AAN Awards Recognize Achievements, Help Winners Realize Potential

Enhanced Resident Leadership Program

Shane Arsenault, MD / Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Alexis Ariel Clay, MD / Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

Catherine R. Garcia, MD / Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Joshua Luster, MD / San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, San Antonio, TX

Thien Nguyen, MD / University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Meghna Rajaprakash, MD / Johns Hopkins Hospital and Kennedy Krieger Institute, Neurodevelopmental Disabilities/Child Neurology, Baltimore, MD

Brigitte Reina, MD / Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

Avni Sanghi, DO / Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Carol Swetlik, MD / Cleveland Clinic, Wickliffe, OH

Vaishnavi Lakshmi Vaidyanathan, MD / Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Tempe, AZ

Miranda Wan, MD / Foothills Medical Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Alexandra Mae Wood, MD / Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee, WI

Shea Wright, MD / University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Service Awards

AAN President's Award

Elaine C. Jones, MD, FAAN / Access TeleCare, Sarasota, FL

Ambassador Award

Sponsored by the American Brain Foundation. Peter Frampton

Board Chair Award

Sponsored by the American Brain Foundation. Jane Ransom / American Brain Foundation, Minneapolis, MN

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Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

Rachel Zolno, MD / Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Fellowship Director Recognition Award

Anita V. Shelgikar, MD, MHPE / University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Christina Wilson, MD, FAAN / University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Fellowship Education Coordinator Recognition Award

Sara Nagel / University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Michael Lilley, MHA / St. Luke’s University, Bethlehem, PA

Frank A. Rubino Award for Excellence in Clinical Neurology Teaching

Funded by Mayo Clinic Frank A. Rubino, MD Development Fund.

Douglas J. Gelb, MD, PhD, FAAN / University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Neurology ® Resident & Fellow Section Writing Award

Sponsored by Neurology Resident & Fellow Section.

Jodie I. Roberts, MD, MSc; Kristine Woodward, MD, MSc; Adam Kirton, MD, MSc; and Michael J. Esser, MD, PhD / for “Pearls & Oy-sters: Cerebral Abscess Secondary to Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia”

Neuroscience Course Director Excellence

Balaji Krishnaiah, MD / University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN

Residency Education Coordinator Recognition Award

Jennifer Shipley / University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL

Jillian Iffland, MEd / University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Michael Weintraub, MD, FACP, FAAN, FAHA / New York Medical College, Tarrytown, NY

Kenneth M. Viste Jr., MD Patient Advocate of the Year Award

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by gifts from Dr. Viste’s colleagues, friends, and patients.

Geetanjali S. Rathore, MD, FAAN / Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Mridha Spirit of Neurology

Humanitarian Award

Sponsored by the American Brain Foundation and funded through the philanthropy of Dr. and Mrs. Mridha.

Residency Director Recognition Award

Margie A. Ream, MD, PhD / Nationwide Children’s Hospital/The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Leticia Tornes, MD, FAAN / University of Miami, Miami, FL

Gretchen Birbeck, MD, MPH, DTMH, FAAN / University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Bhim Sen Singhal, MD, FAAN / Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Olha Tychkivska, MD / St. Nicholas Lviv City Children's Clinical Hospital, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine

Neurology Practice Award

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

NeurAbilities Healthcare, Voorhees, NJ

Public Leadership in Neurology Award

Sponsored by the American Brain Foundation.

Arianna Huffington

QI Innovation Award

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

Fazila Aseem, MD, MPH / University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC

Scientific Awards

AAN Neuro-infectious Disease Award

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

Mashina Chomba, MBChB, MMed / University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia

Alliance Awards: Founders

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by the former American Academy of Neurology Alliance.

Alexander Sandweiss, MD, PhD / Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX

Alliance Awards: S. Weir Mitchell

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by the former American Academy of Neurology Alliance.

John Pluvinage, MD, PhD / University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Bruce S. Schoenberg International Award in Neuroepidemiology

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by GlaxoSmithKline, Inc.

Jitendra Sahu, DM / Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India

Career Development Award

Funded by the American Academy of Neurology.

Jonathan Brent, MD, PhD / Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

Nathan Cohen, MD / Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC

Clinical Research Training Scholarship

Funded by the American Academy of Neurology.

Andrew Dhawan, MD, PhD / Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Anthony Linares, MD, PhD / University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Martineau Louine, MD / University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Pravin Khemani, MD, FAAN / Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, WA Ted Burns Humanism in Neurology Award

Sponsored by the American Brain Foundation.

Deanna Saylor, MD, MHS / Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Volunteer Service Award

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

Praveen Kumar Yadav, MBBS, MD, DM, FAAN, MRCP, FRCP, FEBN, MNAMS / Aarogyam Neuroclinic, Durgapur, West Bengal, India

Evan Madill, MD / Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Clinical Research Training

Scholarship in ALS

Funded by The ALS Association and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology.

Marina Avetisyan, MD, PhD / Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Clinical Research Training

Scholarship in FTD

Funded by Holloway Family Fund of The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy

Daniel Ohm, PhD / University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Clinical Research Training

Scholarship in Migraine

Funded by Amgen, Inc. and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology.

Patricia Olson, MD, PhD / Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Neurodisparities

Funded by the Edgar J. Kenton III, MD Foundation; Eisai; and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology.

Dominique Popescu, PhD / Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Neuromuscular Disease

Funded by the Neuromuscular Study Group and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology.

Natalie Katz, MD, PhD / Duke University, Durham, NC

Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Parkinson's Disease

Funded by the Parkinson's Foundation and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology.

Robert Heuermann, MD, PhD / Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Peripheral Neuropathy

Funded by the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy through the American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology.

Paula Barreras, MD / Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Erika Williams, MD, PhD / Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy Award

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by members of the American Academy of Neurology Epilepsy Section; Abbott Laboratories, Inc.; Cephalon, Inc.; Cyberonics, Inc.; Elan Corporation; GlaxoSmithKline, Inc.; Novartis; OrthoMcNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.; Pfizer Inc; Shire Pharmaceuticals Group; and UCB Pharma.

Jonathan Kleen, MD, PhD / University of California, San Francisco, Medical Center San Francisco, CA