On May 7, 2026, Katz held its annual Awards Day across both its North Philadelphia and St. Luke’s campuses for the first time. At both ceremonies, the graduating class was recognized for exceptional performance in the classroom, clinic, research lab, and community. Faculty were honored through nominations submitted by the very students they taught and mentored throughout the year.
Students, faculty, and guests filled the Wendy and Solomon Luo MD Auditorium in the Medical Education and Research Building on the North Philadelphia campus, and at the Anderson Campus Auditorium at St. Luke’s University Health Network in Easton, Pennsylvania, each celebrating the Class of 2026’s most outstanding achievers and the faculty who inspired them most.
“Celebrating our students, faculty, and colleagues on Awards Day is one of the highlights of the academic year. The talent, compassion, and dedication reflected in this year’s honorees embody the very best of Katz and the values we strive to uphold every day, said Amy J. Goldberg, MD, FACS, the Marjorie Joy Katz Dean of the Lewis Katz School of Medicine.
The complete list of honorees from each campus follows.
NORTH PHILADELPHIA CAMPUS
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Inductees
Faith Aisien
Masashi Azuma
Jake Breimann
Kristine Chin
Matthew Conlan
Alexa Conomikes
Colin Deutsch
Jocelynne Dorotan
Evette Eweka
Udokama Ezekwe
Evan Fairweather
Elyse Gadra
Timothy Garton
Jylian Grabell
Jordan Heiman
Max Horowitz
Larisa Ibric
Nikita Iyer
Stacie Kerbel
Dima Khalil
Claire Rose Kissinger
Shreya Kumar
Julia Larsen
Ryan Lee
Yaniv Maddahi
Heli Majeethia
Caitlyn Martin
Jenna Merlino-Simone
Luke Miller
Ivanna Morejon
Megan Noonan
Dante Puntiel
Andrew Ramirez
Aliana Rao
Frances Resweber
Katelyn Rudisill
Manuel Sackey
Lindsay Scott
Connor Sheehan
Matthew Shelly
Aaron Srinivasan
Brooke Stanicki
Dianelys Tabla Cendra
Noah Thornton
Claire Van Duyne
Taylor Walters
The Gold Humanism Honor Society Inductees
Fatima Ahsan
Faith Aisien
Santiago Appiani La Rosa
Luis Benitez-Ramos
Kristine Chin
Colin Deutsch
Evette Eweka
Udokama Ezekwe
Evan Fairweather
Krysten Floyd
Olivia Follis
Patrick Hernandez
David Jessen
Zachary Lamb
Ryan Lee
Rebecca Li
Jenna Merlino-Simone
David Miller
Javier Montelongo
Ivanna Morejon
Deborah Ore-Onitolo
Sophia Perrotta
Dante Puntiel
Stephanie Regis
Manuel Sackey
Serah Sannoh
Anushka Shah
Aaron Srinivasan
Brooke Stanicki
Morgan Storino
Busra Turkyolu
Bliss Uribe
Claire Van Duyne
Meghan Wachira
Seinn Wai
Ashleigh Williams
Julian Wise
Kara Young
Faculty Awards
Hannah Ravreby, MD
The Russell P. and Pearl Moses Award
Courtney Humphrey, MD
The Blockley-Osler Award
Hemalatha Guruprasad, MD
The Henry P. and Page M. Laughlin Award
The Golden Apple Awards
Ana Gamero, PhD
William Robinson, DAP, PhD
Robert Bettiker, MD, FACP, MGA
Jamie Garfield, MD
Peter Ender, MD
Andrew Goodbred, MD
Student Awards
Shivam Agnihotri
The Louis Capecci, Class 2012, Legacy Award
Mariah Novy
The John Franklin Huber, MD, PhD, Award in Anatomy
Matthew Shelly
The Raymond C. Truex, MD, Award in Neuroanatomy
Dante Alfredo Puntiel
The Leroy W. Krumperman, MD, Award
Patrick Hernandez
The Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award
Ashleigh M. Williams
The Philadelphia Assembly of Family Physicians Memorial Award
Evette Eweka
Amanda Miller Zimmerman
The Joseph Nathan Grossman, MD, Prize in Family Medicine
Alexandra Mabrey
Gabriela Wagoner
The Edell Family Endowment for Community Service Award
Daniel Marcus Doherty
The Mathilde and Louis Soloff, MD, Cardiology Prize
Colin Deutsch
Timothy Garton
Luke Miller
Jack Sheehy
The Emmanuel M. Weinberger, MD, Prizes
Alekhya Madiraju
The Thomas Durant, MD, Prize in Internal Medicine
Tanner J. Barone
Shreya Dhupam
The Charles H. Kravitz, MD, Award in Internal Medicine
Santiago Appiani La Rosa
The Matthew T. Moore, MD, Prize in Neurology
Larisa Ibric
The American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Prize in Adult Neurology
Michael Lazaropoulos
The American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Prize in Child Neurology
Bliss Uribe
The Scholar’s Award in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Elyse Gadra
The J. Robert Willson, MD, Research Award
Taylor R. Walters
The John W. Lachman, MD, Award in Orthopaedic Surgery
Nicholas Egan
The Bernard J. Ronis, MD & Max L. Ronis, MD, Prize in Otolaryngology
Collin Jones
The Angelo DiGeorge, MD, Class of 1946, Excellence in Pediatrics Award
Bari Zweben
The Waldo E. Nelson, MD, Prize in Pediatrics
Elizabeth Abraham
The Mary P. Wiedeman Award
Shreya Kumar
The O. Spurgeon English, MD, Award
Vikram Singh
The John Fryer, MD, Memorial Endowed Prize
Samuel Robinson
The Herman Brown, MD, Award for Excellence in the Study of the Art and Science of Surgery
Brian Smoots
Syed A. Waseem
The Susan J. Probst, MD, and Robert A. Probst, DDS, Prize
Ryan Lee
The W. Emory Burnett, MD, Prize in Surgery
Michael Lesgart
The A. Richard Kendall, MD, Award in Urology
Megan Alise Noonan
The Center for Health Justice and Bioethics Community Engagement Award
Gregoire Paul Caubel
The Center for Health Justice and Bioethics — Health Justice Scholar Award
Aaron Srinivasan
The J. Robert Troyer, PhD, Award for Excellence in the Basic Sciences
Elyse Gadra
Luke Miller
The Charles Schnall, MD, Alumni Award for Clinical Excellence
Masashi Azuma
The Mary DeLeo Prize
Frances Claire Resweber
The Bridging the Gaps Scholar Award
Colin Deutsch
The Susan and Elliot Menkowitz, MD, Class of 1967 Award Fund
Kayleigh Durning
Helaina Hurban
The Raemma Paredes Luck, MD, MBA, Memorial Fund for Humanitarianism
Michelle Gomez-Guevara
Rana Moawad
Omolara Olasimbo
The Manpreet Chohan, MD, Endowed Award Fund
Tanner J. Barone
Hannah Edelmann
David Jessen
The Emily Reeves, MD, Memorial Award
Daniel Monzo
Dante Alfredo Puntiel
The Jerry Zaslow, MD, Memorial Award in the School of Medicine
Yaniv Maddahi
Brooke Alivia Stanicki
The Lewis Katz School of Medicine Service Awards
Evette Eweka
The Leslie Squires, MD, Compassion in Medicine Award
Kristine Chin
The Mary F. Daly Award
Matthew Shelly
The Joseph Doane, MD, Memorial Prize
ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK CAMPUS
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Inductees
Matthew Conlan
Evan Fairweather
Dima Khalil
Claire Rose Kissinger
Ryan Lee
Yaniv Maddahi
Heli Majeethia
Jenna Merlino-Simone
Luke Miller
Lindsay Scott
Matthew Shelly
The Gold Humanism Honor Society Inductees
Luis Benitez-Ramos
Evan Fairweather
David Jessen
Zachary Lamb
Ryan Lee
Jenna Merlino-Simone
Sophia Perrotta
Morgan Storino
Busra Turkyolu
Faculty Awards
Courtney Humphrey, MD
The Blockley-Osler Award
The Golden Apple Awards
Peter Ender, MD
Andrew Goodbred, MD
St. Luke’s Departmental Awards
Navneet Kaur
Areeb Zamir, MD, Memorial Award — Excellence in Critical Care
Claire Rose Kissinger
Excellence in Emergency Medicine
Morgan Storino
Excellence in Family Medicine
Evan Fairweather
Excellence in Internal Medicine
Ryan Lee
Excellence in Neurology
Elizabeth Forget
Excellence in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Yaniv Maddahi
Excellence in Pediatrics
Alexes Koslosky
Excellence in Psychiatry
Matthew Conlan
Excellence in Diagnostic Radiology
Sophia Perrotta
Hal L. Folander, MD — Excellence in Interventional Radiology
Vikram Padala
Excellence in Surgery
Student Awards
Ryan Lee
The W. Emory Burnett, MD, Prize in Surgery
Rana Moawad
The Manpreet Chohan, MD, Endowed Award
Gabriela Wagoner
The Edell Family Endowment for Community Service Award
Amanda Miller Zimmerman
The Dr. Joseph Nathan Grossman Prize in Family Medicine
Yaniv Maddahi
The Lewis Katz School of Medicine Service Awards
Kayleigh Durning
The Raemma Paredes Luck, MD, Memorial Fund for Humanitarianism
Brian Smoots
The Susan and Robert Probst, MD, Prize
David Jessen
The Emily Reeves, MD, Memorial Award
Luke Miller
The Charles Schnall, MD, Alumni Award for Clinical Excellence
Matthew Shelly
The Raymond Truex, MD, Award in Neuroanatomy
Luke Miller
The Emmanuel M. Weinberger, MD, Prizes
Daniel Monzo
The Jerry Zaslow, MD, Memorial Award in the School of Medicine
Matthew Shelly
The Joseph Doane, MD, Memorial Prize
St. Luke’s Endowed Awards
Sophia Perrotta
Trina Wijangco, MD, Memorial Scholarship for Diversity in Medical Education and Commitment to Underserved Populations
Ryan Lee
Santo Longo Research Award
Scott Farabaugh
Bruce A. Bell Scholarship Award
Matthew Shelly
Rosenfeld Academic Achievement Award
Jenna Merlino-Simone
Rosenfeld Humanism in Medicine Award