University of Southern California

Celebrating the Class of 2020

Keck School of Medicine of USC HIPPOCRATIC OATH

I swear by Apollo the Physician, and all the gods and goddesses, and by what- soever I hold most sacred, that I will be loyal to the profession of Medicine and just and generous to its members; that I will lead my life and practice my art in uprightness and honour; that into whatsoever house I shall enter, it shall be for the good of the sick to the utmost of my power, holding myself far aloof from wrong, from corruption, from the tempting of others to vice; that I will exercise my art solely for the cure of my patients and will give no drug, perform no operation for a criminal purpose, even if solicited, far less suggest it; that whatsoever I shall see or hear of the lives of men and women which

is not fitting to be spoken, I will keep inviolably secret. Now if I keep this oath and break it not, may I enjoy honour, in my life and art, for all time.

KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF USC ALMA MATER

“All Hail to Alma Mater To thy glory we sing; All Hail to Southern California Loud let thy praises ring; Where Western sky meets Western sea Our college stands in majesty; Sing our love to Alma Mater, Hail, all hail to thee!”

CLASS OF 2020 STUDENT AWARDS

AWARDS FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Keck School of Medicine of USC Award for Academic Excellence for Years I-IV To the top senior based on performance in the four years of medical school: Mika De Coster Graduation “with Highest Distinction” Given for consistent excellence in the basic and clinical sciences. The School of Medicine’s equivalent of summa cum laude: Ido Badash Mika De Coster Shane Korber William Curtis Anna Jackanich Ravali Reddy Janelle Cyprich Kyle Joyner

Dean’s Recognition for Junior/Senior Continuum To acknowledge overall excellent academic performance in the third and fourth years: Ido Badash Kyle Joyner Hilary Novatt William Curtis Shane Korber Alexandra Obremskey Janelle Cyprich Jacob Lifton Natalie Pierson Mika De Coster Emily Margolin Ravali Reddy Anna Jackanich Cory Mayfield Elizabeth Scott Omid Jalali Kyle O’Meara Theodore Wang

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Election to the AOA national honor society is limited to 15% of the class and is based upon academic performance and leadership during all four years of medical school: Angela Chang Jacob Lifton Andrew Spitzberg Chase Clemesha Melissa Ling Theodore Wang Michelle Connor Lauren Maldonado Paulina Young William Curtis Emily Margolin Johnathan Zhao Janelle Cyprich Cory Mayfield Brittany DeClouette Kyle O’Meara Peggy Ebner Hilary Novatt Michael Etzel Alexandra Obremskey Austin Fullenkamp Vanessa Olvera Anna Jackanich Krishan Patel Omid Jalali Natalie Pierson Kyle Joyner Ravali Reddy Shane Korber Christine Ryu Andrew Kwong Gal Sadlik

KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF USC American Medical Woman’s Association Janet M. Glasgow Achievement Certificate Given to all women who graduate in the top 10% of the class, based on the four-year academic record: Janelle Cyprich Emily Margolin Ravali Reddy Anna Jackanich Natalie Pierson Southern California Region 1 2020 American College of Physician’s Student Internist Award To honor an outstanding graduate who has matched in Internal Medicine with a record of academic excellence and an impressive commitment to service: Krishan Patel AWARDS FOR RESEARCH

Dean’s Research Scholars Designed to provide Keck medical students an opportunity to conduct a full year of biomedical research and to educate them in the complexities and the application of such research in a clinical setting: Ido Badash Kyohei Itamura Djani Robertson Michael Barbaro Omid Jalali Ali Siddiqui Brian Cameron Andrew Kwong Ali Tafreshi John Carney David Lam Benjamin Tiano Michelle Connor Jacob Lifton Anthony Torres Pierce Deng Azadeh Nazemi Justin Trop Joshua Engle Andrew Nelson Paulina Young Pedram Goel Margaret Nurimba Kavish Gupta Ketetha Olengue

Graduation with Distinction in Research In recognition of excellence in scientific discovery: Saif Azam Kyohei Itamura Mimi Yao Ido Badash Anna Jackanich Jack Yi Michael Barbaro Omid Jalali Paulina Young Brian Cameron Andrew Kwong John Carney Cory Mayfield Ellison Chen Azadeh Nazemi Kai Wen Cheng David Nusbaum Jared Cline Krishan Patel Michelle Connor Ishan Shah William Curtis Martin Shapiro Janelle Cyprich Brian Shaw Pierce Deng Ali Siddiqui Peggy Ebner Ali Tafreshi Erick Garcia Justin Trop Pedram Goel Theodore Wang

CLASS OF 2020 Award of Excellence in Research by a Dean’s Research Scholar To recognize the senior medical student who has conducted the most outstanding research as a Dean’s Research Scholar: Azadeh Nazemi Irving I. Lasky, M.D., Memorial Award Chosen by the Research Committee and given to the senior who has conducted the most outstanding research during medical school: Cory Mayfield AWARDS FOR SERVICE

Gold Humanism Honor Society Election to the Society is limited to 15% of the class and is in recognition of interpersonal skills, humanistic clinical care, leadership, service and compassion: Saif Azam Cory Mayfield Benjamin Tiano John Carney Benjamin Nguyen Justin Trop Audrey Chai Alexandra Obremskey Julia Wang Samantha Chau Divya Patel Victor Wong Carmen Cueto Krishan Patel Johnathan Zhao Peggy Ebner Jennifer Perdomo Ruben Guzman Ravali Reddy Anna Jackanich Joel Solis Daniel Lee Jason Sterris Lauren Maldonado Ali Tafreshi Dr. George Herron Memorial Award To the senior medical student who has given the most to the class throughout the four years of medical school, as determined by the senior class vote: Ravali Reddy Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award presented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation To acknowledge the one student who, by class vote, is felt by their peers to consistently demonstrate compassion and empathy: Saif Azam Eric Cohen, M.D., Introduction to Clinical Medicine Award To recognize the one student who best exemplifies the goals and objectives of the ICM program: Justin Trop

KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF USC TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Kaiser Permanente Excellence in Teaching Award, Basic Science To acknowledge the one faculty member in basic sciences who, by class vote, demonstrates outstanding dedication to the profession of teaching: Dr. Mikel Snow, Integrative Anatomical Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award, Clinical Science To acknowledge the one faculty member in clinical sciences who, by class vote, demonstrates outstanding dedication to the profession of teaching: Dr. Jeffrey Canceko, Internal Medicine DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award presented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation To acknowledge the one faculty member who consistently demonstrate compassion and empathy: Dr. Kevin Phung, and Gynecology

CLASS OF 2020 CLASS OF 2020 FOR THE DEGREE DOCTOR OF MEDICINE

DOCTOR SPECIALTY INSTITUTION

Phillip Abarca Internal Medicine University of Southern California Ahmed Abdelhalim Diagnostic Radiology Harbor UCLA Medical Center Medicine-Preliminary Riverside Community Torey Alling Emergency Medicine University of Miami/Jackson Health System Kacie Amacher Internal Medicine Montefiore Medical Center/Einstein Varun Teja Angajala Internal Medicine University of Southern California Saif Azam Diagnostic Radiology University of Southern California Medicine-Preliminary Riverside Community Hospital Ido Badash Otolaryngology University of Southern California Michael Barbaro Emergency Medicine John Peter Smith Hospital Michael Basin Urology State University of New York Upstate Medical Center Kameron Bechler Psychiatry University of Southern California Carlee Beckler Pediatrics Oregon Health & Science University Jay Bhatia Internal Medicine University of Southern California Nana-yaw Bonsu Methodist Hospital Brian Cameron Otolaryngology University of Texas Medical School Natalie Campen Psychiatry Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hugo Cardona Anesthesiology UCLA Medical Center John Carney Orthopaedic Surgery McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Audrey Chai Internal Medicine University of Southern California Angela Chang Anesthesiology Johns Hopkins Hospital Medicine-Preliminary University of Maryland- Mercy Medical Center Zariah Chappell Family Medicine Eisenhower Medical Center Samantha Chau Interventional Radiology University of Southern California Medicine-Preliminary Huntington Memorial Hospital Anthony Chen Diagnostic Radiology UC Davis Medical Center Medicine-Preliminary Riverside Community Hospital KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF USC DOCTOR SPECIALTY INSTITUTION

Ellison Chen Anesthesiology Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Erin Chen Family Medicine Kai Wen Cheng Urology Loma Linda University Surgery-Preliminary Loma Linda University Ja-yoon Choe Internal Medicine University of Southern California Emily Chu Obstetrics-Gynecology Emory University School of Medicine Chase Clemesha Emergency Medicine Orlando Health Jared Cline Diagnostic Radiology University of Southern California Medicine-Preliminary Kaiser Permanente Chelsea Cohen Family Medicine Morehouse School of Medicine Michelle Connor Neurological Surgery Barnes-Jewish Hospital Carmen Cueto Obstetrics-Gynecology University of Southern California William Curtis Orthopaedic Surgery University of New Mexico School of Medicine Janelle Cyprich General Surgery Harbor UCLA Medical Center Shruti Dasgupta Obstetrics-Gynecology Creighton Univ Affiliate Brittany DeClouette Orthopaedic Surgery NYU Grossman School of Medicine Mika De Coster Family Medicine Kaiser Permanente Pierce Deng Dermatology University of Minnesota Medical School Medicine-Preliminary Kaiser Permanente Brian Dickey Family Medicine Kaiser Permanente Angela Duvalyan Internal Medicine University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Peggy Ebner Plastic Surgery University of Southern California Joshua Engle Family Medicine MacNeal Hospital Michael Etzel Psychiatry University of Southern California Jacob Feldsher Emergency Medicine University of Florida College of Medicine Piers Frieden Emergency Medicine University of Florida College of Medicine-Shands Hospital Natalie Friedricks Surgery-Preliminary University of Washington Affiliate Hospitals Tyler Fugere Internal Medicine NYU Grossman School of Medicine Austin Fullenkamp Diagnostic Radiology Medical University of South Carolina Transitional Intermountain Medical Center Hemanth Garapati Anesthesiology Rush University Medical Center Erick Garcia Otolaryngology University of Southern California Kush Gaur Internal Medicine University of Southern California Michaela Angelique Go Emergency Medicine NYP Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

CLASS OF 2020 DOCTOR SPECIALTY INSTITUTION

Pedram Goel Plastic Surgery UC Irvine Medical Center Morgan Goodman Internal Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Kavish Gupta Diagnostic Radiology Cedars Sinai Medical Center Medicine-Preliminary Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Ruben Guzman Emergency Medicine University of Southern California Macy Hardley Obstetrics-Gynecology Zucker School of Medicine-Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital Antonio Hernandez Saenz Emergency Medicine University of Southern California Ahuva Hirschberg Residency Deferred Polly Huang Internal Medicine Kaiser Permanente Alan Hung Anesthesiology New York Presbyterian Hospital- Weill Cornell Medical Center Kyohei Itamura Otolaryngology Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Anna Jackanich Emergency Medicine UCLA Medical Center Omid Jalali Orthopaedic Surgery UC San Diego Medical Center Daniel Jiang Urology UC Irvine School of Medicine Angelo Jimenez Internal Medicine White Memorial Kyle Joyner Emergency Medicine University of Southern California Andrew Katirai Anesthesiology UCLA Medical Center Stephen Kelson Oral and Maxillofacial University of Southern California Surgery Jae Kim General Surgery Creighton Univ Affiliate Hospitals Shane Korber Orthopaedic Surgery University of Southern California Electra Korn Obstetrics-Gynecology Icahn School of Medicine South Nassau Community Hospital William Kuo Anesthesiology University of Southern California Andrew Kwong Dermatology University of Southern California Medicine-Preliminary Huntington Memorial Hospital Peter Lai David Lam Otolaryngology University of Louisville School of Medicine Travis Larsen Internal Medicine University of Southern California Daniel Lee Emergency Medicine UC Davis Medical Center David Lehoang Internal Medicine University of Southern California Jacob Lifton Ophthalmology UC Surgery-Preliminary UC San Francisco Andrew Lin Physical Medicine & VA Greater Los Angeles Rehabilitation Health Systems Medicine-Preliminary Riverside Community Hospital

KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF USC DOCTOR SPECIALTY INSTITUTION

Melissa Ling Diagnostic Radiology University of Southern California Medicine-Preliminary Kaiser Permanente Anna Madrigal Psychiatry San Mateo Behavioral Health & Recovery Services Lauren Maldonado Medicine-Pediatrics Massachusetts General Hospital Betty Mandela Family Medicine Adventist Health White Memorial Kevin Maniar Internal Medicine University of Southern California Emily Margolin Internal Medicine UC San Diego Medical Center Maryam Masood Internal Medicine University of Southern California Alisha Mathalikunnel Pediatrics UC Davis Medical Center Jacob Mattox Emergency Medicine Advocate Health Care Cory Mayfield Orthopaedic Surgery University of Southern California Kyle O’Meara Internal Medicine UCLA Medical Center Chioma Moneme General Surgery University of Virginia Seethim Naicker Family Medicine Kaiser Permanente Luke Naman Ophthalmology University of Massachusetts Medical School Medicine-Preliminary University of Massachusetts Medical School Azadeh Nazemi Urology New York University Medical Center Andrew Nelson Ophthalmology UC Davis Medical Center Medicine-Preliminary Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Benjamin Nguyen Biotechnology Industry Catherine Nguyen Pediatrics Stanford University Jimmy-Tung Nguyen Oral and Maxillofacial University of Southern California Surgery Hilary Novatt Obstetrics-Gynecology University of Colorado School of Medicine Margaret Nurimba Otolaryngology University of Southern California David Nusbaum Urology University of Chicago Alexandra Obremskey Pediatrics University of Washington Affiliate Hospitals Ketetha Olengue Psychiatry Stanford University Vanessa Olvera Internal Medicine NYU Grossman School Of Medicine Maya Or Obstetrics-Gynecology George Washington University Viraj Panchal Obstetrics-Gynecology University of Southern California Divya Patel Pediatrics Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Krishan Patel Internal Medicine Emory University School of Medicine Sagar Patel Internal Medicine University of Southern California Jennifer Perdomo Family Medicine Long Beach Memorial Medical Center

CLASS OF 2020 DOCTOR SPECIALTY INSTITUTION

Joshua Perese Emergency Medicine Loma Linda University Madelyn Perez Medicine-Pediatrics University of Illinois College of Medicine Natalie Pierson Child UC San Francisco Pediatrics-Preliminary Children’s Hospital Oakland Frances Pillsbury Psychiatry NYU Grossman School of Medicine Alexander Posell Psychiatry SUNY HSC Brooklyn Ganesh Raman Medicine-Pediatrics University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Rawad Rayes Emergency Medicine Riverside Community Hospital Arjun Reddy Pathology UC Irvine Medical Center Ravali Reddy Obstetrics-Gynecology Stanford University Ashlee Roberson Psychiatry San Mateo Behavioral Health & Recovery Services Djani Robertson Orthopaedic Surgery NYU Grossman School of Medicine Sonia Rodrigues Internal Medicine University of Southern California Jean-Christophe Rwigema General Surgery University of Florida College of Medicine Christine Ryu Ophthalmology University of Nebraska Medical Center Medicine-Preliminary University of Nebraska Medical Center Jonathan Sadik Internal Medicine University of Southern California Gal Sadlik Internal Medicine University of Southern California Matthew Salazar Adame Internal Medicine University of Southern California Maya Sampath Obstetrics-Gynecology Marian Regional Medical Center Anthony Sanchez Psychiatry Kaiser Permanente Lauren Schooner Psychiatry Harbor UCLA Medical Center Elizabeth Scott Emergency Medicine Harbor UCLA Medical Center Hyun Jae Seo Anesthesiology Harbor UCLA Medical Center Sabrina Serrano Family Medicine Kaiser Permanente Ishan Shah Orthopaedic Surgery St Mary’s Medical Center Martin Shapiro Family Medicine UC San Francisco Brian Shaw Diagnostic Radiology Kaiser Permanente Parthiv Sheth Internal Medicine Loma Linda University Borna Shirvani Anesthesiology University of Southern California Sharonya Shrivastava Internal Medicine San Ysidro Health Lisa Shue Family Medicine Kaiser Permanente Ali Siddiqui Orthopaedic Surgery University of Florida College of Medicine Joel Solis Family Medicine Kaiser Permanente Andrew Spitzberg Psychiatry Zucker School of Medicine-Northwell Zucker Hillside KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF USC DOCTOR SPECIALTY INSTITUTION

Jason Sterris General Surgery Loma Linda University Michael Stone Emergency Medicine New York Presbyterian Hospital- Columbia & Cornell Diego Tabares Family Medicine Kaiser Permanente Ali Tafreshi Neurological Surgery Geisinger Health System Courtney Tam Pediatrics Children’s Hospital Oakland Silena Te Internal Medicine University of Southern California Kavitha Thiagarajan Internal Medicine University of Southern California Benjamin Tiano Otolaryngology Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education Angela Torres Emergency Medicine Loma Linda University Anthony Torres Emergency Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Kristi Tran Emergency Medicine SUNY HSC Brooklyn Marissa Trinidad Pediatrics UCLA Medical Center Justin Trop Psychiatry Emory University School of Medicine Andrew Tung Psychiatry UC Irvine Medical Center Sydnie Vo Family Medicine UCLA Medical Center Kyle Vogt Emergency Medicine University of Texas Medical School Christopher Wang Internal Medicine University of Southern California Clara Wang Family Medicine UC Riverside School of Medicine Jennifer Wang Internal Medicine University of Southern California Julia Wang Family Medicine Swedish Medical Center Theodore Wang Diagnostic Radiology University of Southern California Medicine-Preliminary Kaiser Permanente Connor Wayman Surgery-Preliminary Valley Health System Robert Weller Diagnostic Radiology Cleveland Clinic Foundation Transitional Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Victor Wong Emergency Medicine Maimonides Medical Center Renqing Wu General Surgery University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Meghana Yanamandra Internal Medicine University of Southern California Mimi Yao Internal Medicine Kaiser Permanente Jack Yi General Surgery Vanderbilt University Medical Center Paulina Young Dermatology Baylor University Medical Center Medicine-Preliminary Kaiser Permanente Valerie Yu Anesthesiology UC Davis Medical Center Peter Zang Internal Medicine University of Southern California Ariana Zargarian Psychiatry University of Southern California Johnathan Zhao Obstetrics-Gynecology Cleveland Clinic Foundation

CLASS OF 2020 PROGRAMCLASS OF 2020

FOR THE COMBINED DEGREE DOCTOR OF MEDICINE AND DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Ahuva Weltman Hirschberg Institution: University of Southern California Field of Study: Biomedical Engineering Mentor: Dr. Ellis Meng Thesis: Penetrating Parylene Neural Probe Array for Dense, In Vivo, Chronic Recordings Philip Fai Petersen Institution: California Institute of Technology Field of Study: Biology Mentor: Dr. Lulu Qian Thesis:Engineering Molecular Self-assembly and Reconfiguration in DNA Nanostructures

FOR THE COMBINED DEGREE DOCTOR OF MEDICINE AND MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION University of Southern California Marshall School of Business

David Lehoang Martin Shapiro Chioma Moneme Jack Yi Arjun Reddy

FOR THE COMBINED DEGREE DOCTOR OF MEDICINE AND MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Phillip Abarca Michaela Angelique Go Kacie Amacher Antonio Hernandez Saenz Jay Bhatia Betty Mandela Nana-yaw Bonsu Madelyn Perez Chelsea Cohen Jean-Christophe Rwigema

KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF USC HEALTH, TECHNOLOGY, AND ENGINEERING CERTIFICATE University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering

Ahmed Abdelhalim Austin Fullenkamp Ketetha Olengue Varun Angajala Kush Gaur Martin Shapiro Saif Azam Kyohei Itamura Brian Shaw Ja-yoon Choe Sam Kushner-Lenhoff Jack Yi Peggy Ebner Peter Lai Joshua Engle Benjamin Nguyen

PRIMARY CARE PROGRAM TRACK Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Kacie Amacher Vanessa Olvera Lisa Shue Carlee Becker Jennifer Perdomo Joel Solis Chelsea Cohen Madelyn Perez Ali Tafreshi Michael Etzel Frances Pillsbury Silena Te Erick Garcia Ashlee Roberson Justin Trop Angelo Jiminez Matthew Salazar Adame Julia Wang Electra Korn Sharonya Shrivastrva Jonathan Zhao

CLASS OF 2020 Keck School of Medicine of USC