Awards
Basic Science Teaching Awards
The Mulholland Society recognizes faculty, fellows, and residents for their teaching of medical students each year. Please see the tabs to see past years’ winners.
Mulholland Award for Teaching Excellence in Foundations of Medicine
Each year, the first and second year classes vote for a select number of lecturers to honor them for their teaching excellence in the basic medical sciences. This award tradition was resurrected in 2008 with the SMD Class of 2011 and is overseen by the Mullholland Society class leadership. Subsequently, the SMD Classes of 2011, 2012, and 2013 elected award winners at the end of each of their two basic science years of medical school. Starting with the SMD Class of 2014, each class votes amongst all of the basic science professors at the conclusion of their entire basic sciences educational experience in adjustment to the new curriculum schedule. The award winners are traditionally announced during Transition Week between second and third year. The award certificates and informal class reception to honor the awardees has been graciously supported by the Medical Alumni Association every year.
*Class Robert Bennet Bean Award Recipient
Bruce Cohen, MD
Kambiz Kalantari, MD
Kristen Atkins, MD
Neeral Shah, MD
Robin Legallo, MD
John Dent, MD
John Dent, MD
Robin LeGallo, MD
Melanie McCollum, PhD
Selina Noramly, PhD
Neeral Shah, MD
Wendy Golden, PhD
Megan Bray, MD
Brian Behm, MD
David Moyer, DC
Christopher McCartney, MD
Selina Noramly, PhD
Mitchell Rosner, MD
Amy Bouton, PhD*
Christopher Burns, PhD
Bruce Cohen, MD
Patrice Guyenet, PhD
Julia Iezzoni, MD
Richard Pearson, MD
Robert Bloodgood, PhD^
Wendy Golden, PhD
Patrick Grant, PhD
Samuel Green, PhD^
Barry Hinton, PhD
William Hobbs, MD
Christopher McCartney, MD
Melanie McCollum, PhD
David Moyer, DC^
Selina Noramly^
Amy Bouton, PhD
Bruce Cohen, MD
Patrice Guyenet, PhD
Julia Iezzoni, PhD
Richard Pearson, MD
Jonathon Truwit, MD
Wendy Golden, PhD
Patrick Grant, PhD
Barry Hinton, PhD
William Hobbs, MD
David Moyer, DC*
Selina Noramly
Resident & Fellow Teaching Awards
Each year, the Mulholland Society and Graduate Medical Education office call for nominations from all students for the Mulholland Society Teaching Award for residents and fellows. These awards serve to recognize excellence in medical student teaching that occurs formally and informally during pre-clerkships, clerkships, and 4th year electives. Nominations are currently open here!
| First Name | Last Name | Department |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ||
| Nick | Ashur | Cardiology |
| Heather | Frazier | Internal Medicine |
| Julia | Kariher | Radiology |
| Aleina | Lowell | Anesthesiology |
| George | Maragkos | Neurosurgery |
| Patrick | Monette | Anesthesiology |
| Neha | Rajpal | Gastroenterology |
| Matthew | Schliep | Internal Medicine |
| Tucker | Wilkinson | Internal Medicine |
| 2023 | ||
| Ebenezer | Asare | Radiation Oncology |
| Yaqub | Betz | Internal Medicine/Cardiology |
| Lindsey | Bierle | Gastroenterology |
| Andrew | Burns | Pediatrics |
| Mark | Fleming | General Surgery |
| William | Kane | General Surgery |
| Kathryn | Kearns | Neurosurgery |
| Ziyad | Knio | Anesthesiology |
| John | Popovich | Internal Medicine |
| Ray | Strobel | Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| 2022 | ||
| Tommy | Casto | Pediatrics |
| Erin | Adonnino | Pediatrics |
| Caitlin | Rayborn | Pediatrics |
| Brian | Brenner | Anesthesiology |
| Sarah | Gradecki | Pathology |
| Nathan | Haywood | Surgery |
| Laura | Mitchell | Internal Medicine |
| Benjamin | Meyers | Neurology |
| William | Parker | Psychiatry |
| Juan | Santiago | Emergency Medicine |
| Thomas | Castro | Pediatrics |
| 2021 | ||
| Bernadette | Goudreau | Surgery |
| Ricardo | Guerra | Dermatology |
| Rebecca | Clemo | Internal Medicine |
| Merry Ellen | Barnett | Internal Medicine |
| Marten | Hawkins | Internal Medicine |
| Talal | Kaiser | Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care |
| Bakhtiar | Chaudry | Surgery |
| Cara | Thorne | Orthopedic Surgery |
| Michael | Robinson | Pediatrics |
| Ihuoma | Njoku | Psychiatry |
| Ryan | Aggaaszaden | Thoracic Surgery |
| 2020 | ||
| Matthew | Miller | Medicine |
| James | Cutts | Medicine |
| Rebecca | Haug | Medicine |
| Heron | Baumgarten | Surgery |
| Rick | Vavolizza | Surgery |
| Cole | Crowson | Neurology |
| Abimbola | Sunmonu | Neurology |
| Margot | Gurganus | OB/Gyn |
| Melissa | Yildirim | Pediatrics |
| Micholas | Dueck | Radiology |
| 2019 | ||
| David | Lobb | Plastic Surgery |
| Alex | Michaels | Surgery |
| Ryan | Cappa | Ped. Neurology |
| Dennis | Cole | Neurology |
| Sam | Oliver | Medicine |
| Sumner | Abraham | Medicine |
| 2018 | ||
| Justin | Karlin* | Ophthalmology |
| Alexander | Dalrymple | Neurology |
| Alexandra | De Leon | Pediatrice |
| Christine | Garcia | OBGYN |
| Christopher | Sampson | Anesthesia |
| Heather | Koehn | Otolaryngology |
| Joseph D. | Mock | Internal Medicine |
| Michael A. | Gallagher | Internal Medicine |
| Nathan R. | Elwood | Surgery |
| Puja Shah | Berry | Surgery |
| Zachary C. | Dietch | Surgery |
| 2017 | ||
| Carina | Brown* | Family Medicine |
| Beamer | Carr | Orthopedic Surgery |
| Paul | Corotto | Cardiovascular |
| Emily | Downs | Thoracis Surgery |
| Brandy | Edwards | Surgery |
| Walid | El-Nahal | Medicine |
| Nathan | Finch | Neuroradiology |
| Alison | Huffstetler | Family Medicine |
| Justin | Karlin | Surgery |
| Joe | Mechak | Pediatrics |
| Justin | Mutter | Geriatrics |
| Jordan | Rosen | Psychiatry |
| 2016 | ||
| Nicole | Chiota-McCollum* | Neurology – Vascular |
| David | Lobb | Plastic Surgery |
| Anthony | Archual | Plastic Surgery |
| Jackie | Brown | Medicine |
| Matthew | Stone | Surgery |
| Nicholas | Pope | Surgery |
| Vertilio | Cornielle-Caamano | Cardiology |
| Vijaiganesh | Nagarajan | Cardiology |
| Teresa | Valentin | Gastroenterology |
| Ben | Simson | Pediatrics |
| 2015 | ||
| Amanda | Beer* | Radiology |
| Matthew | McLeod | Plastic Surgery |
| Bryce | Olenczak | Plastic Surgery |
| Alexander | Ksendzovsky | Neurosurgery |
| Justin | Griffin | Orthopaedics |
| Michelle | Ouellette | Cardiology |
| Lauren | Bevins | DOM |
| Kacie | Saulters | DOM |
| Bindu | Umapathi | Surgery |
| Josh | Judge | Surgery |
| 2014 | ||
| Kimberly | Tustison* | Ob/Gyn |
| Mallory | Alkis | Ob/Gyn |
| Eric | Charles | Surgery |
| Kassandra | Hanna | Plastic Surgery |
| Anjali | Joshi | Internal Medicine |
| Jeff | Lafond | Internal Medicine |
| Mark | Marinescu | Internal Medicine |
| S. Rhodes | Proctor | Pediatrics |
| Basil | Schaheen | Surgery |
| Mantra | Sneha | Neurology |
| David | Taplinger | Neurology |
| 2013 | ||
| James | Addington* | Neurology |
| Clayton John | Allen | Internal Medicine |
| Mary | Burchett | Family Medicine |
| John | Davis | Surgery |
| Danielle | Ladie | Surgery – Transplantation |
| Kate | McManus | Internal Medicine |
| Kasey | Morrison | Urology |
| Charles | Orton | Internal Medicine |
| Stephen | Pound | Ob/GYN |
| Amber | Shada | Surgery |
| 2012 | ||
| Nick | BRENTON | Child Neurology |
| Mike | BROGAN | Neurology |
| John | GREEN | Medicine |
| Winston | GWATHMEY | Orthopaedics |
| Dan | HERMAN | PMR |
| Jason | HUANG | Medicine |
| Noah | Kolb* | Neurology |
| Leo | MARTINEZ | Anesthesiology |
| Tim | NEWHOOK | Surgery |
| Kim | Tustison | OB |
| Dustin | WALTERS | Surgery |
| 2011 | ||
| Paris | Butler* | Surgery |
| Haberman | Cara | Pediatrics |
| Josh | Gluck | Orthopedics |
| Alex | Mericli | Plastic Surgery |
| Dave | Peterson | Anesthesiology |
| Robert | Schutt | Internal Medicine |
| Catherine Kirby | Tanner | Obgyn |
| Robert | Thiele | Anesthesiology |
| Bill | Thistlethwaite | Internal Medicine |
| Lisle | Turner | Surgery |
| Jeff | Vergales | Pediatric Cards |
| 2010 | ||
| Anshul | Aggarwal | Internal Medicine |
| Beth | Brantley | Pediatrics |
| Paris | Butler | Surgery |
| Stephen | Jackson* | Obgyn |
| Sebastian | Koga | Neurosurgery |
| Amanda | Kolb | Family Medicine |
| Noah | Kolb | Neurology |
| Melissa | Phillips | Surgery |
| Phillip Joshua | Smith | Anesthesiology |
| Mike | Zlupko | Internal Medicine |
| 2009 | ||
| Scott | Beach* | Psychiatry |
| Kathryn | Eisenhuth | Pediatrics |
| Traci | Hedrick | Surgery |
| Erin | King | OBGYN |
| Richard | Rainey | Orthopedics |
| Jonathan | Rhee | Urology |
| Karim | Sadik | Surgery |
| Samuel | Taylor | Neurology |
| Steven | Tropello | Emergency Medicine |
| 2008 | ||
| Luther | Bartelt | Medicine |
| Shannon | Brim | OBGYN |
| Behfar | Edhaie | Surgery |
| Ashley | Logan | Pediatrics |
| Melissa | Philips | Surgery |
| John | Rasamny | Otolaryngology |
| Ramesh | Singh* | Surgery |
| Andrew | Southerland | Neurology |
| Samuel | Taylor | Neurology |
| Dave | Winchester | Medicine |
| 2007 | ||
| Clay | Cauthen | Medicine |
| Tae | Chong* | Surgery |
| Amy | Cool | Pediatrics |
| Mark | Cummings | Pediatric Cards |
| Nicola | Ghazi | Opthalmology |
| Brian | Hanrahan | Medicine |
| Traci | Hedrick | Surgery |
| Cara | Heuser | OBGYN |
| Ramesh | Singh | Surgery |
| Vinay | Sundaram | Medicine |
| 2006 | ||
| Jenny | Boyd | Pediatrics |
| Zach | Bush | Medicine |
| Andrew | Darby | Medicine |
| Jennifer | Fulton | Medicine |
| Robert | Garwood | Surgery |
| Jeremy | Middleton | Pediatrics |
| Nina | O’Connor | Family Medicine |
| David | Okonkwo | Neurosurgery |
| T. Brett | Reece | Surgery |
| Jessica | Simmons | Pediatrics |
| Brendon | Stiles* | Surgery |
| Steven | Taylor | Medicine |
All-University Award
Nick Ashur, MD (Cardiology)
Rick Vavolizza, MD (General Surgery)
GME Trainee Excellence in Mentorship Award
Aleina Lowell, MD (Anesthesiology)
Rabia Idrees, MD (Diagnostic Radiology)
Inova Resident & Fellow Teaching Award
Morgan Hedden, DO (Internal Medicine)