel- Duct: A Cadaveric Case Report.” laneous: Founded Think Metal, Completing Over 2,000 Custom Metal Products During Medical School. Tor Anderson Honors: Honored in Advanced Medical Ethics. Positions: Tara Bjorklund Student Leader of Ultrasound Club. Volunteer: Tutor. Honors: Rural Service Award: Special Recognition Award; Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track. Position: Commu- Nolan Andres nity Liaison for ACOFP. Volunteer: Tutor. Honors: Military Medicine Program. Positions: Member of DermPath Club. Kiara Blough Honors: Sigma Sigma Phi; Gold Humanism Honor Soci- Corin Archuleta ety; Global Medicine Track. Positions: Delegate for Medi- Honors: Military Medicine Program. Volunteer: Tutor; cal Student Section at AMA’s Annual House of Delegates; SOAP Notes. Research: “The Effects on Sea States on the CMS Medical Student Chapter; MSFC Executive Board. Ability to Perform Resuscitation in a Naval Forward Surgi- Volunteer: Cast of The Vagina Monologues; Contributor to cal Unit.” Colorado Medicine.

“My time at RVU has taught me that I have the most to learn from my patients and that it is my calling to not only care for them but also to care for my colleagues and let them care for me.” Elizabeth Hill Tanner Bond Daniel Coates Honors: Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track. Positions: Positions: Member of USIG. Volunteer: Organizer of Member of ACOFP, WMSIG, and USIG. Volunteer: Volun- Neonatal Ultrasound Night and 2017 Colorado Ultrafest; teer with CORE Clinic. Ultrasound Volunteer with NYAGI Project in Haiti.

Colin Bonhag Beau Condie Positions: Member of AOCA and SOSA; AOCA First-Year Honors: Recipient of 2016 Brandon Trusell Service Scholar- Representative. ship. Positions: Chapter President of ACOP; Class of 2020 Historian. Joel Bonzo Positions: Member of ACOFP, USIG, and STIGMA. Christopher Cormier Positions: Member of DermPath Club and WMSIG. Volun- Joshua Bradford teer: Tutor. Honors: First Place in Research Poster Competition at SAMOPS; Military Medicine Program. Positions: Class of Charles Curtis 2020 Class Treasurer; Ambassador; SAMOPS Army Na- Honors: Military Medicine Program; Health Professions tional Representative. Research: “Time to Resuscitate and Scholarship Program Recipient; Ultrasound Scholar; Com- Patient Outcomes vs. Sea State Method”; “Effect of Sea peted at AMSA National Patient Simulation Case Challenge. State on Resuscitation and Intraoperative Tasks”; “Identifi- Positions: President of AMSA; Vice President of SOMA; cation and Interpretation of Educational Material on Newly Treasurer of CORE Clinic. Research: Presented at American Designed Lipid Panel Laboratory Report.” College of Osteopathic Surgeons’ 2019 Annual Conference on Surgical Simulation in Extreme Environments. Daniel Brown Positions: Member of USIG. Volunteer: SOAP Notes; Chil- Angela DiCosola dren’s Hospital Performance; Ecuador Medical Trip; Head Honors: Gold Humanism Honor Society. Positions: Class of Coach of Cherry Creek High School Boys Volleyball Team. 2020 Treasurer. Volunteer: Tutor, Peer Mentor, and Careers in Medicine Coach. Kelsi Brown Positions: Member of CMDA, Integrative Medicine Club, Monica Dzwonkowski and SOSA. Volunteer: Tutor and Careers in Medicine Coach. Honors: Writer of 2017 Donor Memorial Ceremony Plaque Quote. Positions: Vice President of STIGMA. Volunteer: Bryce Bunn Tutor; Coordinated RVU Team for NAMI Walk. Honors: William G. Anderson Resiliency Award; Physician Scientist Track. Volunteer: Tutor. Research: “PRL-1’s Inhi- Carson Ence bition of Drosophila melanogaster Cell Growth is Dependent Honors: Top 10% of Class; Sigma Sigma Phi. Positions: on the CAAX Membrane Localization Domain”; “Ongoing Anatomy Pre-Doctoral Fellow; Member of SAOAO. Volun- Study: Observation of Short-Duration Antibiotic Therapy teer: Tutor After Laparoscopic Repair of Acute Complicated Appendici- tis and Surgeon Adherence to a New Protocol.” Conner Feeney Volunteer: Reflections on Externships Presenter. Iris Burgard Honors: Rural Service Award: Outstanding Clinical Excel- Neal Ferrin lence; Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track. Positions: Honors: President’s Award; Top 10% of Class; Sigma Sigma CMS Medical Student Chapter; MSFC Executive Board. Phi; Gold Humanism Honor Society; First Place in “Physi- Volunteer: Cast of The Vagina Monologues. cian Surgical Training” Poster Presentation at 2018 SOSA Convention; 2016 AOA Welch Scholars Grant; 2017 Con- Vladimir Cardenas Colmenares geniality Award. Positions: Anatomy Pre-Doctoral Fellow. Honors: MSBS Humanitarian Award. Volunteer: Tutor, Mentor, and Careers in Medicine Coach. Research: “Premedical Anatomy Experience vs Medical Zeke Clemmens Anatomy Performance”; “Effects of Grading on a Surgical Honors: Sigma Sigma Phi; Rural and Wilderness Medicine Simulation Course”; “Impact of Medical Student Utilization Track. Positions: OPP Pre-Doctoral Fellow; Ambassador. and Perception of Peer Tutoring on Course Performance.” Volunteer: Tutor. Research: Data Collection for Colorado Association of Family Medicine Residencies and Presented Austin Forbes to Colorado State Legislators. Honors: Top 10% of Class; Sigma Sigma Phi; Gold Hu- manism Honor Society; 2018 Congeniality Award; Global Medicine Track. Positions: Founder of Gratis Humanitarian Aid Network. Volunteer: Tutor. Roxana Guggenmos Brent Fowler Honors: 2017 Service Award; Global Medicine Track. Posi- Honors: Principles of Clinical Medicine Award. Positions: tions: SGA Vice President of Student Welfare; Ambassador. Vice President of Internal Medicine Club. Volunteer: Ecuador Medical Trip.

Jaspreet Garcha Allison Guild Positions: Medical Student Committee Member for ACP Positions: Member of ACOP, Neuro Club, and WMSIG. Colorado; Secretary for Internal Medicine Club; Ultrasound Volunteer: Tutor. Scholar. Volunteer: Lead Tutor for Heme and Lymph II Course; Volunteer for Diversity Week and DO Day of Well- Bransen Guild ness. Research: “Novel pathogenic variant in the Cys110 Honors: Top 10% of Class; Clinical Year Award: Psychiatry. residue: A genotype-phenotype report of a patient with Nor- Positions: Member of SAOAO and WMSIG. Volunteer: rie Disease.” Tutor. Stephanie Gedney Shannon Hall Honors: MSBS Service Award. Positions: MSBS Class Honors: Top 10% of Class; Sigma Sigma Phi; Gold Human- Secretary. ism Honor Society. Positions: Class of 2020 Class Historian. Leva Gorji Volunteer: Tutor, Peer Mentor, and Careers in Medicine Coach. Honors: Honorable Mention at ACOS Annual Clinical As- sembly. Positions: President of Surgery Club. Research: “Assessment of a Novel Homemade Knot Tying Board and Adrianna Hammack Manual for Medical Student Education.” Honors: MSBS Academic Excellence Award.

Michaeli Gorman Aleksander Hansen Honors: Military Medicine Track. Positions: Club Trea- Positions: Member of Internal Medicine Club, SAAO, and surer; Member of ACOP and AOCA. WMSIG. Volunteer: Tutor.

Nathan Gorman Brady Hansen Honors: AAFP Foundation Family Medicine Leads Scholar- Honors: Sigma Sigma Phi; Individual Course and Rotation ship (2019); Overall Best Oral and Poster Presentation, 2017 Honors; Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track. Positions: Research Day; 2018 OPP Student of the Year; Second Place President of Sigma Sigma Phi; Treasurer of ACOFP Student in A. Hollis Wolf Case Competition at 2018 AAO National Chapter; Vice President of SAOASM; Ambassador. Volun- Convocation. Positions: Co-President of SAAO. Research: teer: Tutor. Research: “Effects of isotretinoin on hemostasis “Inconsistency in Bilateral Asymmetry Between Sprinting and the coagulation system: a literature review.” and Jumping Performance: Rethinking Leg Dominance.” Samuel Hart Natalie Gould Positions: OPP Pre-Doctoral Fellow; ACOFP Treasurer. Honors: RVU’s 2020 Student Doctor of the Year. Positions: Volunteer: Tutor and Mentor. Class of 2020 Class Representative for Student Wellness. Volunteer: Tutor and Careers in Medicine Coach. Erin Herbstova Honors: MSBS President’s Award. Positions: MSBS Class Marco Grieco President. Honors: Military Medicine Program; Health Professions Scholarship Program. Positions: Member of SAMOPS. Jordan Heser Honors: First Place in Oral Research Presentation at 2019 Nathan Grigg Research Day; Third Place in AAO Convocation Research Positions: Member of AOCA and Internal Medicine Club. Poster Competition; Global Medicine Track. Positions: OPP Volunteer: Simulation Scholar; Simulation Competition Pre-Doctoral Fellow; Class of 2019 Honor Code Commit- Volunteer. tee Representative. Volunteer: Tutor and Mentor. Research: “Association between consistent yoga practice and rigidity Alex Grover of the medial longitudinal arch.” Positions: Member of DermPath Club. Research: “Utilizing immunohistochemistry to help understand the transmission Elizabeth “Avery” Hill of HIV-1 in a humanized mouse”; “The effect of vitamin A on Positions: Member of ACOFP, CMDA, OBGYN, and Col- Tuberculosis pathogenesis in an animal model.” legium Aesculapium. Honors: Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track. Positions: Sara Andrews Holt Fourth-Year Neuro-Anatomy Fellow; Member of ACOP, Honors: Top 10% of Class (Class Rank: 3 of 156); Sigma CMDA, and WMSIG. Volunteer: Peer Mentor. Sigma Phi; Gold Humanism Honor Society; Clerkship Hon- ors in Women’s Health and Pediatrics; Honors in Multiple Erica Janz Classes. Positions: Ambassador. Volunteer: Tutor, Peer Positions: Member of AOCA. Volunteer: Emergency Medi- Mentor, and Careers in Medicine Coach. Research: “Verru- cine Bootcamp Participant. cous carcinoma of the foot: healing by secondary intention”; “Prioritisation of Cochrane Skin Systematic Reviews.” Maggie Jiang Positions: Ambassador. Volunteer: Tutor. Jenna Hoobler Honors: Top 10% of Class; Sigma Sigma Phi; Health Pro- Yiwei “Vince” Jiao fessions Scholarship Program; Military Medicine Program; Honors: Health Professions Scholarship Program; Military Global Medicine Track. Positions: Member of CMDA, Medicine Program. Positions: Member of SAMOPS and OBGYN, and WMSIG. Volunteer: Tutor. SOSA.

Peter Huang Anthony Jones Positions: Ambassador; Member of Internal Medicine Club Honors: COPIC Scholars Program Scholarship. Posi- and STIGMA; Vice President of MSFL Interest Group. tions: Member of SOMA and SOSA. Research: “Effects of Polyacrylonitrile fiber implantation on drusen formation and Cicily Hummer age-related macular degeneration.” Honors: Physician Scientist Track. Positions: Ambassador; President of USIG. Volunteer: Tutor. Research: “Effects Ria Joseph of Altered Surface Inclinations on Knee Kinematics Dur- Positions: OBGYN Club President. Volunteer: Tutor, Peer ing Drop Landing”; “Effects of a Combined Inversion and Mentor; Physical Activity Mentor. Plantarflexion Surface on Knee and Hip Kinematics during Landing.” Kaia Jystad Honors: Placed Nationally at 2017 AMSA Simulation Sally Huynh Competition; Military Medicine Program; Global Medicine Positions: Member of Internal Medicine Club, SOMA, and Track. Volunteer: Co-Creator of SimConnect; Tutor. Re- STIGMA. Volunteer: Tutor search: “Effects of Increased Sea States on Surgical Perfor- mance”; “Targeting circuitry for the treatment of Schizo- Torri Igou phrenia: Auditory evoked P50 responses during awake deep Honors: Sigma Sigma Phi; Global Medicine Track. Posi- brain stimulation surgery.” tions: Member of ACOFP, OBGYN, and STIGMA. Volun- teer: Tutor. Research: “Routine Postoperative Laboratory Michelle Kautz Testing in Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery: Necessity or Honors: Top 10% of Class; Clinical Clerkship Honors in Habit?” Pediatrics, Surgery, and Family Medicine; Second Place Poster Presentation at RVU Research Day; Military Medicine Moody Copper Inabangan Program. Positions: SAMOPS Navy Liaison. Volunteer: Positions: MSBS Class Vice-President. Tutor, Peer Mentor. Research: “Nontuberculous Mycobac- terial Infection in the Context of Gastro-esophageal Reflux Jennifer Irvine Disease.” Honors: Sigma Sigma Phi. Positions: Member of ACOP, OBGYN, and WMSIG. Volunteer: Volunteer with CORE Jibran Khan Clinic; Tutor. Honors: Top 10% of Class; Sigma Sigma Phi; Gold Human- ism Honor Society; President’s Award; Clinical Year Award: Iman Isayli Subspecialty Surgery; CSOM Award; 2018 Service Award; Honors: Clinical Year Award: Emergency Medicine. Volun- First Place at RVU’s First Annual Simulation Competition; teer: Days of Diversity Ambassador. Outstanding Leadership Award (2018). Positions: General Council Member for COSGP; RVU Representative for DO Madisen Janssen Day on the Hill; AOA House of Delegates Student Represen-

“Thank you for creating and fostering a learning environment where each of us could shine our brightest. You are an inspiring and passionate group of individuals. You’re well on your way to leaving legacies. Keep chasing your dreams and believing in your wild capability and uncanny potential. Cheers to the newly minted osteopathic doctors of 2020!” Jenna Hoobler tative for CSOM (2018); President of Class Council; Board Operations and Layout Planning Aboard Non-Traditional Member for Colorado Medical PAC; President of SGA; U.S. Navy Vessels at High Seas”; “Feasibility of Surgical President of SAOAO; Student Delegate for Board of Trust- Intervention Aboard Non-Traditional U.S. Navy Vessels.” ees CSOM. Volunteer: Tutor. Andrew Mason Emily LaCount Honors: Health Professions Scholarship Program; Military Positions: Member of MSFC, SAA, and SOSA. Volunteer: Medicine Program. Tutor and Mentor. Molly McLellan HoaKy “Mikey” Lam Positions: RCC/RVU Secretary; Member of ACOFP, USIG, Positions: Member of Integrative Medicine Club, SOMA, and WMSIG. Volunteer: MASH Camp Volunteer; Ecuador and SOSA. Medical Trip.

Rachel Landin Adela Miller Honors: Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track. Positions: Honors: Sigma Sigma Phi; Rural and Wilderness Medicine Alternate Delegate for Medical Student Section at AMA’s Track. Positions: National Liaison for SOMA. Volunteer: Annual House of Delegates. Volunteer: Tutor, Peer Mentor. Tutor, Peer Mentor; Camp Counselor at Camp Kesem CU Boulder; Led First National Outreach of Diversity at RVU. Danielle Lattes Research: “Breast Reconstruction Surgery for Mastectomy Honors: Gold Humanism Honor Society; Rural Service in Hospital Inpatient and Ambulatory Settings, 2009-2014.” Award: Outstanding Academic Excellence; Rural and Wil- derness Medicine Track. Positions: Student Delegate at 2019 Jillianne Nanadiego AAFP National Conference. Volunteer: Organizer for Black Volunteer: Sim Scholar; Volunteer with CORE Clinic; Tutor; Barbershop/Salon Health Outreach Program Collaboration. Guatemala and Kenya Medical Trips.

Alexandra Lee Michael Neinast Honors: Global Medicine Track. Positions: Member of Positions: SGA Secretary; Member of USIG. Volunteer: Tu- DermPath, OBGYN, and WMSIG. Volunteer: Tutor; Cast of tor, Peer Mentor; Kenya, Guatemala, and Ecuador Medical Vagina Monologues; Kenya Medical Trip. Trips.

Marina Leith Mia Nevala Honors: Honored in Family Medicine Clerkship. Honors: Dean’s Award; Welch Scholars Grant; Top 10% of Positions: Officer of Communications for Mental Health and Class; Sigma Sigma Phi; Clinical Year Award: Internal Medi- Psychiatry Club; Alternate Student Delegate at AAFP Na- cine. Positions: President of RCC/RVU; National Liaison tional Conference; Volunteer: Tutor; Completed a Compre- for SAAO; Communications Officer for ACOFP. Volunteer: hensive Review and Podcast for the Family Medicine Shelf Tutor, Peer Mentor, and Careers in Medicine Coach. Exam to Help Future 3rd-Year Students. Ahmad Nezam Whitney Liehr Honors: Sigma Sigma Phi. Positions: Member of Internal Honors: Third Place in AAO’s 2019 Student Research Medicine Club and SAOAO. Volunteer: Tutor. Awards. Positions: OPP Pre-Doctoral Fellow; Member of WMSIG. Research: “Association between consistent yoga Stephanie Nguyen practice and rigidity of the medial longitudinal arch.” Positions: Member of Internal Medicine Club and WMSIG. Volunteer: Peer Mentor and Careers in Medicine Coach. Cameron Lindemann Honors: Military Service Award; First Place for Poster at Cameron Olsen 2018 UC Health Committee on Trauma; Sigma Sigma Phi; Positions: Member of DermPath and RCC/RVU; Club Trea- Military Medicine Program. Positions: SAMOPS Western surer. Research: “Measuring Patient Preferences on Lab Region Representative; President of National SAMOPS Report Design to Strengthen Patient Engagement.” Executive Board. Volunteer: Tutor. Research: “Assessing Surgical Task Load: A Comparison of the Effect of Simula- Samantha Olsen tion Versus Maritime Operations”; “Efficacy of Medical Positions: Member of ACOP and WMSIG. Volunteer:

“What I am most proud of is the camaraderie we have developed. Although I am going into Pediatrics, I can ask my wife OB/GYN questions. If I have psychiatric questions, I have close friends to consult. If a patient needs surgery, I know exactly who I am going to consult. My colleagues and I will make a phenomenal future medical team.” Joseph Ptasinski Graduation Usher Volunteer. of the Year; Military Medicine Program. Volunteer: Tutor. Research: “Effect of Sea State on Motion Sickness Incidence Jacob Pearson and Task Load Index While Performing Traumatic Damage Positions: OPP Pre-Doctoral Fellow; Member of DermPath, Control Resuscitation and Surgery.” OBGYN, and SOSA. Volunteer: Tutor and Mentor. Re- search: Presenter at 2017 CSOM and ROME Conference. Joseph Ptasinski Positions: President of PMR Club; Inaugural Student Simu- Sidney Pearson lation Scholar Program Member; Co-Founder of Business Honors: Top 10% of Class. Positions: Member of OBGYN and Leadership in Medical Practice Club. Volunteer: Peer and SOSA. Volunteer: Tutor. Mentor and Careers in Medicine Coach; Individual Tutor for Multiple Courses. Annelisa Pessetto Volunteer: Cast of The Vagina Monologues; Violence Edu- Megan Carlson Ptasinski cation and Prevention Moderator; “Examining the emotional Honors: Sigma Sigma Phi; TOUCH Silver Award; Award side of medicine” (Colorado Medicine). for Leadership in Volunteering; Honors in Multiple Courses. Positions: Vice President of Sigma Sigma Phi; Secretary of Binh Pham ACOP; Treasurer of ACOSM. Volunteer: Tutor, Peer Men- Honors: Silver TOUCH Award; Physician Scientist Track. tor, and Careers in Medicine Coach. Volunteer: Tutor. Research: “Mechanism on the permeation of ethanol in nitrile gloves studied using positron annihila- Kirstin Ranguindin tion lifetime spectroscopy.” Honors: Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track. Positions: Co-President of CMDA. Volunteer: Days of Diversity Am- Natalie Poliektov bassador; Formed Ongoing Collaboration Between Well- spring (Free Clinic) and RVU. Honors: Top 10% of Class; Sigma Sigma Phi; Excellence in Research Award; Excellence in Clinical Medicine Award; William Robinson Clinical Year Award: OBGYN; Outstanding Performance - Oral Research Presentation at 2016 Research Day; 2018 Stu- Honors: Health Professions Scholarship Program; Mili- dent of the Year Award; Physician Scientist Track. Volunteer: tary Medicine Program. Positions: Member of ACOP and Tutor. Research: “Bleeding cervical varices in pregnancy: a ACOPMR. Research: “Mass Casualty Incident, Follow- case report and review of the literature;” “Treatment of liver Through: Point of Injury to Recovery Room,” presented at tumors with transarterial chemoembolization”. “Learning American College of Surgeons Trauma Symposium (2019). about the doctor-patient relationship” (Colorado Medicine). Miscellaneous: Had two babies in medical school; First DO Olivia Roehling to be Accepted into Emory OBGYN Residency Program! Positions: Chapter President of MSFC; Member of ACOP and OBGYN. Volunteer: Founder and Organizer of Denver’s Caitlin Porter-Smith First Annual Medical Student-Sponsored Production of The Vagina Monologues. Research: “Changes in Cardiovascular Honors: Physician Scientist Track. Positions: Class of 2020 Fitness are Related to Changes in Quality of Life in Cancer Class Curriculum Representative. Research: “Analysis of Rehabilitation Patients.” β-Cell Expression of Survivin and Programmed Death-Li- gand 1 in Female Long-Term Non-Diabetic NOD Mice.” Mary Rountree Shreyash Pradhan Honors: Sigma Sigma Phi; Medical Humanities Department Award. Positions: ACOFP Secretary; Ambassador; Member Honors: Global Medicine Track. Positions: Anatomy Pre- of ACFOP, ACOP, and CMDA. Volunteer: Tutor, Peer Men- Doctoral Fellow; Ambassador. Volunteer: Tutor. Research: tor, and Careers in Medicine Coach. “Exploration of the role of cilia-related variants in the devel- opment of idiopathic scoliosis”; “Anatomic Variation of the Ashley Ryder Extrahepatic Bile Ducts: Cystic Duct entering Right Hepatic Duct: A Cadaveric Case Report.” Positions: Member of CMDA and Internal Medicine Club.

Jordan Price Ethan Sandler Honors: Clinical Year Award: Emergency Medicine; Robert Honors: Placed Nationally at AMSA Simulation Competi- Bruce Told Scholarship; Ultrasound Scholar; Rural and tion. Positions: Class of 2020 Class President; Member of Wilderness Medicine Track. Positions: EM Club. Volunteer: AOASM, Integrative Medicine Club, USIG, SOSA, and Tutor, Peer Mentor. WMSIG. Volunteer: Tutor, Peer Mentor.

Steven Prueitt Yuina Satoh Honors: 2019 SAMOPS Western Region Senior Officer Volunteer: Peer Mentor and Careers in Medicine Coach; Guatemala Medical Trip. “Learning the importance of effec- tively coordinating and communicating treatment” (Colo- Clarke Snodgrass rado Medicine). Honors: Placed Nationally at 2017 AMSA Simulation Com- petition. Positions: Member of Internal Medicine Club and Thomas Schermoly WMSIG. Volunteer: Volunteer with SimConnect. Honors: Sigma Sigma Phi. Positions: Ambassador; Mem- ber of AOASM, Internal Medicine Club, and SOMA; Club Jennifer Speirs Treasurer. Volunteer: Tutor, Peer Mentor, and Careers in Positions: Member of DermPath, Internal Medicine Club, Medicine Coach. and SAA. Volunteer: Tutor.

Megan (Martinez) Schicktanz Holly Spitzer Positions: Member of CMDA, STIGMA, and WMSIG. Honors: Military Service Award; 2019 SAMOPS Senior Volunteer: Tutor. Officer of the Year; TOUCH Silver Award; Lynch Leader- ship Award - Army Achievement Medal; Health Professions Robert Seawell Scholarship Program; Military Medicine Program. Positions: Positions: Class of 2020 Honor Code Committee Represen- SAMOPS Vice President, Mentorship Chair, President of tative; Member of ACOFP, AOCA, and STIGMA. RVUCOM Chapter, and First Year Representative; SOSA Treasurer. Volunteer: Simulation Competition Team Leader; Katie Shewbart Tutor; Project C.U.R.E; Anthony Bates Foundation Heart Positions: Member of DermPath, USIG, and WMSIG. Vol- Screening. Research: “Assessing Surgical Task Load: A unteer: Tutor. Comparison of the Effect of Simulation Versus Maritime Operations”; “Effects of Fatigue on Surgical Performance Ryan Shillingburg and Attentiveness”; “A Comparison of the Effects of Simula- tion and Sea Voyage on Surgical Task Load Index Scores”; Honors: Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track. Positions: “Feasibility of Surgical Intervention Aboard Non-Traditional Class of 2020 Class Historian; Member of ACOFP. Volun- US Navy Vessels.” teer: Tutor. Parker Spriggs Rohindeep Singh Honors: Health Professions Scholarship Program; Military Honors: Sigma Sigma Phi; Clinical Year Award: Diagnostic Medicine Program. Positions: Member of SAMOPS and Radiology; Global Medicine Track. Positions: SGA VP of AOCA. Volunteer: Organizer of Veteran’s Day 5K Event. Operations; Member of USIG, and WMSIG. Volunteer: Tu- Research: “Measuring Patient Preferences on Lab Report tor, Peer Mentor; Kenya Medical Trip. Design to Strengthen Patient Engagement.”

D. Scott Slusarenko Hayden Springer Honors: Placed Nationally at 2017 AMSA Simulation Honors: Sigma Sigma Phi; Gold Humanism Honor Society; Competition. Positions: Member of Internal Medicine Club, Brandon Trusell Community Service Award; Health Profes- USIG, and WMSIG. Volunteer: Tutor; Volunteer with Sim- sions Scholarship Program; Military Medicine Program. Connect. Positions: Class of 2020 Class Vice President; Member of SAMOPS. Volunteer: Kidney Walk Volunteer. Research: Joshua Smith “Assessing Surgical Task Load: A Comparison of the Effect Honors: Reached Quarterfinals at 2017 AMSA Simula- of Simulation Versus Maritime Operations.” tion Competition. Positions: 2019 Honor Code Committee Representative. Volunteer: Volunteer with SimConnect. Re- Peter Stacy search: “The Effects on Sea States on the Ability to Perform Honors: 2017 Congeniality Award; Health Professions Resuscitation in a Naval Forward Surgical Unit.” Presented Scholarship Program; Military Medicine Program. Positions: at International Trauma Conference. SGA Honor Code President; Member of CMDA and SAMO- PS. Volunteer: Suicide Text Line Crisis Counselor; Volunteer Meng Smith at Douglas County Winter Shelter Network; Peer Mentor. Positions: Member of ACOFP, Internal Medicine Club, and “Processing the chaos of the first patient death”(Colorado SOSA. Volunteer: “Processing the chaos of the first patient Medicine). death” (Colorado Medicine). Morgan Stanley Amelia Sneve Positions: Founder and President of STIGMA; Member of Positions: Vice President of RCC/RVU; Treasurer of SAAO; Psychiatry Interest Group. Volunteer: Organized Food Drive Member of Internal Medicine Club. Volunteer: Tutor, Peer for A New Day Family Resource Center; Organized Mental Mentor, and Careers in Medicine Coach; Volunteer with Health Month at RVU. CORE Clinic. Elizabeth Stoll Honors: Top 10% of Class; Sigma Sigma Phi; OPP Depart- Zachary Vincent ment Award; Rural Service Award: Special Recognition; Volunteer: Tutor. Miscellaneous: 3rd Generation Physician; Clinical Year Award: Family Medicine; Gold Humanism Private Pilot License. Honor Society; Recipient of Colorado Springs Osteopathic Bayan Vojdani Foundation Scholarship; 2019 AHEC National Western Honors: Top 10% of Class; Sigma Sigma Phi. Positions: Scholarship; 2018 PCM Student of the Year Award; 2018 Os- Member of SOSA and Internal Medicine Club. Volunteer: teopathic Family Medicine Student Award (ACOFP); Rural Tutor. and Wilderness Medicine Track. Positions: Vice President of SAACOFP; Secretary of SAAO; Secretary of SAAO; Jordan Walker Ambassador. Volunteer: Lead and individual tutor; 9Health Honors: First Place in 2017 Research Day Oral Presentation Fairs; Project C.U.R.E.; Denver Rescue Mission; Kidney Category. Positions: Member of ACOP and Collegium Aes- Walk; CORE Clinic; Hands for Health; YMCA Adventure culapium. Volunteer: Peer Mentor. Research: “Osteopathic Race. Manipulative Medicine (OMM) and Psychiatry: A Case Study”; “Vessel Branch Points Play a Key Role in Blood Esther Swan Brain Barrier Disruption Following Primary Blast Injuries.” Positions: Member of Integrative Medicine Club, RAD, SAA, SOMA, and STIGMA. Edmund Wang Honors: Honored in Respiratory Course; 4th-Year Ultra- Krysta Sutyak sound Scholar. Volunteer: Assisted During the Ultrasound Honors: RVU Class of 2020 Valedictorian; Top 10% of Labs and Provided Ultrasound Advice to OMS II and OMS Class; Sigma Sigma Phi; Gold Humanism Honor Society; III Students. Biomedical Sciences Department Award; Clinical Year Award: General Surgery; Global Service Award; Recipient Corey Wasser of Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation Scholarship; Positions: Member of DermPath and RAD. Global Medicine Track. Volunteer: Tutor, Peer Mentor; Hands for Health Global Medical Brigades to Ecuador, Austin White Guatemala (x2), and Kenya; Tiba Foundation In-Country Positions: MSBS Class Historian. Volunteer (Kenya). Research: “Utilization of Traditional vs Western Medicine in Global Indigenous Populations.” Melanie White Tiffany Tahata Honors: Clinical Year Award: Physical Medicine and Re- Positions: President of the Internal Medicine Club; Member habilitation; RVU’s 2019 A. Hollis Wolf Case Competition of ACOFP and Integrative Medicine Club. Volunteer: Peer Winner. Positions: OPP Pre-Doctoral Fellow; President of Mentor. ACOP; Ambassador. Volunteer: Tutor and Mentor. Re- search: “Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) and Alexandria Thompson Psychiatry: A Case Study.” Position: Member of ACOFP, AOASM, and WMSIG. Vol- Kate Wilcox unteer: Peer Mentor and Careers in Medicine Coach. Honors: Clinical Year Award: Subspecialty Medicine; Rural Taylor Tischhauser and Wilderness Medicine Track. Gold Humanism Honor Society. Volunteer: Tutor. “Doughnuts with Abe” (Colorado Positions: MSBS Class Treasurer. Medicine). Kayla (Gray) Vanderkooi Honors: Global Medicine Track. Positions: Member of Clark Wilkey SOSA. Volunteer: Tutor, Peer Mentor; Kenya Medical Trip. Positions: Club Treasurer; Member of Collegium Aescula- pium and OBGYN. Volunteer: Tutor. Christian Vangeison Positions: Member of ACOPMR, CMDA, and SAAO; Club Alexander Wilkins Treasurer. Volunteer: Peer Mentor. Honors: Clinical Year Award: Anesthesiology. Positions: Class of 2020 Honor Code Committee Representative. Vol- Giovanni Villegas unteer: Tutor. Positions: Member of AOASM, AOCA, and CMDA. Brent Wilkinson

“Dedicating my life to understanding the human body and ways medicine has learned to manipulate it for good is the most interesting thing I could imagine.” Peter Huang Honors: William G. Anderson Resiliency Award. Volunteer: lation: Findings from Urban Waterways and Wetlands in an Donor Memorial Ceremony Performer. American Desert City.”

Christopher Wilkinson Katrina Wong Honors: Health Professions Scholarship Program; Military Positions: Club Treasurer; Member of Internal Medicine Medicine Program. Positions: Member of SAMOPS and Club. Volunteer: Tutor. SOSA. Cason Wortley Tina WIlson Position: Community Liaison for Student Chapter of Honors: Health Professions Scholarship Program; Mili- ACOFP; Member of ACOP. Volunteer: Tutor. tary Medicine Program. Positions: Member of SAMOPS. Research: “Efficacy of Medical Operations and Layout Aaron Yearsley Planning Aboard Non-Traditional U.S. Navy Vessels at High Positions: OPP Pre-Doctoral Fellow; Member of ACOFP, Seas.” Collegium Aesculapium, and Integrative Medicine Club.

Elizabeth Wittrock Derek Young Positions: Member of CMDA and Internal Medicine Club. Honors: Sigma Sigma Phi. Positions: Member of ACOP and Volunteer: Tutor; Donor Memorial Ceremony Committee. Collegium Aesculapium.

Amanda Wolf Matthew Zemel Honors: Clinical Year Award: Pediatrics; Silver TOUCH Honors: Top 10% of Class; Academic Award of Excellence Award. Positions: OPP Pre-Doctoral Fellow. Research: (2019, Dr. Tiffany Willard); Global Medicine Track. Volun- “Ecosystem Services and Disservices for a Vulnerable Popu- teer: Tutor.

RVUCOM Class of 2020 Power of Resilience Award

It is the honor and privilege of Rocky Vista University and the Alumni Association to present the creation of the RVUCOM Class of 2020 Power of Resilience Award. This award serves to commemorate the Class of 2020, as well as the healthcare community who served tirelessly and fought bravely during the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic. It is our sincere hope that in the years to come, future graduating classes will carry forth the same power of resilience. Award Amount: $2020 given to a graduating senior at the annual awards ceremony. Selection Criteria: Award will be given based on a combination of academic and pro- fessional achievement, as well as the quality of a submitted essay which should demon- strate resilience and a high capacity for professional success in the medical field. Showing Gratitude

Erika Anderson hope to emulate as I become a resident and attending. To my family, fellow Fellows, and friends, thank you for centering me when the long hours and sacrifices felt Bryce Bunn overwhelming, for believing in me when I was filled Thanks to all who supported and encouraged me with self-doubt, and for loving me and supporting me throughout this journey. Special gratitude to Dr. Mi- as I chase my dreams. We’ve been through the highest chael Tieman for his wise guidance into a general of highs and the lowest of lows together, and I can’t surgery match. thank you enough for holding my hand throughout this journey. I would not be the woman I am without you. Beau Condie I would like to thank my amazing wife, Katie Condie, Tor Anderson for her constant support and encouragement, my par- To my family and friends for their support and under- ents for their help in attaining this childhood dream, standing through this crazy time, I know I was even and the lifetime friends I made at RVU who traveled worse than usual about keeping in touch. Most of all, with me on this journey. to my fiancée Marina, who I met our first year and who will be joining me as a fellow resident in Tacoma, WA. Christopher Cormier Medical school would have been much less fun without I would like to thank my husband, sister, parents, and her and I look forward to taking this next step together. friends for all of their support.

Elinor Barsh Angela DiCosola For anyone that has met Dr. Schwartz, it is well-known I’d like to thank my parents, truly my twin pillars, with- that he can be intimidating at first. He’s intelligent, hon- out whom I could not have accomplished this. est, bold and not afraid to speak his mind. He is also the person that reminded me of the reason I step foot Jaspreet Garcha into RVU every day. Humanity tends to be a forgot- I would like to thank Dr. Ann Trawick for being such ten lesson as we submerge our minds, our whole lives, an amazing physician and mentor who taught me what into learning the near-impossible amount of medicine it means to be a kind and compassionate doctor. Dr. in just 9 months. Despite the fact that’s it constantly Trawick was my PCM instructor during my first year forgotten, it is the main reason I am here today. At the of medical school and her kindhearted nature continu- start of this program, I thought I knew why I wanted ously inspired me to become the most caring physician to pursue a career in healthcare. But when faced with I could. She is someone who was always there anytime the question of “Why are you here?” it dawned on me I needed any support during my time at RVU and some- that I couldn’t pinpoint the reason. After our weekly one I will always look up to. Thank you for everything, Medical Humanities and Evidence-Based Medicine Dr. Trawick! I would also like to thank my amazing lectures with Dr. Schwartz, it became as transparent family for their unwavering support throughout my as a reason could be. So, what will I take with me as I entire life. I am so thankful to have my dad, mom, and leave RVU? Confidence that this is the path for me and brother for always believing in me and supporting me that I am here for all the right reasons. To dedicate my in every possible way. They are my pillars of strength career to learning medicine in order to provide the best and I am forever indebted for the love and support possible healthcare. To ultimately one day develop a they have endlessly showered me with. Thank you for cohesive doctor-patient relationship with every single everything and I love you so much! patient. To remember that behind every diagnosis is a person. Thank you, Dr. Schwartz, for reminding me Leva Gorji why I chose this path. As I continue on my journey to I would like to offer my appreciation to my dear hus- become a healthcare professional, I know there will be band and selfless parents for their support. The grati- times that I will struggle, times that will be extremely tude I have for my parents is immeasurable; they have frustrating, and times that I will want to give up. Hav- always shown me that success is most precious when ing the ability to push past all of that and remember the diligent work is coupled with a character of honesty purpose of it all—to help others—is what will get me and integrity. I would also like to extend my sincere through. gratitude to Dr. Stasio, who interviewed me and granted me the opportunity to attend this exceptional institu- Phillip Bennett tion; Dr. Choudhury, who extended his support from I want to thank Drs. Hertz and Small for not only guid- the first course of our first year; Judy Thornton, who ing me as a future pathologist but also for helping me provided me countless advice and encouragement; and develop a love for mentorship and teaching, which I a special thank you to Dr. Tieman, who has been the most wonderful source of guidance and the greatest ing with me about it later. Also, Dr. Hertz for being an role model. inspiration and a friend to each of us as students. Michaeli Gorman Sara Andrews Holt I would like to thank my Dad for inspiring me to I would like to thank my incredible husband, Mike become a physician, my Mom for being the world’s Holt, for his unrelenting support and cheerleading; best cheerleader, my golden retriever for being the best my parents, Russ and Lori Andrews, for their never- study buddy, and all my “Colorado family” for making ending encouragement; my medical school girl gang the first two years of medical school full of memories, for making this journey unforgettable; and my mentor, home-cooked meals, and sports games. I would also Dr. Brooke Walls, for helping me turn my dreams into like to thank my favorite classmate, Nathan Gorman, a reality. for accompanying me every step of the way on this crazy adventure. Jenna Hoobler I strive to live by the saying, “Gratitude is happiness Nathan Gorman doubled by wonder” (G.K. Chesterton). As I reflect on OPP clinical faculty, Dr. Hartman, and Dr. LaFontano, the past four years, I find my heart overflowing with for showing me the fun/possibilities of using OMT in a deep sense of this kind of gratitude. To my beloved medicine. family and truest friends: thank you for being my wellsprings of encouragement, for your continuous Allison Guild support, guidance, and prayers, for being a shoulder to Thanks for the knowledge and memories, RVU. To all cry on and for filling my days with laughter, and most of my classmates, cheers! I also want to give a special of all, for loving me unwaveringly and making me feel thank you to my biggest fans—Bransen, Mom, and known. Love you all more than God can count. To my Dad—for your unwavering support and love through- heavenly Father: thank you for your faithfulness. Your out this journey the past four years. love and peace have been comforts during the low points and pure joy during high ones—and we know Shannon Hall medical school is a rotating mixture of both. Thank you I would like to thank my parents for their never-ending for being my steady source of strength and courage and love and support. My success would not be possible for helping me turn my fears into faith. May I con- without them both. tinue to follow this path you have set before me with my eyes on You. To my kitterkat: thank you for your Brady Hansen never-ending supply of calming purrs, for reminding There were many, but Dr. David Ross was a mentor me to be curious and playful, for teaching me about the who I greatly appreciate. He was not only the faculty rejuvenating power of napping in the warm sunshine, member for our Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track, for sharing my love of peanut butter (so good), and for but he also stepped up in many capacities to help train always greeting me with your sweet face when I come home. Thank you all for filling my life with happiness and teach us throughout our medical school experience. and wonder. My gratitude for each one of you is greater than my love of salted dark chocolate and kittens—so a Samuel Hart whole lot! I could not have earned the title of Dr. Hoo- Mallory for the love, adventures, and motivation to be bler without you. All my Love, Jenna. better every day; my family for their patience, under- standing, and support; Zeke Clemmens for being an Peter Huang ideal fellowship partner; the entire OPP Department for Dr. Richard Danson for forming my vision for the type the opportunity, mentorship, and friendship; Dr. Ferrill of physician and disciple of Jesus I want to be. You are for helping me follow my passions; Dr. Chris LaFon- an incredible role model of what it means to simul- tano for the banter and helping define my goals; Teresa taneously provide medical and spiritual care to those Moore for having all the answers; and Security for who need it most. My incredible wife Kristyn who allowing us to feel safe in our school. not only provided for our family for 4 years but also made countless sacrifices that allowed me to pursue my Jordan Heser dreams to the best of my ability. A special thank-you to Dr. LaFontano, Dr. Ferrill, and the OPP Departments on both campuses. Additionally, Torri Igou to all of the Fellows, especially Whitney Liehr, thanks There are many people I would like to thank, especially for all the laughter, coffee breaks, and encouragement. my friends and family. I would not be here without all of your support. A BIG thank you to my moms and Elizabeth Avery Hill sister, who stood by me through this entire experience, I want to thank Dr. Choudhury for being there on a hard both the highs and the lows. Residency will be hard, day and letting me cry in his office and then laugh- but I know I will make it through with all of your love Hiro (aka Roshi aka Papa Rosh) for their endless love and support. and support. I am particularly grateful to my grandfa- ther, Dr. Gary Jystad, who has been a consistent source Jennifer Irvine of inspiration throughout my career. Thank you to my wonderful husband who has been my greatest source of support and always pushed me to be Michelle Kautz the best I can be. I would like to thank my parents, sister, and other close family members for always supporting me in Iman Isayli my struggles along this journey. To my besties I made I would like to thank my parents, family members, and in medical school—Yuina, Amanda, and Jordan—for the friends I made at RVU for constantly showing me the countless tears we shed, times we studied together, and the many fun memories we made to keep us sane grace, encouragement, and unwavering support. through this process. To my besties I’ve had since high school—Kelven, Nick, and Djino—for being there ev- Madisen Janssen ery step of the way, from the moment I chose to go into There are many people I would like to thank that got medicine to the day I graduate as a doctor. I love and me to this day, graduating from medical school. I would appreciate you all for your love and support these last first like to acknowledge my incredible fiancé and best four years and even longer for some. I would also like friend, Michael Olson. He has lived in the trenches to thank the faculty and staff at RVU for all their efforts with me every step of the way through this journey and in teaching us to be the best physicians we can be and without him by my side this process would have been providing whatever support they can to ensure that. unbearable. Secondly, I would like to thank my parents, for their inspiration and relentless support. I would also Harry Kranichfeld like to thank my family including my brother and Aunt, I would like to thank my family, Willy and Jane: thanks who are also physicians and have served as great role for pushing me to be the best I can be. And of course, models and a strong support system. Finally, I would my father, Dr. William Kranichfeld, thank you for like to thank my friends. I made three new best friends inspiring me to pursue the field of medicine and for coming to RVU and without them and all my friends, I your bottomless enthusiasm. I am also grateful for the never could have made it to this graduation. support from my wonderful girlfriend, Megan Turner, her parents, Holly and Bob, and her siblings. I couldn’t Ria Joseph have done it without you guys. On to the next chapter! There are too many people to thank than would fit on this page, so I’ll keep it concise! Thank you, Mom, Emily LaCount Dad, and Zachy for being the actual best. I have never, There are so many people that were a part of my not even for a moment, felt unsupported by you and al- journey to become a physician and I appreciate each ways know that I am infinitely loved. Thank you, Mary and every one of them because without their support I and James, for being the people I always turn to both would not be graduating today. I would like to indi- for a laugh and for comfort in tough times. You both vidually thank my husband Cole for his unwavering know how important you are to me. Thank you, Adela, support during medical school. He sacrificed so much Kayla, Erica, Kate, Tiffany, and Annelisa, for getting for me the last 5 years and has been nothing but sup- me and each other through this thing and shaping me as portive of my goals. I would also like to thank my best a person. I am inspired by each of you and truly hit the friend Danielle. She was there to celebrate my accom- friend jackpot. Thank you, Dr. Schwartz, for making plishments but more importantly, was there to hold me me face my fear of public speaking, for consistently up during my struggles. Thank you to everyone that lending a kind, compassionate ear, and for always has supported me, you are all a part of my success in transferring whatever you were carrying in your right hand to your left so that we could do our handshake in becoming a surgeon. the hallway. You taught me to identify the things I do not know and the importance of acknowledging and Danielle Lattes filling the deficit. Thank you, Dr. Trawick, for making I would like to thank my husband, Chris, for being my me believe that I can achieve each and every goal I set biggest supporter and for the sacrifices he made for me for myself while still being present for my future fam- to be successful. I would also like to thank: my golden ily that I have always dreamed of. You are an incred- retriever, Pepper, for always being happy to see me and ible example of what a woman can accomplish with a giving up his large backyard for two years; my sister, strong mind, an open heart, and a sharp sense of humor. Melody, for her encouragement and advice; my mother, I really look up to you. Sher, for our blossomed relationship and for always answering the phone or coming over when I needed Kaia Jystad someone; and my best friend, Emily, for our friendship I am so grateful to all of my family, friends, and pup, and her kind words when I needed to hear them most. Marina Leith Natalie Poliektov I would like to thank my classmate and fiancé, Tor I would like to thank my parents, husband, family, and Anderson, for being my partner throughout all the hard- friends for their never-ending support and encourage- ships medical school has presented. I would also like to ment over the years. thank my parents and sister for their patience, love, and support always. Jordan Price There are so many people to thank who helped me Molly McLellan along the way that I could go on for weeks. [My] Thank you, Mom and Dad, for the many care pack- husband influenced much of my time as a student. ages, patient phone calls, and unending belief that I He was in pharmacy school ten hours away and we could do this. Thank you, Matt, for tolerating all of the worked very hard to see each other between classes tears, frustrations, sleepless nights, and OMM practice. each month. His support was key in helping me survive Matt, thank you even more for the elaborate celebration hours away from family. My parents also deserve a dinners, study burritos, words and hugs of pride, and huge thank you. They inspired and supported me in the unwavering support. entirety of this wild journey and helped me in ways I could never imagine. Mia Nevala A big thank you to my family in Washington and Megan Carlson Ptasinski Finland for supporting me from afar during the last I would like to thank my parents, Lon and Joan Carl- four years. Also, to my RVU friends and little dog son, as well as my sister, Beth Carlson, for their unwav- Sophie for taking care of me at home! Many thanks to ering support over the last four years. Whether I needed the school faculty and staff who have supported all of a pep talk, a shoulder to cry on or someone to celebrate us through medical school, especially to Amie Koenig with, you guys were always there! I also want to thank who singlehandedly helped me navigate the clinical all of the faculty and clinical preceptors who helped years. provide shining examples of the type of physician I aspire to be. Especially Dr. Tiffany Willard, Dr. Brent Lan-Uyen (Stephanie) Nguyen Keeler, and Dr. Ann Trawick...I wouldn’t be here with- My family for supporting me through the great and bad out you all! Lastly, I want to give a huge thank you to times, despite the long distance from home. My great my husband, Joey Ptasinski, for dealing with me at my friends, some of whom were fellow study partners and best and worst throughout medical school. You have others were just the people I wanted most to hang out been my rock, my best friend and I am so excited to be with after an exam, whether it went well or not. My heading to Akron, Ohio with you! dog, Kuon, who has stuck with me through thick and thin from Day 1 in Colorado and has always welcomed Kirstin Raguindin me back home and perked up my spirits no matter It took a village for me to get to where I am today. I am what! so thankful to have a robust, loving support system. In particular, I would like to thank Ryan Angelo Santos Samantha Olsen Raguindin, my husband, for putting his life on hold to I wouldn’t be here without the ceaseless support from support and adventure with me every step of the way. family and friends. I’d like to thank my parents for He moved with me to Cheyenne, WY for third year always encouraging me, believing in me, and listening and went to every one of my fifteen interviews during to the tireless woes of a medical student. To my grand- fourth year. Being able to travel with my best friend mother, thank you for sharing your home and amazing made fourth year one of the best years of my life. food so that I could finish my undergraduate degree. To all of the incredible friends I’ve made while on this Olivia Roehling journey, thank you for pushing me to study harder, To the three years of medical students that dreamed big forcing me to take a break, and always being there to and stepped out of their comfort zones to help make celebrate, commiserate, and be my family away from The Vagina Monologues an annual success from 2017 home. Finally, to my fiancée, thank you for being an onward. We alone, without support, made a major endless source of joy in my life and reminding me not impact on our local community and established a to take life too seriously. There aren’t words to express legacy to continue to do so every year. I have witnessed my gratitude to you all, but it is my pleasure to extend irreplaceable personal and professional growth through a heartfelt thank you and share my success with you this production and I am grateful for the women in our today, the people who helped make it all possible. program that saw a cause worth investing in, despite knowing they may never receive formal acknowledg- ment for it. I see you, I value you, and I am forever grateful for your hard work. Keep making an impact and keep being passionate about the things that matter to you. Huge praise to our graduating members: Olivia Peter Stacy Roehling, Kiara Blough, Iris Hardarson, and Lexi Lee. To all my classmates. Whether we interacted for four To my amazing partner, Gary Beal, who has supported seconds or four years, y’all are legends. And to my me through all of the ups and downs during these try- wife, whose daily support is the only reason I could ing years, who has always found a way to make me achieve my dream. smile, who put up with my countless episodes of anxi- ety and sweatpants study days, and who will continue Elizabeth Stoll to be there through my journey in medicine. To my I would like to extend a special thank you to all of the friends and family that celebrated my accomplishments PCM faculty for showing me that Family Medicine with me and gave me a shoulder to cry on during my is an amazing specialty with endless opportunities. I failures. To the entire class of 2020 for being incredibly would like to thank Dr. Trawick in particular for being supportive throughout our 4 years of education. I am a mentor to me along the way. She was an amazing happy to have had such an encouraging and caring fam- example of everything I want to become from the very ily through it all. I look forward to watching everyone start. She got me involved in my absolute favorite vol- make their mark on the world. unteer opportunity during medical school, the 9Health Fair. In addition, I would like to thank Dr. Bentley for Mary Rountree organizing the life-changing trips to Kenya and Gua- I wouldn’t be here without my wonderful family and temala that I was fortunate enough to go on. I hope to friends supporting me every step of the way. A huge make you all proud as a rural family physician in the thank you to my parents, sister, brother in law, and future. best friend for cheering me on since day one. Another big thank you to my incredible boyfriend, Aleksander, Krysta Sutyak who I met during my first week of medical school, for One of my surgery preceptors early on in my third bringing so much happiness and love into the last few year shared with me one of his core values: “Believe years (Thanks for playing matchmaker, RVU). Medical in your ability to figure things out.” Over the last two school also brought me a group of lifelong friends who years, I’ve watched this come to fruition over and over are going to be the most amazing doctors. Congrats, again: from the OR here in Denver in the middle of the Class of 2020! night to the pitched tent under the African sun. This has become a guiding principle for my residency goals Ashley Ryder and measures of success. We are only as good as our I would like to thank my fiancé, Zachary Vincent, who teachers—and I’ve truly had the best. Thank you to my traveled this journey with me and gave me endless teachers, turned mentors, turned friends. I carry your encouragement and support. Thank you to my parents lessons with me. I feel grateful to have attended RVU and twin sister for their unwavering support and guid- and in all my interviews talked about how special I felt ance since I first dreamt of becoming a physician. I am the camaraderie here was. Thank you to all of my class- blessed to have been surrounded by family and friends mates for creating this. Thank you to my family, in all and [I] look forward to what residency and our future meanings of the word. This accomplishment is yours, holds. just as much as it is mine.

Joshua Smith Tiffany Tahata People I want to thank: first, my family—they did so I want to thank my family, friends, classmates, and much for me over my time at RVU; second, Dr. Buck mentors; throughout this journey, I’ve felt so fortunate and Dr. Funk for all the support and belief in my abili- to have been surrounded by such good people who ties and goals in becoming a physician. Lastly, [with- truly do make the world a better place. I’m grateful to out] Dr. Laporta I would not have gotten to the places have made friendships and memories that will last a or had the confidence in what I have achieved. lifetime and to have been a part of a class that embod- ies such warmth, personality, and the desire to do good Amelia Sneve for others. Congratulations to my fellow 2020 grads! I’d like to thank my family and friends for supporting me during the last four years. Kayla Vanderkooi When I reflect back on my experience as a student at RVU, the past 4 years feels like a daze. So much hard Hayden Springer work, fun, stress, laughs. and cries are tangled into my Thank you, Mom and Dad, for your unconditional love memory. While I can definitely think back and say, and support. Couldn’t have done it without you. You “Wow, glad that’s over”, the hard parts are not at the too, Noah. forefront of my memory. Rather, the people I was sur- rounded by and the lasting friendships I made are what I remember now and will carry with me forever. I truly feel that I was part of a special class of students. We Melanie White worked together, helped one another, and we were all I would like to thank my friends, faculty mentors, and friends. There was never an overwhelming sense of cut- especially my family, who have been a constant source throat competition, as I know can be the case in many of support along this journey. You have taught me how medical schools. I am overwhelmed by appreciation for to be a better student, leader, and most importantly, a getting to share the past four years with those guys. better person. Thank you for teaching me how to adapt and have fun, no matter the circumstances. I promise I Christian Vangeison will take everything you have taught me to be the best I would like to thank Dr. Walt Combs and Dr. Tae physician I can be. Without you, this accomplishment Woong Imm for their continued service to my home- would not have been possible. Thank you! town of Temecula, California and for their tireless international work in Haiti and the Philippines. These Elizabeth Wittrock men were foundational in establishing in me a love for I would like to thank many people: my parents—Pam medicine and enlightening me on the impact a physi- and Kris Olesen and Todd and Holly Tonniges; my cian can make in a community. husband, Ben Wittrock; my brothers and their fami- lies—Matt and Victoria Tonniges and Lucas and Jaclyn Zachary Vincent Tonniges; my best friends; my husband’s family—Pau- I would like to thank Ashley, my fiancée, and my la and Al Wittrock; and Dr. LaFontano. Without any of family for being a strong and reliable support system these people, I wouldn’t have made it through these last throughout the entirety of medical school. You all have four years. played a vital part in my life to get me to this point and continuing on with my career. Thank you for your Amanda Wolf continued support, I could not have done it without you My co-fellows and the entire OPP department! guys. Matthew Zemel Edmund Wang Dr. Trawick for the drive-by mentoring sessions in I would like to thank my family and friends for sup- her office. Dr. Bentley for her lifelong commitment porting me through all the ups and downs these past to bringing students internationally. Dr. Hertz for the four years. No matter how tough it was, I always knew drive-by mentoring sessions in his office. Dr. Pales for that my loved ones were there for me and I am so the amazing lectures and YouTube songs. Student Doc- grateful to have them in my life. Especially my parents, tor Scott Slusarenko for being a great friend. my sister Karen, my cousin Allen and all of my close friends in my hometown Fremont. They were essential Anonymous to keeping me grounded and allowed me to continue I would like to recognize Jordan Walker for being an striving towards my goals. I also wanted to give a excellent dad to his three boys, a good husband and the special shout-out to all of the amazing Pediatric Anes- best of friends. His wife Mandy deserves a double help- thesiologists at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children, ing of praise for her patience and generous hospitality. especially Dr. Kelly Stees and Dr. Annette Michael, for writing me letters of recommendation, and Dr. Wagner for being the first anesthesiologist I’ve ever spoken to. They all helped guide me towards matching into anes- thesia this year and I am so thankful to have met them on my medical school journey. I also wanted to thank Ray for being the best roommate and his wife Zuly for cooking the most delicious meals, as well as Matty for helping me understand complicated subjects! “What will I take with me as I leave RVU? Confidence that this is the path for me and I am here for all the right reasons. To dedicate my career to learning medicine in order to provide the best possible healthcare. To remember that behind every diagnosis is a patient.” Elinor Barsh

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