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Class of 2025 Commencement and Academic Hooding Ceremony

Medical Student Award Winners

These awards were given to recognize the students' hard work throughout their four years of medical school. They were presented at the 5th Annual Graduation Dinner and Awards Ceremony on May 8, 2025.

Barbara Atkinson Service & Leadership Award

Jessica Fields

Dean’s Award For Academic Excellence

Kendall Chaffin and Hannah Murawsky

Excellence in Medical Education Award

Thomas Iida

Outstanding Achievement In Research Award

Kian Habashi

Outstanding Service To The Community Award

Leora Abrams and Kendall Chaffin

Exemplary Professionalism Award

Gemma Lagasca and Timothy Shaw

Student Affairs Recognition Award

Daniel Dawson and Kencie Ely

Gwen Amsrala Memorial Award

Charissa Alo

Outstanding Student in Family and Community Medicine Award

Jared Diaz

Lisa Yao Memorial Scholarship In Family and Community Medicine Award

Daniela Lemus and Raul Marquez

Outstanding Student in Internal Medicine Award

Madison Elmer

Outstanding Student in Gynecologic Surgery and Obstetrics Award

Daniel Dawson

Outstanding Student in Pediatrics Award

Genesis Trejo

Outstanding Student in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Award

Noa Klausner

Outstanding Student in Surgery Award

Joshua Ho

Faculty Recognition Award Winners

These awards were presented at the 5th Graduation Dinner and Awards Ceremony on May 8, 2025, to recognize the effort, dedication, and hard work faculty dedicated to the Class of 2025 students during their medical school journey.

Outstanding Faculty For Phase I

Laura Shaw, MD

Outstanding Clinical Faculty

Misti Song, MD

Outstanding Resident Teacher

Declan Feery, MD, Surgery

Outstanding Community Faculty

Archer Grimley, MD, Family Medicine
Venkatachalam Veerappan, MD, Neurology

Outstanding Clinical Department

Family and Community Medicine

Medical Honor Societies' Inductees

Student Inductees
  • Leora Abrams
  • Sophie Ahmad
  • Kendall Chaffin
  • Madison Elmer
  • Kian Habashi
  • Thomas Iida
  • Kristine Liang
  • Lily Liu
  • Salman Mohammed
  • Hannah Murawsky
  • Ye Eun Nam
  • Edward Pizio
  • Timothy Shaw
Faculty Inductees
  • Angelica Honsberg, MD, Internal Medicine
    • Resident Inductees
    • Cory Colombini, MD, Plastic Surgery
    • Sana Gurz, MD, Internal Medicine
    • Tahne Vongsavath, DO, Internal Medicine

    Student Inductees
    • Charissa Alo
    • Daniel Dawson
    • Madison Elmer
    • Jessica Fields
    • Thomas Iida
    • Hiba Kauser
    • Gemma Lagasca
    • Natalie Osborn
    • Genesis Trejo
    • Emily Weinschreider
    Faculty Inductees
    • Amber Champion, MD, Internal Medicine
    • Glendell de Guzman, MD, Gynecologic Surgery & Obstetrics
    • Misti Song, MD, Internal Medicine
    • Josephine Sun, MD, Pediatrics
    Fellow Inductees
    • KaChon Lei, MD, Cardiovascular Medicine Fellow
    Resident Inductees
    • Mary Froehlich, MD, Surgery
    • Gursharan Narwal, MD, Family Medicine
    • Juliann Shih, MD, Internal Medicine
    • Jessica Tay, MD, Pediatrics
    • Daun’lee Warren, MD, Pediatrics