Surgery Graduation, 2022

Congratulations, graduates!

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