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CLASS OF 2010 HONORED AT AWARDS PROGRAM

College of Medicine Awards

o The J. Ocie Harris Outstanding Student Award (“the best all-around promise of becoming a physician of the highest caliber”): Melissa Kozakiewicz

o The Myra M. Hurt Leadership in Medicine Award (“exemplary leadership in one or more areas of medicine”): Tony Sochet

o Altruism in Medicine Award (“embodies the highest ideals of medicine as a service calling”): Tanya Anim

o Access to Care Award (“strong interest in providing access to health care for underserved populations,” given in honor of We Care Network coordinator Robin McDougall): Nicole McCoy

o Student Research Award: Craig Campbell

o Individual Student Award (given out only in years when a student’s extraordinary accomplishments merit it): Jimmy Moss

Regional Campus Awards

Regional Campus Dean’s Award (for “the most outstanding student at each College of Medicine regional campus”):
o Amanda Sebring (Daytona Beach)
o Brandon Allen (Fort Pierce)
o Emily Taylor Overholser (Orlando)
o Melissa Kozakiewicz (Pensacola)
o Eilene Weibley (Sarasota)
o Nicole McCoy and Jimmy Moss (Tallahassee)
 

Honor Society and Specialty Awards

o Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society inductees (the only national honor medical society): Brandon Allen, Elizabeth Brooks, Michael Hall, Adam Hammond, Jennifer Kinley, Melissa Kozakiewicz, Christina McCall, Nicole McCoy, Molly McIntyre, Jimmy Moss, Kate Ross, Emily Taylor Overholser, Amanda Sebring, Vanessa Vasquez, Eilene Weibley and Katie Wolter

o Gold Humanism Honor Society inductees (“excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion, and dedication to service”): Elizabeth Brooks, Megan Hall, Adam Hammond, Noureen Idrees-Asad, Melissa Kozakiewicz, Nicole McCoy, Jimmy Moss, Emily Taylor Overholser, Amanda Sebring and Tony Sochet

o Merritt Ryals Clements, M.D., Award for Excellence in Obstetrics and Gynecology (“best demonstrated dedication to the health of women”): Tiffany Williams

o Florida Obstetric and Gynecologic Society Award (“to outstanding medical school graduates entering an obstetrics and gynecology residency program”): Melissa Kozakiewicz and Saira Mir

o American Medical Women’s Association Glasgow-Rubin Achievement Citation (“female students who demonstrate leadership, service and advocacy and rank in the top 10 percent of the graduating class”): Elizabeth Brooks, Jennifer Kinley, Melissa Kozakiewicz, Christina McCall, Emily Taylor Overholser, Kate Ross and Eilene Weibley

o American Medical Women’s Association Outstanding Female Graduate: Emily Taylor Overholser

o American Medical Women’s Association Service Award: Dani Barnes

o Outstanding Graduate in Family Medicine Award: Tanya Anim

o Florida Geriatrics Society Award for Outstanding Student in Geriatrics: Elizabeth Brooks

o Excellence in Pediatrics Award: Nicole McCoy and Amanda Sebring

o Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award: Tracy Graham

o Medical Student Professionalism and Service Award (presented by the American College of Emergency Physicians for “outstanding patient care and involvement in medical organizations and the community”): Brandon Allen

Faculty Awards Presented by Class of 2010

o Outstanding Educator Award: Harold Bland

o Hippocratic Award: Suzanne Harrison

o Appreciation Award: Dean John Fogarty

Student Summary

      o Brandon Allen: Regional Campus Dean’s Award, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Medical Student Professionalism and Service Award

      o Tanya Anim: Altruism in Medicine Award, Outstanding Graduate in Family Medicine Award

      o Dani Barnes: American Medical Women’s Association Service Award

      o Elizabeth Brooks: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Gold Humanism Honor Society, American Medical Women’s Association Glasgow-Rubin Achievement Citation, Florida Geriatrics Society Award for Outstanding Student in Geriatrics

      o Craig Campbell: Student Research Award

      o Tracy Graham: Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award

      o Megan Hall: Gold Humanism Honor Society

      o Michael Hall: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

      o Adam Hammond: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Gold Humanism Honor Society

      o Noureen Idrees-Asad: Gold Humanism Honor Society

      o Jennifer Kinley: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, American Medical Women’s Association Glasgow-Rubin Achievement Citation

      o Melissa Kozakiewicz, Valedictorian: J. Ocie Harris Outstanding Student Award, Regional Campus Dean’s Award, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Gold Humanism Honor Society, Florida Obstetric and Gynecologic Society Award, American Medical Women’s Association Glasgow-Rubin Achievement Citation

      o Christina McCall: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, American Medical Women’s Association Glasgow-Rubin Achievement Citation

      o Nicole McCoy: Access to Care Award, Regional Campus Dean’s Award, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Gold Humanism Honor Society, Excellence in Pediatrics Award

      o Molly McIntyre: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

      o Saira Mir: Florida Obstetric and Gynecologic Society Award

      o Jimmy Moss: Individual Student Award, Regional Campus Dean’s Award, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Gold Humanism Honor Society

      o Emily Taylor Overholser: Regional Campus Dean’s Award, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Gold Humanism Honor Society, American Medical Women’s Association Glasgow-Rubin Achievement Citation, American Medical Women’s Association Outstanding Female Graduate

      o Kate Ross: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, American Medical Women’s Association Glasgow-Rubin Achievement Citation

      o Amanda Sebring: Regional Campus Dean’s Award, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Gold Humanism Honor Society, Excellence in Pediatrics Award

      o Tony Sochet, Class President: Myra M. Hurt Leadership in Medicine Award, Gold Humanism Honor Society

      o Vanessa Vasquez: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

      o Eilene Weibley: Regional Campus Dean’s Award, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, American Medical Women’s Association Glasgow-Rubin Achievement Citation

      o Tiffany Williams: Merritt Ryals Clements, M.D., Award for Excellence in Obstetrics and Gynecology

      o Katie Wolter: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AWARDS GIVEN OUT

The Department of Biomedical Sciences announced the winners of the department’s first achievement awards, which will be given out annually:

O Randolph L. Rill Outstanding Graduate Student Award: Elise Cook, Fiona Hollis and Hyeong-Min Lee.

O Outstanding Achievement as a Postdoctoral Scholar Award: Rakesh Kumar Singh (pictured here).

LEAP INTO LEADERSHIP

Trina Chakravarty, Class of 2012, in June completed the Leadership and Education Program for Students in Integrative Medicine (known by the acronym LEAPS into IM). She was one of 20 medical students welcomed to the program in Stockbridge, Mass. Integrative medicine focuses on treating the whole person, not just the disease.

WELCOME TO MARIANNA

These four students, pictured at a meet-and-greet at Jackson Hospital this summer, are the newest additions to the College of Medicine’s Rural Track. From left, they are Joseph Gaskins, Gina Obmana, Amanda Pearcy and Michelle Cormier. They will spend their entire third year in Marianna, doing rotations at Jackson Hospital and in other facilities nearby. They’re the largest Rural Track group yet.

IN THE MEDIA

Guimy Alexis, Class of 2013, spent his three-week Summer Clinical Practicum with Dr. Larry Deeb – and was featured briefly on WCTV. The Tallahassee TV station was doing a story on Deeb, a member of our clerkship faculty.

Zach Folzenlogen, Class of 2013, is an accomplished artist. One example of his talent was on display in June: He created the cover design for the issue of Developmental Cell journal based on a manuscript by Biomedical Sciences faculty member Tim Megraw, which was published in that issue.

Justin Casey, Class of 2011 (Orlando regional campus), was accepted to do an AMA-sponsored elective with the Discovery Channel from March 28 through April 22, 2011. “This was an extremely competitive process,” the channel’s chief medical expert wrote to Casey, “with nearly a hundred applications. The selection committee was impressed with your resume and personal statement as well as your interest in the communication of health messages.” Among the objectives of the elective is determining how to create medical and health programming geared for both physicians and patients in multiple media outlets.

Dharmini Shah, Class of 2012 (Fort Pierce regional campus), appeared in a photo with Dr. Mario Sanguily, Martin Memorial Health Systems, on tcpalm.com (Treasure Coast and Palm Beaches). Sanguily figured prominently in the story, “New surgical procedure clears blocked arteries of plaque buildup.” The subject was orbital atherectomy, in which doctors insert a machine like a drill bit into a blocked artery to pulverize hardened plaque into tiny pieces. Also quoted in the story was Dr. Rene Loyola, St. Lucie Medical Center.