March 5, 2019

The Golden Apple Awards recognize excellence in teaching and outstanding service by faculty and staff of Drexel University College of Medicine. Students and nominees recently gathered at the Queen Lane Campus for the 24rd Annual Golden Apple Teaching Awards Ceremony.

Each class of medical students nominates and votes on faculty and residents to receive a Golden Apple.

View photos of the event

Non-faculty awards are given to honor staff who have provided outstanding service to the student body and the College. The awards for staff are voted on by the entire student body. The Special Recognition Awards are voted on by the Student Government Association.

The 2019 Golden Apple Award recipients are:

Class of 2022

Frontiers – Year 1

• Edward Gracely, PhD, Family, Community & Preventive Medicine

Foundations of Basic Science – Year 1

• Janet Smith, PhD, Neurobiology & Anatomy
• Judy Rae Churchill, PhD, Neurobiology & Anatomy
• Michael White, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Class of 2021

Case-Based Learning – Year 2

• Anthony Romano, PhD
• Vanessa Pirrone, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

Frontiers – Year 2

• Esther Chernak, MD, MPH, Medicine

Longitudinal Community Care Practicum – Year 1

• Elissa Goldberg, MSS, LSW

Foundations of Basic Science – Year 2

• Joel Horwitz, PhD, Medical Pharmacology
• Neilanjan Nandi, MD, FACP, Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Foundations of Basic Science – Year 1

• Cheryl Hanau, MD, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
• Theresa Connors, Lab Instructor

Class of 2020

Interdisciplinary Foundations of Medicine

• Amy Baranoski, MD, Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine
• Joel Horwitz, PhD, Pharmocology & Physiology

Program for Integrated Learning

• Hasan Arif, MD, Nephrology

Attending Physician

• David Roat, MD, Psychiatry, Friends Hospital
• Kevin Taffe, MD, Medicine, Allegheny General Hospital
• Brent Hardman, MD, Medicine, Allegheny General Hospital
• Jared Chowdhury, MD, Medicine, Hahnemann University Hospital
• Sunny Fink, MD, Surgery, Crozer-Chester Medical Center

Resident Physician

• Phillip Petrucelli, MD, Surgery, Philadelphia Area
• Kathryn Ruymann, MD, OB/GYN, Abington Memorial Hospital
• Brian Novi, MD, Pediatrics, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
• Jonathan Albert, MD, Pediatrics, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

Class of 2019

Attending Physician

• Norrell Atkinson, MD, Child Maltreatment and Neglect, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
• James Clyne, MD, Ambulatory Care, Various DUCOM Sites
• William Lee, MD, Medicine Subinternship, Hahnemann University Hospital
• Stacy Ellen, DO, Outpatient Pediatrics & Advocacy, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
• Michael Pasirstein, MD, MPH, Emergency Medicine Subinternship, Various DUCOM Sites

Resident Physician

• Lauren Schmalz, MD, Medicine Subinternship, Hahnemann University Hospital
• Maher Abadeer, MD, Pediatric Subinternship, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
• Kevin Kammel, MD, Emergency Medicine Subinternship

Student Government Association Award

• Michael Lombardo
• Dennis Kane

Student Body Award

• Lorie Cannon
• Michael Clancy
• Maria Isabel DiSciullo

 
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