THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
2024 GRADUATION CELEBRATION
THE NINETEENTH OF MAY, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY FOUR
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This year, the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) is proud to host its Bicentennial
Celebration. As the first medical school in the nation’s capital and the 11th oldest medical school in the
country, GW has been at the forefront of medical education, training the next generation of compassionate
health care professionals for 200 years. Today, we are making a significant impact on the Washington, D.C.,
community and beyond through medicine, education, and discovery.
Please visit us at bicentennial.smhs.gwu.edu to learn more about our long history and upcoming Bicentennial
events.
GRADUATION CELEBRATION 2024
2024 GRADUATION CELEBRATION
MAY 19, 2024 3:00 P.M. LISNER AUDITORIUM
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OATH OF HIPPOCRATES
“I do solemnly swear by that which I hold most sacred:
That I will be loyal to the profession of medicine and just and generous to its members;
That I will lead my life and practice my art in uprightness and honor;
That into whatsoever house I shall enter,
it shall be for the good of the sick to the utmost of my power,
I, holding myself aloof from wrong, from corruption, from the tempting of others to vice;
That I will exercise my art solely for the care of my patients,
and will give no drug, perform no operation for a criminal purpose,
even if solicited, far less suggest it;
That whatsoever I shall see or hear of the lives of people, which is not fitting to be spoken,
I will keep inviolably secret.
These things I do promise and in proportion as I am faithful to this my oath
may happiness and good repute be ever mine —
the opposite if I shall be forsworn.”
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ORDER OF EXERCISES
PRELUDE AND PROCESSIONAL Bagpipers ...................................................................................................................
MUSICAL SELECTION Richard Simons, MD, MACP, FRCP
Senior Associate Dean for MD Programs
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WELCOME Barbara Lee Bass, MD, RESD ’86, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Walter A. Bloedorn Chair of Administrative Medicine
Vice President for Health Aairs and Dean, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Chief Executive Ocer, The GW Medical Faculty Associates
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INTRODUCTION OF VALEDICTORIAN Barbara Lee Bass, MD, RESD ’86, FACS .......................................................
INTRODUCTION OF GUEST SPEAKER Sally Kate Zimmermann
Valedictorian, Class of 2024
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GUEST SPEAKER Lawrence Deyton, MSPH, MD ’85
Murdock Head Professor of Medicine and Health Policy
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HONORING THE LEGACY OF JOHN VIGIL Lorenzo Norris, MD
Associate Dean for Student Aairs and Administration
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PRESENTATION OF THE GRADUATES ......Richard Simons, MD, MACP, FRCP, Senior Associate Dean for MD Programs
Lorenzo Norris, MD, Associate Dean for Student Aairs and Administration
Rhonda Goldberg, MA, Associate Dean for Student Aairs
Terry Kind, MD, MPH, Associate Dean for Clinical Education
Steven Davis, MD, Assistant Dean for Student Aairs
Pritha Ghosh, MD, Assistant Dean for Student Aairs
Robert Jablonover, MD, Assistant Dean for Pre-Clinical Education
HOODING OF THE GRADUATES, DISTRIBUTION OF THE DIPLOMAS,
AND SIGNING OF THE REGISTRY BY: Barbara Lee Bass, MD, RESD ’86, FACS.........................................................
Richard Simons, MD, MACP, FRCP, Senior Associate Dean for MD Programs
Rhonda M. Goldberg, MA, Associate Dean for Student Aairs
Lawrence R. Deyton, MSPH, MD ’85, Murdock Head Professor of Medicine and Health Policy
Juliet Lee, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery
James Scott, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine,
Professor of Health Policy and Management (Secondary)
Cynthia Eichele, MA, Director, Records and Registration
REMARKS Fatima U. Anwar
Class of 2024
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CHARGE TO THE GRADUATES Barbara Lee Bass, MD, RESD ’86, FACS....................................................................
ADMINISTRATION OF THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH Barbara Lee Bass, MD, RESD ’86, FACS....................................
RECESSIONAL Bagpipers...................................................................................................................................................
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GUEST SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
LAWRENCE R. DEYTON, MSPH, MD ’85
Murdock Head Professor of Medicine and Health Policy
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Health Policy and Management (Secondary)
Dr. Deyton returned to GW in March 2013 after 31 years in leadership, research and clinical positions
in several federal health and public health agencies including the Food and Drug Administration,
Department of Veterans Aairs, National Institutes of Health, the Department of Health and Human
Services Oce of the Surgeon General and Assistant Secretary for Health and as a Congressional aide.
During that career, Dr. Deyton had extensive experience establishing and overseeing high profile health and public health
research, education and clinical programs, particularly working with front line providers, administrators and researchers.
From 2009-2013, Dr. Deyton oversaw the implementation and enforcement of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco
Control Act. Described by FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg as “the rare combination of public health expert,
administrative leader, scientist, and clinician,” Dr. Deyton became the Center for Tobacco Product’s first director on August
19, 2009 and rapidly established and enforced FDA’s new authorities to regulate tobacco products.
Prior to joining FDA, Dr. Deyton was Chief Public Health and Environmental Hazards Ocer for the U.S. Department
of Veterans Aairs. His responsibilities there included oversight of all public health programs for the National VA health
care system. Previously, Dr. Deyton served for 11 years in clinical research and leadership positions in the National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where he was Chief of the Antiretroviral
Treatment Branch. He oversaw the development and approval of drug treatment strategies including the first trials of
combination therapies which are the cornerstone of current HIV treatments.
Dr. Deyton was a founder in 1978 of Washington, D.C.’s Whitman Walker Clinic, a community based service organization
specializing in LGBT and now HIV care in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of University of Kansas, the Harvard School
of Public Health and the George Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Deyton’s post-doctorate medical training
in medicine was at the University of Southern California/Los Angeles County Medical Center and in infectious diseases at
the National Institutes of Health. He has published over 130 scientific articles in the peer-reviewed literature. Dr. Deyton
continues to care for patients on a regular basis at the Washington, D.C. VA Medical Center.
In 2011, Dr. Deyton was a finalist for the prestigious Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for his career of
government service and outstanding contributions to the health, safety and well-being of Americans - 20 finalists are chosen
from 4.8 million Federal employees nation-wide. And at GW, in 2014 Dr. Deyton received the GW Distinguished Alumni
Achievement Award, in 2017 he was installed as the Murdock Head Professor of Medicine and Health Policy and in 2019
received the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award. In 2019, the American College of Physicians awarded Dr. Deyton
the James D. Bruce Memorial Award for Distinguished Contributions in Preventive Medicine.
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STUDENT AWARDS
Medical Student Excellence in Anesthesiology Award
Luis Henrique Lemos Lopes
Medical Alumni Association Student Achievement Award
Jordan Neoma Pizzarro
Robert Keith Cole Memorial Award
Katherine Rose Maehl
Dean’s Special Recognition Award
George Patrick Morcos
Social Justice in Medicine Award
Florence Tingwei Yan
William G. Schafhirt Award
Catherine Holland McDowell
John Ordronaux Valedictorian Award
Sally Kate Zimmermann
Lawrence A. Rapee Valedictorian Award
Sally Kate Zimmermann
The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
Walters Aji Tebung
Student National Medical Association Hope Jackson Award
Richard Oluwafisayo Fagbemigun
Walter F. Rosenberg Award in Dermatology
Erika Theresa McCormick
Department of Emergency Medicine Award
Brian Davis Tarnai
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Award
Michael Makutonin
Benjamin Manchester Humanitarianism Award
Savita Narayani Potarazu
Office of International Medicine Programs, Global Health
Humanitarian Service Award
Jeey Sebastian Jang
Allie S. Freed Award in Preventive Medicine
Savita Narayani Potarazu
Phillip S. Birnbaum Award in Primary Care
Maia R. Yarborough
Mark Millen Memorial Award
Wyatt W. Nice
Jorge C. Rios Award in Internal Medicine
Natalie Anne House
Hyman R. Posin Award in Neurology
Annie Ouyang
Excellence in Adult Neurology Award
Jonathan Cory Grima
Excellence in Pediatric Neurology Award
Jordan Ray Kaufman
Samuel M. and Miriam S. Dodek Award in Reproductive
Endocrinology
Lydia M. Deaton
Rachel Morris Dominick Obstetrics and Gynecology Award
Savita Narayani Potarazu
Emma Kristine Sterling
Huron W. Lawson Award in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Madeline Jo Pence
Julius S. Neviaser Award in Orthopaedic Surgery
Amil R. Agarwal
College of American Pathologists Distinguished Medical
Student Award
Tristan Joseph Jordan
William Newman Award in Pathology
Jordan B. Schneider
Pediatric Departmental Award for Excellence in Care,
Advocacy, Research, and Education
Taylor L. Brewer
Laura Londono
Doris DeFord Speck and George Speck, MD Student
Research Award
Khashayar Mozaari
Jerry M. Wiener Award in Psychiatry
Andrew Joseph Guggenheim
Yumin Kim
Navdeep S. Kang Award for Excellence and Service
Danielle Nicole Healey
Gregory Joseph Kreitzer
Alec Horwitz Award in Surgery
Aalap Jamadagni Herur-Raman
Paul L. DeWitt Award in Surgery
Isabella Leika Lipkin
Dr. Salman O. Kazmi Memorial Award in Urology
Olivia French Gordon
Excellence in Public Health Award
Savita Narayani Potarazu
Excellence in Family Medicine Award
Samantha Anne Crawley
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STUDENT HONOR SOCIETIES
ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA
National Medical Honor Society
Tyler John Bahoravitch
Rishika Reddy Bheem
Taylor L. Brewer
Spencer Joseph Carbone
Lydia M. Deaton
Christian Mark Farag
Andrew Joseph Guggenheim
Natalie Anne House
Allison Ming-Xin Hu
Kathleen Nicole Johnson
Aneka Khilnani
Yumin Kim
Isabella Leika Lipkin
Chenyu Liu
Katherine Rose Maehl
Hari Narayan Magge
Erika Theresa McCormick
George Patrick Morcos
Lauretta Jeanne Mosteller
Khashayar Mozaari
Taylor Nicole Nuse
Madeline Jo Pence
Jordan Neoma Pizzarro
Samyuktha Ravikumar
Eric Daniel Sanfilippo
Emma Kristine Sterling
Emily Renee Terrebonne
Alexandra Elaine Tunkel
Emma Joyce Wellington
Emma Abigail Whiting
Mary Elizabeth Heekin Wilby
Sophia Hui-yu Wu
Sally Kate Zimmermann
GOLD HUMANISM HONOR SOCIETY
Recognizing Humanistic Exemplars
Nina Mazarei Afsar
Amil R. Agarwal
Aaryan Bhandari
Taylor L. Brewer
Spencer Joseph Carbone
Richard Oluwafisayo Fagbemigun
Nima Seyed Ghorashi
Kirsten Puanani Gilchrist
Clare Kathryn Green
Aalap Jamadagni Herur-Raman
Alison Hyun-ah Hong
Allison Ming-Xin Hu
Deepak Iyer
Jerey Sebastian Jang
Nicholas Robert Jennings
Emilia Rose Kaslow-Zieve
Gregory Joseph Kreitzer
Isabella Leika Lipkin
Laura Londono
Hari Narayan Magge
George Patrick Morcos
Savita Narayani Potarazu
Andre D. Sabet
Sarthak Shah
Walters Aji Tebung
Sophia Hui-yu Wu
KANE-KING DODEK SOCIETY
Obstetrical Honor Society
Ciara Autumn Bryson
Lydia M. Deaton
Kirsten Puanani Gilchrist
Natalie Anne House
Emilia Rose Kaslow-Zieve
Isabella Leika Lipkin
Alexandra Ruthe Nesson
Taylor Nicole Nuse
Madeline Jo Pence
Savita Narayani Potarazu
Arianna Rebecca Kigner Prince
David Joseph Sproul
Emma Kristine Sterling
Mary Elizabeth Heekin Wilby
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GRADUATES
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE CANDIDATES
Nina Mazarei Afsar
Amil R. Agarwal
Daniel Olusoga Akinbolue
Issa M. Ali
Ahmed Mohammed Altayeb
Fatima U. Anwar
Rachel Hoalalokelani Yasuko Arakawa
Karla Maria Arana
Matthew Atwater
Bint-E Zainab Awan
with Distinction
Tyler John Bahoravitch
with Distinction
Jeremy Edward Barnett
Aiesha Basha
Chloe M Becker
with Distinction
Michael Joseph Berrigan
with Distinction
Aaryan Bhandari
Rishika Reddy Bheem
with Distinction
Taylor L. Brewer
with Distinction
Ciara Autumn Bryson
Amanda Burns
Tarah Michelle Selina Bernadette Burton
Stella Assumpção Caldas
Victor Miguel Campano
Spencer Joseph Carbone
with Distinction
Rushi S. Challa
Parker Chi-sung Chang
Anthony Kohler Chiu
Yongyi Cho
Samrat Choudhury
Zachary Alexander Cohen
Alvaro Alonso Contreras Velasco
Samantha Anne Crawley
Corianne Crider
Natalie Lena D’Souza
Jennifer Sunita Dally
Lydia M. Deaton
with Distinction
Rebecca Nicole DiSomma
Alexander Jaroslaw Dobek
Sheng Dong
Porshad Jade Elie
Amir Elzomor
Richard Oluwafisayo Fagbemigun
Christian Gabriel Falgons
Christian Mark Farag
with Distinction
Ian Ecker Farquhar
Jacqueline Ida Fezza
Marissa Gracemarie Firlie
Mariana Fuenmayor Llanos
Qasim Gadiwalla
Daniel Enrique Galloza
Nakul Ganju
Steven Garay-Morales
Nima Seyed Ghorashi
Kirsten Puanani Gilchrist
Julie Margaret Goodfriend
Olivia French Gordon
Clare Kathryn Green
Jonathan Cory Grima
Nathaniel Grimes
Andrew Joseph Guggenheim
with Distinction
Ronald John Guieb
Nicole Samara Gunawansa
Shubham Gupta
Hanna H. Haile
Andrew Areg Hakopian
Nicole Haynes
Danielle Nicole Healey
Aalap Jamadagni Herur-Raman
with Distinction
Tessa Rebecca Higgins
Devin Hill
Chelsea Joy Holbrook
Alison Hyun-ah Hong
Carlyle Adrian Horrell
Natalie Anne House
with Distinction
Sahak Eric Hovsepian
Allison Ming-Xin Hu
Rafaello Vincens U. Ibrado
Ahmed Ismail
Deepak Iyer
Farris Jaamour
Danyaal Muhammad Jafrani
Jerey Sebastian Jang
Nicholas Robert Jennings
with Distinction
Kathleen Nicole Johnson
with Distinction
Tristan Joseph Jordan
Anusha Kambala
Emilia Rose Kaslow-Zieve
Jordan Ray Kaufman
Noor Osama Khalil
Michael Gregory Kheshvadjian
Aneka Khilnani
Omair Shakeel Khokhar
Yumin Kim
with Distinction
Gregory Joseph Kreitzer
Meera Ganesh Krishnamoorthy
Jessica Lee
Luis Henrique Lemos Lopes
Yuval Levin
Bennett Reuben Levy
Isabella Leika Lipkin
with Distinction
Chenyu Liu
with Distinction
Laura Londono
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GRADUATES
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE CANDIDATES
Kenneth Jesse Lopez
Joshua Thomas Loughran
Ashweetha A. Louis
Katherine Rose Maehl
with Distinction
Hari Narayan Magge
with Distinction
Michael Makutonin
John Patrick Marczyk
Erika Theresa McCormick
Catherine Holland McDowell
Oleksiy Melnyk
Troy Mohamed
George Patrick Morcos
with Distinction
Lauretta Jeanne Mosteller
with Distinction
Khashayar Mozaari
Elisha Roben Musih
Romtin Nadjafi
Alexandra Ruthe Nesson
Dalena Thuy Tam Nguyen
Wyatt W. Nice
with Distinction
Taylor Nicole Nuse
with Distinction
Maureen O. Nwizu
Manolya Osman
Annie Ouyang
Haig Pakhchanian
Isabel Park
Chirag Jay Patel
with Distinction
Heena Amit Patel
Madeline Jo Pence
with Distinction
Jordan Neoma Pizzarro
with Distinction
Fayola Pompey
Savita Narayani Potarazu
Arianna Rebecca Kigner Prince
Samyuktha Ravikumar
Kaleab A. Ribbiso
with Distinction
Jayson Byron Richards
Robert Gabriel Ricotti
C
aitl
yn Brianna Rogers
David Yosef Rowshanshad
Andre D. Sabet
Jenny Barriga Sabol
Simran Kaur Sandhu
Eric Daniel Sanfilippo
with Distinction
Jordan B. Schneider
Samay Dipak Shah
Sarthak Shah
Patrick Gilbert Shaw
Victoria Nicolette Smith
with Distinction
Monica A. Soliman
David Joseph Sproul
Emma Kristine Sterling
with Distinction
Elijah Wayne Strong
Karol Suchowiecki
Brian Davis Tarnai
Walters Aji Tebung
Anha Reddy Telluri
with Distinction
Emily Renee Terrebonne
with Distinction
Alexandra Elaine Tunkel
with Distinction
Pavan S. Vemulakonda
Emma Joyce Wellington
with Distinction
Logan Alexis Werner
Emma Abigail Whiting
with Distinction
Mary Elizabeth Heekin Wilby
with Distinction
Abigail C. Winkelmann
Maria Wei Wu
Sophia Hui-yu Wu
with Distinction
Florence Tingwei Yan
Maia R. Yarborough
Sabrina Yu Alfonzo
Sally Kate Zimmermann
with Distinction
Catherine Hanly Zwemer
The celebration program is meant to be a guide to the ceremony. Although every eort has been made to ensure its accuracy, the program is not an ocial record of an individual’s degree.
