Eldon Langston Bolton, MD Service Award
Zachary West and Taryn Degrazia
The award was established in 1990 in honor of Dr. Eldon Bolton. He graduated from Emory School of Medicine in 1932 and went on to practice medicine in Biloxi, Mississippi for more than 50 years. The Bolton Service Award honors a senior medical student who has exhibited outstanding service within and beyond the Emory University community.
Outstanding Achievement in Basic Science Award
Amanda Mener
The award is given to a graduating senior who, in the opinion of a committee of faculty, has excelled in the overall study a of the basic sciences throughout his or her medical school career. This year this award is given to a student who has done outstanding work during both the MD and PhD portions of the curriculum.
Burt and Betty Schear Book Award
Eli Mlaver
This award provides an opportunity to recognize a special student who has the spark, the common sense, and the insight to make a difference. The prize is a coffee table book of photographs illustrating a holistic view of the Earth. The bookplate reads: “For the student most likely to make a uniquely positive mark on his or her universe.”
Evangeline T. Papageorge Student Award
Peyton Hanson
The award was established to honor the late Dr. Evangeline Papageorge, a very beloved Dean of Students in the School for many years. This award is given to the senior student who is voted by the class as having contributed the most to the betterment of the class over the four years.
Dean's Award
Miah Davis
The award was established to honor a student within a graduating class who has done an outstanding job of achieving academic excellence and of exhibiting exceptional performance and dedication as a medical student during their course of study for the MD degree.
The HOPE Award was created in 2011 to honor our Emory residents and fellows who demonstrate exceptional professionalism in working with patients and colleagues. The goal of this annual award is to recognize those Emory residents and fellows who excel in collaborating with colleagues across different departments. These are the people you particularly enjoy working with and find extremely helpful when caring for your patients.
Overall Winner
James Malcolm (Neurosurgery)
Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine and Transitional Year
Tammy Lin (Emergency Medicine)
Tyler Giberson (Emergency Medicine)
Peyton Jones (Emergency Medicine)
Internal Medicine and Internal Medicine/Psychiatry
Elizabeth McCord (Internal Medicine-Psychiatry)
Craig Cook (Internal Medicine)
General Surgery, Surgery Research, Neurosurgery, OB/GYN, Ophthalmology, and Oral Surgery
James Malcolm (Neurosurgery)
Nealen Laxpati (Neurosurgery)
Orthopaedics, Otolaryngology, Thoracic Surgery-Integrated, Plastic Surgery-Integrated, Vascular Surgery-Integrated and Urology
Matthew Broggi (Orthopaedics)
William Godfrey (Orthopaedics)
Anesthesiology, Medical Genetics and Genomics. Neurology, Nuclear Medicine, Pathology, Rehab Medicine, Radiology and Interventional Radiology-Integrated
Eric Lawson (Neurology)
Anuj Dhir (Neurology)
Jenny Joseph (Neurology)
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychiatry, Radiation Oncology, and Dermatology
Philip Bowers (Psychiatry)
James Janopaul-Naylor (Radiation Oncology)
ACGME Fellows Voting Cohort 1
Jesse O'shea (Infectious Disease)
Meredith Greer (Pulmonary Disease/Critical Care Medicine)
Randi Connor-Schuler (Pulmonary Disease/Critical Care Medicine)
ACGME Fellows Voting Cohort 2
Kathryn Elkins (Child Neurology)
Deepika Koganti (Surgical Critical Care)
Thomas Reeve (Vascular Surgery)
