RUTGERS UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION

Sandy J. Stewart Chair, Board of Governors

William E. Best

Chair, Board of Trustees

Robert L. Barchi, M.D., Ph.D. President

Brian L. Strom, M.D., M.P.H.

Chancellor, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences

NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

Robert L. Johnson, M.D., F.A.A.P. The Sharon & Joseph L. Muscarelle Endowed Dean

Maria L. Soto-Greene, M.D., M.S.-H.P.Ed., F.A.C.P.

Vice Dean

ORDER OF EXERCISES ________________________________________________________________________________________

PROCESSIONAL

FLAG BEARER

Nancy D. Connell, Ph.D. Professor

Department of Medicine

GONFALON BEARER

Iris Herrera, M.D. Associate Professor

Department of Medicine

RUTGERS AND NJMS ADMINISTRATION, AWARDEES, FACULTY AND GRADUATING CLASS

NATIONAL ANTHEM

Class of 2018 Members of the Vocal Chords

PRESIDING

Robert L. Johnson, M.D., F.A.A.P. The Sharon & Joseph L. Muscarelle Endowed Dean

WELCOMING REMARKS

Frank B. Hundley Board of Governors, Rutgers University

Brian L. Strom, M.D., M.P.H.

Chancellor, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS

THE STANLEY S. BERGEN, JR., M.D. MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE

Jason Douglas Domogauer

DEAN CHARLES L. BROWN AWARD

Kerry Anne Sheehan

THE 2018 LEONARD TOW HUMANISM IN MEDICINE AWARD PRESENTED BY THE

ARNOLD P. GOLD FOUNDATION

Joshua Ezra Weiss Omar M. Mahmoud, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D.

THE ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA VOLUNTEER

CLINICAL FACULTY AWARD

Frank L. Kane, M.D.

THE NEW JERSEY HEALTH FOUNDATION EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD

Stephen S. Kamin, M.D.

THE NEW JERSEY HEALTH FOUNDATION EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH AWARD

Jorge E. Contreras, Ph.D.

NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARD

Paul J. P. Bolanowski, M.D. Class of 1965

NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN AWARD

Jacob J. Lindenthal, Ph.D., Dr. P.H.

ORDER OF EXERCISES ________________________________________________________________________________________

CONVOCATION SPEAKER

The Reverend M. William Howard, Jr. Pastor Emeritus, Bethany Baptist Church

Former Chair, Rutgers University Board of Governors

PRESIDENT OF STUDENT COUNCIL

Kerry Anne Sheehan Class of 2018

COMMISSIONING OF MILITARY OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION OF OATH

OATH OF HIPPOCRATES

Beth A. Pletcher, M.D. Associate Professor

Department of Pediatrics

PRESENTATION OF DOCTORAL HOODS AND ALUMNI CERTIFICATES TO THE CLASS OF 2018

CLOSING REMARKS

Robert L. Johnson, M.D., F.A.A.P.

RECESSIONAL

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Mohammad Talal Abboud 3 Ankita Agarwal 1 Mrinal Agrawal Marco Sebastian Amaral Nirmal B. Andrapalliyal David Charles Atherton Patrick Duclair Atis 2,10 Douglas Hoffman Atmatzidis 1 Celeste Arkady Azevedo Emily Sarah Babiss 2 Khushboo Baldev 2,10 Alberto Batarseh Neel S. Belani 2,5 Catherine Mary Boylan Jacob Sullivan Brady Cristina Mercedes Brea Catherine Cepeda Andrew Keh-An Chang 4 Brian Chaiyoung Chang Amit Chaudhari 6 Jeffrey Shi Chen 1 David Tian Chin 1 Sung H. Choi Joseph Anthony Colao Jr. 1 Meghan M. Crippen 1 Felix Glen Dailey Sterling Jr. Ezra R. Dayan 1 Jilyan Grace Rae Decker 2,4,11 Mark Raymond DeCotiis Ilja Dejanovic Dennis J. Dembek Prabhav P. Deo Rahul Dave Dhiman 1 Jason Douglas Domogauer 1,2,6,10 Gerard John D’Onofrio 5,12 Michael Garrett Doran Chelsea Elizabeth Earley Kristen A. Echanique 2 Stephen John Ellwood Luis Miguel Espinal Alison Esteva Sanders 2 Mary Olubukola Fakunle Natasha Simone Featherstone 2,8,10 Remy Paul Friedman 4,5

Erica Marie Gennaro Harmandip Singh Ghuman Sofia Gilels Mohan Govindraj Jaylen Zaki Green 2 Rahul Dave Gulati 1 Arjun B. Gupta 1,4,7 Daniel E. Guzman Yolanda Guzman 1 Stephen R. Hannaford Kristen Alexandra Harris 2,10 Caitlin Hartsgrove Karl Michael Hoegler 1,2 Alan Hsieh 1 Sean Hu Jasmine A. Huerta 2 Marcus Erin Hughes James Huynh 2 Douglas R. Jacobus Thomas N. Jauch Erik M. Johnsen Gregory N. Kacprzynski Victoria Jaroslava Kalawur 3 Naveed H. Kamal 1 Ashwin Blake Karanam 7 Munim Ali Khan Maya Yasmine Khandker 2 Megna Khatri Sarah Sabrine Kılıç 1,2 Suat Kılıç 11 Sangsoo Kim 3 Julia M. Kirchner 2,9 Prateeka Koul Charles F. Kreisel 2 Christopher Derek Lee Edward H. Lee Suhyoung Jane Lee Joshua Lawrence Leibowitz 1 Xingchen Li Philip Snow Lin 4 Brian Cheng Liu Robert Edward Luceri 2,8 Kamil Lupicki Karen Man

Amtul Mansoor 2,9 Nicole Mendez Matthew S. Miller Omar M. Mohamed 2 Nora C. Montealegre Jessi Munoz 2 Peter Kosuke Nakagami 2 Nehali B. Nanawati Tomer Nawrocki Eddy I. Ndichie, Jr. Daniel Alexander Nguyen 5,12 Edward Carl Nunziato Alvin Ayiera Nyaboga13 Daniel Minsuk Oh David Oommen 4 Pooja Anand Padgaonkar 4 Prashanth Palvannan 4,7 Joo Hye Grace Park Akash S. Patel Amy Patel 4 Neil Rajnikant Patel Samantha M. Pettigrew Michael Pico Varsha Radhakrishnan 4 Yanet Ravelo Renuka Kyatham Reddy 1,4 Gerald J. Riccardello, Jr.1

Luciano Roman-Banegas 8 Gerardo J. Russo Samir Sabharwal 7 Anurag Sahoo Christopher J. Sangiovanni Claire M. Sathe 1 Shakir M. Saud Brandon Taylor Schwartz 2,8 Christopher William Seery Lonnie Seo Harsh Atul Shah 1 Kinal Mayur Shah Malav P. Shah 2,4 Shreya P. Shah 1,4 Kerry Anne Sheehan 2 Kevin Sigler Paul So

RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOLCLASS OF 2018

RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOLCLASS OF 2018

RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOLCLASS OF 2018

RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL

CLASS OF 2018 Dylan Victor Stevens Edwin Rene Suarez William Wagner Supplee II 1 Ragha Vasantha Suresh 1,2,4 Roy Taborda Augustine John Tawadros 1 Annica B. Tehim 4 Christina E. Thoonkuzhy 4 Venkatraman Thulasi Krystal Marie Thumann 2,8,10

Khoa N. Tran

Jonathan To Chun M. Tong

Uchenna Ian Ubozoh 2 Forhad Ullah Niranjani Venkateswaran Davis Verde Omar Walli Julian Watson Amy Rachel Drossner Weiss 1,2

Joshua Ezra Weiss 1,2 Victoria A. Wells Priscilla Elaine White 3 Lesley Wu 4 Heather Ann Wurtz Erica Y. Xue 1 Maggie Yau Catherine J. Yu 4

Yingrong Zhu

EXPLANATORY NOTES 1 Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Medical Society 2 Gold Humanism Honor Society 3 Degree was awarded during the 2017-2018 academic year 4 Participated in B.A./B.S./M.D. program 5 Participated in M.D./M.B.A. program 6 Participated in M.D./Ph.D. program 7 Participated in M.D./M.P.H. program 8 Commissioned officer in the United States Military 9 Humanism Fellow, The Healthcare Foundation Center for Humanism and Medicine 10 Humanism Associate, The Healthcare Foundation Center for Humanism and Medicine 11 M.D. degree was awarded with distinction in research 12 M.D. degree was awarded with distinction in entrepreneurship and innovation in medicine 13 Degree will be awarded upon completion of requirements

RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL STUDENT AWARDS 2018

_______________________________________________________________________________________ The following is a list of awards presented to graduating seniors on

Awards Day, Wednesday, May 9, 2018

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY MEDICAL STUDENT PRIZE

FOR EXCELLENCE IN NEUROLOGY

Shreya P. Shah

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIAN ORIGIN AWARD

Arjun B. Gupta

AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PEDIATRICS

Ezra R. Dayan

DR. JACOB BLEIBERG AWARD

Douglas Hoffman Atmatzidis and Karl Hoegler

PETER W. CARMEL, M.D. AWARD IN NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY

Naveed H. Kamal

DR. ALFONSE CINOTTI-CENTO AMICI OPHTHALMOLOGY AWARD

Dylan Victor Stevens and Christopher William Seery

DR. SAMUEL F. D’AMBOLA AWARD

Pooja Anand Padgaonkar

DR. JACOB L. DRESKIN AWARD

Alan Hsieh

ESSEX COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY AWARD

Jasmine A. Huerta

EXCELLENCE IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY AWARD

Suat Kılıç

FACULTY ORGANIZATION AWARD

James Huynh and Renuka Kyatham Reddy

THE DRS. EMILY FAY AND THOMAS ECK MENTORING AWARD

Luis Miguel Espinal

ALEXANDER GORDON, M.D., MEMORIAL ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND AWARD

Marco Sebastian Amaral and Matthew S. Miller

THE HAROLD J. JEGHERS FUTURE INTERNIST AWARD

Daniel E. Guzman

WILLIAM H. LONGFIELD ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP

Jeffrey Shi Chen and Joshua Lawrence Leibowitz

RUY V. LOURENÇO, M.D. DEAN’S ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Sarah Sabrine Kılıç

MERCK ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD

Rahul Gulati, Gerald J. Riccardello, Jr., Ragha Vasantha Suresh, Erica Y. Xue

ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA RESEARCH AWARD

Jacob Sullivan Brady, Meghan M. Crippen, Remy Paul Friedman, Daniel E. Guzman,

Suat Kılıç, Erica Y. Xue

EMERGENCY MEDICINE AWARD

Brandon Taylor Schwartz

RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOLSTUDENT AWARDS 2018

RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL CONVOCATION AWARDS 2018

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NJ MEDICAL WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION

DR. GERTRUDE ASH MEMORIAL AWARD

Renuka Kyatham Reddy

DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDICS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE

Michael Garrett Doran

PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION AWARD

Paul So

DRS. MILTON & ROSE PRYSTOWSKY AWARD

Claire M. Sathe and Maggie Yau

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY FACULTY AWARD

Varsha Radhakrishnan

DAVID E. ROSS MEMORIAL AWARD

Jaylen Zaki Green and Stephen R. Hannaford

RUBINSTEIN FAMILY AWARD

Yolanda Guzman

DR. JOHN SNOW AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE

IN ANESTHESIOLOGY

Stephen John Ellwood

STUDENT FAMILY HEALTH CARE CENTER – FAMILY MEDICINE AWARD

Daniel E. Guzman and Joseph Anthony Colao, Jr.

THE KENNETH G. SWAN, M.D. MEMORIAL AWARD

Prashanth Palvannan

THE GERSON WEISS, M.D. AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY AND

WOMEN’S HEALTH

Jilyan Grace Rae Decker

THE DOUGLAS E. WONG, M.D. ‘89 ENDOWMENT AWARD

Amy Rachel Drossner Weiss

THE LONNIE WRIGHT MEMORIAL AWARD

Natasha Simone Featherstone

OTHER EXPLANATORY NOTES Program Listing

The listing of graduates in this program is unofficial.

The official conferral of degrees occurs upon satisfactory completion of all academic

and financial requirements and following pertinent actions by the School.

This listing is based upon information available at the time of print.

Candidate Titles

The use of the title “Doctor” when announcing graduate candidate names is considered

ceremonial and should not be construed as conferral of degree.

Ceremony Protocol

Please refrain from use of cell phones during the ceremony and silence pagers.

Please remain in your seats throughout the ceremony; the aisles must remain clear.

RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOLCONVOCATION AWARDS 2018

RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL STUDENT AWARDS 2018

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The following is a description of awards presented at Convocation:

THE STANLEY S. BERGEN, JR., M.D.

MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE

Awarded to a student who has performed at a high level in his/her clinical studies, has had

notable achievement in basic science or clinical research, and has demonstrated those high ideals which are traditional in the medical profession.

DEAN CHARLES L. BROWN AWARD

Given in memory of the first dean of the Medical School and made possible through the generosity of the Alumni Association of New Jersey Medical

School, this award is presented to a student(s) elected by fellow graduates for his/her significant

contributions to the school and to his/her colleagues.

THE LEONARD TOW HUMANISM IN MEDICINE AWARD PRESENTED BY THE

ARNOLD P. GOLD FOUNDATION

Presented to an outstanding faculty member and graduating medical student who are judged to

be exemplary in their compassion and sensitivity in doctor/patient relations.

THE ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA

VOLUNTEER CLINICAL FACULTY AWARD

On behalf of the A.O.A. National Honor Medical Society, presented to a volunteer clinical faculty member,

selected by the graduating class, from among those who contributed effectively to the education of our students.

THE NEW JERSEY HEALTH FOUNDATION EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD

Each year one or two members of the New Jersey Medical School faculty are selected to receive the New

Jersey Health Foundation prestigious award which recognizes outstanding effort in teaching and dedication to the education of our students.

THE NEW JERSEY HEALTH FOUNDATION

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH AWARD

Each year one or two faculty members of the New Jersey Medical School faculty are selected to receive the New

Jersey Health Foundation prestigious award to recognize members of the faculty for outstanding

research performed during the academic year.

NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARD

On behalf of the faculty and students of the New Jersey Medical School, this award is presented to an alumnus or

alumna in recognition of outstanding achievement in his/her specialty.

NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL DISTINGUISHED

CITIZEN AWARD

The award is given in recognition of distinguished citizenship and outstanding humanitarian service. The

NJMS Board of Advisors initiated this award in the hope that its presentation will inspire the graduating class, their guests and attending faculty members. Service to others has been a core value of New Jersey Medical School since its founding, and the NJMS Board of Advisors is pleased to promote this

important value.