{"id":93000,"date":"2014-05-05T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=93000"},"modified":"2014-05-07T15:31:57","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T19:31:57","slug":"uconn-school-of-medicine-spring-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2014\/05\/uconn-school-of-medicine-spring-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn School of Medicine Spring Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UConn School of Medicine presented awards and recognitions to faculty, staff and students during a special ceremony held recently in Keller Auditorium.The event honored students in the first through third years of medical school. Fourth-year students are honored at the Senior Awards luncheon on May 9.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uconndocs.uchc.edu\/Home\/Physician?profileId=Ryan-Jason\">Dr. Jason Ryan<\/a>, assistant professor of medicine and cardiologist in the <a href=\"http:\/\/heart.uchc.edu\/\">Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center<\/a>, received this year\u2019s Loeser Award. The Loeser award is given to the faculty member who has the ability to evoke in students an enthusiasm for learning, a desire to emulate their own attributes of scholarly curiosity, and to give wholeheartedly to advance the welfare and education of their students. The award is named after Charles N. Loeser, one of the medical school\u2019s most popular and respected first faculty members.<\/p>\n<p>The Committee Award for Meritorious Educational Leadership (CAMEL) was given to Mechanisms of Disease-2 (MOD-2) directed by <a href=\"http:\/\/uconndocs.uchc.edu\/Home\/Physician?profileId=Foley-Raymond\">Dr. Raymond Foley<\/a>, associate professor of medicine. The CAMEL is given to the subject committee that \u201cpromotes a stimulating learning experience and, in its organization, presentation of material and overall level of teaching, has afforded the students an invaluable opportunity to learn and understand basic medical sciences.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eef4fb;border: 1px #014898 solid;clear: both;padding: 15px 15px 5px 15px;margin-bottom: 20px;margin-left: 20px;width: 300px;float: right\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-93002 img-responsive lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;margin-bottom: 15px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_02-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"From left, Loeser award recipient, Dr. Jason Ryan with Dr. David Henderson, associate dean for student affairs, and Christine Thatcher, director of medical education. (Photos provided by Roselyn Wright)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_02-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_02-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_02.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFrom left, Loeser award recipient, Dr. Jason Ryan with Dr. David Henderson, associate dean for student affairs, and Dr. Christine Thatcher, director of medical education.\u00a0(Photos provided by Roselyn Wright)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_04.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-93004 img-responsive lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;margin-bottom: 15px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_04-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. David Henderson (kneeling) and Christine Thatcher (fourth from right) pose with First-Year Teaching Award recipients. From left Richard Zeff; Dr. Srdjan Antic; Yvonne Grimm Jorgenson; John Harrison, James Watras, and Dr. Thomas Manger. (Photo provided by Roselyn Wright)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_04-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_04-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_04.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDrs. David Henderson (kneeling) and Christine Thatcher (fourth from right) pose with First-Year Teaching Award recipients. From left Drs. Richard Zeff; Srdjan Antic; Yvonne Grimm Jorgenson; John Harrison, James Watras, and Thomas Manger.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-93003 img-responsive lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;margin-bottom: 15px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_03-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"From left, Dr. David Henderson, Dr. Raymond Foley, CAMEL recipient for MOD 2 Homeostasis, and Christine Thatcher.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_03-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_03-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_03.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFrom left, Dr. David Henderson, Dr. Raymond Foley, CAMEL recipient for MOD-2 Homeostasis, and Dr. Christine Thatcher.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-93001 img-responsive lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;margin-bottom: 15px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_01-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"From left, Dr. David Henderson, Harrison Hayward, MSI; Caroline Rogi, MSII; and Kelsey Sokol, MSIII; and Christine Thatcher.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_01-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_01-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/som_spring_awards_2014_01.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFrom left, Dr. David Henderson, Harrison Hayward, MS I; Caroline Rogi, MS II; and Kelsey Sokol, MS III; and Dr. Christine Thatcher.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>2014 Spring Awards Night Winners<\/h2>\n<p><strong>2014 Excellence in Public Health Award from the U.S. Public Health Service Physician Professional Advisory Committee presented by CDR Joseph Perez<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Avery LaChance, MS IV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Medical Education Student Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Community Service Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Fludiona Naka, MS I; Chindhuri Selvadurai, MS II; Melissa Dion, MS III<\/li>\n<li><strong>Student Leadership Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Harrison Hayward, MS I; Caroline Rogi, MS II; Kelsey Sokol, MS III<\/li>\n<li><strong>Outstanding Service\u00a0 to Fellow Students:\u00a0<\/strong>Taylor Chenail, MS I; Ethan Talbot, MS II; Russell Bratman, MS III<\/li>\n<li><strong>Outstanding Student Teaching Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Ethan Talbot, MS II<\/li>\n<li><strong>Art of Medicine Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Brian Martineau, MS III<\/li>\n<li><strong>Renaissance Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Stephanie Alimena, MS I<\/li>\n<li><strong>Inspiration Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Diane Smith, MS III<\/li>\n<li><strong>Outstanding Research Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Thomas Sakrison-Durant, MS III<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Medical Education Staff Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Professionalism Award \u2013\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Lisa Francini<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Staff Star\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Roselyn Wright<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Medical Education Faculty Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Year 1 and 2 Faculty Appreciation Awards<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MS I &#8211; James Watras, PhD, and John Harrison, PhD<\/li>\n<li>MS II &#8211; Jason Ryan, MD, and Karen Hook, MD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Outstanding Outpatient Clinical Preceptor<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Barbara Ziogas, MD, and Fonda Gravino, MD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Outstanding Inpatient Clinical Preceptor<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Doug D\u2019Andrea, MD, and Ramachandra Illindala, MD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Loeser Recipient<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jason Ryan, MD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Loeser Finalists<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michael Blechner, MD<\/li>\n<li>David Gregorio, PhD, MS<\/li>\n<li>Karen Hook, MD<\/li>\n<li>Richard Lindquist, MD<\/li>\n<li>James Watras, PhD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CAMEL Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MOD-2 Homeostasis &#8211; Raymond Foley, MD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>First Year Teaching Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Harrison, PhD<\/li>\n<li>James Watras, PhD<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Manger, MD, PhD<\/li>\n<li>Yvonne Grimm Jorgenson, PhD<\/li>\n<li>Richard Zeff, PhD<\/li>\n<li>Srdjan Antic, MD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Student Government Appreciation Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alexander Adami, MD, PhD<\/li>\n<li>Chad Bianchi and Marcia Ginsburg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>South Park Clinic Appreciation Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>General Clinic<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Dodenhoff, MD, and Thomas Manger, MD, PhD<\/li>\n<li>Heiko Schmitt, MD, and Bruce Gould, MD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Women\u2019s Clinic<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jessica Mullins, MD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Dermatology Clinic<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hanspaul Makkar, MD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>School of Medicine Senior Associate Dean Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Individual<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deb Johnson, APRN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Team Award<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bill Kleinman, Senior Counsel for Health Affairs<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Blumenthal, Assistant Attorney General<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Graduate Medical Education Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Outstanding Program Director<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amy Johnson, MD &#8211; Obstetrics and Gynecology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Outstanding Resident<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kyle Johnson, MD \u2013 Otolaryngology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Outstanding Staff<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Martha Wilkie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Consortium Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Community Service Award <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ambreen Mohamed, MD, and Demytra Mitsis, MD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Leadership Award<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oli Francis, MD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Follow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uchc.edu\">UConn Health<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uconnhealthcenter\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uconnhealth\">Twitter<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/uconnhealth\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Jason Ryan, cardiologist with the Calhoun Cardiology Center, received this year\u2019s Loeser Award. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":93002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[45],"class_list":["post-93000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uconn-health","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 14:44:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93000"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93063,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93000\/revisions\/93063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/93002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93000"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=93000"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=93000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}