Forty-seven new members were inducted recently into the UT Southwestern Medical Center chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (AOA). The Gamma Chapter of Texas’ Annual Induction and Awards Ceremony banquet took place March 16 at the A.W. Harris Faculty-Alumni Center. The speaker who delivered the Lyman E. Bilhartz, M.D., AOA Lecture at the event was Robert H. Collins Jr., M.D., FACP, Professor of Internal Medicine and Director of the Hematologic Malignancies/Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program, who spoke on “Great Doctors.”

Class of 2023 new members of the UTSW Chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society pose for a group photo at the recent induction ceremony. 

Members are selected based on high academic standing, leadership among peers, professionalism, a firm sense of ethics, promise of future success in medicine, and a commitment to serve in the school and community.

Alpha Omega Alpha Class of 2023

Inductees are (asterisk denotes Junior AOA recognition):

AOA inducted six faculty members in 2023:

Ryan P. Dumas, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery

Karen Kowalske, M.D., Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Jayanthi Sivasothy Lea, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Chief of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology

Matthew J. Leveno, M.D., Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

Timothy K. Wolff, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry

Amy Woods, M.D., Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management

Two residents were inducted into AOA:

Zein Saad Eddin, M.D.

Jennifer Thompson, M.D.