Emory SOM Main

Order of Program

OPENING VOLUNTARIES

Ceremonial Music

Sue Mitchell-Wallace, Organist

PROCESSIONAL

Rob Rogers, Pipe Sgt., Atlanta Pipe Band

William M. McDonald, MD, Faculty Marshal

Arrix Lamar Ryce, Student Marshal

Corpus Cordis Aureum

Erica D. Brownfield, MD, MBA, Faculty Usher Class of 2023

Gordon Churchward, PhD, Faculty Usher Faculty

Platform Party

Nancy J. Newman, MD, University Marshal

Diploma Ceremony Chair, J. William Eley, MD, MPH, Executive Associate Dean

Nora D. Volkow, MD, Valedictory Speaker

The Venerable Priya Rakkhit Sraman, MA, MDiv, Clergy

Marilane B. Bond, EdD, MEd, MBA, Associate Dean

Stacy M. Higgins, MD, Associate Dean

Ira K. Schwartz, MD, Associate Dean

Ralph L. Haynes, MD 70M, Alumni Board President

George D. Overend, MBA 64C, Emory University Trustee Emeritus

Ravi I. Thadhani, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs

Carlos del Rio, MD, Interim Dean

DEAN’S WELCOME

Carlos del Rio, MD, Interim Dean Emory University School of Medicine

INVOCATION

The Venerable Priya Rakkhit Sraman, MA, MDiv

Buddhist Chaplain

Emory University Office of Spiritual & Religious Life

TRUSTEE WELCOME

George D. Overend, MBA 64C, Emory University Trustee Emeritus

OPENING REMARKS

Carlos del Rio, MD, Interim Dean

VALEDICTORY ADDRESS

Nora D. Volkow, MD Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse National Institutes of Health

PRESENTATION of AWARDS

Provost’s Distinguished Teaching Award for Excellence in Graduate & Professional Education

Carlos del Rio, MD, Interim Dean

Papageorge Teaching Award

Ralph L. Haynes, MD 70M, Alumni Board President

HOODING of the PhD RECIPIENTS

J. William Eley, MD, MPH, Executive Associate Dean

Robert E. Gross, MD, PhD, Director, MD/PhD Program

Carlos del Rio, MD, Interim Dean

Ravi I. Thadhani, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs

RECOGNITION of DUAL DEGREE RECIPIENTS

J. William Eley, MD, MPH, Executive Associate Dean

HOODING of the MD RECIPIENTS

Stacy M. Higgins, MD, Associate Dean

J. William Eley, MD, MPH, Executive Associate Dean

Small Group Leaders

Ira K. Schwartz, MD, Associate Dean

Carlos del Rio, MD, Interim Dean

Ravi I. Thadhani, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs

Marilane B. Bond, EdD, MEd, MBA, Associate Dean

William M. McDonald, MD, Faculty Marshal

SPEAKER of the CLASS of 2023

Arrix Lamar Ryce

CHARGE to the CLASS of 2023 ~ & ~ OATH of HIPPOCRATES

Carlos del Rio, MD, Interim Dean

BENEDICTION

The Venerable Priya Rakkhit Sraman, MA, MDiv Buddhist Chaplain

Emory University Office of Spiritual & Religious Life

RECESSIONAL

Sue Mitchell-Wallace, Organist

Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5

Charles-Marie Widor

Valedictory Speaker

NORA D. VOLKOW, MD

Nora D. Volkow, MD, is Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health. NIDA is the world’s largest funder of scientific research on the health aspects of drug use and addiction.

Dr. Volkow's work has been instrumental in demonstrating that drug addiction is a brain disorder. As a research psychiatrist, Dr. Volkow pioneered the use of brain imaging to investigate how substance use affects brain functions. In particular, her studies have documented how changes in the dopamine system affect the functions of brain regions involved with reward and self-control in addiction. She has also made important contributions to the neurobiology of obesity, ADHD, and aging.

Dr. Volkow was born in Mexico and earned her medical degree from the National University of Mexico in Mexico City, where she received the Robins Award for best medical student of her generation. Her psychiatric residency was at New York University, where she earned a Laughlin Fellowship from The American College of Psychiatrists as one of 10 outstanding psychiatric residents in the United States.

Much of her professional career was spent at the Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, where she held several leadership positions including Director of Nuclear Medicine, Chairman of the Medical Department, and Associate Laboratory Director for Life Sciences. Dr. Volkow was also a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Associate Dean of the Medical School at The State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Dr. Volkow has published more than 800 peer-reviewed articles, written more than 100 book chapters, manuscripts and articles, co-edited "Neuroscience in the 21st Century" and edited four books on brain imaging for mental and substance use disorders.

She received a Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service, was a Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (Sammies) finalist and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Association of American Physicians. Dr. Volkow received the International Prize from the French Institute of Health and Medical Research for her pioneering work in brain imaging and addiction science; was awarded the Carnegie Prize in Mind and Brain Sciences from Carnegie Mellon University; and was inducted into the Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) Hall of Fame. She was named one of Time magazine's "Top 100 People Who Shape Our World"; one of "20 People to Watch" by Newsweek magazine; Washingtonian magazine’s "100 Most Powerful Women"; "Innovator of the Year" by U.S. News & World Report; and one of "34 Leaders Who Are Changing Health Care" by Fortune magazine.

Dual Degrees

DOCTOR of PHILOSOPHY

Joseph Aaron Behnke PhD in Neuroscience

“Drosophila Melanogaster as a Model to Investigate Lifelong Brain Deficits and Underlying Mechanisms Following Repetitive Mild Head Trauma”

Adviser: James Q. Zheng, PhD

Daniel Yunmin Chang

PhD in Immunology & Molecular Pathogenesis

“Differentiation of CD8 T Cells during Chronic Viral Infection”

Co-Advisers: Rafi Ahmed, PhD, and Gabriel Kwong, PhD

Sean Patrick Doyle

PhD in Molecular & Systems Pharmacology

“Characterization and Therapeutic Targeting of SPOP Missense Mutation-Mediated Oncogenesis”

Adviser: Haian Fu, PhD

Stephanie Lynne Foster PhD in Neuroscience

“Galanin and Opioids: Molecular and Behavioral Interactions in Opioid Use Disorder Circuits”

Adviser: David Weinshenker, PhD

Henry Walker Kietzman PhD in Neuroscience

“How Social Information Impacts Decision Making: Functions and Development of the Prefrontal Cortex” Adviser: Shannon L. Gourley, PhD

John Matthew Pothen PhD in Sociology

“Gentrification, Aging in Place, and Social Networks” Adviser: Ellen Idler, PhD

Aaron Michael Rosado PhD in Biomedical Engineering

“CD28 and TCR in-situ Biophysical Analyses Inform T Cell Immunity Mechanisms”

Adviser: Cheng Zhu, PhD

Michael Sayegh PhD in Biomedical Engineering

“Purinergic Hydrogels for Cardiovascular Applications”

Adviser: Rebecca D. Levit, MD

Dual Degrees

MASTER of PUBLIC HEALTH

Mackenzie Price Bennett

Ramoncito Lagman Caleon

Claire Lucia Castellano

Harrison Malone Goodall III

Brendan Gray

Jason Scott McLean

Thomas Edward Partin

Tyler H Perry

Benjamin Mark Rabin

Jessica Elyse Reed

Hannah Reiss

David Cope Wang

Clarence M Williams Jr.

MASTER of SCIENCE in CLINICAL RESEARCH

Apoorva

Gangavelli

MASTER of BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Mary Sims Hershey

Alexander Robert Milani

Dale Tager

Dimitri Cassimatis, MD

Charles B. Lane

Clarence M. Williams Jr.

Robert Dixon, MD

Danielle Erica Mustin

Mary Dolan, MD, MPH

Simon Bishoy Akhnoukh

Ryan Hoffman Archer

Dina Busaba

Anjali Chandra

Samir Cyrus Faruque

Hana Muse Kusumoto

Joseph Colin Novack

Michael Sayegh

Patience Temitope Timi

Hooding of the Graduates

HARVEY SOCIETY

Nancy Fajman, MD, MPH

Nadia Azad

John Wesley Chancellor

Elisa Garcia-Gomez

Oliver Liu-Lam

Tim Niyogusaba

Sarah Helen Pirkle

Daniel Rzewnicki

Oswaldo Henriquez-Ajami, MD

Daniel Yunmin Chang

Lucie Kaiyi Fan

Kevin Churchill Flood

Chibueze Dominic Nwagwu

Caroline Smith Wasserman

LISTER SOCIETY

Bijal Shah, MD

Joseph Aaron Behnke

Lena Chu

Marcus Gresham

Mary Margaret Pelling

Paola Alexandra Rodriguez Morales

Aditya Sood

Theresa Vettese, MD

Mary Sims Hershey

Matthew Lee Margol

Anna Von, MD

Jessica Elyse Reed

David Cope Wang

Stephen Brandt, MD

Mackenzie Price Bennett

Apoorva Gangavelli

Hughes Evans, MD, PhD

Soufiane Azargui

Joshua Delgado Barbosa

Sean Patrick Doyle

Lucky P. Khambouneheuang

Kathryn Robinson Sharma

Sophia Lee Stylianos

Lisa Flowers, MD, MPH

Akinade Adebayo Ojemakinde

Andrew Furman, MD

Claire Lucia Castellano

Harrison Malone Goodall III

Hannah Reiss

Clifford Gunthel, MD

Samridhi Banskota

Charles Edouard Crepy D'Orleans

Kingsley Fortin-Leung

Ameya Gangal

Danielle Louise Harlan

Candice Yang Kaminski

Henry Walker Kietzman

Mohamed Munye

Aaron Michael Rosado

Olivia Ann VanBenschoten

Jason Higdon, MD

Sabrine Bensouda

Huyen Thanh Bui

Gregory L. Darville II

Stephanie Lynne Foster

Jonathan Michel Heyman

Isaiah Lawerance Rivera

Emily Anne Wright

Jason Liebzeit, MD

Ramoncito Lagman Caleon

Tyler H. Perry

Oluwatoyin Thompson

Joshua Wallenstein, MD

Daniel Jonathan Berger

Cameron Blount

Matthew Brown

Emily Hyery Jung

Nicole Gillian Lue

Robert Scott Roundy

Bhavin Adhyaru, MS, MD

Colleen Elizabeth Alexander

Courtney Rae Lewis

Charles Edward Marvil

David Thomas Marvin

John Matthew Pothen

Benjamin David Rapsas

Arrix Lamar Ryce

Donald Batisky, MD

Thomas Edward Partin

Hooding of the Graduates

OSLER SOCIETY

Andres Camacho-Gonzalez, MD

Christine Marie Bethencourt

Noble Maleque, MD

Brendan Gray

Dale Tager

Taryn Taylor, MD, MEd

Patrick Ashton Cardel

Christian Thomas Devlin

Joshua Hyunkee Kim

Giancarlo Licitra

Andrea Martinez

Elinor Anna Stern

SEMMELWEIS SOCIETY

Martha Ward, MD

T. Anders Olsen

DeJuan White, MD

Greti Barokas

Anna Magdalena Goebel

Hannah Louise Hoff

Katie Louise Jackson

Stephanie Chiching Liu-Lam

Ezra In Soo Pak-Harvey

Travis Wilson

Wendy Armstrong, MD

Michael Thomas Aaberg

Lisette Marie Corbin

Nneka Molokwu

Daniel Pastan

Morgan E. Schafer

Katya Marie Balach Van Anderlecht

Stephanie Nicole Wyman

Lisa Bernstein, MD

Oluwasegun Alfred Adeagbo

Caroline Berg von Linde Braun

Drake Weston Conner

Audrey Marie Duquette

Paige Louise Harmon

Miguel Antonio Locsin

Troy Marxen

Parker Phi Nguyen

Daniel Dressler, MD, MSCR

Jason Scott McLean

Stacy Higgins, MD

Benjamin Mark Rabin

Kimberly Manning, MD

Vincent Julian Hayward

Emily Shea Lovern

Richard Wu

Jason Schneider, MD

Adam Avraham Jamnik

Patrick James Speck

Bryan Wells, MD

Kyle Elizabeth Bundschuh

Lily Catherine Devlin

Rachel Lynn Clauson Slappy Galya

William Harousseau

Michaela Maria Henderson

Karunesh Reddy Polireddy

Oludamilola Temitope Taiwo

Jeffrey Quinn Taylor II

Class of 2023

Michael Thomas Aaberg

BA, Dartmouth College

University of Wisconsin

Madison, WI Surgery

Oluwasegun Alfred Adeagbo

BS, Emory University

Harvard University/Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, MA Pediatrics

Simon Bishoy Akhnoukh

BA, Washington University

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA Surgery

Colleen Elizabeth Alexander

BS, Boston University

MS, University of North Florida

University of Wisconsin

Madison, WI Anatomic & Clinical Pathology

Ryan Hoffman Archer

BA, Dartmouth College

Albany Medical Center

Albany, NY Surgery

Nadia Azad

BS, University of Michigan

Northwestern University/McGaw Medical Center

Chicago, IL Neurology

Soufiane Azargui

BA, Brown University

University of Colorado

Aurora, CO Ophthalmology

Samridhi Banskota

BS, Georgia Institute of Technology

Harvard University/Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital

Boston, MA Surgery

Joshua Delgado Barbosa

BS, Emory University

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, SC Psychiatry

Greti Barokas

BA, BS, Emory University

University of Maryland

Baltimore, MD Psychiatry

Joseph Aaron Behnke

BA, Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Capital Health Regional Medical Center

Pennington, NJ Preliminary Year

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA Diagnostic Radiology

Mackenzie Price Bennett

BA, University of South Carolina-Columbia

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA Obstetrics & Gynecology

Sabrine Bensouda

B.Engineering, Vanderbilt University

Northwestern University/McGaw Medical Center

Chicago, IL Obstetrics & Gynecology

Daniel Jonathan Berger

BS, University of Michigan

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI Anesthesiology

Christine Marie Bethencourt

BS, University of Florida

University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA Pediatrics

Cameron Blount

BA, Duke University

Duke University

Durham, NC Psychiatry

Caroline Berg von Linde Braun

BA, Dartmouth College

Oregon Health & Science University

Portland, OR Obstetrics & Gynecology

Matthew Brown

BA, MPH, Johns Hopkins University

Columbia University/New York-Presbyterian Hospital

New York, NY Psychiatry

Huyen Thanh Bui

BS, Mercer University

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, SC

Kyle Elizabeth Bundschuh

BA, Vanderbilt University

Emory University

Class of 2023

Lena Chu

BS, Georgia Institute of Technology

Emory University

Ophthalmology

Atlanta, GA Preliminary Year

University of California-San Diego

San Diego, CA Dermatology

Drake Weston Conner

Atlanta, GA Orthopaedic Surgery

Dina Busaba

BA, Cornell University

Zucker School of Medicine/Northwell Health

Great Neck, NY Obstetrics & Gynecology

Ramoncito Lagman Caleon

BA, Pomona College

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Ophthalmology

Patrick Ashton Cardel

BS, Duke University

University of Nebraska

Omaha, NE Internal Medicine

Claire Lucia Castellano

BA, Amherst College

University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA Pediatrics

John Wesley Chancellor

BS, University of Alabama-Birmingham

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA Psychiatry/Family Medicine

Anjali Chandra

BA, Harvard University

Harvard University/Brigham & Women's Hospital

Boston, MA Psychiatry

Daniel Yunmin Chang

BS, University of Florida

Harvard University/Brigham & Women's Hospital

Boston, MA Anatomic & Clinical Pathology

BA, DDS, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Lisette Marie Corbin

BA, Northwestern University

Duke University

Durham, NC Internal Medicine/Psychiatry

Charles Edouard Crepy D'Orleans

BS, Johns Hopkins University

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA Surgery

Gregory L. Darville II

BS, Oakwood University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Orthopaedic Surgery

Christian Thomas Devlin

BS, University of Virginia

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Internal Medicine

Lily Catherine Devlin

BA, Auburn University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Child Neurology

Sean Patrick Doyle

BS, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Northside Hospital

Lawrenceville, GA Preliminary Year

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Diagnostic Radiology

Audrey Marie Duquette

BA, Amherst College

Northwestern University/Lurie Children’s Hospital

Chicago, IL Pediatrics

Class of 2023

Lucie Kaiyi Fan

BS, Cornell University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Pediatrics

Samir Cyrus Faruque

BS, University of Georgia

Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital

St. Louis, MO Internal Medicine

Kevin Churchill Flood

BS, Emory University

MS, Georgia State University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Anesthesiology

Kingsley Fortin-Leung

BA, Northwestern University

MS, Harvard University

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Stephanie Lynne Foster

BS, University of Maryland-College Park

Brown University

Providence, RI Psychiatry

Rachel Lynn Clauson Slappy Galya

BS, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

University of Alabama

Birmingham, AL Pediatrics

Ameya Gangal

BS, Emory University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Dermatology

Apoorva Gangavelli

BS, Emory University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Internal Medicine

Elisa Garcia-Gomez

BS, Georgia Institute of Technology

George Washington University/Children's National Medical Center

Washington, DC Pediatrics

Anna Magdalena Goebel

BA, BS, University of Georgia

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA Internal Medicine

Harrison Malone Goodall III

BA, Pomona College

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA Family Medicine

Brendan Gray

BA, Amherst College

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Obstetrics & Gynecology

Marcus Gresham

BA, Dartmouth College

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Emergency Medicine

Danielle Louise Harlan

BA, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

MS, Rutgers University

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA Plastic Surgery

Paige Louise Harmon

BS, University of Georgia

University of Miami

Miami, FL Neurology

William Harousseau

BS, Emory University

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT Emergency Medicine

Vincent Julian Hayward

BS, Loyola Marymount University

MetroHealth Medical Center

Cleveland, OH Internal Medicine

Michaela Maria Henderson

BA, Washington University

Harvard University/Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston, MA Pediatrics

Class of 2023

Mary Sims Hershey

BS, Wake Forest University

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN Internal Medicine

Jonathan Michel Heyman

BS, University of Georgia

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Anesthesiology

Hannah Louise Hoff

BA, College of William & Mary

Baylor University

Houston, TX Internal Medicine

Katie Louise Jackson

BS, University of Notre Dame

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Anesthesiology

Adam Avraham Jamnik

BA, Williams College

University of Texas Southwestern

Dallas, TX Orthopaedic Surgery

Emily Hyery Jung

BA, Harvard University

Duke University

Durham, NC Ophthalmology

Candice Yang Kaminski

BS, Georgia Institute of Technology

Yale University

New Haven, CT Internal Medicine

Lucky P. Khambouneheuang

BS, Emory University

MS, University of St. Andrews

University of California-San Francisco

San Francisco, CA Internal Medicine

Henry Walker Kietzman

BA, Swarthmore College

Yale University

New Haven, CT Psychiatry

Joshua Hyunkee Kim

BA, BS, University of Maryland-College Park

University of South Carolina/Prisma Health

Greenville, SC Surgery

Hana Muse Kusumoto

BS, University of Florida

MPH, University of North Florida

University of Colorado

Aurora, CO Internal Medicine

Charles B. Lane

BA, University of Tampa

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH Psychiatry/Family Medicine

Courtney Rae Lewis

BA, Harvard University

University of California-San Diego

San Diego, CA Internal Medicine

Giancarlo Licitra

BS, Florida State University

MPH, Emory University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Internal Medicine

Oliver Liu-Lam

BS, University of Michigan

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Otolaryngology

Stephanie Chiching Liu-Lam

BA, Dartmouth College

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Psychiatry

Miguel Antonio Locsin

BS, College of William & Mary

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC Pediatrics

Emily Shea Lovern

BS, Wake Forest University

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN Internal Medicine

Class of 2023

Nicole Gillian Lue

BA, Colgate University

Harvard University/Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital

Boston, MA Internal Medicine

Matthew Lee Margol

BS, University of Michigan

University of Texas Southwestern

Dallas, TX Surgery

Andrea Martinez

BS, Georgia Institute of Technology

Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA Internal Medicine

Charles Edward Marvil

BS, Emory University

M Ed, Lipscomb University

Yale University

New Haven, CT Internal Medicine

David Thomas Marvin

BS, Wofford College

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Orthopaedic Surgery

Troy Marxen

BS, Pepperdine University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Plastic Surgery

Jason Scott McLean

BS, Stetson University

Boston University

Boston, MA Internal Medicine

Alexander Robert Milani

BS, University of Georgia

Allara Health

New York, NY Operations Associate

Nneka Molokwu

BA, Wartburg College

MPH, Washington University

Brown University

Providence, RI Obstetrics & Gynecology

Mohamed Munye

BS, Davidson College

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Internal Medicine

Danielle Erica Mustin

BS, M Engineering, Lehigh University

WellStar Kennestone Hospital

Marietta, GA Preliminary Year

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA Dermatology

Parker Phi Nguyen

BS, Emory University

Northside Hospital

Lawrenceville, GA Preliminary Year

Columbia University/New York-Presbyterian Hospital

New York, NY Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Tim Niyogusaba

BS, University of Charleston

Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA Internal Medicine

Joseph Colin Novack

BS, MS, Georgia Institute of Technology

University of South Carolina/Prisma Health

Columbia, SC Surgery

Chibueze Dominic Nwagwu

BA, Newman University

MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Harvard University/Brigham & Women's Hospital

Boston, MA Neurological Surgery

Akinade Adebayo Ojemakinde

BS, Georgia Institute of Technology

MedStar Union Memorial Hospital

Baltimore, MD Orthopaedic Surgery

T. Anders Olsen

BA, Emory University

Harvard University/Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital

Boston, MA Internal Medicine

Class of 2023

Ezra In Soo Pak-Harvey

BA, Cornell University

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA Otolaryngology

Thomas Edward Partin

BS, Emory University

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, TN Internal Medicine

Daniel Pastan

BA, Amherst College

University of Wisconsin

Madison, WI Internal Medicine

Mary Margaret Pelling

BS, Duke University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Internal Medicine

Tyler H. Perry

BA, Dartmouth College

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Psychiatry

Sarah Helen Pirkle

BS, North Greenville University

University of South Carolina/Prisma Health

Greenville, SC Orthopaedic Surgery

Karunesh Reddy Polireddy

BS, Emory University

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY Surgery

John Matthew Pothen

BS, College of William & Mary

Tri-County Commission on Alcohol & Drug Abuse

Orangeburg, SC Psychiatry

Benjamin Mark Rabin

BA, Oberlin College

Harvard University/Brigham & Women's Hospital

Boston, MA Internal Medicine

Benjamin David Rapsas

BS, Georgia Institute of Technology

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Preliminary Year

Brown University

Providence, RI Anesthesiology

Jessica Elyse Reed

BS, Yale University

University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA Pediatrics

Hannah Reiss

BS, University of Georgia

State University of New York Downstate

Brooklyn, NY Emergency Medicine

Isaiah Lawerance Rivera

BS, Georgia State University

University of Tennessee/Ascension St. Thomas Health

Nashville, TN Internal Medicine

Paola Alexandra Rodriguez Morales

BS, University of Central Florida

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Surgery

Aaron Michael Rosado

BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Surgery

Robert Scott Roundy

BS, Emory University

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA Orthopaedic Surgery

Arrix Lamar Ryce

BA, BS, University of Miami

MSc, University of Oxford

WellStar Kennestone Hospital

Marietta, GA Preliminary Year

Northwestern University/McGaw Medical Center

Chicago, IL Interventional Radiology

Class of 2023

Daniel Rzewnicki

BA, Grove City College

MPH, University of Pittsburgh

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Internal Medicine

Michael Sayegh

BA, Harvard University

Harvard University/Brigham & Women's Hospital

Boston, MA Internal Medicine

Morgan E. Schafer

BS, Purdue University

Indiana University

Indianapolis, IN Internal Medicine

Kathryn Robinson Sharma

BS, Georgia Institute of Technology

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Internal Medicine

Aditya Sood

BA, BS, University of Georgia

Zucker School of Medicine/Northwell Health

Great Neck, NY Internal Medicine

Patrick James Speck

BS, Emory University

Northeast Georgia Medical Center

Gainesville, GA

Elinor Anna Stern

BS, University of Maryland-College Park

University of Michigan

Preliminary Year

Oludamilola Temitope Taiwo

BS, Georgia Institute of Technology

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Neurology

Jeffrey Quinn Taylor II

BS, Oakwood University

DMD, Harvard University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Oluwatoyin Thompson

BA, Emory University

WellStar Kennestone Hospital

Marietta, GA Preliminary Year

University of California-San Diego

San Diego, CA Anesthesiology

Patience Temitope Timi

BS, University of Maryland-College Park

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN Obstetrics & Gynecology

Katya Marie Balach Van Anderlecht

BS, Boston College

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Washington, DC Surgery

Olivia Ann VanBenschoten

BS, Northeastern University

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, TN Obstetrics & Gynecology

David Cope Wang

Ann Arbor, MI Orthopaedic Surgery

Sophia Lee Stylianos

BS, University of Pennsylvania

New York University

New York, NY Surgery

Dale Tager

BS, Yale University

New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

New York, NY Anesthesiology

BA, Amherst College

University of Tennessee

Chattanooga, TN Emergency Medicine

Caroline Smith Wasserman

BA, Vanderbilt University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Surgery

Clarence M. Williams Jr.

BS, Duke University

MS, Case Western Reserve University Indiana University

Indianapolis, IN Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Travis Wilson

BA, Occidental College

MPH, Columbia University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Emily Anne Wright

BS, University of Washington

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Internal Medicine

Richard Wu

BS, University of Michigan

WellStar Kennestone Hospital

Marietta, GA Preliminary Year

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA Interventional Radiology

Stephanie Nicole Wyman

BS, Georgia Institute of Technology

Otolaryngology

Emory University

Atlanta, GA Internal Medicine

From the Graduates

On behalf of the Class of 2023, we extend our deepest gratitude to all who have helped make this day possible.

To the faculty and staff of Emory School of Medicine, thank you for your guidance and dedication. You have imparted the gift of education and have transformed us through your compassion, integrity, and service.

To our family and friends who have supported us over the years, we are truly grateful. We would not be here today if not for your love and encouragement.

Finally, to our classmates…we began medical school as strangers but have since become family. Thank you for standing by our side as we faced our greatest challenges and celebrated our sweetest victories.

Thank you all for sharing this journey with the Class of 2023.

SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS

Arrix Ryce, President

Christine Bethencourt, Vice President

Andrea Martinez, Treasurer

Robert Roundy, Secretary

Oath of Hippocrates

s the ancient Greeks swore by their pagan gods, so do I solemnly affirm that as a graduate in medicine at Emory University, according to my ability and judgment, I will keep this oath and stipulation.

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will consider dear to me those who have taught me this art and will impart the precepts and instruction of the profession to all those who qualify as students of the art and agree to the standards of the profession.

will follow that system of regimen which according to my ability and judgment I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.

nto whatever house I enter I will go into it for the benefit of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption.

hatever in connection with my professional practice or not in connection with it, I see or hear in the lives of men and women which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret.

hile I continue to keep this oath inviolate, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and the practice of the art, respected by all people in all times, but should I trespass and violate this oath may the reverse be my lot.