Mayo Clinic Department of Medicine 2018 achievement awards in internal medicine education
Mayo Clinic’s Department of Medicine in Rochester presented 2018 achievement awards in internal medicine education:
Endowed fellowships

The Burgher Family Fellowship Award in Thoracic Diseases
Gustavo Cortes Puentes, M.D. (THDC '19), Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, assistant professor of medicine

The Burgher Family Fellowship Award in Thoracic Diseases
Mikyung Kwon, M.D., Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic Florida

Marinelli Fellowship Award
Karthik Giridhar, M.D. (HEMO '18), Division of Hematology, instructor in medicine and oncology

LeeAnn McCaffrey, M.D., Women in Medicine Outstanding Achievement Award
Kathleen A. Young, M.D. (I '18), Division of Internal Medicine

Joseph D. Messler, M.D., General Internal Medicine Outstanding Achievement Award
Elizabeth Wight, M.D. (I '18), Division of Internal Medicine

Tow Shung Tan Humanism in Medicine Award
Jonas Paludo, M.D. (I '15), Division of Hematology, assistant professor of medicine and oncology
Resident awards

Outstanding Achievement
Daniel Childs, M.D. (I '18)

Outstanding Achievement
Virginia Dines, M.D. (I '18)

Outstanding Achievement
Navine Nasser-Ghodsi, M.D. (I '18)

Outstanding Achievement
Gregory Stroh, M.D. (I '18)

Outstanding Research Achievement
Gilherme Piovezani Ramos, M.D., (I '18)

Outstanding Research Achievement
Isabel Hujoel, M.D. (I '18)
Subspecialty fellow awards

Jad Sfeir, M.D. (CTSA ’18, ENDO ’18, GERI ’19)
Kathryn H. and Roger Penske Career Development Award in Endocrinology in Honor of Dr. Ian Hay
“Association Between Fragility Fractures and Senescence-Associated Secretory Profile”

J. Arnold Bargen Award, Gastroenterology
Ju Dong Yang, M.D. (CTSA '11, CTSC '11, GI '11, GI '17), Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, instructor in medicine

Eugenie Mayer Bolz Award, Gastroenterology
Bradley W. Anderson, M.D. (I '15, CI '16, GI '18), Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Fiterman Fellow Award, Gastroenterology
Christopher Blevins, M.D. (I '15), Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Geriatric Medicine Achievement Award, Primary Care Internal Medicine
Daniel Sanchez Pellecer, M.D. (GERI '19), Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology

Hematology/Oncology Award, Outstanding Achievement
Surbhi Sidana, M.B.B.S. (HEMO '18), Division of Hematology, assistant professor of medicine and oncology

Hematology/Oncology Award, Outstanding Achievement
Jonas Paludo, M.D. (I '15), Division of Hematology, assistant professor of medicine and oncology

Principal investigator: Maryam Mahmood, M.B., Ch.B. (INFD ’18), Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic Rochester
Collaborator: Stacey Rizza, M.D. (MED ’95, I ’98, INFD ’01), Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic Rochester

Infectious Diseases Award, Outstanding Research
Matthew Thoendel, M.D., Ph.D. (I '15, CI '16), Division of Infectious Diseases

Nephrology Award, Outstanding Achievement, clinical fellow
Sandhya Manohar, M.B.B.S. (NEPH '18), Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, instructor in medicine

Nephrology Award, Outstanding Achievement, research fellow
Musab Hommos, M.B.B.S. (CTSA '17, NEPH '18), Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, assistant professor of medicine

Edward C. Rosenow, III Fellow Teaching Award
Badr Al Bawardy, M.D. (I '14, GI '17), Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, instructor in medicine

William H.J. Summerskill Award, Subspecialty Fellow Research
Niraj Shenoy, M.B.B.S. (HEMO '18), Division of Hematology, assistant professor of hematology and oncology