Students from the Weill Cornell Medical College Class of 2023 were recognized for their outstanding achievements May 17 during Convocation. Medical students received special awards, prizes and certificates, acknowledging their exceptional academic achievement, scholarship, research, teaching and service. Convocation also honors other students, alumni, faculty and staff.
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The following is a complete list of all of the award winners:
Student Awards
The Alan Van Poznak Award for Excellence in Anesthesiology
Taylor Fortson
The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine’s Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award
Jacqueline Lan Chi Tran
The Henry Adelman Memorial Award for Excellence in Geriatric Medicine
Ilan Chase Palte
Daniel Restifo
The Anthony Seth Werner, M.D., Memorial Prize
Mercy Infenyinwa Ude
The Jay Lawrence Award for Clinical Proficiency in Infectious Diseases
John Kwon
Alfred Moritz Michaelis Prize in General Medicine
Chan Hee Choi
The Clarence C. Coryell Prize in Medicine
Aleksandr Talishinsky
The David and Gladys Drusin Memorial Prize
Kaela Cohan
Joan Severino Parisi and Alfred F. Parisi, MD '63 Prize in Internal Medicine
Christopher Sam Babu
The Weiss Prize for Excellence in Clinical Medicine
Daniel Restifo
The Yvette and Seymour Feil Prize in Medicine
Katie Liu
The American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Prize for Excellence in Neurology
Ryka Renee Sehgal
The Gustav Seeligmann Prize for Efficiency in Obstetrics
Shanice Marie Beaumont
The William J. Ledger Prize in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Jenny Lin
The Edward Norton Prize in Ophthalmology
Pamela Capellan
The T. Campbell Thompson Prize for Excellence in Orthopedic Surgery
Seong Jang
The Arthur Palmer Prize for Efficiency in Otorhinolaryngology
Catherine Young Han
The James A. Moore Scholarship in Otolaryngology
Julianna Cassandra Kostas
The Herman L. Jacobius Prize in Pathology
Sarah Michelle Schrader
The George S. Meister Prize in Pediatrics
Stephanie Rager
The Mitchell Spivak Memorial Prize in Pediatrics
Maria Passarelli
The Oskar Diethelm Prize for Excellence in Psychiatry
Rachel Amelie Arnesen
The Richard N. Kohl Prize for Excellence in Psychiatry
Jenny Lin
The Faith Stewart-Gordon Prize for Excellence in Rehabilitation Medicine
Ilan Chase Palte
The Clarence C. Coryell Prize in Surgery
Alice Junling Tao
The Fabrizio Michelassi Medical Student Prize
Jeremy David Kaplitt
The G. Thomas Shires II Prize in Surgery
Brenden Amar Bratton
The Gustave J. Noback Memorial Prize in Anatomy
The Gustave J. Noback Memorial Fund for Advanced Study and Teaching in the Field of Anatomy
Alana Dinh
The Moselle and Milton Pollack Prize in Medical Ethics
Tehilla Berger
The William C. Thro Memorial Prize for Academic Achievement Pathology
Natalie Sayegh
The Barbara Slifka Global Health Award
Rachel Hao Abramson
The Elise Strang L’Esperance Prize in Public Health
Kathryn Margaret Broderick
The George G. Reader Prize in Public Health
Anita Amin
The United States Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Award
Neville Dusaj
The Alan von Kreuter Cancer Research Prize
Ann Chen Palladino
The Dean’s Research Award
Jeremy David Kaplitt
The Gustavo Cudkowicz Memorial Prize in Immunobiology
Lior Shytayer
The Harold G. Wolff Research Prize
Abhi Chatterjee
The Sondra Lee Shaw Memorial Prize
Alice Junling Tao
The Susanna Cunningham-Rundles Medical Student Research Prize
Stephanie Rager
Area of Concentration Certificates of Excellence
- Rachel Abramson
- Anita Amin
- Kyrie Anderson
- Rachel Arnesen
- Tahj Blow
- Kathryn Broderick
- Sarah Caughey
- Abhi Chatterjee
- Gui Zhen Chen
- Candace Chien
- Shabnam Eghbali
- Jeremy Kaplitt
- Julianna Kostas
- Daniel Lai
- Chimsom Orakwue
- Ann Palladino
- Gabriel Raab
- Stephanie Rager
- Daniel Restifo
- Heba Shaaban
- Lior Shtayer
- Jayleecia Smith
- Alice Tao
- Jade Wang
Glasgow-Rubin Memorial Award
Rhiannon Christine Miller
Glasgow-Rubin Memorial Achievement Citations
- Katie Liu
- Rhiannon Miller
- Sofya Norman
- Rachel Saganty
- Ryka Sehgal
- Alice Tao
The Charles Horn Prize
Andrea Christina Cabassa Miskimen
The David Clayson Prize for Creativity
Hannah Hwang
The Hayworth-Gold Award for Excellence in Medical Professionalism
- Diksha Brahmbhatt
- Sean McCoy
- Luisa Perez
The Henry C. and Anne Hayworth First Honor Prize
Tyler Wills
The Sidney and Viola Borkon Memorial Prize
Ian Nykaza
The John Metcalf Polk Prizes
- Tyler Kim Khilnani
- Rhiannon Christine Miller
- Ray Wang
The Medical Society of the State of New York
Andrew Griswold
The Medical Student Executive Council Award
Jin Sang Pyon
The Compassionate Physician Award
Chimsom Faith Orakwue
The Good Physician Award
Kathryn Margaret Broderick
The Nelson Felix Sánchez M.D. LGBTQ+ Excellence Award
Matthew Moronta
The Paul Sherlock Prize in Internal Medicine
Daniel Lai
The Leonard P. Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
Tahj Ali Blow
Teaching Awards
The Leonard P. Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
Dr. Pamela Charney
The Senior List
- Dr. Juliet Aizer
- Dr. Kimberly Bloom-Feshbach
- Dr. Pamela Charney
- Dr. Domenick Falcone
- Dr. Joy Howell
- Dr. Sydney Katz
- Dr. Keith LaScalea
- Dr. William Levine
- Dr. Demetri Merianos
- Dr. Estomih Mtui
- Dr. Anthony Ogedegbe
- Dr. Peter Sculco
- Dr. Kaushal Shah
- Dr. Joshua Weaver
The Charles L. Bardes, M.D. Teaching Prize
Dr. Estomih Mtui
The Volunteer Clinical Faculty Award of Alpha Omega Alpha
Dr. Hooman Yaghoobzadeh
The 1952 Resident Physician Prize
Dr. John Mancini
The Elliott Hochstein Teaching Award
Dr. Demetri Merianos
The House Staff Teaching Award
Dr. Ezra Gabbay
The Medical Student Executive Council (First Year Teaching Award)
Dr. Kathleen Bubb
The Medical Student Executive Council (Second Year Teaching Award)
Dr. Sushil Kumar
The Richard A. Herrmann, M.D. Teaching Award
Dr. Brian Eiss