Department Celebrates Outgoing Residents and Fellows

OUR 2019 RESIDENTS & FELLOWS

DEPARTMENT faculty, staff, fellows and residents gathered on the evening of May 23. The annual event was held at B&A Warehouse, near Railroad Park, where attendees enjoyed dinner and an awards ceremony. Opening remarks by James Hackney, M.D., Director of the Pathology Residency Program, were followed by comments from George Netto, M.D., Robert and Ruth Anderson Endowed Chair in Pathology.

faculty awards This year’s outgoing Chief Residents David Dorn, M.D., Anatomic Pathology, and Erin Baumgartner, M.D., Clinical Pathology, presented faculty awards. The Leonard H. Robinson Award for Resident Education in Anatomic Pathology went to Thomas Winokur, M.D., Professor, Anatomic Pathology. The Shu T. Huang Award for Excellence in Laboratory Medicine Excellence was given to Sixto Leal, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine.

resident awards The Roger Denio Baker Prize in Anatomic Pathology was presented by David R. Baker, J.D., son of Roger, who was the Department’s first chair. On December 1, 1944, Roger Denio Baker became the medical school’s first full-time faculty member and the first departmental chair appointed by Dean Roy R. Kracke. A cash prize of $1,000 is given to a resident in recognition of excellence in Anatomic Pathology. Baker, accompanied by his wife, Lois Gaeta Baker, presented the award in person to David Dorn, M.D. The Kracke Award for Best Presentation in Anatomic Pathology Seminar Series was presented by Virginia Duncan, M.D., Assistant Professor, Anatomic Pathology, to Dr. Erin Baumgartner. The Outstanding Trainee Teaching Award for multidisciplinary and medical student education was presented by Dr. Ona Marie Faye-Peterson, Professor, Anatomic Pathology, to Danielle Fasciano, D.O. The Jay M. McDonald Award for Excellence in Laboratory Medicine, named for former Department Chair Jay McDonald, M.D., was presented by Pat Bucy, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Laboratory Medicine, to Jeffery Adam Jones, M.D. Two resident awards in Laboratory Medicine were presented by Lawrence Williams, M.D., Associate Professor, Laboratory Medicine. The Jay M. McDonald Award for Best Presentation in Laboratory Medicine Seminar, honoring former Department Chair Dr. Jay McDonald, went to Raima Memon, M.D. The R. Pat Bucy Award for Best Presentation in Laboratory Medicine Journal Club, went to Taylor Pickens, M.D.

chief residents Division Directors Cristina Magi-Galluzzi, M.D., Ph.D., Anatomic Pathology, and X. Long Zheng, M.D., Ph.D., Laboratory Medicine, announced the new chief residents for 2019: Danielle Fasciano, D.O., Laboratory Medicine, and Adam Jones, M.D., Anatomic Pathology. resident certificates Drs. Netto and Hackney presented certificates to: •David Dorn, M.D. •Tiffany Graham, M.D. •Benjamin Saylor, M.D. •David Ullman, M.D. •Tao Guo, M.D., Ph.D. •Kai Wang, M.D., Ph.D.