Photo: Rob Carlin
Members of the T.H. Chan School of Medicine Class of 2026 gathered on Friday, May 29, for the annual awards breakfast and scholarship ceremony.
More than 35 awards were presented to graduating medical students and faculty members.
In his opening remarks, Terence R. Flotte, MD, the Elisabeth Chair for the Dean of Medicine, executive deputy chancellor, provost and dean of the T.H. Chan School of Medicine, encouraged the graduates to take a moment to consider the significance of receiving their Doctor of Medicine degrees, which will be conferred on Sunday, May 31, at the 53rd Commencement ceremony.
“Each and every one of you has reached a truly remarkable milestone in your careers and your lives. When you walk across that stage [at Commencement], I’ll have the privilege to hand to you a diploma. What you’re receiving is not just a degree, but a tremendous power to do good,” Dean Flotte said. “Even though this is a tremendous achievement, it's not an endpoint in your medical education, but really beginning a new phase.”
Anne Larkin, MD, the Celia and Isaac Haidak Professor in Medical Education, associate professor of surgery and vice provost and senior associate dean for educational affairs, promised the graduates that their achievements in medical school will continue to positively impact their future.
“What you have accomplished here and what you’ve done during medical school, has prepared you extremely well for what you’re going to embark upon in the next few years,” Dr. Larkin said. “You should be proud of yourselves, because I can tell you that we, as the faculty, are extremely proud of you.”
Chancellor Michael F. Collins presented the Chancellor’s Award, the highest award given to a graduating student, to Riley Magane, who matched in internal medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.
T.H. Chan School of Medicine 2026 award recipients are:
T.H. Chan School of Medicine Class of 2026 award recipients
Chancellor’s Award
Riley Magane
Provost’s Award
Carly Beth Herbert
The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
Student: Sara Willow Buscher
Faculty: James E. Carroll Jr., MD
The Anthony P. Lovell, MD, Memorial Endowed Award for Excellence at Baystate Health Foundation
Katharine Mary Cashman
John S. Efstathiou Memorial Award
Aidan Patrick McAnena
Kimberly Min Jin
Hari Arun Sharma
Robert Thruston Thayer Shepard
Colin Francis Stoll
Kristen M. Ettensohn Memorial Award for Medical Excellence Through Advocacy, Art and Athletics
Nicholas Jarostchuk
Ann Nemitz Memorial Award
Helena Redgate
Gary D. Winzelberg, MD’74, Memorial Award
Sara Willow Buscher
Jacob Brem Pediatric Award
Ashley Eileen Galvin
Marianne Felice Adolescent Health Award
Daniela N. Kotsonis
New England Pediatric Society Award
Emma Rose Nedell
Aaron Lazare Award for Psychiatry
Noel Rymbai
Arnold and Patricia Hill Prize in Addiction Medicine
Pryce Speairs Michener
Richard Glew Award for Outstanding Performance in Medicine
Riley Magane
Mary Hawthorne Award for Excellence in Clinical Care
Sophie O. Wieselquist
Richard Hunter Award for Excellence in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Ana-Maria Poole
Karen Green Award for Social Justice
Hope Bethany Koene
Thomas Halpin Award for Obstetrics & Gynecology Education and Mentoring
Lauryn Bates
UMass Surgical Society Award for Excellence in Student Clinical Performance
Samantha L. Kaliszewski
UMass Surgical Society Award for Excellence in Surgical Education
Arianna Rebecca Markel
Catherine Zurier Memorial Award
Carly Beth Herbert
Samantha Yan Yue Tse
Satish & Sudha Gupta Award for Cancer Research
Akanksha Nagarkar
American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Prize for Excellence
Sirena Kuo Khanna
Association of Academic Surgery Student Research Award
Samantha L. Kaliszewski
U.S. Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Award
Beatriz S. Fernandes Bacelar
Massachusetts College of Emergency Medicine Medical Student of the Year
Michael David Pepin
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Medical Student Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award
Talia Brianna Feldman
Mick Huppert Community Health Scholar Award
Elizabeth Marie Irvin
Massachusetts Medical Society Scholars Award for Academic Excellence
Scholars
Marcus McKenzie
Eleanor Hillyer Parker
Finalists
Clara Elizabeth Rose Cabot
Samantha L. Kaliszewski
Maxwell Jonathan Stukalin
Lindon Tran
American Medical Women’s Association Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Certificate of Commendation
Riley Magane
American Medical Women’s Association Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Citation for Academic Achievement
Racquel A. Bitar
Liana C. Brooks
Talia Brianna Feldman
Krithi Gopalan
Britney Samantha Olden
Chloe Kirsten Herczeg
Aviv Liani
Arianna Rebecca Markel
Emma Rose Nedell
Jenna Patel
Ana-Maria Poole
Rebecca Lily Sandvos
Certificate of Appreciation for Leadership in the Learning Environment
Brooke Honzel
Mick Godkin Scholarship
Emma Rose Nedell
Jenna Patel
Choosing Wisely / STARS Program
Ritika Revoori
Educational Policy Committee Student Star Awards
Ariana Fantakis-Ettorre
Shivahamy Maheswaran
Ana-Maria Poole
Outstanding Accomplishment in the Longitudinal Capstone Scholarship Discovery Course
Sophia Salamon Antonioli
Anthony Michael Camargo
Ryan Chen
Keelin Fallon
Anam Jehan Furrukh
Hope Bethany Koene
Christine Li
Emily Marie Meara
Akanksha Nagarkar
Daniel Huy Nguyen
Eddy Caleb Rios
Mehdi Sina Salimy
Micaela Jules Tobin
Faculty Award Recipients
Outstanding Clinical Medical Educators
Raquel Belforti, DO
Gary Blanchard, MD
Philip Bolduc, MD’00
Jamison Bradshaw, DO
Stephen Brooks, MD
James Carroll Jr., MD
Sara Casey, DO
Nicole Cherng, MD’14
Anna Clarke, MD
Wissam Deeb, MD
Charlotte DeLeo, MD’15
Danison Emmerson, MD
Patrick Felton, MD
Joleigh Ferro, MD
Timothy Gibson, MD’99
Nicholas Hajj, MD’16
Laura Donovan Hallett, MD
Jenny Horowitz, MD
Crista Johnson-Agbakwu, MD
Naomi Kalliath, DO
Ziad Kutayli, MD
Kara Lindquist, MD’16
Nathan Macedo, MD
Christine MacGinnis, DO
Geeda Maddaleni, MD’17
Joseph Makris, MD’98
Maxwell Mayer, MD
Sharjeel Panjwani, MD
Richard Perugini, MD
Matthew Rade, MD
Eliezer Sternberg, MD
Ryan Tai, MD
Cornelius Tyrrell, MD
Nadia Villarroel, MD
Alicja Zalewski, MD
Outstanding House Officers
Robert Benjamin, MD
Hans Erickson, MD’22
Angela Essa, MD’23
Robert Guber, MD’21
Rachel Himel, MD
Daniel Kushigian, MD
Rachel Lister, MD
Arjun Mann, DO
Noah Manning, MD
Paige Mastalerz, MD’23
Saharsh Mehta, MD’20
Maeve O’Beirne, DO
Zoe Onion, MD
Arvin Saremi, MD
George Tarabelsi, DO
Charlotte Tisch, MD
Kabir Torres, MD
Katia Yazji, MD
