Commencement Ceremonies College of Medicine

2020 Drexel University Commencement Ceremonies College of Medicine

May the Twenty-ninth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Message from2020 the President Graduates…

I am honored to celebrate the outstanding achievement that brought you to this pivotal stage in your medical training, research and scientific studies. This is a moment of celebration, when you should take great pride in your many accomplishments.

As you move on to further training, Table of Contents career development and other professional experiences, you can be certain that your personal achievements are magnified many Message from the President 1 times over, because your achievements are part of something much larger. It is that cherished legacy of helping patients, saving Commencement Ceremony 2 lives, advancing knowledge and expanding access to health care that is central to the mission of the College of Medicine. Graduate Student Oath and The Physician’s Pledge 3 There are many challenges in your chosen fields, from the transformative power of technology, to the need for patient- Citation of Fifty-Year Graduates centered care, to the imperative to foster better public health. 1970-2020 4 Even so, I am confident that you are joining the ranks of Drexel physicians, scientists and professionals who are making a Honorary Degree Recipient difference across health care and related fields. and Commencement Speaker 5 I salute your efforts, and those of everyone who helped you achieve this milestone—no matter the many challenges that Degree Recipients 6 arose. With the mentoring of the Drexel faculty and the support of your family and friends, you have completed a monumental Academic Awards 18 learning journey.

Special Recognitions 20 As you join a Drexel alumni community that spans the globe, it is my hope that your time at the College of Medicine has instilled The Commencement Tradition 21 a desire to stay involved with your alma mater. The colleagues and friends from your time at Drexel will continue to enrich Trustees of Drexel University 22 your life, and I urge you to serve as proud ambassadors for the College you helped to shape and sustain.

What a rare privilege you have in serving others with dedication as clinicians, researchers or administrators. You can be confident that your preparation is outstanding and your future is bright. On behalf of the trustees, faculty and professional staff of Drexel University, I wish you all the best in fulfilling your career and personal goals.

Sincerely,

John Fry President

1 2020Commencement Ceremony Academic Procession Citation of Fifty-Year Graduates 1970-2020

Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 Charles B. Cairns Edward Elgar Conferring of Honorary Degree

National Anthem John Fry Star-Spangled Banner Charles B. Cairns Francis Scott Key Doctor of Science Daniel Joseph Buhalo Fallon Erin Bushee Katherine A. High, MD Adam David Elwood Daniel Jacob Golden Commencement Address Eleni Ann Hannaberry Katherine A. High Naveen Janardhan Menon Class of 2020 Charge to the Graduates Charles B. Cairns Opening Remarks

Valerie Weber, MD Conferring of Graduate Degrees* Deborah Tuttle, MD and John P. Piper, MD Vice Dean for Educational Affairs John Fry Professor of Medicine Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele, PhD Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies Remarks by the Dean Vice Provost of Graduate Education Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology Charles B. Cairns, MD Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Dean, Jed Shumsky, PhD College of Medicine Associate Dean of Educational and Academic Affairs Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy Professor of Emergency Medicine

Administration of the Graduate Student Oath* Welcome Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele John Fry President, Drexel University Conferring of Doctor of Medicine Degrees**

Greetings John Fry Charles B. Cairns Stanley W. Silverman Valerie Weber Vice Chair, Drexel University Board of Trustees Amy C. Fuchs, MD Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs Recognition of Academic Awards Associate Professor of Medicine

Charles B. Cairns Seema Baranwal, MD Associate Dean for Student Affairs Associate Professor of Medicine

All degrees awarded at this Commencement carry an official conferral date of May 15, 2020

2 * PhD and MS Ceremony ** MD Ceremony Drexel University College of Medicine Friday, May 202029 · Philadelphia Investiture** Military Oath for MD Officers**

Amy S. Baranoski, MD, DUCOM ’03 Frederick J. Skilton, MD, DUCOM ’14 Associate Professor of Medicine Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy Cheryl A. Hanau, MD Chair and Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Induction into the Alumni Association Keith D. Herzog, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Mark S. Codella, MD, HU ’84, MBA President, Alumni Association Ana E. Núñez, MD, HU ’86 Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Professor of Medicine Graduate Remarks

Leon McCrea, MD, MPH Ria Harshal Mulherkar, MD Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Class of 2020 Associate Professor of Family, Community, & Preventive Medicine Farewell Michael M. White, PhD Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Amy C. Fuchs Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology Recessional Administration of the Physician’s Pledge** The Earle of Oxford’s Marche Steven Rosenzweig, MD William Byrd/arr. Douglas Nelson Professor of Emergency Medicine Crown Imperial William Walton/arr. Douglas Nelson

Graduate Student Oath World Medical Association Declaration of Geneva I will represent my profession The Physician’s Pledge: I WILL PRACTICE my profession honorably by conducting myself AS A MEMBER OF THE with conscience and dignity and and my professional endeavors in MEDICAL PROFESSION... in accordance with good medical practice; a manner that is above reproach. I I SOLEMNLY PLEDGE to dedicate pledge never to allow financial gain or my life to the service of humanity; I WILL FOSTER the honor and noble traditions of the medical ambition to cloud my judgment. I will THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING profession; pursue truth and create knowledge OF MY PATIENT will be my first for the greater good, but never to the consideration; I WILL GIVE to my teachers, colleagues, and students the respect detriment of others. I will maintain I WILL RESPECT the autonomy and gratitude that is their due; scientific integrity in all my work. and dignity of my patient; I WILL SHARE my medical I WILL MAINTAIN the utmost I will acknowledge and honor the knowledge for the benefit of the respect for human life; contributions of those who have patient and the advancement of preceded me and will commit myself I WILL NOT PERMIT healthcare; considerations of age, disease or to lifelong learning. I will show I WILL ATTEND TO my own disability, creed, ethnic origin, compassion, embrace diversity and health, well-being, and abilities in gender, nationality, political order to provide care of the highest uphold excellence so that I become affiliation, race, sexual orientation, standard; a worthy role model deserving of social standing or any other factor to respect by all. intervene between my duty and my I WILL NOT USE my medical patient; knowledge to violate human rights and civil liberties, even under threat; I WILL RESPECT the secrets that are confided in me, even after the I MAKE THESE PROMISES patient has died; solemnly, freely, and upon my honor.

3 2020Commencement Ceremony Citation of College of Medicine Fifty-Year Graduates, 1970-2020

Hahnemann Medical College Thomas A. Javian Jr., MD Eric P. Rosen, MD Carol Felton, MD Class of 1970 Joan Kane, MD Stanley A. Rosenberg, MD Mildred H. Gordon, PhD * Gary K. Arthur, MD Alan K. Ketover, MD Elliot M. Rudnitzky, MD Suzanne Phyllis Harwood, MD * Courtney F. Baker, MD * Jeffrey .S Kezis, MD Robert G. Sanford, MD Joan Emma Hurlock, MD Donald E. Barilla, MD Thomas S. Kim, MD Lyle T. Saylor, MD Laura Sue Inselman, MD Lloyd E. Barron, MD Jeffry .I Komins, MD C. Richard Schott, MD Martha W. Johnson, MD * John A. Baxter, MD Charles A. Kosove, MD Robert J. Shaw, MD Kathleen Susan Ladas, MD Allan G. Beck, MD * S. David Krimins, MD Edward D. Sivak, MD Carol Lee Lake, MD Norman N. Bein, MD Douglas Michael Lanes, MD Robert Skversky, MD Gertrude S. Lefavour, MD Herbert M. Bergman, MD John F. Lechner, PhD Bruce P. Sloan, PhD Barbara Carole Lipschitz, MD Daniel F. Bevilacqua, MD Stephen P. Lerman, PhD * Roger M. Smith, MD * Winona Rosa Mackey, MD Frank P. Bonikowski, MD Alexander Lewis III, MD Elliot L. Snyder, MD Amra Malila, PhD Charles T. Bonos III, MD Edward M. Lipski, MD Arnold R. Soslow, MD Sandra Deborah Mann, MD George G. Brackin, MD Louise M. Lisi, MD Lawrence Paul Straub, MD * Margitta Regina Maurer, MD Phillip S. Brackin Sr., MD Preston R. Lotz, MD Mark N. Sussman, MD Joyce Anne McCaffrey, MD Vincent D. Bradley, MD John D. Lucey, MD Michael Swank, MD Kathleen M. McCarten, MD Phillip Kenneth Brownstein, MD Theodore J. Matulewicz, MD Donald B. Symanowicz, MD Susan V. McLeer, MD J. Kenneth Brubaker, MD, CMD Michael A. Matus, MD Kenneth W. Thomulka, PhD * Geraldine R. Newman, PhD Samuel D. Bruttomesso, MD Robert M. McClellan, MD Frank G. Twardzik, MD Ida Jean Newton, MD * J. Chriss Cancro, MD Nancy McEnerney, MD Theodore W. Uroskie, MD Winifred Pack, MD * Richard D. Capriotti, MD * James I. McMillen, MD Jack D. Van Campen, MD * Mary Franklin Paulus, MD Jack P. Carey, MD Robert G. Meltzer, MD Alan D. Weingrad, MD * Maria Supko Plotzker, MD Bohdan Cehelyk, MD Stephen E. Mitteldorf, MD Glen N. Wheeler, MD Karen R. Pohutsky, MD Kerry A. Citrin, MD Sylvester L. Mobley, MD * Alan S. Zakuto, MD Rose Angeline Recco-Esposito, MD Daniel Cole, MD Kenneth L. Mummert, MD Lee S. Zelley, MD Gina L. Rosenberg, MD Gino A. Consigliere, MD Norman Mutchnick, MD Gilbert L. Zuckerman, MD Henrietta Kotlus Rosenberg, MD F. Donald Coopey, MD Thomas S. Newmark, MD Reiko Russin, MD Charles K. Detwiler, MD Charles J. Olney, MD * Woman’s Medical College Barbara A. Schindler, MD Lawrence Dinenberg, MD Thomas J. Parente, MD * Class of 1970 Carol Ann Sheridan, MD * Michael A. Evans, MD Kathleen Julg Paris, MD Ricarda Louise Baum, MD Paramjit Kaur Singh, PhD Lana Prince Fishkin, MD Donald Petroski, MD Eileen Amy Bazelon, MD Clare C. Siu, MD Gregory J. Fulchiero, MD * Richard M. Pino, PhD Susan Higley Bray, MD Catherine Frances Sladowski, MD * Glenn H. Gallow, MD * Patricia A. Powers, PhD * Jane Frances Brooks, MD Kristine Soly, MD Harry A. Glassman, MD H. Jack Pyhel, MD Wendy Weinstock Brown, Barbara Starrett, MD MD, MPH Robert J. Goldberg, PhD * Geoffrey .P Radoff, MD Susan Sheiman Steremberg, MD * Lynn Burkes, MD Kenneth W. Graf, MD Jerald H. Ratner, MD Gwen Kunken Sterns, MD Marylou Buyse, MD Jonathan F. Hahn, MD Howard B. Reiser, MD Suzan Marie Streichenwein, MD Barbara Ann Carson, MD * Su C.K. Hain-Brackman, MD Mary Ann Renzi-Gentry, MD Bonnie Marshall Tompkins, MD Patricia Antoineta Conrad, MD Walter L. Harrison, MD * Michael Rhodes, MD Carole M. Ulich, MD Lourdes C. Corman, MD Mae B. Hultin, MD Stanley E. Richter, MD Marilyn Frellsen Witherup, MD Bernadette DeArmond, MD, MPH Victor E. Iacovoni, MD Stephen V. Rigberg, MD * Marsha Wolfson, MD Carol Ann DuBois, MD Joseph E. Imbriglia Jr., MD James B. J. Rondina, MD Fran A. DuRocher, MD 4 * deceased Honorary Degree Recipient & Commencement2020 Speaker DOCTOR OF SCIENCE

KATHERINE A. HIGH, MD Gene therapy pioneer

Dr. Katherine A. High, a hematologist by training, began her career studying the molecular basis of blood coagulation and the development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of bleeding disorders. Her pioneering bench-to-bedside studies of gene therapy for hemophilia led to a series of studies that characterized the human immune response to gene delivery vectors.

Her work evolved to encompass clinical translation of genetic therapies for multiple inherited disorders, and, as the director of the Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Dr. High assembled a multidisciplinary team of scientists and researchers working to discover new gene and cell therapies for genetic diseases and to facilitate rapid translation of preclinical discoveries into clinical application.

At CHOP and the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. High was an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and held an endowed chair at the medical school. In 2013, Spark Therapeutics, a biotechnology company based in Philadelphia, was formed based on programs that Dr. High had led at Children’s Hospital and, in 2014, she joined Spark full time as president and head of research and development. In 2019, Spark was acquired by Roche.

While at Spark, Dr. High led the team that achieved the first FDA approval of a gene therapy for a genetic disease in the U.S., for a rare form of congenital blindness, and led the development of a gene therapy for hemophilia B that is now in late-phase testing.

Dr. High served a five-year term on the FDA Advisory Committee on Cell, Tissue and Gene Therapies and is a past-president of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT). She received her AB in chemistry from Harvard University, an MD from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, and business certification from the UNC Business School Management Institute for Hospital Administrators. She currently serves on the board of directors of CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CRSP) and Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ: INCY), and on the board of trustees of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

She is the recipient of many honors and awards, is the author of more than 200 scientific papers, and holds multiple issued patents on gene therapy. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine (U.S.), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians (London). She is currently a visiting professor at Rockefeller University in New York.

For her lifelong commitment to pioneering cures for genetic diseases, Drexel is proud to confer upon Dr. Katherine A. High the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa.

5 2020PhD Degree Recipients

Doctor of Philosophy Degrees Cheng-Han Chung Anthony R. Mele (The graduate’s dissertation title “Identification and Evaluation of Guide “Impact of HIV Genetic Variation and advisor are indicated.) RNA Design Determinants for Anti- on Tat Length, Function and Ability HIV-1 Therapy Using CRISPR/Cas9” to be Targeted by Gene-Editing” Advisors: Brian Wigdahl, PhD, and Advisor: Michael R. Nonnemacher, PhD William Dampier, PhD MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY Neha M. Akella AND IMMUNOLOGY “The Role of O-GlcNAc Transferase in Regulation of Breast Cancer Surya Pandey Stemness and Tumor Initiation” Andrew T. Gargiulo “Regulation of Excessive Alcohol Advisor: Mauricio Reginato, PhD “The Role of Pituitary Adenylate Consumption by the Neurotensin System BIOCHEMISTRY Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide in the Paraventricular Thalamus” (PACAP) in Alcohol Drinking” Advisor: Jessica R. Barson, PhD Advisor: Jessica R. Barson, PhD NEUROSCIENCE Alexander G. Allen NEUROSCIENCE “Utilizing the CRISPR/Cas9 System to Cure HIV-1 Infection” Eric Prouty § Advisor: Brian Wigdahl, PhD Ngoc T. Ha “Neurochemical and Electrophysiological MICROBIOLOGY “Intrinsic Properties and Connectivity AND IMMUNOLOGY Characterization of Target- of Shox2 Interneurons in Spinal Specific Neronal Population in the Locomotor Networks” Dorsal Raphe Nucleus and Their Advisor: Kimberly Dougherty, PhD Susceptibility to Chronic Corticosterone Corbett Timothy Berry § NEUROSCIENCE as a Model of Depression” “Novel calcium dependent mechanisms Advisor: Barry Waterhouse, PhD of NF-kappaB activation regulate NEUROSCIENCE lymphocyte tolerance and immunity” Harmin Herrera Advisors Bruce D. Freedman, VMD, PhD and Uri Hershberg, PhD “Development of Lectins for Detection BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING of Cancer-Specific Fucosylation” Catherine Theisen Advisor: Anand Mehta, PhD “Targeting the Neuropeptide Y System MICROBIOLOGY in the Locus Coeruleus: Implications AND IMMUNOLOGY for Therapeutic Interventions Aarti Atmaram in Opioid Use Disorders” Ramanathan Advisor: Elisabeth Van Bockstaele, PhD “The Antimalarial Drug Target Ramanpreet Kaur PHARMACOLOGY PfATP4 and Effects of Its “The Role of the CX3CR1-FKN AND PHYSIOLOGY Inhibition at the Intersection of Axis in Tumor Initiation and Life and Death in P. falciparum” Metastatic Progression” Advisor: Akhil B. Vaidya, PhD Advisor: Alessandro Fatatis, MD, PhD Josie Vanloozen MICROBIOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY “Kinematics of Locomotion in the Neonatally Spinalized Rat” Advisor: Simon Giszter, PhD Sheila M. Longo NEUROSCIENCE Soha Chhaya “Nutrient Regulation of Proliferation “Neuroimmune Contributions to Pain and Autophagy Determines Development After Spinal Cord Injury: Follicle Stem Cell Lifespan” Exploring Macrophage-Mediated Stephen Woloszynek § Advisor: Alana O’Reilly, PhD Dysfunction in the Dorsal Root Ganglia” “Extracting Meaningful Features MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY from Noisy Microbiome Data” Advisors: Megan Detloff, PhD, and John AND GENETICS Houle, PhD Advisor Gail L. Rosen, PhD NEUROSCIENCE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Jamie M. Marino “Effects of Morphine and HIV-1 Tat on the Blood-Brain Barrier: Implications in HIV Disease and HAND” Advisor: Michael R. Nonnemacher, PhD MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

6 § Completed Joint MD / PhD Program Master’s Degree2020 Recipients

Master’s Degrees Biomedicine and Law Sabina Perchik Forensic Science (The graduate’s thesis title Emily Bhagwatprasad Aminata Perry Michelle Martinez and advisor are indicated if a thesis was required. All degrees Cathy R. Jackson Ashish Pershad Mary Ann C. Tolentino are Master of Science unless otherwise indicated.) Susan Pineda Kara M. Ward Clinical Research for Health Professionals Sarah Roth DIVISION OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Immunology Ashish Pershad Angie Santiago Zayas Manar Alabdulwahab Molecular and Cell Mayank Sardana Biology and Genetics Corey Simpson Reem Alamoudi Theodore E. Gurrola Sarah Van Meter Dekontee Banto Clinical Research Organization Vyacheslav Voloshin Kerry Frattarola Neuroscience and Management Elena Welsh Taylor A. McCorkle Aida Arapovic Abhijeet Jagadeesh Kulkarni Carrie Withey Breanne E. Pirino Wendy Arriaga Brenton R. Marcucci Brittany Wood John R. Walker Daisy Arteaga Jamie N. Williams

Sam P. Wechsler Sheryl Berkowitz Zhang Yao Criminalistics Dawn Carnegie Matthew Hall Infectious Disease Pharmacology Andrea Chapa-Cerviatti and Physiology Ali R. Ali Drug Discovery Gordon S. Hill •• Abhilash Chimbirithy and Development Jalil A. Alston Yasheca Ebanks Chun-Ta Ho Abheer Alharbi Djuan Austin Lacey Elmore Ahn Tran Anmol Rajesh Arora Lindsay Cunningham Jenna Garner Stephanie Amador Grace DeCost DIVISION OF INTERDISCIPLINARY Christopher Gennello Lynn Baker AND CAREER-ORIENTED PROGRAMS Erica N. Eskins Hany Hanalla Zachary Bell Biomedicine and Business Allison Ferri Aaron Hazzard Krystal Brostek Emma M. Anderson Drew M. Frase LaTonya Hendricks Taysir Chamem Kyle S. Durics Jessica H. Lewis Katelyn Janicz Kamalini Ghosh Kathryn T. Murden Andrea Kukla Biomedicine and Nathan Gibbs Entrepreneurship Christopher Myers Patricia Lese Nicole Gribbin Alicia L. Graham Kiana M. Roman Sabina Mananova Mallory Hamilton Kimberly R. Hanna Diedre McNeil Ariana Myers

Tara Milito Kyle Nichols

Caroline Nehme Neha Rana

Shantae Ockimey Daniel Welper

Anaga Ojo Ruxu Zhai

Dexter Pasis 7 2020Master’s Degree Recipients

Master of Laboratory Reid R. Sanchez Drexel Pathway to Kady M. Palmer Animal Science Medical School Britni L. Stowell Amberly D. Ray Stephanie Fowler Adeola A. Ajayi Steve M. Vanko Reem Saab Megan Hendrix Maria B. Alas Edeline Sanchez Marlea Lamoureux Cynthia M. Andrade DIVISION OF PRE-MEDICAL Zanib Sarfraz Jacqueline Lynch AND PRE-HEALTH PROGRAMS Taesha Andre Victoria F. Stoffel Leah R. Samouhos Biomedical Studies Bella Archer Quonte D. Watkins Nana-Adwoa Agyarkowah Ghita Benjelloun Lawrence Zhang Molecular Medicine Anthony L. Cappellino Aliyah R. Bolton Jennifer M. Ayoub Yezan F. Hadidi Joshua W. Bosque-Hamilton Lianne Connolly Interdisciplinary Julia M. Hughes Lydia M. Briggs Health Sciences Kristen M. DeRosa Noorhaan Abouomar Michelle L. Kelley La Niece N. Carpenter Meghan Dolan Yesenia Aguilar Arielle Kilner Yonesha T. Cole Brooke M. Morsell Gabriella A. Belnavis Lily A. McLaughlin Nefertiti H. Curtis Salima Mostafa Sanya Bhambhani Kevin Morales Danielle K. Darius Alfred J. Simmons Faith L. Blamon Nerica Normil Chinedu A. Ezikanyi Dwianitra Bone Mira A. Osman Kent E. Fuller Medical and Thu Bui Healthcare Simulation Akash Patel Andrew Joseph Neil Gulati Perla M. Cherfane Gabe Pertierra Karmveer Kaur Wesley Lockhart Inemesit M. Dan Abena S. Poku Quynh M. Le Vanessa Stepney Lesley Desriviere Maria M. Priyma Jana Lewis Keith Trisilla Oumayma Driouche Erica S. Riddick Chung Heng Liu Courtney Washington Christian A. Farinas Julie Roldan Madison P. Mansfield Laura Figueroa Jose R. Romero-Carrillo Danielle S. Mensah Pathologists’ Assistant Ashley French Jon W. Schreer Caleb Middlebrook Sydney Anhalt Maftuna A. Gafurova Sophia Shah Tarannum T. Mohammadi Morgan Armitage Nicole Galiber Kennedy C. Stafford Kiarra E. Mouzon Kelly A. Baxter Christiana O. Gentry Nyajei M. Vandi John H. Nguyen Madison P. Diven Edom A. Girma Greg M. Vitcavage Yen Nguyen Alexa L. Hodgin Alexis Hite Jackie Yang Vanelle Nouboussi Nzapgho Ally N. Isnor Ojiugo Igwe Meghan E. Young David O. Okhuereigbe Steffan D. Larsen Precious P. Iyamu Jade N. Overton Alina Maysterchuk Toni Jenkins Dimas Palmar Arianna Rubinetti

8 Master’s Degree2020 Recipients

Jennifer Jiang Imani J. Whyte-Boyd

Corey N. Johnson Abby K. Zeller

Caleb Kindle-Parrish

Alexander K. Kodokian Intensive Medical Sciences Vivian Belenky Abreah K. Little Caitlyn R. Curley Robert Z. Liu Kyle B. McCloskey Maryann Manaparambil Volodar M. Migovich Alaysia I. McCutchen Jeffrey Ngowe Owen W. McLeod Rofida O. Rakha Seim Michael Samuel E. Schachter Kaswana B. Phiri Aala Zakir Claire C. Rolland Wenxin Zhu Molly C. Ruiz

William E. Rutkowski Medical Science Devonte R. Sadler Barry T. DeRose

Julianne Salamanca Simon M. Galer

Emine Salman Holly A. Gamlen

Syeda S. Sarder Alyssa Grace Lage ••

Sana Siddiqui Han Lim

Lexy D. Singh Jessica Z. Meng

Matt S. Sloan Brian J. Patchett

Vanessa E. Smith Lou F. Susca

Brionne St.Cyr Joshua Wang

Sarah Tayazime

Natasha V. Teckham

John M. Thomas

Darius A. Thompson

Edwin Tomy

Renee Trajano

•• Completed Joint MD/MS Program 9 2020MD Degree Recipients

Doctor of Medicine Degrees Mehnaz Fatima Ali Khan Thalia Heidi Bajakian * Kathryn Victoria Blair » (The location of the physician’s Inova Fairfax Hospital University of Southern Johns Hopkins Hospital clinical program is indicated.) Falls Church, VA California Baltimore, MD Internal Medicine Los Angeles, CA Psychiatry Urology Orchideh Abar * Abington Memorial Hospital Alexander James Altman * Markian Myron Bojko » • Abington, PA Rutgers New Jersey Galen Whitney Ballentine University of Southern Obstetrics-Gynecology Medical School State University of New California Newark, NJ York Health Science Los Angeles, CA Medicine-Preliminary Center at Brookyn Thoracic Surgery Alexandra Morgan Abbott Ophthalmology Brooklyn, NY University of California Los Psychiatry Angeles Medical Center Julia Lindsay Boland Los Angeles, CA Vinesh Anandarajan George Washington University Pediatrics Health Quest Michelle M. Basilious » Washington, DC Poughkeepsie, NY University of Michigan Internal Medicine General Surgery Health System Joseph Elias Abdul-Malak Ann Arbor, MI Esieza T. Braimah ££ Lankenau Medical Center Anesthesiology Wynnewood, PA Shantel Apeseche University of California Los Obstetrics-Gynecology Stony Brook University Angeles Medical Center Hospital Stephanie Coriolan Los Angeles, CA Stony Brook, NY Belancourt Pediatrics Jonathan Ryan Acosta » Child Neurology University of Miami Miller Allegheny General Hospital School of Medicine/ Pittsburgh, PA Holy Cross Hospital Carolyn Diana Rose Brookhart Orthopaedic Surgery Francesca Antonina Arana Fort Lauderdale, FL Kaiser Permanente San Temple University Hospital Internal Medicine Francisco Medical Center Philadelphia, PA San Francisco, CA Temitayo M. Adegoke ££ Psychiatry Obstetrics-Gynecology University of Texas Andie Rebecca Belkoff Southwestern Medical Center Thomas Jefferson University Dallas, TX Brittany Kathleen Ashe £ * Philadelphia, PA Leanna Nicole Brooks £ Internal Medicine University of Pittsburgh Psychiatry Carolinas Medical Center Medical Center Charlotte, NC Pittsburgh, PA Family Medicine Jason Matthew Adleberg Pediatrics Lawrence Matthew Benedict Lincoln Medical Center Rutgers New Jersey Bronx, NY Medical School Kyle P. Brougham Transitional Aria Ashir Newark, NJ University of Missouri Sunrise Health Graduate Internal Medicine Kansas City, MO Icahn School of Medicine Medical Education Orthopaedic Surgery at Mount Sinai/St. Luke’s Consortium Las Vegas, NV Jessica Elizabeth Benson Roosevelt Hospital Hollie N. Brown » New York, NY Transitional Temple University Hospital Philadelphia, PA Zucker School of Medicine Radiology-Diagnostic at Hofstra/Northwell Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Psychiatry New Hyde Park, NY Santa Barbara, CA Urology Mekail Tarik Ahmed Radiology-Diagnostic Information Withheld Corbett Timothy Berry » § Lankenau Medical Center Brittney Marie Bruno £ *• Aria Christopher Attia £ Wynnewood, PA Drexel University College of Rita Chinelo Akumuo Mercy Catholic Medical Center Medicine-Preliminary Medicine/Tower Health Temple University Hospital Darby, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Surgery-Preliminary Hospital of the University General Surgery of Pennsylvania Family Medicine Philadelphia, PA Dermatology/Research

10 § Completed Joint MD/PhD Program • Completed Joint MD/MPH Program •• Completed Joint MD/MS Program ££ Health Equity Scholar † Humanities Scholar MD Degree2020 Recipients

Daniel Joseph Buhalo Jungeun Choi Jessica R. Cunning » Ashley Jessica Dunning Brandywine Hospital/ MedStar Georgetown Lehigh Valley Hospital Zucker School of Medicine Tower Health University Hospital Allentown, PA at Hofstra/Northwell Coatesville, PA Washington, DC Plastic Surgery Manhasset, NY Psychiatry Psychiatry Emergency Medicine

Megan Mary Daniels Fallon Erin Bushee Jacob Hyen Jae Chung Temple University Hospital Ian Stuart Dwinell • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Montefiore Medical Philadelphia, PA Zucker School of Medicine Medical Center Center/Albert Einstein Emergency Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Lebanon, NH College of Medicine Manhasset, NY Emergency Medicine Bronx, NY Surgery-Preliminary Michael J. Delicce Anesthesiology Cleveland Clinic Foundation Nikki Aaron Cali Cleveland, OH Madeline Dwyer University of Maryland Carissa Claire Cicchinelli » Internal Medicine Thomas Jefferson University Medical Center Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA Baltimore, MD Philadelphia, PA Emergency Medicine Timothy R. DeRosa Emergency Medicine Medicine-Primary Brandywine Hospital/ Tower Health Sonja Zoe Opal Eagle * Camille Dana Campion » Caitlin A. Cirullo * Coatesville, PA Stanford University University of Massachusetts New York University Grossman Psychiatry Stanford, CA Medical School School of Medicine Emergency Medicine Worcester, MA New York, NY Susan Dhamala Obstetrics-Gynecology Medicine-Preliminary St. Luke’s Hospital Meghan Elizabeth Eisold # Anesthesiology Bethlehem, PA Thomas Jefferson University/ Kristina Alexa Carney * Transitional Alfred I. duPont Naval Hospital Meagan Jenkins Clark £ Hospital for Children Jacksonville, FL Ohio State University Johns Hopkins Hospital Philadelphia, PA Family Medicine Medical Center Baltimore, MD Pediatrics Columbus, OH Radiology-Diagnostic Internal Medicine Patricia M. Chen Adam David Elwood £ Reading Hospital/ Natalie DiCenzo ££ * Rutgers Robert Wood Tower Health Laura Marie Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Reading, PA Chavez Columbus Johnson Medical School New Brunswick, NJ Family Medicine Vanderbilt University New Brunswick, NJ Obstetrics-Gynecology Medical Center Obstetrics-Gynecology Nashville, TN Charles Raymond Fencil • * » Pinting Chen # » Surgery-Preliminary University of California Los Deannah Marie Dick Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Angeles Medical Center Eastern Virginia Eastern Virginia Fairfax Program Los Angeles, CA Medical School Medical School Fairfax, VA Family Medicine Norfolk, VA Norfolk, VA Family Medicine Radiology-Diagnostic Pediatrics Kristen Miyeko Chikami Victoria Christl Fenton University of California Heather Elizabeth Conway • Christopher Michael Diehl University of North Irvine Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Allegheny General Hospital Carolina Hospitals Orange, CA Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA Chapel Hill, NC Anesthesiology Lebanon, NH Psychiatry Emergency Medicine Medicine-Primary Rima Dilbarova University of California San Diego Medical Center San Diego, CA Emergency Medicine

# Bridging the Gaps Scholar  Gold Humanism Honor Society » Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society £ Women’s Health Scholar - Sex and Gender Medicine 11 2020MD Degree Recipients

David Andrew Fitzgerald Evan Larue Fox Cyrus Ghaffari Dhruv Goyal Grand Strand Regional Greater Baltimore California Pacific Appointment Pending Medical Center Medical Center Medical Center Myrtle Beach, SC Baltimore, MD San Francisco, CA Ethan C. Graham Transitional Medicine-Preliminary Medicine-Preliminary Madigan Army Medical Center Tacoma, WA University of Maryland Johns Hopkins Hospital Stanford University Transitional Medical Center Baltimore, MD Stanford, CA Baltimore, MD Radiology-Diagnostic Physical Medicine & Neurology Rehabilitation Clara Marie Grayhack » Western Pennsylvania Hospital Colleen Franconi * Pittsburgh, PA Quinten Alexander Fletcher Naval Medical Center Hovhannes Ghazaryan Obstetrics-Gynecology Crozer-Chester Medical Center San Diego Arrowhead Regional Upland, PA San Diego, CA Medical Center and Transitional Transitional Kaiser Permanente Alison Talia Gruber * » Colton, CA Thomas Jefferson University University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Philadelphia, PA Robert Steven Freund Medical Center Obstetrics-Gynecology University of Minnesota Pittsburgh, PA Medical School Camille Genevieve Radiology-Diagnostic Minneapolis, MN Marie Giraud * Catherine M. Guariglia Pathology Kaiser Permanente Thomas Jefferson University Sean Patrick Flynn * Oakland Medical Center Philadelphia, PA Virginia Commonwealth Oakland, CA Family Medicine Connor Michael Fultz University Health System Internal Medicine University of Pittsburgh Richmond, VA Medical Center Brandon William Guffey Internal Medicine Pittsburgh, PA Daniel Jacob Golden Albert Einstein Physical Medicine & University of South Florida Healthcare Network Christopher Adam Fong Rehabilitation Morsani College of Medicine East Norriton, PA Christiana Care Health System Tampa, FL Internal Medicine Newark, DE Medicine-Preliminary Sachin Apurva Gandhi Emergency Medicine Radiology-Diagnostic State University of New York Megan Miranda Guntrum # Upstate Medical University University at Buffalo William Fredrick Foos, Jr. Syracuse, NY Eve Goldstein School of Medicine George Washington University Orthopaedic Surgery Rutgers Robert Wood Buffalo, NY Washington, DC Johnson Medical School Family Medicine Medicine-Preliminary New Brunswick, NJ Geoffrey Siyuan Gao Ophthalmology Surgery-Preliminary Johns Hopkins Hospital Brett Daniel Haislup » Baltimore, MD MedStar Union Joseph Foote Emergency Medicine Christian J. Gomez * Memorial Hospital Hospital of the University Emory University School Baltimore, MD of Pennsylvania of Medicine Orthopaedic Surgery Ashley Garcia Philadelphia, PA Atlanta, GA St. Francis Hospital Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Transitional Hartford, CT Mohammed Sahir Haji (Class of 2019) Radiology-Diagnostic Obstetrics-Gynecology Rhode Island Hospital/ Brown University Chalon D. Forbes Nivas Govindarajan Providence, RI Anne Marie Gavenas * Tucson Hospitals HCA Medical City Healthcare Internal Medicine Creighton University School Tucson, AZ Dallas, TX of Medicine/Maricopa Transitional Family Medicine Medical Center Mustafa B. Hammudi * Phoenix, AZ George Washington University University of Michigan Obstetrics-Gynecology Sonia Gowda Washington, DC Health System Oregon Health & Internal Medicine Ann Arbor, MI Science University Radiology-Diagnostic Portland, OR Internal Medicine

12 § Completed Joint MD/PhD Program • Completed Joint MD/MPH Program •• Completed Joint MD/MS Program ££ Health Equity Scholar † Humanities Scholar MD Degree2020 Recipients

Eleni Ann Hannaberry Henry Huang Tej Joshi » Brendan Chester King » Zucker School of Medicine Zucker School of Medicine Rutgers New Jersey Tulane University School at Hofstra/Northwell at Hofstra/Northwell Medical School of Medicine New Hyde Park, NY Great Neck, NY Newark, NJ New Orleans, LA Anesthesiology Medicine-Preliminary Orthopaedic Surgery Urology

Rhode Island Hospital/ Isabella Marie Hanulik » Justine R. Julien Traci J. King * » Brown University University of California San Penn State Milton S. Beth Israel Deaconess Providence, RI Diego Medical Center Hershey Medical Center Medical Center Anesthesiology San Diego, CA Hershey, PA Boston, MA Pediatrics Neurology Internal Medicine Jonathan Huang * Thomas Jefferson University Ashley Harvard Blase Kania Gregory Joseph Kirchner Philadelphia, PA Temple University Hospital Zucker School of Medicine at Penn State Milton S. Internal Medicine Philadelphia, PA Hofstra/Northwell at Staten Hershey Medical Center Obstetrics-Gynecology- Island University Hospital Hershey, PA Preliminary Vincent Jing-Ping Huang Staten Island, NY Orthopaedic Surgery Temple University Hospital Emergency Medicine Philadelphia, PA Jonathan Joseph Hauptfeld Kirpal Singh Kochar Internal Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Brandon Kase Thomas Jefferson University Medical Center Lehigh Valley Hospital Philadelphia, PA Boston, MA Sona Hurtz † Allentown, PA Internal Medicine Anesthesiology Cooper Medical School of Transitional Rowan University/Cooper Katharine Sage Krushel » University Hospital Thomas Jefferson University Christy Fang He Icahn School of Medicine at Camden, NJ Philadelphia, PA New York Presbyterian Mount Sinai Beth Israel Internal Medicine Physical Medicine & Hospital-Columbia New York, NY Rehabilitation University Medical Center Psychiatry New York, NY DaMarcus Ingram * Anesthesiology Duke University Kaveri Kavita Kaushal Gregory Michael Kunkel Medical Center Nazareth Hospital University of Massachusetts Durham, NC Philadelphia, PA Elise Faith Heidorn Medical School Internal Medicine Internal Medicine Reading Hospital/ Worcester, MA Tower Health Urology Reading, PA Jonathan Itzhakov Louis Patrick Kester # » General Surgery State University of New Boston University Elizabeth Yoonkyung Kwak # York Health Science Medical Center St. Christopher’s Hospital Center at Brooklyn Boston, MA Gordon Spencer Hill * » •• for Children Brooklyn, NY General Surgery Temple University Hospital Philadelphia, PA Anesthesiology Philadelphia, PA Child Neurology Internal Medicine Anthony An Khong # » Ciera Lynn Johnson University of California Alyssa Grace Lage •• Chestnut Hill Hospital/ Davis Medical Center Joseph Patrick Horowitz York Hospital Tower Health Sacramento, CA University of Illinois York, PA Philadelphia, PA Internal Medicine College of Medicine Family Medicine Family Medicine Chicago, IL Medicine-Pediatrics Mark J. Killen Taylor Rae LaRose Thomas Jefferson University New York University Philadelphia, PA Winthrop Hospital Emergency Medicine Mineola, NY Obstetrics-Gynecology

# Bridging the Gaps Scholar  Gold Humanism Honor Society » Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society £ Women’s Health Scholar - Sex and Gender Medicine 13 2020MD Degree Recipients

Eben Larrabee Lynn Han Ma † ££ Fardeen Mehdi * Rohit Kumar Temple University Hospital Reading Hospital/ Allegheny General Hospital Mukherjee † ££ * • Philadelphia, PA Tower Health Pittsburgh, PA University of California Los Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Reading, PA Internal Medicine Angeles Semel Institute Family Medicine for Neuroscience and Human Behavior Rachel Marie LeMalefant Naveen Janardhan Menon Los Angeles, CA University of Maryland Owen Richard Maley Cooper Medical School of Psychiatry Medical Center/ Penn State Milton S. Rowan University/Cooper Sheppard Pratt Hershey Medical Center University Hospital Baltimore, MD Hershey, PA Camden, NJ Ria Harshal Mulherkar † » Psychiatry Surgery-Preliminary Internal Medicine Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood, PA Medicine-Preliminary Ryan Lemonde Michael S. March » Luca Micci Thomas Jefferson University Phoenix Children’s Hospital Walter Reed National University of Pittsburgh Philadelphia, PA Phoenix, AZ Military Medical Center Medical Center Emergency Medicine Pediatrics Bethesda, MD Pittsburgh, PA Transitional Radiation Oncology Shiochee Vincent Liang Douglas Kay Mayeda Rutgers Robert Wood Saint Joseph Hospital Sarah Abigail Miller Brigid Sheridan Mumford * » Johnson Medical School Denver, CO Case Western Reserve University of Pittsburgh New Brunswick, NJ Family Medicine University/University Medical Center Internal Medicine Hospitals Cleveland Pittsburgh, PA Medical Center Garrett Sanford Mayo Obstetrics-Gynecology Cleveland, OH Alexander Michael Lieber North Colorado Medical Center Pediatrics Icahn School of Medicine Greeley, CO Samar Naamo at Mount Sinai Family Medicine Information Withheld New York, NY Jasmine Mirza Orthopaedic Surgery Information Withheld Shana A. McClain # Hirotaka Nakagawa California Pacific St. Vincent’s Medical Center Lovisa Ljungberg Medical Center Carley Lynn Mitchell Bridgeport, CT Hospital of the University San Francisco, CA Case Western Reserve Medicine-Preliminary of Pennsylvania Internal Medicine University/University Philadelphia, PA Hospitals Cleveland Tufts Medical Center Neurology Medical Center Jessica Leigh McCullough * Boston, MA Cleveland, OH Allegheny General Hospital Physical Medicine & Internal Medicine Catherine Tuyet-Huong Do Ly Pittsburgh, PA Rehabilitation University of Southern Internal Medicine California Yaldah Mohammad Nader Alex Nanchanatt Los Angeles, CA Information Withheld Mary Genevieve McGoldrick * Tufts Medical Center Internal Medicine Rutgers Robert Wood Boston, MA Johnson Medical School Venkat Sai Mokkapati Pediatrics Evan James Lynn New Brunswick, NJ Delaware Psychiatric Center Crozer-Chester Medical Center Emergency Medicine New Castle, DE Ryan Arthur Narbutas Upland, PA Psychiatry Hemet Valley Medical Center Emergency Medicine Connor James McLaughlin * Hemet, CA Thomas Jefferson University Zachary Scott Morrow * Transitional Annie Anran Ma Philadelphia, PA Zucker School of Medicine- University of California Internal Medicine Hofstra/Northwell at Norwalk Hospital Davis Medical Center Lenox Hill Hospital Norwalk, CT Sacramento, CA New York, NY Radiology-Diagnostic Shane Robert Mealy Emergency Medicine Internal Medicine Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, PA Internal Medicine

14 § Completed Joint MD/PhD Program • Completed Joint MD/MPH Program •• Completed Joint MD/MS Program ££ Health Equity Scholar † Humanities Scholar MD Degree2020 Recipients

Kathleen Johanna Nelson £*» Avkash J. Patel * Avian Pham Justin Rashtian » Kent Hospital/Brown Case Western Reserve New York-Presbyterian/ Montefiore Medical University University/University Queens Center/Albert Einstein Pawtucket, RI Hospitals Cleveland Queens, NY College of Medicine Family Medicine Medical Center Surgery-Preliminary Bronx, NY Cleveland, OH Internal Medicine Vascular Surgery Deklerk Awangom Ngankam Desiree Nicole Pinto * » • Mercy Catholic Medical Center MedStar Georgetown Ryan H. Rothman Darby, PA Hiral Chandrakant Patel University Hospital Allegheny General Hospital Transitional St. Christopher’s Hospital Washington, DC Pittsburgh, PA for Children General Surgery Internal Medicine University of Pittsburgh Philadelphia, PA Medical Center Pediatrics Dawid Plaza Anamika Saha * ££ Pittsburgh, PA Westchester Medical Center Montefiore Medical Physical Medicine & Imari Pravin Patel £ * Valhalla, NY Center/Albert Einstein Rehabilitation University of Maryland Pediatrics College of Medicine Medical Center Bronx, NY Korey Wasyl Onulack Baltimore, MD Pediatrics-Primary/Social Eric William Prouty § University of Connecticut Internal Medicine University of Maryland School of Medicine Medical Center/ Chelsea Tiffany Salas-Tam ££ * Farmington, CT Sahil Pradeep Patel Sheppard Pratt Thomas Jefferson University Obstetrics-Gynecology Temple University Hospital Baltimore, MD Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Psychiatry Family Medicine Robert Edward Oravets III Surgery-Preliminary Allegheny General Hospital Gregory Joseph Przybylski Jordy Salcedo Giraldo Pittsburgh, PA Sruti B. Patel Thomas Jefferson University St. Christopher’s Hospital Anesthesiology Icahn School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA for Children at Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Philadelphia, PA Kristina Ashley Orbe New York, NY Pediatrics Swedish Medical Center Pediatrics Joseph Dominic Raco *» Seattle, WA Penn State Milton S. Tiarrah Drucinda Salvi Family Medicine Zankhesh Y. Patel Hershey Medical Center Inspira Health Network Zucker School of Medicine Hershey, PA Vineland, NJ Aminot I. Oshobajo at Hofstra/Northwell Internal Medicine Transitional Crozer-Chester Medical Center Great Neck, NY Upland, PA Internal Medicine Tufts Medical Center Adrian Rainero Garcia Transitional Boston, MA Ohio State University Radiation Oncology Sefy Aley Paulose Medical Center Temple University Hospital Icahn School of Medicine at Columbus, OH Philadelphia, PA Mount Sinai Beth Israel Emergency Medicine Andrew John Samoyedny » Radiology-Diagnostic New York, NY Crozer-Chester Medical Center Medicine-Preliminary Upland, PA Tara Rakiewicz Luke John Pasick » Transitional Thomas Jefferson University University of Miami/ New York Ear & Eye Philadelphia, PA Jackson Health System Infirmary of Mount Sinai Hospital of the University Internal Medicine Miami, FL New York, NY of Pennsylvania Otolaryngology Ophthalmology Philadelphia, PA Jeffrey Antonio Ramirez # Interventional Radiology Harbor-University of California Alise P. Peckjian Los Angeles Medical Center St. Christopher’s Hospital Torrance, CA for Children Pediatrics Philadelphia, PA Pediatrics

# Bridging the Gaps Scholar  Gold Humanism Honor Society » Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society £ Women’s Health Scholar - Sex and Gender Medicine 15 2020MD Degree Recipients

Luke Kenneth Sanborn Hayden Jacob Schenker Steven Alexander Sinfield Pranati N. Sreepathy University of Southern Christiana Care Health System University of California University of Illinois California Newark, DE Irvine Medical Center College of Medicine Los Angeles, CA Emergency Medicine Orange, CA Chicago, IL Internal Medicine Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Christian Edward Selinski †» Joanna Sanchez University of Virginia Camille Nakita Singh ££ * Brian Rogers Stocksdale » Zucker School of Medicine Charlottesville, VA Boston University Stanford University at Hofstra/Northwell Internal Medicine Medical Center Stanford, CA Great Neck, NY Boston, MA Medicine-Preliminary Medicine-Preliminary Family Medicine Neurology Lakshana Senthilkumar # New York Medical Icahn School of Medicine College at Metropolitan Roshni Priya Singh £ Megumi Sugimoto * at Mount Sinai/St. Luke’s Hospital Center Boston University Pomona Valley Hospital Roosevelt Hospital New York, NY Medical Center Pomona, CA New York, NY Surgery-Preliminary Boston, MA Family Medicine Anesthesiology Internal Medicine

Kajol Shah Eddy B. Sun Nishita D. Saraiya Rutgers New Jersey Alexander Nicholas Sisto Stony Brook Maimonides Medical Center Medical School Montefiore Medical University Hospital Brooklyn, NY Newark, NJ Center/Albert Einstein Stony Brook, NY Emergency Medicine Internal Medicine College of Medicine Internal Medicine Bronx, NY Deeksha R. K. Sarma # Internal Medicine Sofia De Vos Shaikh * Joshua Allen Swenson Allegheny General Hospital Boston University Maine Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA Medical Center Lauren Alyson Skerritt » Portland, ME Internal Medicine Boston, MA Tufts Medical Center Emergency Medicine Internal Medicine Boston, MA Kevin Thomas Savage » Internal Medicine Stephanie M. Tauscher Beth Israel Deaconess Norhan Shamloul * » Reading Hospital/ Medical Center Penn State Milton S. Whitney Taryn Skidmore * Tower Health Boston, MA Hershey Medical Center University of Texas Health Emergency Medicine Medicine-Preliminary Hershey, PA Science Center at Houston Medicine-Preliminary Houston, TX University of Pittsburgh David W. Temme, Jr. Dermatology Emergency Medicine Medical Center Mercy Catholic Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA Darby, PA Dermatology Elias Russell Shissler Wilton Prescott Smith » Medicine-Preliminary Kootenai Health University of Pittsburgh Coeur d’Alene, ID Medical Center Rhode Island Hospital/ Akanksha Saxena Family Medicine Pittsburgh, PA Brown University Rutgers Robert Wood Internal Medicine Providence, RI Johnson Medical School Anesthesiology New Brunswick, NJ Matthew Solomon Simon Family Medicine Mercy Catholic Medical Center Conor James Sperzel Darby, PA Zucker School of Medicine Transitional at Hofstra/Northwell Danielle Malitz Schenker Great Neck, NY Cooper Medical School of Albert Einstein Medical Center Medicine-Preliminary Rowan University/Cooper Philadelphia, PA Physical Medicine & University Hospital Radiology-Diagnostic Rehabilitation Camden, NJ Obstetrics-Gynecology

16 § Completed Joint MD/PhD Program • Completed Joint MD/MPH Program •• Completed Joint MD/MS Program ££ Health Equity Scholar † Humanities Scholar MD Degree2020 Recipients

Kristina Emma Thompsen » Tracie Tran Denise Wang Iris Yiqiong Xu McGraw Medical Center of Mercy Catholic Medical Center Icahn School of Medicine University of Southern Northwestern University Darby, PA at Mount Sinai California Chicago, IL Medicine-Preliminary New York, NY Los Angeles, CA Pediatrics Internal Medicine Anesthesiology Rhode Island Hospital/ Brown University Katherine Grace Chase Bierly Weber Benjamin Michael Yeager Providence, RI Thompson £» Fort Belvoir Community University of Virginia Anesthesiology Allegheny General Hospital Hospital Charlottesville, VA Pittsburgh, PA Fort Belvoir, VA Internal Medicine Medicine-Preliminary Sophia Mai-Tram Trinh » Family Medicine Louisiana State University Heba Yusuf Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Medicine Robert Joseph Weingart University of South Florida Baltimore, MD New Orleans, LA Scripps Mercy Hospital Morsani College of Medicine Dermatology General Surgery San Diego Trinity, FL San Diego, CA Internal Medicine Carl Robert Tischbein Hyo-Bin Um • Internal Medicine (Class of 2019) Walter Reed National Rutgers New Jersey Military Medical Center Medical School Sean Matthew Welch Jenny Zheng Bethesda, MD Newark, NJ Cooper Medical School of California Pacific Anesthesiology Internal Medicine Rowan University/Cooper Medical Center University Hospital San Francisco, CA Matthew Jason Tobias Krista Ann Vadaketh £ » Camden, NJ Internal Medicine Rutgers Robert Wood New York-Presbyterian/Weill Internal Medicine Johnson Medical School Cornell Medical Center Cassandra Nan Zhi New Brunswick, NJ New York, NY Gregory D. Whitehill » Crozer-Chester Medical Center Emergency Medicine Internal Medicine Hospital of the University Upland, PA of Pennsylvania Transitional Kevin Michael Todd Alvin Varghese Philadelphia, PA University at Buffalo University of Maryland Internal Medicine Maimonides Medical Center School of Medicine Medical Center Brooklyn, NY Buffalo, NY Baltimore, MD Anesthesiology Christine Sarah Williams * » General Surgery Emergency Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Alexandra Zoraian » Nicholas Gee Tong Grace Marcy Anya Venezia New York, NY Hospital of the University Zucker School of Medicine California Pacific Orthopaedic Surgery of Pennsylvania at Hofstra/Northwell Medical Center Philadelphia, PA Great Neck, NY San Francisco, CA Anesthesiology Brooke Renee Willis † Pathology Medicine-Preliminary Icahn School of Medicine

at Mount Sinai Hospital of the University Heather Artemis Toskos † New York, NY of Pennsylvania Stamford Hospital/Columbia Pediatrics Philadelphia, PA Stamford, CT Neurology Surgery-Preliminary Stephen Woloszynek § Beth Israel Deaconess Karina Preeti Verma £ Matthew Gregory Tracey Medical Center Boston University Icahn School of Medicine Boston, MA Medical Center at Mount Sinai/St. Luke’s Anesthesiology/ Boston, MA Roosevelt Hospital Clinical Scientist Internal Medicine New York, NY Medicine-Preliminary

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell New Hyde Park, NY Radiology-Diagnostic

# Bridging the Gaps Scholar  Gold Humanism Honor Society » Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society £ Women’s Health Scholar - Sex and Gender Medicine 17 2020Academic Awards Graduate School of THE LUTHER W. THE ALAN EDELSOHN THE BEATRICE Biomedical Sciences and BRADY, MD AWARD MEMORIAL PRIZE STERLING HOLLANDER, Professional Studies For excellence in Radiation For outstanding leadersip and MD, WMC ’41 Awards Oncology and Clinical Oncology: service to the student body MEMORIAL AWARD Ria Harshal Mulherkar and the College of Medicine: To the student in the graduating Rita Chinelo Akumuo class who shows promise of leadership, high character, THE AMEDEO BONDI, and dedication to service: PH.D. ENDOWED THE RONALD P. Colleen Franconi GRADUATE AWARD CAPUTO AWARD THE DIANA J. To a Ph.D. graduating student For outstanding clinical skills EGAN AWARD for excellence in research and humanitarianism in the For excellence in clinical performance during the care of medical patients: Obstetrics & Gynecology: THE RITA G. training experience. Carley Lynn Mitchell Alison Talia Gruber JACOBS AWARD Eugene Mironets For excellence and compassion (Class of 2019) in Anesthesiology and pain management: Alexandra Zoraian Doctor of Medicine Awards THE HARRIS R. THE SOCIETY FOR CLEARFIELD AWARD ACADEMIC EMERGENCY For excellence in MEDICINE AWARD Gastroenterology: For excellence in THE ROBERT THE UNITED STATES Joseph Dominic Raco Emergency Medicine: F. JOHNSTON PUBLIC HEALTH Hayden Jacob Schenker MEMORIAL AWARD SERVICE 2020 EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC For excellence in Pulmonary HEALTH AWARD THE MAURICE C. and Critical Care Medicine: Sofia De Vos Shaikh From the Physicians Professional CLIFFORD, MD THE DEPARTMENT OF Advisory Committee of the LEADERSHIP AWARD FAMILY, COMMUNITY, U.S. Public Health Service in For a graduating senior who AND PREVENTIVE recognition of demonstrated has excelled academically MEDICINE AWARD commitment to public health and whose accomplishments THE EICHI K. KOIWAI, and public health practice For excellence in exhibit outstanding leadership, Family Medicine: MD, HU’47 AWARD Rohit Kumar Mukherjee integrity, excellence and Charles Raymond Fencil For an outstanding performance volunteer service in activities during the Pathology Clerkship: devoted to human welfare: For excellence in Community Nicholas Gee Tong Rohit Kumar Mukherjee and Preventive Medicine: THE DR. ELIAS Camille Nakita Singh ABRUTYN AWARD For excellence in THE JOSEPH Infectious Diseases: THE DONALD R. A. LANGBORD Lauren Alyson Skerritt COOPER, MD AWARD THE EVA FERNANDEZ MEMORIAL PRIZE For excellence in Surgery: FOX AWARD For a graduating senior who Brendan Chester King For the graduating senior best exemplifies the qualities who best demonstrates of humanitarianim in the THE PAULA BERNOCCHI personal integrity, stability, practice of medicine: MEMORIAL AWARD responsibility and loyalty to Camille Nakita Singh the College of Medicine: For excellence in the field THE SELMA AND Lauren Alyson Skerritt of Emergency Medicine: OSCAR CORN, MD HU’43 Nikki Aaron Cali MEMORIAL AWARD IN ORTHOPAEDICS THE WILIAM LIKOFF, For excellence in the MD MEMORIAL AWARD field of Psychiatry: For excellence in Orthopaedic Surgery, proven scholarship THE WILLIAM IN CARDIOLOGY Kathryn Victoria Blair GREGG AWARD and demonstrated leadership For the graduating senior amongst peersy: Graduation prize for with the most promise in Christine Sarah Williams Humanitarianism in Care the field of Cardiology: of Pediatric Patients: Kirpal Singh Kochar THE IAIN F.S. Brittany Kathleen Ashe BLACK AWARD For excellence in Pediatrics, THE DREXEL presented by the Department UNIVERSITY COLLEGE THE DANIEL MASON, of Pediatrics and the Medical OF MEDICINE THE LESTER J. Staff of St. Christopher’s MD HU’44 AWARD SGA AWARD GROVERMAN, MD Hospital for Children: MEMORIAL AWARD For excellence in Cardiovascular Michael S. March For outstanding dedication clinical work: and loyalty to the school For outstanding clinical and Krista Ann Vadaketh and the student body: academic performance in Rita Chinelo Akumuo Hematology and Oncology: Gregory D. Whitehill

18 A2020cademic Awards THE MEDICAL THE DEPARTMENT THE DR. LEE WINSTON THE RANDALL HUMANITIES AWARD OF OBSTETRICS AND SILVER AWARD WEISS AWARD Sona Hurtz GYNECOLOGY AWARD For excellence in Pediatrics: For excellence in Psychiatry: Rohit Kumar Mukherjee For overall academic excellence Isabella Marie Hanulik Rohit Kumar Mukherjee in the Obstetrics and Gynecology: Natalie DiCenzo Eric William Prouty For academic excellence in the THE DEPARTMENT OF Obstetrics and Gynecology THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AWARD Clinical Clerkship: SURGERY AWARD FOR THE WOMAN ONE For excellence in Renal Brigid Sheridan Mumford EXCELLENCE IN THE and Electrolyte studies: SURGERY CLERKSHIP SCHOLAR AWARD For leadership in the field of Rita Chinelo Akumuo Camille Genevieve Abington-Jefferson Health: Marie Giraud Obstetrics and Gynecology: Carolyn Diana Rose Katherine Krushel Stephanie Coriolan For excellence in Internal Brookhart Belancourt Medicine and Cardiology: Allegheny Health Network: Mohammed Sahir Haji Joseph Dominic Raco Crozer-Chester Medical Center: For clinical excellence THE WOMEN’S HEALTH in medicine: THE OFFICE OF Kristina Emma Thompsen STUDENT AFFAIRS EDUCATION AWARD Sean Patrick Flynn Easton Hospital: AWARD In recognition of outstanding Connor James McLaughlin Catherine M. Guariglia leadership and community For service to the medical school commitment in the field Avkash J. Patel and to the student body: Kaiser Sacramento of Women’s Health: Gregory D. Whitehill Medical Center: Academic Achievement: Anthony An Khong Michael S. March Natalie DiCenzo THE DEYLAN C. MOORE Philadelphia Area: Leadership: MEMORIAL AWARD For service to the senior class and to the medical school: Alexandra Zoraian Ashley Harvard For leadership, humanism, Karina Preeti Verma UPMC Pinnacle: and service to the student Community Commitment: body and the community: Roshni Priya Singh Mohammed Sahir Haji Chelsea Tiffany Salas-Tam Desiree Nicole Pinto WellSpan York Hospital: Camille Nakita Singh Sonia Gowda THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE ALMA D. MORANI, THE WU FAMILY PRIZE MD WMC’31 AWARD FAMILY PHYSICIANS, THE DEPARTMENT PHILADELPHIA For excellence in Physical IN GROSS ANATOMY OF SURGERY AWARD Medicine and Rehabilitation: BRANCH AWARD For excellence in Anatomy For excellence in the Connor Michael Fultz during the senior year: For performance and leadership Surgery Pathway: in Family Medicine: William Frederick Foos, Jr. Desiree Nicole Pinto Leanna Nicole Brooks Matthew Solomon Simon THE DR. MARY YANKOSKY AWARD THE DANIEL M. THE ELISE REID For excellence in Endocrinology: THE DEPARTMENT OF TABAS AWARD CARRINGTON AWARD Meaghan Jenkins Clark NEUROLOGY AWARD For outstanding scholarly For a graduating senior who For excellence in For excellence in Neurology: achievement by a student has demonstrated a high pursuing a career in Radiologic Sciences: Brian Rogers Stocksdale level of accomplishment Primary Care: Andrew John Samoyedny and who has demonstrated Grace Marcy Anya Venezia outstanding leadership and Douglas Kay Mayada service to the student body: Connor James McLaughlin THE ARTHUR AND BERTHA THE RICHARD WEISMAN AWARD SHUMAN AWARD For excellence in Child Psychiatry: For excellence in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine: Rachel Marie Lemalefant Robert Steven Freund

19 2020Special Recognition

Faculty Awards for Distinguished Clinical Teaching

DEAN’S SPECIAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN CLINICAL TEACHING

Abington–Jefferson Health UPMC Pinnacle Steven Shapiro, DO, FAAP, FACOP, FCPP Carlos L. Cream, MD, PhD Department of Pediatrics Department of Medicine

Allegheny Health Network Reading Hospital - Tower Health Mary Lynn Sealey, MD Erica John, MD Department of Medicine Sara L. Wallach, MD, MACP Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Cancer Treatment Centers of America

Pamela Crilley, DO Department of Medical Oncology St. Francis Medical Center Sara L. Wallach, MD Department of Medicine Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center Mohammad Qasim, MD Department of Psychiatry St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children Daniel R. Taylor, DO, FAAP, FACOP Department of Pediatrics Crozer-Chester Medical Center

Max Cooper, MD, RDMS Department of Emergency Medicine Virtua Health Michelle L. Salvatore, MD, FACOG Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Easton Hospital Farhad Elmi, MD Department of Medicine WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital Indranil Chakrabarti, MD Department of Psychiatry Friends Hospital

Mitali Patnaik, MD, FAPA Department of Psychiatry WellSpan York Hospital Krystle Shafer, MD Department of Emergency Medicine Mercy Catholic Medical Center Rajesh Thirumaran, MD, MRCP (UK) Department of Medicine DEAN’S SPECIAL AWARD FOR

EXCELLENCE IN CLINICAL TEACHING AT A FAMILY PRACTICE SITE

Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic

20 The Commencement2020 Tradition

tradition that reaches back nearly a thousand Caps are traditionally black with a long tassel fastened A years, commencement symbolizes not so much to the mid-point. A doctor’s cap may have a tassel of the culmination of the years of effort on the part of gold thread. The tassel is worn on the right side until a both students and teachers, but rather the beginning— degree has been conferred; it is then worn on the left. the commencement—of a productive social and Commencement begins and ends with the academic professional life, and a life of continued learning. procession, led by the chief marshal carrying the mace. The first university, the University of Bologna, The mace traces its origins to the Roman fasces, a was founded in Italy in 1162 and offered specialized bundle of rods bound together around an ax with the education in the major professional fields of the blade projecting, which was carried before magistrates medieval world: law, medicine, government and as an emblem of authority. The ceremony officially theology—areas that would dominate European and begins with the placing of the mace before the graduates American higher education until the 20th century. and ends when the chief marshal retrieves it and leads From Bologna, the concept of university the recession. The color guard follows the marshal, education spread throughout Europe and later to with the candidates for degrees marching behind the New World. The pageantry and symbolism of in reverse order of seniority—certificate, associate, commencement are typified by the cap and gown, and bachelor’s first, master’s next and doctoral third. which in their original forms were simply the everyday The faculty follows, also proceeding in reverse order attire of the medieval scholar. The additions of the from assistant to full professor. The final division centuries have made them what they are today. of the procession is the platform party, composed The academic costume has three basic parts: the of academic deans, administrative officers, trustees, cap, the gown and the hood. Three factors must be honorary degree recipients and the president. taken into consideration—the degree (bachelor, master, Throughout their long and proud history, doctor); the branch of knowledge (nursing, medicine, universities have retained and cherished strong etc.); and the university by which the degree is granted. ties to their ceremonial roots. The faculties and The bachelor’s gown is black, has long sleeves, and graduates have gloried in the rich imagery and colorful is worn closed. The master’s gown is black but has short panoply associated with commencement, one of the sleeves and a crescent cut at the sleeve end. Some are oldest continuing rituals in the Western world. open at the wrist; others have a slit in the upper part of the sleeve. The doctor’s gown is often black, preferably History and Traditions of the University Mace silk, with full, round sleeves that are barred in either black velvet or velvet of the color used in the hood to designate The mace was a medieval weapon intended to prevail the branch of learning. Many American universities, as over an armored adversary. As long-range weapons well as British ones, now have gowns of characteristic evolved, the mace became a ceremonial symbol color for doctoral graduates. For instance, a graduate of denoting authority and was carried before a nobleman Harvard University may wear a crimson gown, a New for protection, if necessary, from personal attack. In York University graduate a violet gown, and a University academic processions, it has traditionally been carried by of Pennsylvania graduate a gown of red and blue. an academic officer of high standing. The selection of the The shape and size of the American hood mark the officer to carry the mace may be governed by institutional degree of the wearer. The lining of the hood is indicative tradition and may vary from ceremony to ceremony. of the institution granting the degree and is usually the The Drexel University mace is carried in the official color or colors of the school. If two colors are used, Commencement procession to the stage, where it joins one is generally arranged as a chevron upon the other. the maces of the College of Medicine’s predecessor The bachelor’s hood is three feet long, the master’s institutions. The Hahnemann mace was designed and three-and-a-half feet long, and the doctor’s four feet long. carved by James Victor. The mace of the Medical College Bachelor of Science and Master of Science candidates of Pennsylvania was designed by former dean Alton I. wear sun-gold hoods; Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts Sutnick, in conjunction with artist Richard Feldstein. candidates, white hoods. Doctor of Philosophy candidates wear blue hoods. Doctor of Medicine candidates wear green hoods. Candidates with annotated degrees may wear hoods of other colors, such as apricot (Bachelor and Master of Science in Nursing), teal (Master of Physical Therapy), and blue with white trim (Master of Arts, Creative Arts in Therapy), to name a few.

21 2020

Drexel University Board of Trustees

Chris McKendry Andrade ’90 Lawrence M. Korman Jeffrey A. Beachell ’93 J. Michael Lawrie ’77 James Bean ’91 Raphael C. Lee, MD ’75 Sally J. Bellet, Esq. Patrick S. McGonigal ’86 Gregory S. Bentley Matthew S. Naylor ’12 Thomas E. “Rick” Berk ’86 Denis P. O’Brien ’87 Karen Dougherty Buchholz Kevin J. O’Hara ’83 Elinor Hosterman Buck ’87 Richelle P. Parham ’91 Randall S. Burkert ’82 Charles P. Pizzi Thomas A. Caramanico Thomas M. Rampulla ’94 R. John Chapel Jr. ’67 Virginia S. Rose Hon. Ida K. Chen Stan Silverman ’69, ’74 Vice Chair Kathleen P. Chimicles, ASA ’83 Joseph P. Ujobai ’84 Abbie Dean ’07 Charles K. Valutas ’73 Nicholas DeBenedictis ’68, ’69, HD ’87 Michael J. Williams ’80, ’83 Amish Desai ’03

Gerianne Tringali DiPiano Emeritus Trustees Domenic M. DiPiero III Renee J. Amoore Thomas O. Fitzpatrick, Esq. Paul “Mel” Baiada ’82, ’85 Brian R. Ford Sylvia “Sibby” Merkel Brasler ’60 Michael C. Forman Robert R. Buckley ’58, HD ’12 John Fry President Barry C. Burkholder ’62, ’70 Kenneth Fulmer, ’92, ’00 Robert L. Byers Sr. ’65, HD ’02 Sean J. Gallagher ’93 Robert J. Drummond ’66 David R. Geltzer ’77 John G. “Jack” Johnson Jr. ’70, ’72 Richard A. Greenawalt ’66 George F. Krall Jr. ’58, HD ’14 Chair James E. Marks ’47, ’49, HD ’15 David Griffith Robert McClements Jr. ’52 Mauricio Gutierrez John A. Nyheim, HD ’05 Richard A. Hayne C.R. “Chuck” Pennoni ’63, ’66, HD ’92 Vice Chair D. Howard Pierce ’71 Mary R. “Nina” Henderson ’72 Vice Chair John J. Roberts ’67, ’71, HD ’05 Richard C. Ill ’73 William T. Schleyer ’73, HD ’06 Patricia H. Imbesi ’69 Stephen A. Sheller, Esq. HD ’17 Joseph H. Jacovini, Esq., HD ’04 Ray Westphal ’59, HD ’02 Thomas R. Kline, Esq. E. Frederick Wheelock, MD, PhD

22 Publication Policy

This Commencement Program is intended for unofficial use only. It may not be used for legal purposes or for proof of the University’s granting of degree to, or receipt of diploma by, any individual named herein. Contents of this publication reflect information available at or before the time of printing. Student names listed in this program reflect our best understanding, at the time of printing, of those who will complete their requirements as of December 2020.

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