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Class of 2021Convocation

Wednesday, May Nineteenth Two thousand and twenty-one

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“y“you can not separate passion from pathology any more than you

can separate a person’s spirit from his body… Gaze long enough at your

patients, and from even the driest husk there will fly upward a shower of

sparks that, to him who gazes, will coalesce into a little flame… Place

your hand over the patient’s heart. Let your fingers receive its beat… Now

listen with a stethoscope… Listening to the heart is like learning the songs

of birds. A song once heard and identified is your own from then on.”

From

Letters to a Young Doctor

By Richard Selzer


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The OaTh Of hippOcraTes

I do solemnly swear by that which I hold most sacred:

That I will be loyal to the profession of medicineand just and generous to its members

That I will lead my life and practice my art inuprightness and honor

That into whatsoever house I shall enter,it shall be for the good of the sick to the utmost of my power,

holding myself aloof from wrong,from corruption and from the tempting of others to vice

That I will exercise my art solely for the care ofmy patients and will give no drug and perform no operation

for a criminal purpose; far less suggest it

That whatsoever I shall see or hearof the lives of my patients which is not fitting

to be spoken, I will keep inviolably secret

These things I do promise and in proportionas I am faithful to this oath, may happiness and good repute

be ever mine and may the opposite befall meif I am false to my word.


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Welcome Remarks Robert L. Johnson, MD, FAAP Interim Dean, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Dean, New Jersey Medical School

Brian L. Strom, MD, MPH Chancellor Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences

Keynote Address Geoffrey Young, PhD Senior Director for Student Affairs and Programs Association of American Medical Colleges

Guest Speaker Anthony S. Fauci, MD Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health

Military Commissioning Introduction by Robert L. Johnson, MD, FAAP

Student Address Sneha Swaminathan President, Class of 2021

Remarks Carol A. Terregino, MD Senior Associate Dean for Education and Academic Affairs

Sonia Garcia Laumbach, MD Assistant Dean for Student Affairs

Daniel J. Mehan, Jr., PhD Assistant Dean for Student Affairs

Janice Cato Varlack, MD Assistant Dean for Student and Multicultural Affairs

Archana Pradhan, MD, MPH Associate Dean for Education

Joyce Afran, MD Assistant Dean of the Regional Medical Campus at Somerset

Introduction Carol A. Terregino, MDMD Degree Senior Associate Dean for Education

Hippocratic Oath Colleen Donovan, MD Assistant Professor for Emergency Medicine

Closing Remarks Robert L. Johnson, MD, FAAP

Order Of prOgram


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Medical degree recipients

Laith AbushanabMotunrayo Adu2

Sana Ahmad3

Joshua AkinsanyaIman Ali2

Rahwana Eyassu AmareRaymond Amponsah+2

Adiba K. AnamNicholas Henry ArcomanoNathalia Arias-Alzate^*+

Ifeoluwa Aridegbe2

Navid Ashari#

Omar Ashraf*Geetika BaghelRomy Bareket%

Kirk Dheandhanoo BenackEfua Hellen Bolouvi2@

Serina Renee BsalesBrian CaoPaige Nicole CarleenNicole CesanekJessie Pei-Chen ChanSamantha Jun-Yi Cheng@

Abhishek Anand ChouthaiNadiya Olha Chuchvara*Duniel Joshua Coke2

Alexandria Maleski Cooper+

Santosh Manoj CoorgChristian CortOlivia Dahl+

Joseph Barrett DavidKevin DazenValerie Marissa DeJesus2

Michael Gavino DeCapuaAkshay Nilesh DesaiTrusha Hemant DesaiBen Deverett*3

Virginia Devi-ChouMichaela Brielle DomaratzkyIan Andrew EisenbergMelissa Encarnacion2

Christopher Todd EppelAria Amir FariborziTara Marie Ferrante

Danielle Monique Flood+

Samantha Danielle Freedman^

Abhinav Reddy GangasaniValeriya GershteynIsmail GhafaryJonathan Michael Ghergurovich3

Alexander George Goglia3

Ariana Caroline Gover-Chamlou~=+

Rebecca GrazianoCharles Alan HamiltonMeagan Hawes+

Megan Elizabeth Hazel^Chiara Barbara Heintz+

Max Herman*+

Michael Robert Hovan*Ava Marie Hunt*Robert Anton Huseby*1

Michelle Alix HuttCasey Imbergamo*Maria Emily JanhoferKrupa S. Jani3

Ian Jeremiah JarinEmily Marissa JarnaginImani Chanté Sanders JonesHamsitha JupalliPooja Harit KapadiaDaniel S. Kats*+1

Erin Rose Kern*Viraj Vikram KhetaniVeronica KimAshley Blake Landesman#

Stephanie Eileen Latham#*+

Jenna Sulgi LeeAnna Christina Levitt^Stephen LietoKevin LiuAlbert Lu*Aaron Lulla@

Margaret Anne MacGibeny3

Lacey Catherine Magee*1

Kaavya MahajanAlexander John Malanowski*Pratheek ManginiMatthew Joseph McGuinness*

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* Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society + Gold Humanism Honor Society # MD with Distinction in Bioethics & MD with Distinction in Leadership in Academic Health ^ MD with Distinction in Service to the Community ~ MD with Distinction in Medical Education = MD with Distinction in Research

Mariah Kathleen McKevitt*Lester Julian McRaeArdi Knobel Nuevo Mendoza @+

Adarsh MenonVictor Mensah^

Greg MinassianPankhuri MohanBrian MorrisAli NaeemNisha Sadanand Naik+

Sarah NasraSummer Christine Nestorowicz~

Jenna Marie NickasDaphney Noel^Nanaama O’Hene^2

Jessica Chioma OhiriMunachimso Adaeze OkaforJoel Omer Okech2

Vinit Satish PalayekarPamela PanahonShashank S. PandyaAkshat T. Parekh*Paul Sungbae ParkNeeket R. Patel*Palak R. PatelPooja G. PatelThomas John Pisano+3

Smrithi Prem3

Saif Ur RahmanPriyanka RamachandraRohan Rao*+

Anup RegunathanDaniel Antonio Reyes+

Hannah Sujung RheeFarsha Rizwan^

Brandon Abraham Roberson2

Peter Nicholas RosenthalJoshua Alexandr Roshal*1

Megan Ruben~+

Pierre M. Saad1

David Sadegh+

Anurita SadhuAriel SchneierDelaney Scollan+

Malisha Rajesh Shah%

Rajvi ShahJacob Charles ShamashNavjot Singh^

Cassandra M. Soto2

Mary E. StuckeySneha SwaminathanZahid SyedLindsey K. Szymanski^*Mallika TatikolaJeremy Maso Tchack*+

Catherine M. Tedeschi@

Kamali Adrienne Thompson=

Anevea Breshay Tinnery^2

Declan Patrick Tozzi*Peter Trinh*+

Jal J. TrivediChandani P. Vekaria*Nina Maria VerghisSophia Wang*Victoria Rui WangAlec Michael WeberDavid Richard WeinbergJulie Dawes WilliamsonJennifer Renee WolinSteven Xie*+

Jason Inkyu YangJohnathan Yao+

Alexander Howe ZhangJulia Jiaxin Zheng+

Ruby Foster Zucker+

@ MD with Distinction in Global Health% MD with Distinction in Medical Innovation and Entrepreneurship1 Graduate of BA/BS/MD Program2 Graduate of BA/BS/MD Access Med Program3 Graduate of MD/PhD Program

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Student Leadership AwardPresented on the basis of outstanding leadership to the student body

throughout medical school; selected bya special faculty committee.

Sneha Swaminathan

Community Service AwardPresented on the basis of outstanding service to the medical school or the

community-at-large; selected by a special faculty committee.

Victor Mensah

The Bruce Fisher AwardPresented in recognition of academic achievement and

compassionate patient care.

Jeremy Maso Tchack

Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine AwardPresented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation

on the basis of humanism and compassion in the deliveryof medical care; selected by the faculty and the students.

Meagan Hawes

Glasgow-Rubin Certificates of Commendationfor Academic Achievement

Presented by theAmerican Medical Women’s Association (AMWA)

Presented to women who graduate in the top 10 percent of their medical school graduating class. A separate Certificate of Commendation is awarded for any

woman who graduates first in her class.

Nadiya Olha Chuchvara

Ava Marie Hunt

Lacey Catherine Magee

Mariah Kathleen McKevitt

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The Society for Academic Emergency MedicineExcellence in Emergency Medicine Award

Malisha Rajesh Shah

The Outstanding Achievement in the MD/PhD ProgramMargaret Anne MacGibeny

academic excellence aWards

Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

Ariel Schneier

Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyJeremy Maso Tchack

Emergency MedicineMary E. Stuckey

Family MedicineMeagan Hawes

Internal MedicineThomas John Pisano

NeurologyThomas John Pisano

Neuroscience and Cell BiologyPaige Nicole Carleen

NeurosurgeryOmar Ashraf

Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Sophia Wang

PathologyRebecca Graziano

PediatricsAriana Caroline Gover-Chamlou

PharmacologyAva Marie Hunt

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Summer Christine Nesterowicz

Primary Care MedicineNathalia Arias-Alzate

PsychiatryAaron Lulla

Radiation OncologyKrupa S. Jani

RadiologyAlbert Lu

SurgeryJoshua Alexandr Roshal


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neW Jersey healThcare fOundaTiOn, inc. aWards

Excellence in Research AwardZhiping Pang, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Cell BiologyResident Member, Child Health Institute of New Jersey

Excellence in Teaching AwardElizabeth Goodman, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Stanley S. Bergen Medal of ExcellenceRutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Rohan Rao

alumni aWard

Awarded to the student who best demonstrates the high ideals of the medical profession, maintains the highest standards of personal integrity,

and has made a significant contribution to the medical school class; selected by their fellow classmates.

Sneha Swaminathan


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adminisTraTiOn

Robert L. Johnson, MD, FAAPInterim Dean, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Dean, New Jersey Medical School

Thomas Hecker, PhDExecutive Vice Dean, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Vicki Craig, MDSenior Associate Dean for Safety, Quality and Clinical Affairs

Céline Gélinas, PhDSenior Associate Dean for Research

Eric G. Jahn, MDSenior Associate Dean for Community Health

Sally Radovick, MD Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research

Carol A. Terregino, MDSenior Associate Dean for Education and Academic Affairs

Mark V. Sauer, MDSenior Associate Dean for Women’s Health

Gloria A. Bachmann, MDAssociate Dean for Women’s Health

Javier I. Escobar, MDAssociate Dean for Global Health

Michael Kelly, MDAssociate Dean for Graduate Medical Education

John B. Kostis, MDAssociate Dean for Cardiovascular Research

Archana Pradhan, MD, MPHAssociate Dean for Education

Rhonda M. Smith, PhDAssociate Dean for Faculty and Staff Affairs

Paul Weber, MD, RPh, MBAAssociate Dean for Continuing Medical Education

Patricia Whitley-Williams, MDAssociate Dean for Inclusion and Diversity

Joyce Afran, MDAssistant Dean of the Regional Medical Campus at Somerset

Adrian Balica, MDAssistant Dean for Clinical Initiatives and Practice Integration

Dalya Chefitz, MDAssistant Dean for the Clinical Learning Environment

H. Liesel Copeland, PhDAssistant Dean for Medical Education and Admissions

Rajan Gupta, MDAssistant Dean for Safety, Quality and Clinical Initiatives

Sonia Garcia Laumbach, MDAssistant Dean for Student Affairs

Karen Wei-ru Lin, MD, MSAssistant Dean for Global Health

Daniel J. Mehan, Jr, PhDAssistant Dean for Student Affairs

Janice Cato Varlack, MDAssistant Dean for Student and Multicultural Affairs

James H. Millonig, PhDDirector MD/PhD Program, Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolSenior Associate Dean, Rutgers School of Graduate Studies

Patricia M. Hansen, MAChief of Staff and Executive Director of Public Affairs

Robert Prodoehl, MBAExecutive Director of Operations


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rOberT WOOd JOhnsOn medical schOOl

deparTmenTs

maJOr insTiTuTes

anesThesiOlOgy and periOperaTive medicine

biOchemisTry and mOlecular biOlOgy

emergency medicine

family medicine and cOmmuniTy healTh

medicine

neurOlOgy

neurOscience and cell biOlOgy

neurOsurgery

ObsTeTrics, gynecOlOgy and reprOducTive sciences

OphThalmOlOgy

The cardiOvascular insTiTuTe Of neW Jersey

The child healTh insTiTuTe Of neW Jersey

The insTiTuTe fOr neurOlOgical TherapeuTics

The WOmen’s healTh insTiTuTe

OrThOpaedic surgery

OTOlaryngOlOgy – head and neck surgery

paThOlOgy and labOraTOry medicine

pediaTrics

pharmacOlOgy

physical medicine and rehabiliTaTiOn

psychiaTry

radiaTiOn OncOlOgy

radiOlOgy

surgery


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