Addressing the award recipients, Dalrymple said, “It is my pleasure to see you recognized for your talent, dedication, and contributions to Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine. You are proof of the extraordinary things we can achieve, and I can’t wait to see how you indelibly shape the future of KPSOM.”
The following is a complete listing of the nominees and award recipients in each category.
Excellence in Public Health Award
Recipient: Malia Szyman
Community Engagement Award
Student nominees
Sanah Basrai, Susana Camacho Plascencia, Noah M. Contreras, Caroline Ferguson-Dryden, Huma Manjra, Dalja Parks, Nikita Patel
Recipient: Dalja Parks
Faculty nominees
Mariela I. Garcia, MD; Jason Gilbert, DO; Rosaysela Santos, PhD
Recipient: Jason Gilbert, DO, Clinical Assistant Professor of Clinical Science
Staff nominees
Seddy Altwal; Timea Faulkner, MA; Diana Herrera; Agasia Lanier, MEd, MS; Metlapiltetzotzontzin
Recipient: Agasia Lanier, MEd, MS, Senior Admissions Recruitment Specialist
Group nominees
Community Medicine Interest Group: Suzannah Henderson, Francesca Kamwa Dzukou, Luis Asdrubal Perez Velasquez, Shamtej Singh Rana, Eliana Zuckernik
Street Medicine Interest Group: Sarah N. Barhouma, Sanah Basrai, Sana Desai, Julia Jackman, Trevor Marshall, Jacqueline J. Masehi-Lano, Sarah A. Sorensen Ogata, Noel D. Vargas
Recipient: Street Medicine Interest Group
Excellence in Research and Scholarship Mentorship Award
Nominees
Jaejin An, PhD; Andy Avins, MD, MPH; Sam Behseta, PhD, MS; Fu-Sheng Chou, MD, PhD; Michael W. Chu, MD; Robert M. Cooper, MD; Stacey H. Francis, MD; Christina Kim, MD; Huong Q. Nguyen, PhD; Melissa Poh, MD; Gery Ryan, PhD, MA; Jeffrey B. Velotta, MD
Recipients (3): Jaejin An, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health Systems Science; Fu-Sheng Chou, MD, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor of Clinical Science; Michael Chu, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Clinical Science
Excellence in Student Research and Scholarship Award
Nominees
Alexander Andrew Argame; Michael Au; Kavenpreet S. Bal, MSc; Daniel X. Chen; Iris Deng; Rachel Gallegos; Alex Gomez-Lara; Alexa Reilly; Barune B. Thapa, SM; Max Thrush Hukill; Andrea Yeung
Recipients (4): Iris Deng, Alexander Andrew Argame, Max Thrush Hukill, Alex Gomez-Lara
Inclusive Excellence Award
Student nominees
Sanah Basrai, Noah M. Contreras, Huma Manjra, Dalja Parks, Jenna Philippe, Destiny Rochester, Andrew Schmidt, Noel D. Vargas
Recipient: Noah M. Contreras
Faculty nominees
Marla Law Abrolat, MD; Resa R. Caivano, MD, MPH; Kirsten Ludwig, PhD; Rosaysela Santos, PhD; Alison Taur, MD
Recipient: Resa R. Caivano, MD, Assistant Professor of Health Systems Science
Staff nominees
Seddy Altwal; Michelle Juarez, EdD, MS; Metlapiltetzotzontzin
Recipient: Michelle Juarez, EdD, MS, Director of Academic Support and Advising and Disability Access
Outstanding Clinical Teaching Award
Nominees
Barsegh Barseghian, MD, MS; Blake C. Brown, MD; Elizabeth D. Duenas, MD; Svetlana Fischer, MD; James Folz, MD; Danielle Goodrich, MD; Darren Himeles, MD; Laura Ho Magtoto, MD; Katie Massoudian, MD, MSCP; Syed A. Naqvi, DO; Radha Pema, MD; Samantha Reed, MD; Dustin Robinson, MD; Adel Shabani, MD; Cindy J. Uypitching, MD; Shariece Marie Vallejo, DO; Sunee Woo, MD; Calvin Yang, MD; Katerina Zakka, MD
Recipient: Blake C. Brown, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Clinical Science
Outstanding Classroom Teaching Award
Nominees
Ricardo Jimenez-Kimble, MD; Kirsten Ludwig, PhD; Chileshe Nkonde Price, MD; Udo Obodo, PhD; Rabia Razi Rafi, MD, MPH; Ameed Raoof, MBChB, PhD; Sung Rhee, PhD; Brian F. Roehmholdt, MD, PhD; Rosaysela Santos, PhD; Brett White, MD
Recipient: Rosaysela Santos, PhD, Faculty Director of the Anatomy Resource Center and Associate Professor of Biomedical Science
Outstanding Educator Award
Nominees
Rebecca S. Alleyne, MD, MHA; Mariam Arabyan, MD; Hector Arroyo, MD; Shant Ashdjian, MD, MS; Sam Assaf, MD; Barsegh Barseghian, MD, MS; Brock E. Booth, DO; Joe M. Casillas, MD; David S. Cassarino, MD, PhD; Jason Castillo, MD; Umer I. Chaudhry, MD; Elena Chung, MD; Kevin K. Chung, DO; Joe Colli, MD; Judith Cymerman, MD; Ramez Ethnasios, MD; Svetlana Fischer, MD; Shahram Gharibshahi, MD; Aaron Heffner, DO; Darren Himeles, MD; Taylor Ho, MD; Tiffany A. Hogan, MD; Hamed Kargozaran, MD; Simon K. Kim, MD; Mei W. Kwan, MD; Ashwini Lakshmanan, MD, MS, MPH; Te-ie Ivan Lee, MD, FACP; Cathy Lee-Shin, MD; Scott McIver, DO; Brian-Linh Nguyen, MD, MBA, MTOM; Jennifer L. Nguyen, MD; Tina A. Nguyen, MD; Tony Tuan H. Nguyen, MD; Udo Obodo, PhD; Rani R. Pallegadda, MD, MPH; Shanon T. Peter, MD, MBA; Gabriella C. Puente, MD; Rabia Razi Rafi, MD, MPH; Samantha Reed, MD; Craig W. Robbins, MD, MPH; Dustin Robinson, MD; Maryam N. Saidy, MD; Stephen L. Sanoja, MD; Rosaysela Santos, PhD; Karla St. Germain, MD; Kaihong Su, PhD; Roland Tang, MD; Daniel Tongbai, MD; Michael Tran, MD; Cindy J. Uypitching, MD; William A. Wallace, MD; Brett White, MD; Aaron P. Wilcox, MD; Frank Xu, MD; Jenny Yang, MD; Zhou Zhang, MD
From the Department of Biomedical Science
Recipient: Udo Obodo, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Science
From the Department of Clinical Science
Recipient: Joe Colli, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Clinical Science
From the Department of Health Systems Science
Recipient: Craig Robbins, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Health Systems Science
From Downey Medical Center
Recipient: Cathy Lee-Shin, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Clinical Science
From Los Angeles Medical Center
Recipient: Jenny Yang, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Clinical Science
From Orange County Medical Center
Recipient: Brock E. Booth, DO, Clinical Instructor of Clinical Science
From Panorama City Medical Center
Recipient: Roland Tang, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Clinical Science
From San Bernardino Medical Center
Recipient: Taylor Ho, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Clinical Science
From South Bay Medical Center
Recipient: Rebecca S. Alleyne, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Clinical Science
From West LA Medical Center
Recipient: Ramez Ethnasios, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Clinical Science
Phase 3 preceptor
Recipient: Rani R. Pallegadda, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Clinical Science
Well-Being Champion Award
Student nominees
Mariana Cabatu, Sean Chen, Joanna Kim, Dalja Parks, Destiny Rochester, Andrea Yeung
Recipient: Andrea Yeung
Faculty nominees
Juliet Hyun Jung Hwang, MD; Danielle Manalo, MD; Sharon K. Okonkwo-Holmes, MD; Nora Strick, MD; Katerina Venderova, PharmD, MPharm, PhD
Recipient: Juliet Hyun Jung Hwang, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Clinical Science
Staff nominees
Laura E. Hamilton, MA; Metlapiltetzotzontzin
Recipient: Metlapiltetzotzontzin, Simulation Lead
Unsung Hero Award
Individual nominees
Guadalupe Barreiro, MEd; Joe Burris; Sabrina Choy; Amy Lau Herzberg, MPH; April Hosein; Scott Johnson, EdD, MLIS; Agasia Lanier, MEd, MS; Valinda Lee, MS; Kinsey McLean; Metlapiltetzotzontzin; Lorena Perez-Reynoso; Danielle Phung; Robert Rosal; Cristian Smith; Frank Thai, MBA; Norma Velazquez Lin, MBA; Daisy N. Woodward; Natalie Yragui, MPH
Recipient: Danielle Phung, Curriculum Coordinator
Group nominees
Accreditation and Strategy team: Ethan Du, Irene Tamayo
Anatomy Resource Center staff: Frank Thai, MBA; William Y. Woo
Faculty Educator Development team: Delores Amorelli, EdD, MA; Leila Awad; Nathalie Feil
Office of Admissions team: Thamara Conde, MEd; Jason Hartfield, MA; Katelyn Kongsomboonvech; Agasia Lanier, MEd, MS; Vanessa Riggins; Barbara Sixtos-Lopez; Marissa Torres, MS
Office of Faculty Affairs team: Diana Herrera; Florence Lacore; Maeleine Mira; Courtney Norton, MPH; Brandy Pope; Vicky Quach, MS; Cristian Smith; Shawn Wilson, PhD; Daisy N. Woodward
Office of Marketing and Communications team: Timea Faulkner, MA; Ashanntí Hill Mims, MCM; Amy Molina; Carolyn Pask; Ernest Romero; Robert Rosal; Stephen Ryfle; Jonathan Zaleski, EdD
Simulation Center team: Seddy Altwal; Kinsey McLean; Metlapiltetzotzontzin; Candace Pau, MD; Terrence Strader
Recipient: Office of Admissions team
Dr. Mark A. Schuster Pillar Award for Service to the School
Student nominees
Toren Andrewson, MS; Kavenpreet S. Bal, MSc; Noah M. Contreras; Max Thrush Hukill; Sarah Jho; Mandisa Keswa; Allison Lam; Dalja Parks; Destiny Rochester; Malia Szyman
Recipient: Destiny Rochester
Faculty nominees
Isabel Chen, MD, MPH; Le Notarfrancesco, MD; Rabia Razi Rafi, MD, MPH; Sung Rhee, PhD; Roland Tang, MD; Thomas Y. Tom, MD; Stefan Walter, PhD; William Woo, MD
Recipient: Rabia Razi Rafi, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Clinical Science
Staff nominees
Delores Amorelli, EdD, MA; Joe Burris; Sabrina Choy; Rocele S. Estanislao, MA; Laura E. Hamilton, MA; Amy Lau Herzberg, MPH; Valinda Lee, MS; Kinsey McLean; Metlapiltetzotzontzin; Danielle Phung; Daisy N. Woodward; Natalie Yragui, MPH; Jonathan Zaleski, EdD
Recipient: Laura E. Hamilton, MA, Senior Director of Student Affairs
