2023 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards

Congratulations to the 2023 winners of the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards. May is designated as teaching excellence month for McGovern Medical School.

Anesthesiology
Daniel An, DO
Stephanie Bradley, MD
Lauren Brollier, MD
Amber Campbell, MD
Johanna de Haan, MD
Michelle Ge, MD
Sara Guzman-Reyes, MD
Nadia Hernandez, MD
Sabina Khan, MD
Sana Khan, MD
Rishi Kumar, MD
Travis Markham, MD
Jonathon McCollester, DO
Osamudiamen Obanor, MD
Alice O’Brien, MD
Onyi Onuoha, MD
Barbara Orlando, MD
Paul Potnuru, MD
Ryan Rihani, MD
Daniel Shoham, MD
Vy Tran, MD
Naveen Vanga, MD
Danielle White, MD

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Phillip Carpenter, PhD
Zheng Chen, PhD
Harry Karmouty-Quintana, PhD
Wenbo Li, PhD
Seung-Hee Yoo, PhD

Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Zainulabdeen Al Rstum, MD
Steven Eisenberg, MD
Robert Hetz, MD
Naveed Saqib, MBBS
Shihuan Wang, MD

Dermatology
Natasha Klimas, MD

Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
Eliana Bonfante-Mejia, MD
Bo Chen, MD
Claudia Cotes, MD
Cihan Duran, MD
Miguel Fabrega, MD
Nikoo Fattahi, MD
Alexa Levey, MD
Jennifer McCarthy, MD
Lee Myers, MD
Sean Rose, PhD
Latifa Sanhaji, MD
Susanna Spence, MD
Patricia Svolos, PhD
Varaha Tammisetti, MBBS

Emergency Medicine
Benjamin Cooper, MD
Akshay Elagandhala, MD
Hilary Fairbrother, MD
Kayleigh Fischer, MD
Joseph Gill, MD
Ryan Huebinger, MD
Benjamin Karfunkle, MD
Adeola Kosoko, MD
Katheryn Larimore, MD
Zheng Ben Ma, MD
Andrew Molloy, MD
Jacqueline Okere, MD
Vishal Patel, MD
Catherine Reynolds, MD
Suzanne Seo, MD
Hannah Smith, MD
Shabana Walia, MD
Jessica Wilson, MD

Family and Community Medicine
Michael Altman, MD
Pedro Aquino, MD
Justin Dominique Balla, MD
Shira Goldstein, MD
Maysoon Hamed, MB BCh
Deepa Iyengar, MBBS
Naveen Mahmood, MD
Vijaya Mallela, MD
German Martinez-Gamba, MD
Shrabanee Mitra, MBBS
Phuc Duc Nguyen, MD
Bal Reddy, MD
Nahid Rianon, MBBS, PhD
Suzan Skef, MD, MS
Yu Wah, MBBS
Carman Whiting, MD
Krystina Yu, DO
Elena Zamora, MD

Integrative Biology and Pharmacology
Alemayehu Gorfe Abebe, PhD
Xiaodong Cheng, PhD
Shane Cunha, PhD
Catherine Denicourt, PhD
Guangwei Du, PhD
Travis Moore, PhD
Oleh Pochynyuk, PhD
Kartik Venkatachalam, PhD
Michael Zhu, PhD

Internal Medicine
Rodeo Abrencillo, MD
Omowunmi Aibana, MD
Bindu Akkanti, MD
Reem Al-Dallal, MD
Jane Andrews, MD
Ben Barnett, MD
Sameeksha Bhama, MD
Divya Bhamidipati, MD
Karthik Bhandari, MD
Jacqueline Birnbaum, MD
Linh Bui, MD
Konstantinos Charitakis, MD
Elena Cherian, MD
Sujith Cherian, MBBS
Olasimbo Chiadika, MD
Marc Cillo, MD
Manjari Devidi, MBBS
Kha Dinh, MD
Ijeoma Ekeruo, MD
Rukma Govindu, MBBS
Katie Guttenberg, MD
Julia Hiner, MD
Elizabeth Holt, MD
Carissa Huq, MD
Mark Hwang, MD
Modupe Idowu, MD
Tanima Jana, MD
Bochra Jandali, MD
Rachel Jantea, MD
Jessica Jones, MD
Mairin Joseph-Talreja, MD
Maryam Kaous, MD
Mubeen Khan, MD
Ariana Klein, MD
Min Ji Kwak, MD
Callie Kwartler, MD
Neha Maithel, MD
Ruckshanda Majid, MBBS
Reeba Mathew, MBBS
Courtney McCray, MD
Salem Muayad, MD
Cristina Murdock, MD
Monica Patel, MD
Philip Orlander, MD
Siddharth Prakash, MD, PhD
Tugrul Purnak, MD
Deepa Raghunathan, MD
Lilit Sargsyan, MD
Lavanya Sendos, MBBS
Neel Shah, MD
Gautam Sikka, MD
Jade Teakell, MD, PhD
Katherine Terracina, MD
Victoriano Valdez, MD
Matthew Van Norman, DO
Karen Vigil, MD
Dia Rose Waguespack, MD
Mark Warner, MD
Robby Wesley, DO
Michael Zhu, MD

McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics
Keisha Ray, PhD

Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Bo Hu, PhD
Ronald “Chris” Mackenzie, PhD
Jose Perez, PhD
Jennifer Walker, PhD

Neurobiology and Anatomy
John Broussard, PhD
Len Cleary, PhD
Nachum Dafny, PhD
Claire Hulsebosch, PhD
Nobuhide Kobori, MD, PhD
Han Zhang, MD
Jing Zhao, BM (MD), PhD

Neurology
Sandipan Pati Bankim Behari Pati, MBBS
Suur Biliciler, MD
Shivika Chandra, MBBS
Melissa Christie, MD
Rajesh Gupta, MBBS
Katherine Harris, MD
Amanda Jagolino-Cole, MD
Christina Kim, MD
Nuria Lacuey Lecumberri, MD
Samden Lhatoo, MBBS
Fudong Liu, MB
Sishir Mannava, MD
Narges Moghimi, MD
John Mosher, PhD
Thy Nguyen, MD
Swati Pradeep, DO
Paul Schulz, MD
Ali Shoraka, MD
Akihiko Urayama, PhD

Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Ahmed Abouseif, MD
Asha Bhalwal, MBBS
Carlos Carreno, MD
Jenny Duret-Uzodinma, MD
Olivia Dziadek, MD
Rosa Guerra, MD
Julie Gutierrez, MD
Sara Holcombe, DO
Jason Holliday, MD
Benjamin Huntley, MD
Randa Jalloul, MD
Mateo Leon, MD
Elizabeth Nugent, MD
Lavanya Palavalli Parsons, MD
Diana Racusin, MD
Mary Rysavy, MD
Eleazar Soto Torres, MD
Irene Stafford, MD
Carol Tran-Cao, MD
Eugene Toy, MD
Rachel Wiley, MD
Abigail Zamorano, MD

Orthopedic Surgery
Timothy Achor, MD
Andrew Choo, MD
Ernest Conrad, MD
John Conway, MD
Lindsay Crawford, MD
Shah-Nawaz Dodwad, MD
Jonathan Eastman, MD
Robert Fullick, MD
Taggart Gauvain, MD
Stacey Martin, MD
Wade McAlister, MD
William McGarvey, MD
Surya Mundluru, MD
John Munz, MD
David Rodriguez-Quintana, MD
Milton Routt, Jr., MD
Stephen Warner, MD, PhD
Kyle Woerner, MD
Shiraz Younas, MBBS

Otorhinolaryngology
Wee Tin Katherine Kao, MD
Andrew Tritter, MD
William Yao, MD

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Jeffery Actor, PhD
Suhair Al Salihi, MD
Jacob Armstrong, MD
Meenakshi Bhattacharjee, MBBS
Diane Edmondson, PhD
Tianhua Guo, MD
Karan Saluja, MBBS
Amanda Tchakarov, MD
Priya Weerasinghe, MD, PhD
Songlin Zhang, MB, PhD
Yu Helen Zhang, MD
Bihong Zhao, MBBS, PhD

Pediatric Surgery
Jason Au, MD
Stephen Fletcher, DO
Allison Speer, MD

Pediatrics
Simi Abraham, MD
Roukaya Al Hammoud, MD
Chiamaka Aneji, MBBS
Myla Ashfaq, MS
Autumn Atkinson, MD
Rebecca Beyda, MD
Bibek Bista, MD
John Chapman, MD
Allison Davidson, DO
Lisa De Ybarrondo, MD
Leslie Dunnington, MS
Monaliza Evangelista, MD
Tina Findley, MD
Christina Fok, MD
Chelsea Gatcliffe, MD
Veronica Gonzalez, MD
Amalia Guardiola, MD
Hunter Hamilton, MD
Paul Hillman, MD, PhD
Jean Hsu, DO
Essam Imseis, MD
Nikita Khetan, MD
Yuying Liu, BM, PhD
Suzanne Lopez, MD
Ann Marshburn, MD
Neethu Menon, MBBS
Shade Moody, MD
Ricardo Mosquera, MD
Supriya Nair, MD
Thao Nguyen, DO
Chinyere O’Connor, MD
Susan Pacheco, MD
Norma Pérez, DO
Vinay Prabhu, MBBS
Nidra Rodriguez, MD
Jaclyn Ruggiero, MD
Joyce Samuel, MD
Joshua Samuels, MD
Kimberly Smith, MD
Lakshmi Srivaths, MBBS
James Stark, MD, PhD
Katie Tran, MD, MPH
Sophia Tsakiri, MD
Michael Watkins, MD
Ramia Zakhour, MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Nikola Dragojlovic, DO
Christopher Falco, MD
Joel Frontera, MD
Stacey Hall, DO
Cindy Ivanhoe, MD
Radha Korupolu, MBBS
Ajai Sambasivan, MD
Ryan Stork, MD
Kristin Varacalli, DO

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Elaheh Ashtari, PsyD
Dean Atkinson, MD
Taiwo Babatope, MD
Jeffrey Barr, MD
Kawal Bir, MBBS
Alexandra Duran, MD
Stephanie Emhoff, PhD
Jonathan Findley, MD
Omar Gonzales, MD
Silvia Hafliger, MD
Gregory Hestla, MD
Vineeth John, MBBS
Brandi Karnes, MD
Tyler Kimm, MD
Katherine Loveland, PhD
Caesa Nagpal, MBBS
Deborah Pearson, PhD
Teresa Pigott, MD
Anilkumar Pillai, PhD
Cynthia Santos, MD
Lokesh Shahani, MBBS
Ana Ugueto, PhD
Alia Warner, PhD
Michael Weaver, MD
Zeshen Wu, MD

Surgery
Sasha Adams, MD
Farzaneh Banki, MD
Ritha Belizaire, MD
Wendy Chen, MD
Daniel Freet, MD
Todd Huzar, MD
Lillian Kao, MD
Saleem Khan, MBBS
David Kim, MD
Erik Marques, MD
Thaddeus Puzio, MD
Tamara Saunders, MD
Ethan Taub, DO
Michael Wandling, MD
Yuewei Wu-Fienberg, MD

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