Previous Award Winners
Kevin G. Rodgers Program Director of the Year Award
Jillian Phelps, MD FAAEM
Harsh Sule, MD MPP FAAEM
Rahul Bhat, MD FAAEM
Jason Wagner, MD FAAEM
Scott Young, DO FAAEM
Aloysius “Butch” Humbert, MD
Leslie Oyama, MD
Jonathan S. Jones, MD
Keith Wrenn, MD
Kevin G. Rodgers, MD
Jacob W. Ufberg, MD
Carey D. Chisholm, MD – Lifetime Achievement Award
Michael J. Matteucci, MD
Michael L. Epter, DO
Jonathan Davis, MD
David S. Howes, MD
Stuart P. Swadron, MD
Christopher Doty, MD
Gus M. Garmel, MD
Robert C. Harwood, MD
Amal Mattu, MD
Stephen R. Hayden, MD
Kevin G. Rodgers, MD
William K. Mallon, MD
Carey Chisholm, MD
Peter DeBlieux, MD
Program Coordinator of the Year Award
Nikki Hansen
Wanda Bailey Gregory
Lily Hu
Jennifer Owens
Norma Franco
Michele “Miki” Adair-Russo
Chelsea Harrison
Krista Fukumoto
Committee Member of the Year Award
Student: Mel Ebeling
Resident: Alessandra Della Porta, MD; Student(s): Zoë Cole
Resident: David Fine, MD; Student(s): Mary Unanyan
Resident: Alexandria (Alex) Gregory, MD; Student(s): Matthew Carvey and Joelle Brown
Gregory Jasani, MD and Nahal G. Nikroo
Ryan DesCamp and Gabriel Stahl, MD
Haig Aintablian
Jake Toy
EMIG of the Year Award (International and Regional)
Regional EMIG of the Year – Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Regional EMIG of the Year – Ross University School of Medicine
International EMIG of the Year – Howard University College of Medicine
St. George’s University
Regional EMIG of the Year – Loyola Stritch School of Medicine (Midwest)
International EMIG of the Year – Ochsner Clinical School
Faculty Mentor of the Year Award
Brian Barbas, MD FAAEM
Gus Garmel, MD FAAEM FACEP
Jose Torres, MD FAAEM
Brian Barbas, MD
Regional Faculty Mentor Award
Kene A. Chukwuanu, MD FAAEM – Midwest
Johnathon Lowe, DO FAAEM – West
Elisabeth Calhoun, MD FAAEM – Northeast
Al’ai Alvarez, MD FAAEM – South
Kene A. Chukwuanu, MD FAAEM – Midwest
Victor M. Cisneros, MD MPH CPH – West
Michael Galuska, MD FAAEM – Northeast
Loice Swisher, MD MAAEM FAAEM – South
Michael Schindlbeck, MD FAAEM – Midwest
Jessica Fujimoto, MD FAAEM – West
Scott Plasner, DO FAAEM – Northeast
Jeffrey Baker, MD FAAEM – South
Ravi Chauhan, DO FAAEM – International
Aaron Quarles, MD – Midwest
Adeola Kosoko, MD FAAEM – West
Sally Bogoch, MD – Northeast
Patricia Panakos, MD FAAEM – South
National Medical Student of the Year Scholarship Award
Katy Wyszynski
Robert G. Canning Jr.
Ashley Iannantone
Runner Up: Sara R. Urquhart
Lauren Lamparter
Regional Medical Student of the Year Scholarship Award
South: Tiffany Hanson
Northeast: Alex Sneddon
Northeast: William Zhu
International: Kadie Stephens
Midwest: James Nardini
South: Heather Pol
Northeast: Chibuzo Opara
International: Tai Donovan
Midwest: Susan Siraco
South: Lauren Rosenfeld
Northeast: Sophia Gamez
International: Matthew Carvey
Midwest: Christian Casteel
South: Abraham Akbar
Northeast: Bryan Redmond
International: Ava Omidvar
AAEM/RSA and Journal of Emergency Medicine Resident Research Forum Winners
1st Place: Austin T. Jones, MD PhD
2nd Place: Tyler Lopachin, MD LT MC USN
3rd Place: Mack Sheraton, MD MHA
1st Place: Joseph G. Salameh, DO
2nd Place: David A. Kim, MD PhD
3rd Place: Anwar S. Ferdinand, MD
1st Place: Amanda Esposito, MD
2nd Place: Nancy K. Glober, MD
3rd Place: Victoria Zhou
1st Place: Kimon L.H. Ioannides, MD and Andrea Blome, MD
2nd Place: Sean Stuart, DO
3rd Place: Nicholas G. Von Schrott
1st Place: Patrick C. Ng, MD
2nd Place: Patricia De Melo, MD
3rd Place: Daniel A. Krakauer
1st Place: Felix Y. Huang, MD
2nd Place: Tessa Stamile
3rd Place: Meghan Swartz, MD
1st Place: Matt Gaffigan, MD
2nd Place: Shannon Toohey, MD
3rd Place: Brenton Taggart, MD
1st Place: Lauren G. Oliveria, DO
2nd Place: Weston Seipp, MD
3rd Place: Travis G. Deaton, MD
1st Place: Usha Periyanayagam, MD
2nd Place: Elliot Ross, MD
3rd Place: James Miranda, MD
1st Place: Michael Pelster
2nd Place: Steve Aguilar, MD
3rd Place: Alexander Garcia, DO
1st Place: Roberta Capp, MD
2nd Place: Steve Anthony Aguilar, MD
3rd Place: Jennifer Woodward
1st Place: Erin Griffith, DO
2nd Place: Brian Geyer
3rd Place: Roxana Yoonessi, MD
1st Place: Hannah Watts, MD
2nd Place: Kristie Robson, MD
3rd Place: Jonathan G. Crisp, MD
1st Place: Amish Shah, MD
2nd Place: Nima Majlesi, DO
3rd Place: Julia Wang, MD
1st Place: Gil Z. Shlamovitz, MD
2nd Place: Christopher Fischer, MD
3rd Place: Johnny A. Dias, MSPH
1st Place: Truman John Milling, Jr., MD
2nd Place: Christopher H. Lee, MS
3rd Place: Kavid Nik Udompanyanan, MD
1st Place: Maureen Gibbons
2nd Place: Jesse M. Pines, MD MBA
3rd Place: Sandra L. Stevens, MD
1st Place: Wende Reenstra, MD PhD
2nd Place: Michael Runyon, MD
3rd Place: Benjamin Abella, MD
1st Place: James Colletti, MD
2nd Place: Michael Matteucci, MD
3rd Place: Brian Bearie, MD
1st Place: Frank Christopher, MD
2nd Place: Judd Glasser, MD
3rd Place: Steven Offerman, MD
1st Place: Robert Green, MD
2nd Place: Marcus Christopher, MD
3rd Place: Marcia Robitaille, MD
1st Place: Kevin Ernsting, MD
2nd Place: Nathan Shapiro, MD
3rd Place: Gregory Rosellini, MD
AAEM/RSA & WestJEM Population Health Research Competition Winners
1st Place: Anha Telluri
2nd Place: Erica Dunn, DO
3rd Place: Sean Eden
1st Place: Joshua Tiao, MD
Runner-Up: Matthew P. Czaja, MPH
Runner-Up: Sofia Ruiz-Castaneda
1st Place: Cortlyn Brown
Runner-Up: Anna Yang
Runner-Up: Austin T. Jones
1st Place: David A. Kim, MD PhD
Runner-Up: Emily M. Ball, MD MPH
Runner-Up: Luther Walls
1st Place: Daniel Gingold, MD MPH
Runner-Up: Nhan Do, MD
Runner-Up: Zachary Olson, MD