C O N VO C AT I O N

May 2015

RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY

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Class of 2015Convocation

Monday, May EighteenthTwo thousand fifteen

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“y“you can not separate passion from pathology any more than you

can separate a person’s spirit from his body… Gaze long enough at your

patients, and from even the driest husk there will fly upward a shower

of sparks that, to him who gazes, will coalesce into a little flame…

Place your hand over the patient’s heart. Let your fingers receive its

beat… Now listen with a stethoscope… Listening to the heart is like

learning the songs of birds. A song once heard and identified is your

own from then on.”

From

Letters to a Young Doctor

By Richard Selzer

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The OaTh Of hippOcraTes

I do solemnly swear by that which I hold most sacred:

That I will be loyal to the profession of medicineand just and generous to its members

That I will lead my life and practice my art inuprightness and honor

That into whatsoever house I shall enter,it shall be for the good of the sick to the utmost of my power, holding

myself aloof from wrong,from corruption and from the tempting of others to vice

That I will exercise my art solely for the care ofmy patients and will give no drug and perform no operation

for a criminal purpose; far less suggest it

That whatsoever I shall see or hearof the lives of my patients which is not fitting

to be spoken, I will keep inviolably secret

These things I do promise and in proportionas I am faithful to this oath, may happiness and goodrepute be ever mine and may the opposite befall me

if I am false to my word.

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Welcome Remarks Vicente H. Gracias, MD Dean (Interim) Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Brian L. Strom, MD, MPH Chancellor Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences

Sonia Garcia Laumbach, MD, Class of 1999 President, Alumni Association Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Excellence in Teaching & Vicente H. Gracias, MDResearch Awards Convocation Address Alfred F. Tallia, MD ‘78, MPH Chair, Family Medicine and Community Health Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Student Address Jason Breig

Introduction of James H. Millonig, PhDMS and PhD Degree Senior Associate DeanRecipients Rutgers Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Introduction of Carol A. Terregino, MDMD Degree Recipients Senior Associate Dean for Education Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Hippocratic Oath Siobhan A. Corbett, MD Associate Professor of Surgery Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Closing Remarks Vicente H. Gracias, MD

Order Of prOgram

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Master of Biomedical Sciences Degree Recipients

Master of Science, Clinical and Transitional Science

Yasmin Fathi AbdelsalamSandra Babiana GensiniMohamed Ahmed Shawky Moustafa HusseinAtif Khan

Vamsi Krishna Kurra Tazeem ShaikSibo TianSrikanth Vemulapalli

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Salman AlamNikitha AshokLeonard BelottiBrian BenenatiPatricia BerkanishSara Lyn BrownNicole CaltabianoChristian Frank CarcioneAugustus ChangSobaata ChaudhryAnnette ChenHansol Danielle Agape ChoiRonald McDonald ClearieBrian ClossSampreet DhaliwalChristina Georgette FakesColleen Patricia FranconiJacquelyn Christine GesumariaAmbroise GillesGeorge Hansel Godwin, IVAlexander GonzalezMeleigh Elizabeth GroffJanice HejirikaRoger HenryMark HugickKartik D. JoshiDaniel Joseph KerriganAisha KhanPeter KimThomas KirschenGayathri Kollipara

Amalan KrishnamoorthyJoo KwonEmily LivingstonMitali MaliRichard M. MarcheseSamantha Arlene McDonaldHarshal MehtaAshley Marie MilletteKwaku Opare-SemDeshanki PandyaShyam PatelLokesh PendyalaDavina PereraHuong PhanRahul RaiMegan Ruben Shaan SadwaniColin ScottYekaterina ShermanSara Lynn ShilcratManpreet SidhuIan SuacoDeeksha TanejaDhaval Bharat TrivediMax TudelaMartine Van VoorthuysenRyan VetterChristian Von GizyckiScott WeismillerEmily Willson

Post-Graduate Certificate

Vamsee Mupparaju Clinical and Transitional Science

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1 Microbiology and Molecular Genetics2 Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology3 Neuroscience4 Biochemistry5 Physiology and Integrative Biology6 Biomedical Engineering7 Cell and Developmental Biology8 Exposure Science and Assessment9 Toxicology

Doctor of Philosophy Degree Recipients

Sriram Shreedhar Aiyer 4 Frank Macabenta 7

Allen Alcivar 2 Divya Nandakumar 4

Judith J. Canabal Alvear 7 Inna Nikonorova 2

Han-Wen Chang 2 Maryann Ahenfowah Obiorah 3

Yu-Fan Chen 2 Jeffrey David Overton, Jr. 2

Stephanie Crosson 4 Ashley Pettit 9

Jonathan William Cruz 1 Jason M. Schifano 1

Aishwarya Deshpande 4 Xia Tang 7

Roberto M. Droz-Rosario 2 Philip Michael Tedeschi 2

Ashley L. Green 9 Connan Vaca 7

Tiffany Rania King 7 Dai-Tze Wu 2

Matthew L. Kraushar 3 Qian Wu 3

Andrew L’Huillier 1 Tzung-Ju Wu 2

Chun-Yi Lin 2

Master of Science Degree Recipients

Laura Morris2

JOinT degrees WiThruTgers graduaTe schOOl – neW BrunsWick

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aWards

Outstanding Teaching and Service Award

Presented in recognition of outstanding teaching and serviceduring the PhD years; selected by Master Educators’ Guild

of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciencesat Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Matthew L. Kraushar

Dissertation Excellence Award

Presented in recognition of outstanding teaching and serviceduring the PhD years; selected by Master Educators’ Guild

of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Jason M. Schifano

Outstanding Academic Achievement Award in the Master’s Program

Ambroise H. Gilles

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medical degree recipienTs

Jeneba Abass-Shereef ^5

Jacqueline Michelle Abdalla *Edwin Acevedo, Jr. +5

Jusleen Ahluwalia *4

Inaya Ahmed John George AzerSairam BalasubramanianMonica Kathleen BauerVictoria Grace BehrendAnita BhamidipatiAdjoa A. BoatengBryan Andrew BottiVenkatesh Lakshman Brahma *4

Jason Anthony BreigAntanique Brown +5

Sarah ChangAngela S. Chen *Michael Stephen Chevinsky =

Bing Q. Chiu *+

Joy Jiwon Choi +^

Theodore Chou +

Justin Michael Cirone ~

Angela Domenica Condo *^

Kelly Ann CrowleyAlveena DawoodLaura De SimoneChristiaan Robert deVries 2

Joanne Cathy DekisGuensley R. DelvaLaura Marie Diaz 5

Eliseo Vincenzo DiPrinzioRalph Parker Fader +

Jacqueline Eve FeinbergHenry L. Feng *Myroslav FiguraWendy Kuniko FujiokaClifton Garrett Fulmer *2

Lisa Ryan Gabor +

David GoldbergDaniela Gomez ^

Daniel Adam Grabell =

Pallabi GuhaPriyanka Vivek Gumaste *=

Bridget Bevin Hottenstein +

Mark Huang ^6

Phyllis Noel HuangNancy Hwang 6

Olamide Ifaturoti 5

Christopher Joseph IsleyJoseph A. IzzoChristopher Dennis Jakubowski *Karen Wenwen Jeng-Miller *Walter John Joseph, III *Sindhuja G. KadambiElizabeth Mary Kalb *+

Sana B. Kathawala 6

Na Eun Kim ^

Helaina Lynn KleinEitan M. Kohan *4

Sarah Lyon KomlineJulianne M. KowalskiJessica Mary LaRosa *Angel Lee +

Rebekah Mae LeeMark Alan Linsenmeyer +

Rohan Mathur =

Sanshalee Zenobia McKay 5

Mina M. Megalla 4

Jason D. Mintz *Raymond Vincent Mirasol +

Jaclyn MiraultDavid Morales *+

Era Caterina MurzakuRotem Naftalovich 6

Ashnoo NanavatiAlexandra K. Nicholas

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* Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society+ Gold Humanism Honor Society= MD with Distinction in Research^ MD with Distinction in Service to the Community~ MD with Distinction in Medical Education1 Will complete program by June 30, 20152 MD/PhD3 MD/MPH4 Graduate of BA/BS/MD Program5 BA/BS/MD Access Med Program6 MD/MBA7 MD/MSCTS

Katie Elizabeth O’Grady +

Esther OgunyemiKimberly Shiau-Wei OoAndrew Robert Orr *+

Erika Brinkmann Page ^

Kevin Ryan ParksArpan Ghanshyam PatelRipal PatelSonam Jay PatelAmanda Lauren PaternostroNicole Patrone ^

Stephanie Michelle Peters +

Andrea Poon ^

Lesley Anne Cruz PortugalShanti PrasadVidya PuthenpuraKaila Alexandra Queen ^

Megha RajpalDaniel J. RamosUsha Shashidhar Rao +

Christopher John Redmond ^

Jared Lee Reichenberg *4

Dana Erilyn RileyDavid Ilan Rotstein Derek Garth Rudge +

Ahmed Sadek 4

Alison Kate SarokhanSophia A. Sequeira +^

Michael Thomas Serzan +

Lokesh ShahBahareh ShanehsazEugen A. ShippeyAshley Lynn Silakoski * + ^

Harmandeep Singh 4

Xiaonan Richard Sun 2 4

Nicholas Paul TarangeloSibo Tian 7

Ulyana Trytko 4

David M. TsaiSharon Ann Vaz +3

Danielle Alexandra Velez *Aviva Y. WeinerBrian Jackson Wentworth ^

John Douglas Wilgucki, IICharles Christian WindonAnthony C. WongPatrick Suen Man WongWinston Wong *Katherine Leigh Woodburn *Hannah Feng XuGrace Haechung YangShoshana A. Zitter

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Academic Achievement Award

Presented on the basis of the highest level of academic achievementthroughout the four years of medical school.

Andrew Orr

Outstanding Achievement in the MD/PhD Program

Presented on the basis of outstanding academic and research achievementin the MD/PhD Program.

Xiaonan Richard Sun

Student Leadership AwardPresented on the basis of outstanding leadership to the student

body throughout medical school; selected bya special faculty committee.

Sharon Vaz

Community Service Award

Presented on the basis of outstanding service to the medical school orthe community-at-large; selected by a special faculty committee.

Elizabeth KalbUsha Rao

The Bruce Fisher Award

Presented in recognition of academic achievement andcompassionate patient care.

Ashley Silakoski

Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine AwardPresented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Presented on the basis of humanism and compassion in the deliveryof medical care; selected by the faculty and the students.

Andrew Orr

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academic excellence aWards

AnesthesiologyDavid Rotstein

Biomedical SciencesSanshalee McKay

Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases

John Wilgucki

Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Systems

Eliseo DiPrinzio

Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Wendy Fujioka

Emergency MedicineAnita Bhamidipati

The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine,

Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award

Angela Chen

Family MedicineKaila Queen

Foundations: Diagnostics and TherapeuticsAndrew Orr

Gastrointestinal, Liver and Biliary Tract Diseases

Jessica LaRosa

Gastrointestinal, Metabolism and Nutrition

Christopher Jakubowski

Hematology and Oncology: Bench to Bedside

Elizabeth Kalb

ImmunityVenkatesh Brahma

Internal MedicineBrian Wentworth

MicrobiologyElizabeth Kalb

Glasgow-Rubin Certificates of Commendationfor Academic Achievement

Presented by theAmerican Medical Women’s Association (AMWA)

Presented to women who graduate in the top ten percent of their medical school graduating class. A separate Certificate of Commendation is

awarded for any woman who graduates first in her class.

Jacqueline AbdallaJusleen Ahluwalia

Angela ChenAngela Condo

Priyanka GumasteElizabeth KalbJessica LaRosa

Ashley Silakoski

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Musculoskeletal, Skin and Infectious Diseases

Jared Reichenberg

NeurologyRaymond Mirasol

Neuron, Brain and BehaviorSanshalee McKay

Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Katherine Woodburn

Patient Centered MedicineJacqueline Abdalla

PediatricsTheodore Chou

Primary Care MedicineJason Breig

PsychiatryJason Mintz

Renal, Endocrine and Reproductive Diseases

Elizabeth Kalb

Renal, Genitourinary, Endocrine and Reproduction

SystemsElizabeth Kalb

Structure and FunctionElizabeth Kalb

SurgeryDavid Morales

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Excellence in Teaching Award

Daniel Pilch, PhD

Excellence in Research Award

Helmut Zarbl, PhD

Stanley S. Bergen, Jr., MD Medal of Excellence Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Presented to the student who best exemplifies academic excellence

Venkatesh Brahma

alumni aWard

Awarded to the student who best demonstrates the high ideals of the medical profession, maintains the highest standards of personal integrity, and has

made a significant contribution to the medical school class; selected by their fellow classmates:

Andrew Orr

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adminisTraTiOn

Vicente H. Gracias, MDDean (Interim)

Rhonda M. McCathern, PhDExecutive Director of Strategic Initiatives and Administration

Celine Gelinas, PhDSenior Associate Dean for Research

Eric G. Jahn, MDSenior Associate Dean for Community Health

Anthony T. Scardella, MDSenior Associate Dean for Clinical AffairsPresident, Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group

Carol A. Terregino, MDSenior Associate Dean for Education

James H. Millonig, PhDSenior Associate Dean of Rutgers Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Robert Wood Johnson School

Gloria A. Bachmann, MDAssociate Dean for Women’s Health

Robert S. DiPaola, MDAssociate Dean for Oncology Programs

Javier I. Escobar, MDAssociate Dean for Global Health

Michael Kelly, MDAssociate Dean for Graduate Medical Education

John B. Kostis, MDAssociate Dean for Cardiovascular Research

David S. Kountz, MD, MBAAssociate Dean for Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Jersey Shore University Medical Center

David E. Swee, MDAssociate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development

Sonia Garcia Laumbach, MDAssistant Dean for Student Affairs

Karen WeiRu Lin, MD, MSAssistant Dean for Global Health

Daniel J. Mehan, Jr., PhDAssistant Dean for Student Affairs

Archana Pradhan, MD, MPHAssistant Dean for Education

Norma Saks, EdDAssistant Dean for Educational Programs

Janet Alder, PhDDirector of Graduate Academic and Student Affairs

Smita Thakker-Varia, PhDDirector of Graduate Academic and Student Affairs

Marshall AnthonyAssociate Director for Student Financial Aid

Daniel J. OstinRegistrar

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C O N VO C AT I O N

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