2019 Golden Apple Awards
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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