June 14, 2023

Congratulations to our Graduating Residents!

This month we celebrated the graduation ceremony for our pediatric and medicine/ pediatric house officers. We would like to congratulate all of our graduating residents on a job very well done! 

Congratulations to the following residents, fellow, and faculty members who were recognized for awards during the celebration: 

Fellow Teaching Award: Dr. Nellie Hani Pediatric Endocrinology

Faculty Teaching Award: Dr. Jacqueline Meadow, Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine

Steve T Koeff MD Medical Student Resident Teaching Award: Dr. Cat McDermott

John R Dayton MD Real World Pediatrician Award: Dr. Tessa Adzemovic

Mary Ellen Bozynski Hernandez MD MS Professionalism Award: Dr. Katharine Asta

Carol G Ragsdale MD Award: Dr. Laura Getchell

James Maitland Simpson MD Resident Initiative Award: Dr. Sarah Pollick

In addition, at the recent Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Resident Graduation, the following residents were recognized with the David S Rosen Award for Humanism in Medicine: Dr. Tessa Adzemovic and Dr. Cat McDermott.

Chief Residents' next steps:

Emile Muallem –Faculty, Pediatric Hospital Medicine, UM

Courtney Nugent --Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship. Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital

Megan Zakerski – Faculty, General Pediatrics, UM

And the 2023 graduating class:

Josh Adams -Child Neurology
Tessa Adzemovic -Fogarty Fellowship, Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Hospital Medicine, Brigham and Women’s
Genevieve Allen -Moving to Sweden
Katharine Asta - Chief Resident
Joshua Baalman - Adolescent Medicine- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Allie Bloom -Internal Medicine and Pediatric Hospital Medicine Faculty, Boston Children’s Hospital/Beth Israel Medical Center
Geri Chan -  General Pediatrics Faculty, University of Michigan
Brad Disbrow -Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Fellowship, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Melanie Donahue -Allergy and Immunology Fellowship- University of Michigan
Sarah Frankl - Child Neurology
Sean Gallagher -Allergy and Immunology Fellowship- Thomas Jefferson University/Nemours Children’s Hospital
Laura Getchell -Chief Resident
Adam Gorman - General Pediatrics Faculty- University of Chicago
Lilly Haddad - General Pediatrics, Dearborn MI
Michael Harper -Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship, UNC
Michael Ho -Adult Cardiology Fellowship- Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
Kylie Jungles- Allergy and Immunology Fellowship- Rush University
Marianne Kerski -Combined Medicine and Pediatrics Rheumatology Fellowship- University of Michigan
Nick Litchin -Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship- University of Michigan
Cat McDermott -Internal Medicine and Pediatric Hospital Medicine Faculty- University of Michigan
Emily Masterson -Chief Resident
Patrick Moran -Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship- University of Michigan
Dustin Nguyen -General Pediatrics Faculty, University of Michigan
Jill Nulle -Child Neurology
Natalia Painter -Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship- University of Michigan
Nic Parnell -Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology Fellowship- University of Michigan
Becca Patterson -Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship- University of Michigan
Sarah Pollick -Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Fellowship- University of Michigan
Marty Randall -General Pediatrics, Green Tree Pediatrics
Ashlee Smith-Patel -NICU Fellowship- Baylor University
Betsy VanWieren - Pediatric Hospital Medicine Faculty- University of Michigan
Zach Whitt - NICU Fellowship- Emory University
Annie Yarbrough -General Pediatrics Faculty- University of Michigan
Tatum Zurawski -Sports Medicine Fellowship- University of Michigan