During the week prior to the 2023 Commencement ceremony, Heersink School of Medicine honored its award recipients of the 2023 graduating class. The Birmingham campus hosted a banquet on Wednesday, May 17, and Huntsville, Montgomery, and Tuscaloosa campuses hosted celebrations for student recipients on Thursday, May 18.
Faculty and staff gathered to show their support for the accomplishments of this year’s award winners. The 2023 recipients are listed below in alphabetical order by campus and presenting department.
Birmingham Campus Departmental Awards
Dean’s Award | Superior performance in the clinical curriculum
Siddharth Srikakolapu
McGahey Award for Most Outstanding Medical Student | Excellence in Anesthesiology
Brittany Marshay Hatter
Emily F. Omura Award | Excellence in Dermatology
Sydney Alexis Collette
Wilfred F. Holderfer Memorial Award | Excellence in Emergency Medicine
Altamish Faiaz Daredia
Endocrine Society Medical Student Achievement Award | Exceptional ability and Interest in Endocrinology
William Jacob Freeman
G. Gayle Stephens Award | Excellence in Family Medicine
Elizabeth May Trushaw
Tinsley R. Harrison Award | Excellence in Internal Medicine
Sarah Catherine Huffman
Veterans Affairs Service Award | Excellence in Medicine
Ryan Wai Yan Wong
American Academy of Neurology Award | Excellence in Neurology
Kasey Marie Cooper
Samuel Clements Little Award | Excellence in Neurology
Timothy Daniel McWilliams
William Boyd Medal | Presented by the Alabama Association of Pathologists and the Department of Pathology | Exceptional performance in Pathology
Karan Goel
Paul A. Palmisano Award | Excellence in Pediatrics
Jake Vincent Picicci
Chi-Tsou Huang Award | Excellence in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Casey William Pierce
Battle S. Searcy Memorial Award | Excellence in Psychiatry
Itamar Shapira
Bruce A. Harris, Jr. Award | Excellence in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Abigayle Kraus
Lanning B. Kline Award | Excellence in Ophthalmology
Mark Roberts Johnson
Robert J. Stanley Award | Excellence in Radiology
Joseph Gartrell Willis
Robert J. Cerfolio Award | Excellence in Surgery
Garrett Barnes Massey
Mary T. Hawn Award | Excellence in Surgery
Katie Elizabeth Glasgow
Richard Stahl Award | Excellence in Surgery
Kai He
Elizabeth Beierle Award | Excellence in Surgery
Anh Minh Duong
Robert and Jamie Dabal Award | Excellence in Surgery
Thomas Kurt Delay, Jr.
Huntsville Campus Departmental Awards
Dean’s Award | Superior performance in the clinical curriculum
Sebastian Schormann
Exemplary Academic Performance | Excellence in the clinical curriculum
Anthony Louis Wilson
Leadership Award | Academic excellence and leadership ability
Emily Brooke Matney
G. Gayle Stephens Award | Excellence in Family Medicine
Jayci Victoria Marie Hamrick
J. Ellis Sparks Award | Excellence in Internal Medicine
Sebastian Schormann
Award for Excellence in Neurology | Excellence in Neurology
Matthew Houston Bonds
John Di Placido Award | Excellence in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Carly Westmoreland Bethune
John R. Montgomery Award | Excellence in Pediatrics
Jake Vincent Picicci
Award for Excellence in Psychiatry | Excellence in Psychiatry
Mack Bozman
Charles Selah Award | Excellence in Surgery
Sudarsan Murali
Montgomery Campus Departmental Awards
Dean’s Award | Superior performance in the clinical curriculum
Madeline Rebecca Farmer
Samuel J. Saliba Award | Excellence in Family Medicine
Minh Gia Chung
J. J. Kirschenfeld Award | Excellence in Internal Medicine
Jocelyn York
Hamp H. Greene III Award | Excellence in Neurology
Jocelyn York
John M. Ashurst, Jr. Award | Excellence in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Madeline Rebecca Farmer
Thomas “Buddy” Nolan Award | Excellence in Pediatrics
Madeline Rebecca Farmer
A. Almon Ward Award | Excellence in Psychiatry
Jack Williams Harmon
Harry Jackson Till Award | Excellence in Surgery
Gagandip Singh
Tuscaloosa Campus Departmental Award
Scholastic Achievement Award | Superior performance in the clinical curriculum
Elizabeth Ashby Gill
William R. Willard Award | Outstanding contribution to the goals and mission of the College of Community Health Sciences as voted by the College faculty; established by the Bank of Moundville
Alesha Christine Amerson
Robert F. Gloor Award in Community Medicine | Excellence in Community and Rural Medicine
Paris Long Cooke
James H. Akers Memorial Award | Dedication to the art and science of medicine
Alexandria Gates Rasco
William Owings Award in Family Medicine | Excellence in Family Medicine
Alesha Christine Amerson
William Winternitz Award in Internal Medicine | Excellence in Internal Medicine during the third and fourth years
Charles Dwight Evers, III
Neurology Award | Excellence in the Neurology clerkship
Margaret Bell McCalley
Finney/Akers Memorial Award in Obstetrics and Gynecology | Excellence in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Elizabeth Ashby Gill
Pediatrics Recognition Award | Outstanding interest, ability, and the reflection of pleasure in helping parents and their children reach their full personal, social, and educational potential
Allison Camille Stephens
Peter Bryce Award in Psychiatry | Excellence in the Psychiatry clerkship
Andrew David Brown
William R. Shamblin Surgery Award | Superior achievement in the Surgery clerkship
Charles Dwight Evers, III
Harden Mccord Mezick
Student Research Award | In recognition of the pursuit of research projects leading to a presentation or publication
Andrew David Brown
Interprofessional Excellence Award
Emily Sutton Brown