2024 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award

Congratulations to the 2024 winners of the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards. May is designated as teaching excellence month for McGovern Medical School.

Anesthesiology
Daniel An, DO
Kendra Brown, MD
Janefrances Egbosiuba, MD
Kristin Falce, MD
Michelle Ge, MD
John Gray, MD
Jamal Hasoon, MD
Hayden Jefferies, DO
Sean Kelly, MD
Rishi Kumar, MD
Haw Yu Lin, MD
Sanjana Malviya, MD
Eric Nesrsta, MD
Osamudiamen Obanor, MD
Alice O’Brien, MD
Onyi Onuoha, MD
Greesha Pednekar, MD
Paul Potnuru, MD
Rachel Rhem, MD
Ryan Rihani, MD
Vishwas Seshachellam, DO
Rebecca Thompson, MD
Danielle White, MD

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Phillip Carpenter, PhD
Vasanthi Jayaraman, PhD
Harry Karmouty-Quintana, PhD
Wenbo Li, PhD
John Putkey, PhD

Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Zainulabdeen Al Rstum, MD
Sheila Coogan, MD
Steven Eisenberg, MD
Kourosh Keyhani, DO
Philip Rascoe, MD

Dermatology
Natasha Klimas, MD

Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
Shahroz Aziz, MD
Juri Bassuner, MD
Nicholas Beckmann, MD
Jeffrey Carlson, MD
Kiran Chang, MBBS
Ernest Fonocho, MD
Mina Hanna, MB, ChB
Joseph Hasapes, MD
Jennifer McCarty, MD
Lee Myers, MD
Erika Odisio, MD
Rohan Samant, MBBS
Margaret Skaug, MD
Patricia Svolos, PhD
Varaha Tammisetti, MB, BS

Emergency Medicine
Rachel Bower, MD
Michael Boyars, MD
Jeffrey Chen, MD
Benjamin Clark, MD
Dominique Diggs, MD
Akshay Elagandhala, MD
Kayleigh Fischer, MD
Jasmine Ginn, MD
Meghana Gore, MD
Christine Ju, MD
Benjamin Karfunkle, MD
Dharma Karian, MD
Katheryn Larimore, MD
Megan Long, MD
Thomas McCarty, MD
Shreyans Sanghvi, MD
Gowri Stevens, MD
Michael Vu, MD
Shabana Walia, MD
Jessica Wilson, MD

Family and Community Medicine
Michael Altman, MD
Pedro Aquino, MD
Justin Dominique Balla, MD
Shira Goldstein, MD
Brian Hite, MD
Deepa Iyengar, MB, BS
Naveen Mahmood, MD
Vijaya Mallela, MD
German Nicolas Martinez-Gamba, MD
Shrabanee Mitra, MB, BS
Phuc Duc Nguyen, MD
Anam Rajput, MD
Bal Reddy, MD
Behrooz Saffari, MD
Yu Wah, MB, BS
Carman Whiting, MD
Krystina Yu, DO
Elena Zamora, MD

Integrative Biology and Pharmacology
Alemayehu Gorfe Abebe, PhD
Shane Cunha, PhD
Catherine Denicourt, PhD
Hyun-Eui Kim, PhD
Yang Liu, PhD
Travis Moore, PhD
Oleh Pochynyuk, PhD
Kartik Venkatachalam, PhD

Internal Medicine
Rodeo Abrencillo, MD
Bindu Akkanti, MD
Reem Al-Dallal, MD
Nuzha Amjad, MD
Ben Barnett, MD
Divya Bhamidipati, MD
Karthik Bhandari, MD
Sujith Cherian, MBBS
Elena Cherian, MD
Marc Cillo, MD
Akshar Dash, MD
Paula Debroy Monzon, MD
Manjari Devidi, MBBS
Kha Dinh, MD
Ijeoma Ekeruo, MD
Puja Gandhi, MD
Rukma Govindu, MBBS
William Harding, MD
John Higgins, MBBS
Elizabeth Holt, MD
Carissa Huq, MD
Mark Hwang, MD
Modupe Idowu, MD
Syed Jafri, MBBS
Tanima Jana, MD
Bochra Jandali, MD
Jaya Kala, MBBS
Mubeen Khan, MD
Pascal Kingah, MD
Ariana Klein, MD
Min Ji Kwak, MD
Shehzad Merwat, MBBS
Akshata Moghe, MD, PhD
Delma Montoya Monge, MD
Cristina Murdock, MD
Sapna Naik, MD
Brittany Owen, MD
Maria Patarroyo Aponte, MD
Tugrul Purnak, MD
Deepa Raghunathan, MD
Lilit Sargsyan, MD
Lavanya Sendos, MB, BS
Gautam Sikka, MD
Brian Skaug, MD, PhD
Sara Taveras Alam, MD
Jade Teakell, MD, PhD
Katherine Terracina, MD
Matthew Thau, MD
Ethan Taub, DO
Nirav Thosani, MBBS
Poyee Tung, MD
Martha Tzou, MD
Victoriano Valdez, MD
Matthew Van Norman, DO
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
Anna Konovalova, PhD
Ronald “Chris” Mackenzie, PhD
Jennifer Walker, PhD
Chenggang Wu, PhD

Neurobiology and Anatomy
Nachum Dafny, PhD
Claire Hulsebosch, PhD
Nobuhide Kobori, MD, PhD
David Marshak, PhD
Han Zhang, MD
Jing Zhao, BM (MD), PhD

Neurology
Kendra Anderson, PhD
Pedro Balaguera Cuervo, MD
Sandipan Pati Bankim Behari Pati, MB, BS
Shivika Chandra, MBBS
Anjali Chauhan, PhD
Melissa Christie, MD
Salman Farooq, MD
Rajesh Gupta, MBBS
Katherine Harris, MD
Amanda Jagolino Cole, MD
Christina Kim, MD
Gab Seok Kim, PhD
Nuria Lacuey Lecumberri, MD
Sishir Mannava, MD
Felix Moruno Manchon, PhD
Michael Nahhas, MD
Thy Thuyphuong Nguyen, MD
Maria Parekh, MD
Swati Pradeep, DO
Sunil Sheth, MD

Neurosurgery
Joseph Cochran, MD
Ryan Kitagawa, MD
Karl Schmitt, MD

Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Ahmed Abouseif, MD
Diego Aviles, MD
Jenny Duret-Uzodinma, MD
Olivia Dziadek, MD
Rosa Guerra, MD
Julie Gutierrez, MD
Sara Holcombe, DO
Jason Holliday, MD
Randa Jalloul, MD
Catherine Chandler Moody, MD
Elizabeth Nugent, MD
Lavanya Palavalli Parsons, MD
Keith Riggs, MD
Aaron Roberts, MD
Brian Rodriguez Echevarria, MD
Mary Rysavy, MD
Karen Schneider, MD
Megan Shepherd, MD
Barry Siller, MD
Eugene Toy, MD
Carol Tran-Cao, MD
Abigail Zamorano, MD

Orthopedic Surgery
Timothy Achor, MD
Andrew Choo, MD
John Conway, MD
Lindsay Crawford, MD
Shah-Nawaz Dodwad, MD
Jonathan Eastman, MD
Robert Fullick, MD
Taggart Gauvain, MD
James Kellam, 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
Ibrahim Alava, MD
Wee Tin Kao, MD
William Yao, MD

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Yasir Ali, MD
Diane Edmondson, PhD
Mahmoud Elsayad, MD
Nnaemeka Ibeh, DO
Brenda Mai, MD
Karan Saluja, MBBS
Amanda Tchakarov, MD
Priya Weerasinghe, MD, PhD
Bihong Zhao, MBBS, PhD

Pediatric Surgery
Jason Au, MD
Danielle Hsu, MD
Manish Shah, MD
Allison Speer, MD

Pediatrics
Simi Abraham, MD
Alyssa Adams, MD
Ladan Agharokh, MD
Roukaya Al Hammoud, MD
Haitham Al-Wahab, MD
Myla Ashfaq, MS
Autumn Atkinson, MD
Catherine Beaullieu, MD
Fatima Boricha, MBBS
Monica Bray, MD
Ian Butler, MBBS
Sevahn Carril, MD
John Chapman, MD
Asha Davidson, MD
Lisa De Ybarrondo, MD
Julie Eapen, MD
Misti Ellsworth, DO
Christina Fok, MD
Amalia Guardiola, MD
Hunter Hamilton, MD
Paul Hillman, MD, PhD
Cindy Jon, MD
Muhammad Khan, MD
Rami Kharouf, MD
Monica Kodakandla, MD
Tu Mai, MD
Katrina McBeth, MD
Michael McDowell, DO
Sandra McKay, MD
Neethu Menon, MBBS
Cydney Meyer, MD
Vershanna Morris, MD
Supriya Nair, MD
Upulie Nawaratne, MD
Luis Ochoa, MD
Mehul Patel, MD
Adriana Carolina Prada Ruiz, MD
Nidra Rodriguez, MD
Nunilo Rubio, MD
Joyce Samuel, MD
Joshua Samuels, MD
Monisha Shah, MD
Alison Shellman, PhD
Kimberly Smith, MD
Lakshmi Srivaths, MBBS
Kristina Tebo, MD
Maria Tellez, MD
Nathan Valenti, MD
Sarah Lund Wilson, MD
Li Xiong, MD
Ramia Zakhour, MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Stacey Hall, DO
Isaac Hernandez Jimenez, MD
Elaine Magat, MD
Argyrios Stampas, MD
Ryan Stork, MD
Vinay Vanodia, MD
Kristin Varacalli, DO

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Ashtari Elaheh, PsyD
Atkinson Dean, MD
Babatope Taiwo, MD
Jeffrey Barr, MD
Kawal Bir, MB, BS
Luis Fernandez-Wische, MD
J. Chase Findley, MD
Gabriel Fries, PhD
Omar Gonzales, MD
Silvia Hafliger, MD
Jane Hamilton, PhD
Gregory Hestla, MD
Vineeth John, MBBS
Brandi Karnes, MD
Tyler Kimm, MD
Micah Knobles, MD
Katherine Loveland, PhD
Caesa Nagpal, MBBS
Nicholas Patniyot, MD
Deborah Pearson, PhD
Teresa Pigott, MD
Anilkumar Pillai, PhD
Cynthia Santos, MD
Lokesh Shahani, MBBS
Ana Ugueto, PhD
Consuelo Walss-Bass, PhD
Michael Weaver, MD

Surgery
Sasha Adams, MD
Mohin Bhadkamkar, MD
John Cowling, MD
Casey Duncan, MD
Ekatarina Elliott, DO
Melissa Felinski, DO
Daniel Freet, MD
Ryan Hall, MD
Todd Huzar, MD
Saleem Khan, MBBS
David Kim, MD
Melina McCarty, MD
Stefanos Millas, MD
Thaddeus Puzio, MD
Tamara Saunders, MD
Shinil Shah, DO
Melissa Stewart, MD
Vincenzo Villani, MD
Yuewei Wu-Fienberg, MD

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