May 23, 2022

By Lisa Ryan

The annual Golden Apple Awards recognize outstanding service and teaching by Drexel University College of Medicine faculty and professional staff, who are nominated by each class of medical students for the honor. Students vote to determine the award winners.

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

THE 2022 GOLDEN APPLE RECIPIENTS ARE:

Class of 2025

Foundations of Basic Science – Year 1

• Queen Lane Campus:
• Caitlin Howe, PhD, Neurobiology & Anatomy
• Jed Shumsky, PhD, Neurobiology & Anatomy
• Douglas Whitmire, Coordinator II, Anatomy Lab, Anatomy Control

• West Reading Campus:
• Dana Peterson, PhD, Neurobiology & Anatomy

Frontiers – Year 1

• Queen Lane Campus:
• Edward Gracely, PhD, Family, Community & Preventive Medicine

• West Reading Campus:
• Meera Harhay, MD, MSCE, Medicine: Nephrology & Hypertension

Class of 2024

Foundations of Basic Science – Year 1

• Haviva Goldman, PhD, Neurobiology & Anatomy
• Vanessa Pirrone, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology
• Todd Strochlic, PhD, VMD, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Foundations of Patient Care – Year 1

• Maya A. Bass, MD, Family, Community & Preventive Medicine

Frontiers – Year 1

• David B. Cooperberg, MD, Pediatrics

Case-Based Learning – Year 1

• Kristen M. Ryczak, MD, Family, Community & Preventive Medicine

Health Advocacy Practicum – Year 1

• Renee Kottenhahn, MD, Pediatrics

Case-Based Learning – Year 2

• Donna Antonucci, MD, Pediatrics

Foundations of Basic Science – Year 2

• Cheryl A. Hanau, MD, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Health Advocacy Practicum – Year 2

• Steven Rosenzweig, MD , Emergency Medicine

Class of 2023

Attending Physician

• David August, DO, Psychiatry, Crozer-Chester Medical Center
• Eduardo Espiridion, MD, Psychiatry, Tower Health
• Jonathan Finkel, MD, Cardiology, Crozer-Chester Medical Center
• Brittni Jones, DO, Psychiatry, Crozer-Chester Medical Center
• David McClosky, MD, General Surgery, Crozer-Chester Medical Center

Resident Physician

• Rachel Draper, DO, OB/GYN, Crozer-Chester Medical Center
• Aaron Haag, DO, Internal Medicine, Allegheny General Hospital
• Athena Tudino, MD, OB/GYN, Crozer-Chester Medical Center

Class of 2022

Attending Physician

• David B. Cooperberg, MD, Pediatrics, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
• Matthew Hartman, MD, Radiology Allegheny General Hospital
• David Matson, DO, Anesthesiology, Tower Health
• Erica Poletto, MD, Pediatric Radiology, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
• Joshua Zaritsky, MD, Pediatric Nephrology, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Resident Physician

• Christian Hochhalter, MD, Pediatrics, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
• Usama Nasir, MD, Internal Medicine, Tower Health
• Priva Vyas, MD, Pediatrics, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Student Government Association Award

• Caroline Bush, Assistant Director of Student Affairs

Student Body Award

• Queen Lane Campus:
• Amy Baranoski, MD, Medicine: Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine
• Caitlin Howe, PhD, Neurobiology & Anatomy
• Michael M. White, PhD, Pharmacology & Physiology

• West Reading Campus:
• Kelly Brenan, MD, Neurobiology & Anatomy
• Andrea Bensusan, Academic Coordinator