Resident Awards

2025 Awards

The following awards were conferred at Surgery Residency Graduation in June 2025:

• Michael Wachs, MD – Bartle Faculty Teaching Award
• Alyssa Vaughn, MD – J. Cuthbert Owens Award
• Kenneth Meza-Monge, MD – Moore Basic Science Research Award
• Shahyan Bakhtiyar, MD –Grover Clinical Science Research Award
• Ioannis Ziogas, MD – Eiseman Clinical Science Research Award
• Terry Schaid, MD – Eiseman Basic Science Research Award
• Dawn O’Neill, CST – APP Appreciation Award
• Sarah Schoonover, PA – Clinical Excellence Outpatient APP Award
• Jeannie Havens, PA – Clinical Excellence Inpatient APP Award
• Sruthi Ramesh, MD – Todd Arcomano Intern of the Year
• Christina Stuart, MD and Jake Cotton, MD – Junior Resident Excellence in Practice Award
• Dor Yoeli, MD – Senior Resident Excellence in Practice Award

Research / Clinical Fellowships

The following residents completed a Research or Clinical Fellowship in 2024-2025:

2024 Awards

The following awards were conferred at Surgery Residency Graduation in June 2024:

• Shane McNevin, MD – Bartle Faculty Teaching Award
• Margot Debot, MD – J. Cuthbert Owens Award
• Elliott Yee, MD – Moore Basic Science Research Award
• Christina Stuart, MD –Grover Clinical Science Research Award
• Shahyan Bakhtiyar, MD – Grover Clinical Science Research Award
• Lauren Gallagher, MD – Eiseman Clinical Science Research Award
• Shahyan Bakhtiyar, MD – Eiseman Basic Science Research Award
• Joy Johnson, NP – APP Appreciation Award
• Cheryl Meguid, DNP, NP – Clinical Excellence Outpatient APP Award
• Zachary Asher, PA-C – Clinical Excellence Inpatient APP Award
• Teressa Duong, MD – Todd Acromano Intern of the Year
• Madeline Thomas, MD – Junior Resident Excellence in Practice Award
• Piyush Sharma, MD, PhD – Senior Resident Excellence in Practice Award

Research Fellowships

The following residents completed a Research Fellowship in 2023-2024:

2023 Awards

The following awards were conferred at Surgery Residency Graduation in June 2023:

• Magdalene A. Brooke, MD, FACS — Bartle Faculty Teaching Award
• Anna  Kathryn Gergen, MD — J. Cuthbert Owens Award
• Elliott J. Yee, MD — Moore Basic Science Research Award
• Christina M. Stuart, MD— Grover Clinical Science Research Award
• Adam R. Dyas, MD— Eiseman Clinical Science Research Award
• Alyssa Vaughn, MD — Eiseman Basic Science Research Award
• Jeffrey Huber, PA— Clinical Excellence Inpatient APP Appreciation Award
• Erin Mc Intyre, PA-C, MPH—Clinical Excellence Outpatient APP Appreciation Award
• Jocelyn Johnson, RN –Clinical Excellence Appreciation Award
• Catherine Dawson-Gore, MD, M Sc — Todd Arcomano Intern of the Year Award
• Anna Kathryn Gergen, MD---Senior Resident Excellence in Practice Award
• Dor Yoeli, MD—Junior Resident Excellence in Practice Award

Research Fellowships

The following residents completed a Research Fellowship in 2022-2023:

2022 Awards

The following awards were conferred at Surgery Residency Graduation in June 2022:

• Edward L. Jones, III MD, MS — Bartle Faculty Teaching Award
• Robert Torphy, MD, PhD — J. Cuthbert Owens Award
• Robert Torphy, MD, PhD — Moore Basic Science Research Award
• Jason Samuels, MD— Grover Clinical Science Research Award
• Adam Dyas, MD— Eiseman Clinical Science Research Award
• Robert J. Torphy, MD, PhD — Eiseman Basic Science Research Award
• Steffen Meiler, PA-C— Clinical Excellence Inpatient APP Appreciation Award
• Whitney Herter, PA-C, MHS—Clinical Excellence Outpatient APP Appreciation Award
• Benjamin Ramser, MD — Todd Arcomano Intern of the Year Award
• Matthew Bartley, MD — Dept. of Surgery Annual Resident Professionalism Award

Research Fellowships

The following residents completed a Research Fellowship in 2021-2022: