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  5. Honors Convocation 2020
  6. 2020 Student Awards

2020 Student Awards

Congratulations to our graduating seniors for their accomplishments listed below.

Class of 2020 Speaker

Jordan Fielding

Senior Buchanan Key

Awarded to a top student in the senior year as determined by a vote of the class, using a roster of candidates with superior academic achievement.

Hannah McCarthy

Excellence in Public Health Award

Presented by the U.S. Public Health Service Physician Professional Advisory Committee to honor medical students who are public health champions.

Amy James

Winston K. Shorey Award

Awarded to a graduating senior who, in the view of classmates, most closely reflects the qualities of an ideal physician in such characteristics as compassion, warmth and kindness.

John Dehnel

Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award

Presented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation to recognize humanism and compassion in the delivery of medical care. The recipient is elected by her/his peers. Criteria include empathy, sensitivity, ethical standards and concern for the welfare of the community.

Morgan Tripod

The Roberts Key

Awarded to the graduating senior(s) with the highest scholastic grade point average for the full four years of medical school. This year, 34 seniors graduated with a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

Scarlett-Marie Acklin

Hunter James Bane

Hannah A. Burroff

Hunter Cassidy Cochran

Scott Lawrence Cole

Andrew J. Couture

Layne Dailey

John R. Dehnel

Thomas John Fiedorek

Grant B. Fortson

Michael B. Franzetti

Sarah Kathryn Gammill

Anna Celeste Gibson

Sara Rebekah Goldsholl

Santiago R. Gonzalez

Decota Matthew Halsted

Ryan Daniel Holt

Amy Nicole James

David Alexander Kilgore

Nicholas Stanley Kowalczyk

Jeremy G. Light

Hannah Grace McCarthy

Lara Crawford McHan

Trevor D. Meece

Daniel Gregory Meeker

Emily Miller

John David Patterson

Ashton Jae Porter

Corey Steven Post

Bradley Douglas Shields

Thomas Lee Soehner

Haley Birch Taylor

Erin E. Yancey

Mason William Young

Awards from Departments and Organizations

Marie Wilson Howells Medical Student Award

Awarded to a student who has performed at the highest level in the Department of Psychiatry over the full four years.

Erin Yancey

Richard V. Ebert Award

Awarded by the Department of Internal Medicine to a superior student who shows promise of making significant contributions to medicine.

Madeleine Williams

Susan Campbell Rector Memorial Scholarship

Awarded by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology to the most outstanding senior female medical student who has chosen obstetrics and gynecology for a career.

Lettie Hattabaugh Odom

T. Dungan Award

Awarded by the Department of Pediatrics to a senior who has excelled in pediatric medicine and has demonstrated interest in all aspects of the work for the welfare of children.

Matthew Bradley

Ryan Steele

George F. Stroope Award

Awarded by the Department of Pediatrics to a senior who is pursuing a career in pediatrics at UAMS and who achieved the highest academic standing in pediatrics during their junior year.

Thomas Fiedorek

Richard J. Webber Research Award

Presented by the Department of Pathology to a senior who has performed in an outstanding fashion in research during medical school.

Jessica Lavergne

Student National Medical Association Award

Awarded by the SNMA to a graduating senior for outstanding achievement.

Sasha Ray

Edward Forrest Ellis Award

Awarded by the Department of Surgery to the senior showing the most promise in that field.

Abby DeLoach

Tricia Edstrom UAMS Northwest Award for Academic Excellence

Awarded to the UAMS Northwest senior who, according to peers and preceptors, made the greatest academic contribution while training at the campus.

Jessica Bettis

Alpha Omega Honor Society

Scarlett-Marie Acklin

Layne Dailey

John R. Dehnel

Grant B. Fortson

Michael B. Franzetti

Sarah Kathryn Gammill

James Reed Gardner

Anna Celeste Gibson

Santiago R. Gonzalez

Jay Im

Amy Nicole James

David Alexander Kilgore

Nicholas Stanley Kowalczyk

Jeremy G. Light

Lara Crawford McHan

Daniel Gregory Meeker

Emily Miller

Rebecca F. Y. Minner

Ryan S. Oliver

John David Patterson

Corey Steven Post

Ryan Chase Ransom

Zachary Lee Schwartz

Bradley Douglas Shields

Thomas Lee Soehner

Jonathan Tyler Spradley

Nicole MacKenzie Sullivan

Levi D. Watson

Mason William Young

Honors in Research

Scarlett-Marie Acklin

Charles Wrightsman Armistead, III

Jonathan James Bauer

Jessica Lynne Bettis

Austin K. Bramwell

Alyssa Mackenzie Bryant

John B. Cale

David Maurice Catlin

Scott Lawrence Cole

Andrew J. Couture

Kathleen Elizabeth Cronin

Lane Dailey

Stephanie Renee Dayer

Abigail Leigh DeLoach

Joseph Prentiss DeLoach

Chase A. Elkin

Jordan Lambert Fielding

Jordan A. Fletcher

Christopher Robin Flud

Grant B. Fortson

Michael B. Franzetti

Sarah Kathryn Gammill

James Reed Gardner

Nancy Ahmed Ghaleb

Anna Celeste Gibson

Sara Rebekah Goldsholl

Basilia Bernice Gonzalez

Santiago R. Gonzalez

James A. Harter

Amy Nicole James

Sarah Ashley Johnson

Shameela Nasrullah Khimani

David Alexander Kilgore

Alexandrea Hyunjee Kim

Kylie Hayes Klemann

Theodore Dickinson Klug

Nicholas Stanley Kowalczyk

Joseph Watkins Levy

Hannah Elisabeth Smashey Lewis

Chrystal O. Lau

Jeremy G. Light

Bradford S. Martins

Lara Crawford McHan

Trevor D. Meece

Daniel Gregory Meeker

Heidi D. Meredith

Rebecca F.Y. Minner

Gisele Christine Moran

Lettie Ann Odom

Ryan S. Oliver

John David Patterson

Corey Steven Post

Raymond Joshua Quilao

Ryan Chase Ransom

Victoria Alejandra Reséndez

Zachary Lee Schwartz

Bradley Douglas Shields

Jonathan Tyler Spradley

Natasha Kaur Sra

Elizabeth Carey Sullivan

Nicole MacKenzie Sullivan

Morgan E. Tripod

Erin E. Yancey

Mason William Young

Honors in Pediatrics

John David Patterson

Mary Beth Rhomberg

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