EMRA would like to extend a big and heartfelt CONGRATULATIONS to our most recent award winners. These honorees exemplify excellence within the EM specialty.
Academic Excellence Award
Mohamad Ali Cheaito, MD, University of Toledo
ACEP Scientific Assembly Travel Scholarship
Shane Solger, MD, Kings County/SUNY Downstate Combined EM & IM Program
ACEP Scientific Review Subcommittee Appointment
Aslam Akhtar, MD, PhD, Harbor UCLA
ACEP/CORD Teaching Fellowship Scholarship
Jeanne Rabalais, MD, MHA, University of Fla. College of Medicine-Jacksonville
ACEP/EMBC Indy Class Scholarship
Alex Wellford, MD, Ochsner in New Orleans, LA
Assoc. Residency Director of the Year
Alexis Pelletier-Bui, MD, Cooper Univ. Hospital/Cooper Med School of Rowan University
Augustine D'Orta Humanism Award
Melanie Yates, MD, University of Cincinnati
Chief Resident of the Year
Ashleigh Omorogbe, MD, George Washington University Hospital
Chief Resident of the Year
John Organick-Lee, MD, MBA, George Washington University
Chief Resident of the Year
Ryan Skrabal, MD, George Washington University Emergency Medicine
CORD Academic Assembly Travel Scholarship
Danielle Andrews, MD, MPH, Emory Emergency Medicine Residency
Dr. Alexandra Greene Medical Student of the Year
Trupti Patel, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
EMRA Chair of the Year
Michael Chansky, MD, Cooper University Health Care
EMRA EMBRS Scholarship
Christian Wade, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine at Madigan Army Medical Center
EMRA Resident of the Year
Alex Lucas, MD, Advocate Christ
EMRA/ACEP EDDA Travel Scholarship
Diana Rodriguez, MD, University of Cincinnati
EMRA/ACEP EDDA Travel Scholarship
Nicolas Semenchuk, MD, MS, Advocate Christ Medical Center
EMRA/ACEP EDDA Travel Scholarship
Faraz Khan, MD, MBA, UCLA Department of Emergency Medicine
EMRA/ACEP EDDA Travel Scholarship
Jeremy Sobocinski, MD, Univ. of Cincinnati Dept. of EM Residency Program
EMRA/ACEP EDDA Travel Scholarship
Aaron Katrikh, MD, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
EMRA/ACEP EDDA Travel Scholarship
Mahlaqa Butt, DO, MPH, Maimonides Medical Center
EMRA/ACEP Med. Student Elective in Health Policy
Jacqueline King, Sidney Kimmel Med. College at Thomas Jefferson University
EMRA/ACEP Med. Student Elective in Health Policy
Nicole Savidge, Sidney Kimmel Med. College at Thomas Jefferson University
EMRA/ACEP Resident - Fellow Health Policy Elective in DC
Neha Sikka, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
EMRA/EDPMA Travel Scholarship
John Organick-Lee, MD, MBA, George Washington University
EMRA/EDPMA Travel Scholarship
Erica Christenson, MD, MBA, Detroit Receiving Hospital/Wayne State University
Faculty Mentor of the Year
Gordon Chien, MD, Maimonides Medical Center
Faculty Teaching Excellence Award
Abdullah Bakhsh, MBBS, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Fellow of the Year
Sophia Spadafore, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The Mount Sinai Hospital ED
Jean Hollister Contribution to Pre-Hospital Care Award
Erica Cohen, MD, NYU Langone Health
LAC Travel Scholarship
Jennifer Reyes Lin, MD, MPH, Washington University in St. Louis
Residency Director of the Year
Tara Cassidy-Smith, MD, Cooper Med. School or Rowan Univ. and Cooper Univ. Health Care
Rosh Review One Step Further
Jordan Sell, MD, University of Michigan
SAEM Annual Meeting Scholarship
Caresse Vuong, MD, MPH, Advocate Christ Medical Center
Sherrill Mullinex Residency Coordinator of the Year
Cinda Kirker, Madigan’s Emergency Medicine
Stephen Tantama, MD, Military Excellence Award
Anant Shukla, MD, FS, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center