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Surgery Graduation, 2022

Jul 6, 2022, 14:20 PM by UTMB Surgery

Congratulations, graduates!

  • Iyer Award
  • Lu Chiefs Outstanding Teacher
  • McTaggart Award
  • Mobli Award
  • Mobli Family
  • Mobli Theil Award
  • lu outstanding teacher award
  • moffett lu chiefs outstanding teacher awards
  • oral table
  • padilla award
  • palackic blocker award
  • pfost family
  • pfost award
  • phillips podium
  • ravi chiefs gen surg
  • ravi lu mesa velasquez
  • residents lauren group
  • residents table
  • residents
  • sommerhalder colvill mctaggart
  • sommerhalder award
  • sommerhalder family
  • sommerhalder family
  • Sommerhalder LSTAR Golden Apple Award
  • sonstein urology residents award
  • subedi award
  • Dr. Butler visits the UTMB Department of Surgery
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    Department of Surgery Awards:

    • Outstanding Intern – Camilo Franco Mesa, MD
    • General Surgery Outstanding Resident – Luciano Tastaldi, MD
    • General Surgery Over and Above Award – Camilo Velazquez, MD
    • John M. Thiel Award – Keyan Mobli, MD
    • Medical Student Golden Scalpel:
      • Resident – Camilo Velazquez, MD
      • Faculty – Richard Lu, MD
    • LSTAR Golden Apple Award – Christian Sommerhalder, MD
    • David Herndon Award – Elliot Walters, MD
    • Resident Teaching Award to Faculty – Richard Lu, MD

     

     

    Plastic Surgery Awards:

    • Outstanding Resident: Udayan Betarbet, MD
    • Outstanding Teacher: Ramon Zapata-Sirvent, MD

    Blocker Lewis Research Day 2022

    • Blocker Award, 1st place – Victor Zhu, MD
    • Lewis Award, tied for 2nd place:
      • Karen Lu, MD
      • Alen Palackic, MD
    • Robson Award, 1st place – Kimberly Khoo, BS
    • Robson Award, 2nd place – Kimberley Brondeel, BS

     

    Urology Award:

    • 2022 Resident of the Year Award – Tamer Dafashy, MD
    • 2022 Resident Teacher of the Year Award – Joseph Sonstein, MD