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Department of Medicine Recognizes Faculty, Staff, & Trainees for Their Work and Contributions at the COVID-19 Recognition Ceremony

During the summer of 2023, the Office of Faculty Development solicited nominations to recognize outstanding individuals for their work and contributions in the Department of Medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic. On November 28th we celebrated our DOM trainees, staff, and faculty awardees at a recognition ceremony.

COVID Rising Star Awardees

Samantha Adamson – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Shakthi Bhaskar – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Aisling Doyle – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Adam Lick – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Brandt Lydon – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Peter McDonnell – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Ryan Patterson – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

HIma Atluri – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Natalie Bauman – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Stephen Fuest – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Taylor Geisman – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Aava Khatiwada – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Amaad Rana – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Alyssa Self – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Sira Anacha – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Christine Auberle – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Devin Cash – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Mohit Harsch – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

John Hickman – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Carole Kounga -Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Sonia Godbole – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Johan Graves – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Pouya Joolharzadeh – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Sara LoCoco – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Kieran Patel – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Stephanie Socias – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Nathaniel Hogrebe – Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research

Michael Hendrix – Division of Infectious Diseases

Nathan Nolan – Division of Infectious Diseases

Luis Parra-Rodriquez – Division of Infectious Diseases

Iris Lee – Division of Rheumatology

Samuel Linder – Division of Cardiology

Patrick Mazi – Division of Infectious Diseases

Ryan McGuire – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

James McMenimen – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Kevin Montes – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Dilan Patel – Division of Oncology

Max Petersen – Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research

Katherine Dittman – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Zachary Lonjers – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Cherie Renaud – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

David Rose – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Gabriel Schroeder – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Elizabeth Rosenthal – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Jason Ross – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Stephanie Teja – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Richard Van Besien – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Andrew Young – Division of Hematology & Division of Oncology

COVID Unsung Hero Awardees

Robert Audrain – Internal Medicine

Joan Avery – Division of Cardiology

Jodean Baldauf – Division of Nephrology

Alison Ebers – Internal Medicine

Christine Melnek – Internal Medicine

Randi Brown – Internal Medicine

Sherena Bowers – Internal Medicine

Bridget Howard – Internal Medicine

Jess Martin – Internal Medicine

Blake Myers – Internal Medicine

Zee Carter – Internal Medicine

Miranda Berry – Internal Medicine

Teairra Clemons – Internal Medicine

Timothy Audrain – Internal Medicine

Craig DuPont – Internal Medicine

Amy Tiroch – Internal Medicine

Janine Grason – Internal Medicine

Lacey Feigl – Division of Rheumatology

Lisa Ford – Division of Cardiology

Alem Haile – Division of Infectious Diseases

Christine Lee – Division of Infectious Diseases

Lisa Kessels – Division of Infectious Diseases

Michael Royal – Division of Infectious Diseases

Ryley Thompson – Division of Infectious Diseases

Tina Robinson – Division of Infectious Diseases

Kirsten Jones – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Betsy Presson – Internal Medicine

Abby Dorrin – Division of Rheumatology

Ashley Poor – Division of Rheumatology

Ashley Jenkins – Division of Rheumatology

Allison Snyder – Division of Rheumatology

Diana Jones – Division of Rheumatology

Infusion Center – Center for Advance Medicine – Division of Rheumatology

Infusion Center – West County – Division of Rheumatology

Infusion Center – South County

Darrell Rice – Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research

Kozue Schulte – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Warren Smith – Division of Hospital Medicine

Rita Toenjes – Division of Oncology

Lisa Wetzel – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Jennifer Wright – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Kim Beeman – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Jamie Collins – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Sara Haluf – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Lauren Lynch Hammerman – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Crystal Hird – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Nathan Kremmel – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Jessica Longshaw – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Vildana Masic – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Amanda Poskin – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

David Schlictman – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Jennifer York – Division of Cardiology

Yi Zhang – Division of Oncology

COVID Star Awardees

Hilary Babcock – Division of Infectious Diseases

Jacco Boon – Division of Infectious Diseases

Geoff Cislo – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Dominique Cosco – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Mike Diamond – Division of Infectious Diseases

Brett Case – Division of Infectious Diseases

Larissa Thackray – Division of Infectious Diseases

Rita Chen – Division of Infectious Diseases

Emma Winkler – Division of Infectious Diseases

Ahmed Hassan – Division of Infectious Diseases

Adam Bailey – Division of Infectious Diseases

Bradley Whitener – Division of Infectious Diseases

Baoling Ying – Division of Infectious Diseases

Suzanne Scheaffer – Division of Infectious Diseases

Laura VanBlargan – Division of Infectious Diseases

Samantha Mackin – Division of Infectious Diseases

Courtney Karl – Division of Infectious Diseases

Natasha Kafai – Division of Infectious Diseases

Julie Fox – Division of Infectious Diseases

Clare O’Regan – Division of Infectious Diseases

Zhenlu Chong – Division of Infectious Diseases

Pritesh Desai – Division of Infectious Diseases

Chieh-Yu Liang – Division of Infectious Diseases

John Errico – Division of Infectious Diseases

Swathi Srihari – Division of Infectious Diseases

Oleksandr Dmytrenko – Division of Infectious Diseases

Broc McCune – Division of Infectious Diseases

Ofer Zimmerman – Division of Infectious Diseases

Seth Eisen – Division of Rheumatology

Daphne Lew – Division of Rheumatology

Nickole Forget – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Matt Freer – Division of Hospital Medicine

Brian Gage – Division of General Medical Sciences

Margo Girardi – Division of Hospital Medicine

Jeff Henderson – Division of Infectious Diseases

Monique Bruinsma – Division of Hospital Medicine

Cady Edwards – Division of Hospital Medicine

Radha Devi – Division of Hospital Medicine

Eric Johnson – Division of Hospital Medicine

Ningning Ma – Division of Hospital Medicine

Zach Morgan – Division of Hospital Medicine

Alex Thomas – Division of Hospital Medicine

Kevein Hsueh – Division of Infectious Diseases

Michael Klebert – Division of Infectious Diseases

Philip Budge – Division of Infectious Diseases

Elvin Geng – Division of Infectious Diseases

Steve Lawrence – Division of Infectious Diseases

Steve Liang – Division of Infectious Diseases

Aaloke Mody – Division of Infectious Diseases

Rachel Presti – Division of Infectious Diseases

Adriana Rauseo – Division of Infectious Diseases

David Warren – Division of Infectious Diseases

Maya Jerath – Division of Allergy & Immunology

Patricia Kao – Division of Nephrology

Alfred Kim – Division of Rheumatology

Michael Paley – Division of Rheumatology

Eileen Lee – Division of Hospital Medicine

Han Li – Division of Hospital Medicine

Michael Lin – Division of Hospital Medicine

Bob Mahoney – Division of Hospital Medicine

Majesh Makan – Division of Cardiology

Cheryl McDonough – Division of Hospital Medicine

Jeff Millman – Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research

Monalisa Mullick – Division of Hospital Medicine

Devin Odom – Division of Palliative Care

Daniel Paget – Division of Palliative Care

Deborah Parks – Division of Rheumatology

Jennifer Alexander-Brett – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Adam Anderson – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Amit Berry – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Steven Brody – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Derek Byers – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Marlene Cano – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Murali Chakinala – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Alexander Chen – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Praveen Chenna – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Stephen Chi – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Vladimir Despotovic – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Ramsey Hachem – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Laura Halverson – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Jeffrey Haspel – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Michael Holtzman – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Jeffrey Koenitzer – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Marin Kollef – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Bryan Kraft – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

James Krings – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Hrishikesh Kulkarni – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Rachel McDonald – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Colleen McEvoy – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Mary Clare McGregor – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Shail Mehta – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Andrew Michelson – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Nathaniel Moulton – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Nguyet Nguyen – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Daniel Reynolds – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Daniel Rosenbluth – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Andrew Roth – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Tonya Russell – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Maanasi Samant – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Gabriel Schroeder – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Adrian Shifren – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Laneshia Tague – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Christine Vazquez Guillamet – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Rodrigo Vazquez Guillamet – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Chad Witt – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Roger Yusen – Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Kristen Sanfilippo – Division of Hematology

Jennifer Schmidt – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Amanda Verma – Division of Cardiology

Jean Wang – Division of Gastroenterology

Megan Wren – Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Lisa Zickuhr – Division of Rheumatology