Honoring Their Service

Six graduates receive U.S. Military promotions

Quillen College of Medicine hosted a military promotion ceremony for six members of the Class of 2023.

DR. DEVYN HOPE HAYES received the Department of Pediatrics Award.

DR. HADDON CLAUDE HILL received the Philip John Hinton M.D. Career in Surgery Award

DR. CHRISTINA BAILEY KLOUDA received the Outstanding Performance Junior Surgical Clerkship Award.

DR. RILEY REAGAN PARR received the Dr. Jay and Mina Mehta Family Award in Preventative Medicine

DRS. CHRISTOPHER PEARCE and ANDREW WIGGER received the Merck and Company Award

The following students were commissioned as officers during the ceremony on May 5, which took place a few hours prior to the college’s commencement ceremony:

• Samantha Nicole Courtney, of Medina, Tennessee, U.S. Air Force. Courtney will complete her residency in psychiatry at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

• Sean Morgan Davis, of Gainesboro, Tennessee, U.S. Navy. Davis will complete his residency in family medicine at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida.

• Haddon Claude Hill, of Rockwood, Tennessee, U.S. Navy. Hill will complete his residency in surgery at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.

• Nina Yong Porter, of Los Angeles, U.S. Air Force. Porter will complete her residency in diagnostic radiology at David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center.

• Alexandra Madsley Rose Proctor, of Nashville, U.S. Army. Proctor will complete her residency in family medicine at the Womack Army Medical Center.

• Coleman Duke Woody, of Brevard, North Carolina, U.S. Air Force. Woody will complete his residency in family medicine at Eglin Air Force Base.

In addition, two veterans, Porter and Evan Baird, were part of the Class of 2023. Baird, of Knoxville, will complete his residency in dermatology at the University of Louisville (Kentucky) School of Medicine.

Quillen has a strong reputation for being “military friendly,” and boasts one of the highest percentages of enrolled veteran and military students in the nation.