Award Recipients
During the dinner, several outstanding individuals were recognized with awards:
- Fellow Teaching Award: Dario Alvarez, Pediatric Critical Care
- Faculty Teaching Award: David Peng, Pediatric Cardiology
- Steve T. Koeff MD Medical Student Resident Teaching Award: Judy Kafelghazal
- John R Dayton MD Real World Pediatrician Award: Christopher Kruger
- Mary Ellen Bozynski Hernandez MD MS Professionalism Award: Georgina Pike Clegg
- Carol G Ragsdale MD Award: Katherine Webster
- James Maitland Simpson MD Resident Initiative Award: Bridget Smythe
- Fellow Teaching Award: Dario Alvarez, Pediatric Critical Care
- Faculty Teaching Award: David Peng, Pediatric Cardiology
- Steve T. Koeff MD Medical Student Resident Teaching Award: Judy Kafelghazal
- John R Dayton MD Real World Pediatrician Award: Christopher Kruger
- Mary Ellen Bozynski Hernandez MD MS Professionalism Award: Georgina Pike Clegg
- Carol G Ragsdale MD Award: Katherine Webster
- James Maitland Simpson MD Resident Initiative Award: Bridget Smythe
Exciting Next Steps for Our Residents:
Chief Residents:
- Julia Cartwright – Pediatric Intensive Care Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University
- Christopher Demas – Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship at Michigan State University
- Mekala Neelakantan – Pediatric Intensive Care Fellowship at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Residents:
- Sharanya Bhavani Bamzai – General Pediatrician at Henry Ford Hospital
- Amanda Kathryn Barks – Fellow in Pediatric Endocrinology at the University of Michigan
- Melanie Sarah Bondoc – Child Neurology Resident at the University of Michigan
- Leah Krieger Buckley – General Pediatrician at IHA Cherry Hill, Canton, MI
- Katerina N. Castillo – Faculty in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Hospital Medicine at the University of Michigan
- Alecia Cherney – Child Neurology Resident at the University of Michigan
- Mara Louise Coyan – General Pediatrician at Pediatric Associates of Fairfield, OH
- Cullen Farragher – Child Neurology Resident at the University of Michigan
- Rebecca Anne Fuhlbrigge – Fellow in Pediatric Endocrinology at Massachusetts General Hospital
- Kathryn Herrera-Theut – Faculty in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Primary Care at the University of Michigan
- Aditi Hindka – Fellow in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Children's Minnesota Hospital
- Gabrielle N. Horner – Faculty in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Hospital Medicine at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
- Ashna Jain – Fellow in Allergy and Immunology at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- Judy Kafelghazal – Pediatric Chief Resident at the University of Michigan
- Christopher Kruger – General Pediatrician and Newborn Nursery at Corewell Health Beaumont Hospital, Pediatric Outpatient Clinic
- Abigail Rentschler Maidlow – General Pediatrician at Watch Us Grow Pediatrics, Trenton, MI
- Katlyn A. Mayer – Fellow in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Kansas City Children's Hospital
- Alexa Minc – Fellow in Allergy and Immunology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
- Majd Ali Mokbel – Faculty in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Hospital Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis
- Brian Muchmore – Faculty in Adult Genetics at the University of Kansas Medical Center
- Alexa Norman – Fellow in Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Michigan
- Georgina Pike Clegg – Pediatric Chief Resident at the University of Michigan
- Steven Scaglione – Fellow in Pediatric Cardiology at Nationwide Children's Hospital
- Timothy Alexander Schurz – Fellow in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Michigan
- Tyler B. Shubitowski – Fellow in Neonatal and Perinatal Critical Care at Indiana University
- Bridget Molly Smythe – Fellow in Development and Behavioral Pediatrics at the University of Michigan
- Daniela Sosa – Faculty in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Michigan
- Maria Vermeulen – Faculty in General Pediatrics at the University of Utah
- Josiah Samuel Warner – Child Neurology Resident at the University of Michigan
- Katherine Elizabeth Webster – Fellow in Neonatal and Perinatal Critical Care at Emory University
- Paola Werner – Pediatric Chief Resident at the University of Michigan
- Sabrina R. Wilcox – Fellow in Adult Hematology Oncology at Washington University in St. Louis
- Julia Witowska – Faculty in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Hospital Medicine at Cleveland Clinic
- Kristina Zalewski – Fellow in Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Beaumont Hospital
Please join us in celebrating the remarkable achievements and bright futures of our graduates!
