Award Results - 2025
Congratulations to our 2024–2025 academic year award recipients. Your hard work, dedication, and excellence reflect what makes SHSU-COM an exceptional institution and a respected name in medical education.
OMS I-III Awards
- Outstanding First-Year Student Leader: Tai Phan
- Outstanding Second-Year Student Leader: Wyatt Mayer
- Outstanding Third-Year Student Leader: Stephen Alvarado
- Outstanding Non-Traditional Student Leader: Svetlana Gezalov
- Excellence in Research: Danyal Tahseen
- Outstanding Leadership and Service: Yasmin Obeidi
- Clerkship Awards:
- Adult Medicine I & II: Idayri Flores
- Emergency Medicine: Joshua Rasco
- Family Medicine: Richard Lee
- Longitudinal OMM: Amber Adamcik
- OB-GYN: Cayla Wagstaff
- Pediatrics: Kevin Alford
- Psychiatry: Rikki Ray
- Rural: Molly Anthony
- Surgery: Rylie Wackerly
- Excellence in Service:
- Clinical Anatomy: Yashna Thakker
- Molecular & Cellular Biology: Jeremiah Fenocchi
- Osteopathic Principles & Practices: Cody Dean
- Physiology & Pharmacology: Caroline Podvin
- Primary Care & Clinical Medicine: Anuja Jayachandran
- COMmunity Award: SHSU-COM Ultrasound Club
- COMmitted Organization: COM Ambassadors
- Outstanding Collaboration: Disaster Bus Training
Graduating Student Awards
- Excellence in Research Award: Laura Knittig
- Clinical Acumen Award: Antonio Pontifes
- Medical Education Award: Austin Sekula
- Charles E. Henley Award: Wenqing Zhuo
- Outstanding Graduate Student Leader Award: Brooke Birks
- Dana G. Hoyt "The Measure of a Life is its Service" Award: Gabriel Hapenciuc
- Dean's Award: Luis Banuelos
Faculty & Staff Awards
- Outstanding COM Staff Member Award: Kendal Krumes, MBA
- Outstanding Student Organization Advisor Award: Yuan Zhao, PhD
- Excellence in Research Award: Paul Zarutskie, MD
- Outstanding Leadership and Service Award: Jame Hinojosa, MD
- Excellence in Teaching Award: Candace Walkley, MD
- Preceptor of the Year Award: Mary Hebert, MD