C O N V O C A T I O N

May 2019

RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY

Convocation_cover_2019.indd All Pages 11/13/18 9:26 AM

1

Class of 2019Convocation

Monday, May TwentiethTwo Thousand and Nineteen

2

3

“y“you can not separate passion from pathology any more than you

can separate a person’s spirit from his body… Gaze long enough at your

patients, and from even the driest husk there will fly upward a shower of

sparks that, to him who gazes, will coalesce into a little flame… Place

your hand over the patient’s heart. Let your fingers receive its beat… Now

listen with a stethoscope… Listening to the heart is like learning the songs

of birds. A song once heard and identified is your own from then on.”

From

Letters to a Young Doctor

By Richard Selzer

4

The OaTh Of hippOcraTes

I do solemnly swear by that which I hold most sacred:

That I will be loyal to the profession of medicineand just and generous to its members

That I will lead my life and practice my art inuprightness and honor

That into whatsoever house I shall enter,it shall be for the good of the sick to the utmost of my power,

holding myself aloof from wrong,from corruption and from the tempting of others to vice

That I will exercise my art solely for the care ofmy patients and will give no drug and perform no operation

for a criminal purpose; far less suggest it

That whatsoever I shall see or hearof the lives of my patients which is not fitting

to be spoken, I will keep inviolably secret

These things I do promise and in proportionas I am faithful to this oath, may happiness and good repute

be ever mine and may the opposite befall meif I am false to my word.

5

Welcome Remarks Robert L. Johnson, MD, FAAP Interim Dean, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Dean, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Brian L. Strom, MD, MPH Chancellor Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences

Paul F. Weber, MD, RPh, MBA Class of 1987 Past President, Alumni Association Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Excellence in Teaching & Robert L. Johnson, MD, FAAPResearch Awards Convocation Address Keith P. Lewis, RPh, MD Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

Student Address Joshua Felton Gilens

Introduction of Carol A. Terregino, MDMD Degree Senior Associate Dean for Education and Academic Affairs Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Hippocratic Oath Colleen Donovan, MD Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Closing Remarks Robert L. Johnson, MD, FAAP

Order Of prOgram

6

medical degree recipienTs

Ashley Mone’ Abbott 2

Lauryn Brittney Adams +

Omowunmi Adedeji 2+

Moshe Aryeh ApfelJulia Nicole ApoznanskiFernando Daniel Arias *+

Akanksha K. Arya 1+

Gina Francisco AshforthJoanna BalcerekSabrina Carvalho BarataChristopher George Bargoud %+

Sabrina BarikTheresa Christine Barrett 3

Bassel Ahmed BashjawishMadeleine Paige Basist *Jennifer Ellen Bayly ^

Jamie Ross BensonZaeem Mehdi BillahGreta Lochie Schneider Bires +

Kristofer Joel Simmers BiresMatthew John Bittner *Sairamya BodempudiCarly Danielle Borinsky *Andrew Michael Brennan Jr.Nicole Elizabeth BrileyMichael Raymond Briski 1

Ashley Michelle Brown 2

Kenya Alexandra CabreraChristopher Ross CadmanRaymond Yukun Cai %

Augustus ChangGloria Yeong Rong Chen ^

Joan Hou ChenSabrina Clerssaint *Oluwatoyin Olakitan Dada 2

Arianna Mercedes D’Angelo ^

Priscila Pivatto Da SilvaYatee A. Davé ~

Joshua Adam David =

Kwesi G. Dawson-AmoahAlexander P. DecilveoJeffrey DesiletsMitchel DeVitaNatasha Dilwali #

Catherine Abaya DuazoBarbara Erthal Smeral Dutra ~

Mary Cathryn Earnhardt *Yousef M. Elfanagely ~2

Samuel Elias

Renee K. EngDouglas R. Farrell *+

Bridget Lang Findlay *+

Kevin Joseph FitzpatrickAna Lucia FuentesAvinash Gabbeta ^ Rebecca Gail Gaffney *Shifa Shabbir GandhiKimia Grace GanjaeiCatherine Parkhurst Gardiner ^*Tori Danielle Gartmond ^+

Joshua Felton Gilens +

Joshua Paul GilmanIvan J. GolubChristina Chiachi HanJane HandKathleen Chace HankinsHumza HaqueWilliam Kevin HaussnerNicole Giovanni Heath 2

Melissa Patrice HomsherJake Daniel Hoyne *Joseph IbrahimLinus Ikechukwu IgbokweCaesar Gerald ImperioRyan Charles JacksonJose K. James 3

David Emanuel Janhofer *Marissa Caroline Jarosinski *Min-Young KangLeah Ilyse KaplanSahil Khanna *1

Kavisha KhanujaJoanna Elizabeth Kinney *+

Travis August Kling #*+

Kevin Charles Kohm +

Emily KomarczykAlison Rachel KoranskyDhvani KothariSunjay Shiv Kumar *+

Thomas Kuriakose ^+

Caroline Sun Hyung Kwon &

Steve S. KwonRichard William Lang III ~ *+

Omotola Opemipo LanlokunJanet Minyoung LeeJennifer LeeJoy J. LeeDanielle Levin =

7

* Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society + Gold Humanism Honor Society # MD with Distinction in Bioethics & MD with Distinction in Leadership in Academic Health ^ MD with Distinction in Service to the Community ~ MD with Distinction in Medical Education = MD with Distinction in Research

Michelle Linke Shafa ^+

Jonathan M. LowenthalRosaline Xiaocheng MaTarika Kaur Mahal +

Nivethietha ManiamBryan Aram ManoukianTito Klemar Mantilla 2

Justin Wu Marson 1

Emmanuel Martinez Alcaraz +

Monika K. Masanam 1

Heather McGowan 3+

Dhaval M. Mehta @

Surabhi Menon *Alissa Marie Michel @*Kathryn Mary MillenZina Model @

Katherine Malanga Morgan 3

Sean Michael MunierDrew Edward MurrayKyle Fitzgerald NelsonTaylor Joseph NeumanJennifer M. O’Donnell =

Anna Hollembeak Olds *Benedict Osorio *+

Ashima OzaBenjamin Louis Pagano *Patrick Michael Pallitto *Tomas PanequeMatthew Saifi Parr *Christopher Joseph Parronchi *Divya S. PatelJanaki Girish PatelJanki PatelJashvin Pankaj PatelKaiwal Shashikant PatelPooja PatelRonak R. PatelRoohi PatelTulsi D. PatelHarsh Gopal PathakEthan Foster Pearlstein @

Veda PejaverPooja Reddy Pendri @

Deepthi Lakshmi PentaChloe Gloria Phillips *

Martin PicoAmanda Gabrielle Piedra 2

Victor Korshie PomaryArnav R. PondicherryShirin Poustchi % &

Patrick David PulitiShipra Rai +

Kristin Nicole Raphel &

Victor Yamada RazukKevin RheeEmma Mary RogersJayme Alyssa SackVinay SaggarDeesha Sarma @

Katherine Elizabeth Schertz ^

Gianna Regina SeelandSmit P. ShahCaroline Kaily Shang +

Periel Mayer Shapiro ~

Marina SharobeamSteven Alan Shterenberg %

Zachary John ShulerSean James SiburnRebecca Eliza Simon ^

Ka-Lisha Mae Simons 2

Ajan M. Sivaramamoorthy +

Monica SridharAmy SuhotlivBo Tang @1+

Ankita Satyendra Tripathi 1

Annie Elizabeth TrussConnan VacaRussell Pierce ValleAisha Maria Van Pratt Levin @+

Benjamin Adam Van Pratt Levin *+

Mary M. VanderveenChristopher James VenutoloAlyse Marie Volino *Qi WangAlexander Guy Watson =

Peng Yang 1

Brett Benjamin Yarusi *Nikhil Yegya-Raman *Jung H. YumYan Zhu *

@ MD with Distinction in Global Health% MD with Distinction in Medical Innovation and Entrepreneurship1 Graduate of BA/BS/MD Program2 BA/BS/MD Access Med Program3 MD/PhD

8

Student Leadership AwardPresented on the basis of outstanding leadership to the student body

throughout medical school; selected bya special faculty committee.

Joshua Felton Gilens

Community Service AwardPresented on the basis of outstanding service to the medical school or the

community-at-large; selected by a special faculty committee.Thomas Kuriakose

The Bruce Fisher AwardPresented in recognition of academic achievement and

compassionate patient care.

Richard William Lang III

Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine AwardPresented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation

on the basis of humanism and compassion in the deliveryof medical care; selected by the faculty and the students.

Joshua Felton Gilens

Glasgow-Rubin Certificates of Commendationfor Academic Achievement

Presented by theAmerican Medical Women’s Association (AMWA)

Presented to women who graduate in the top 10 percent of their medical school graduating class. A separate Certificate of Commendation is awarded for any

woman who graduates first in her class.

ruTgers rOberT WOOd JOhnsOn medical schOOl

aWards

Madeleine Paige BasistCarly Danielle Borinsky Mary Cathryn Earnhardt

Bridget Lang Findlay Rebecca Gail Gaffney

Catherine Parkhurst GardinerMarissa Caroline Jarosinski

Surabhi Menon Alissa Marie Michel

Anna Hollembeak OldsChloe Gloria Phillips

Alyse Marie VolinoYan Zhu

9

The Society for Academic Emergency MedicineExcellence in Emergency Medicine Award

William Kevin Haussner

The Outstanding Achievement in the MD/PhD ProgramKatherine Malanga Morgan

academic excellence aWards

AnesthesiaJennifer Lee

Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Janki Patel

Disease and Therapeutics IYan Zhu

Disease and Therapeutics IIVictor Yamada Razuk

Emergency MedicineKevin Joseph Fitzpatrick

Family MedicineJoshua Felton Gilens

Foundations of MedicineVictor Yamada Razuk

Internal MedicineCatherine Parkhurst Gardiner

Maintaining HomeostasisMadeleine Paige Basist

Mechanisms of Diseaseand Defense

Kevin Rhee

NeurologyAnkita Satyendra Tripathi

Neuron, Brain and BehaviorBrett Benjamin Yarusi

Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Chloe Gloria Phillips

PediatricsThomas Kuriakose

Primary Care MedicineBenjamin Van Pratt Levin

PsychiatryCaesar Gerald Imperio

SurgeryJashvin Pankaj Patel

ruTgers rOberT WOOd JOhnsOn medical schOOl

aWards

10

neW Jersey healThcare fOundaTiOn, inc. aWards

Excellence in Research AwardCheryl F. Dreyfus, PhD

Professor and Chair, Neuroscience and Cell Biology

Excellence in Teaching AwardMeigra Myers Chin, MD

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Stanley S. Bergen Jr., MD, Medal of ExcellenceRutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Presented to the student who best exemplifies academic excellence:

Bridget Lang Findlay

alumni aWard

Awarded to the student who best demonstrates the high ideals of the medical profession, maintains the highest standards of personal integrity,

and has made a significant contribution to the medical school class; selected by their fellow classmates:

Justin Wu Marson

11

ruTgers rOberT WOOd JOhnsOn medical schOOl

adminisTraTiOn

Robert L. Johnson, MD, FAAPInterim Dean, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Dean, New Jersey Medical School

Thomas Hecker, PhDExecutive Vice Dean, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Vicki L. Craig, MD, FCCM, CPHQSenior Associate Dean for Safety, Quality and Clinical Affairs

Céline Gélinas, PhDSenior Associate Dean for Research

Eric G. Jahn, MDSenior Associate Dean for Community Health

Sally Radovick, MD Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research

Carol A. Terregino, MDSenior Associate Dean for Education and Academic Affairs

Mark V. Sauer, MDSenior Associate Dean for Women’s Health

Gloria A. Bachmann, MDAssociate Dean for Women’s Health

Nancy DeLuca BradyAssociate Dean for Finance and Business Development

Javier I. Escobar, MDAssociate Dean for Global Health

Joseph Jaeger, DrPH, MPHAssociate Dean for the Regional Medical Campus at Monmouth Medical Center

Michael Kelly, MDAssociate Dean for Graduate Medical Education

John B. Kostis, MDAssociate Dean for Cardiovascular Research

Archana Pradhan, MD, MPHAssociate Dean for Education

Rhonda M. Smith, PhDAssociate Dean for Faculty and Staff Affairs

David Swee, MDAssociate Dean for Faculty Affairs

Paul F. Weber, MD, RPh, MBAAssociate Dean for Continuing Medical Education

Patricia Whitley-Williams, MDAssociate Dean for Inclusion and Diversity

Joyce Afran, MDAssistant Dean for the Regional Medical Campus at Somerset

Dalya Chefitz, MDAssistant Dean for the Clinical Learning Environment

H. Liesel Copeland, PhDAssistant Dean for Medical Education and Admissions

Sonia Garcia Laumbach, MDAssistant Dean for Student Affairs

Karen Wei-ru Lin, MD, MSAssistant Dean for Global Health

Daniel J. Mehan Jr., PhDAssistant Dean for Student Affairs

James H. Millonig, PhDAssistant Dean for Medical Scientist Training

Janice Cato Varlack, MDAssistant Dean for Student and Multicultural Affairs

Patricia M. Hansen, MAChief of Staff, Office of the Dean andExecutive Director, Communications and Public Affairs

Robert Prodoehl, MBAExecutive Director of Operations and Administration

12

rOberT WOOd JOhnsOn medical schOOl

deparTmenTs

maJOr insTiTuTes

anesThesiOlOgy andperiOperaTive medicine

biOchemisTry and mOlecular biOlOgy

emergency medicine

family medicine andcOmmuniTy healTh

medicine

neurOlOgy

neurOscience and cell biOlOgy

neurOsurgery

ObsTeTrics, gynecOlOgy and reprOducTive sciences

OphThalmOlOgy

The cardiOvascular insTiTuTe Of neW Jersey

child healTh insTiTuTe Of neW Jersey

The insTiTuTe fOr neurOlOgical TherapeuTics

WOmen’s healTh insTiTuTe

OrThOpaedic surgery

OTOlaryngOlOgy – head and neck surgery

paThOlOgy and labOraTOry medicine

pediaTrics

pharmacOlOgy

physical medicine and rehabiliTaTiOn

psychiaTry

radiaTiOn OncOlOgy

radiOlOgy

surgery

C O N V O C A T I O N

May 2019

RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY

Convocation_cover_2019.indd All Pages 11/13/18 9:26 AM