Reaching educational milestones
More than 200 UT Southwestern Medical School students to celebrate graduation on May 11
![collage of student faces](/ctplus/asset/02d837d2-899b-46db-a1db-59ba7b2bfd55/2023-student-awards-header-2400x1028.jpg)
The UT Southwestern Medical School Class of 2023 celebrates graduation on May 11. The Medical School annually bestows awards to honor students who exhibit potential in their specialties or a commitment to public health and community service.
Ho Din Award
Iatros Award and William F. Ross, M.D., Scholarship Award in Family Medicine
Class of 2023 Leadership Award
Class of 2023 Leadership Award
MT “Pepper” Jenkins Outstanding Medical Student Award in Anesthesiology and Pain Management
![Avni Shah, M.D. Avni Shah, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/avni-shah-400x500.jpg)
Award for Excellence in Dermatology
![Henry W. Chen, M.D. Henry W. Chen, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/henry-chen-400x500.jpg)
![Hunter J. Pyle, M.D Hunter J. Pyle, M.D](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/hunter-pyle-400x500.jpg)
Texas College of Emergency Physicians Award
![Avery Young, M.D. Avery Young, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/avery-young-400x500.jpg)
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Award
![Christopher Joseph, M.D. Christopher Joseph, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/christopher-joseph-400x500.jpg)
Minnie Lancaster, M.D., Scholarship Award in Family Medicine
![Daniela Kopado, M.D. Daniela Kopado, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/daniela-kopado-400x500.jpg)
TAFP Dallas Chapter Outstanding Graduate Award
![Nathan Liddle, M.D. Nathan Liddle, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/nathan-liddle-400x500.jpg)
William F. Ross, M.D., Scholarship Award in Family Medicine
![Aishwarya Iyer, M.D., M.P.H.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/aishwarya-iyer-400x500.jpg)
Dr. Richard Mays Smith Award
![Lucy Cai, M.D. Lucy Cai, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/lucy-cai-400x500.jpg)
![Ishwar Chuckaree, M.D. Ishwar Chuckaree, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/ishwar-chuckaree-400x500.jpg)
![Jordan Franklin, M.D. Jordan Franklin, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/jordan-franklin-400x500.jpg)
![Michael Trinh, M.D., Ph.D. Michael Trinh, M.D., Ph.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/michael-trinh-400x500.jpg)
Hemphill-Gojer Award in Internal Medicine
![Pooja Marella Achanta, M.D. Pooja Marella Achanta, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/pooja-achanta-400x500.jpg)
![Daniel Galvan, M.D. Daniel Galvan, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/daniel-galvan-400x500.jpg)
Herbert S. Salomon, M.D., Class of 1967, Memorial Scholarship Award
![Ava Wilson, M.D. Ava Wilson, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/ava-wilson-400x500.jpg)
Lorraine Sulkin-Schein Medical Student Award in Geriatric Medicine
![Sydney Mulqueen, M.D. Sydney Mulqueen, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/sydney-mulqueen-400x500.jpg)
American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Prize for Excellence in Neurology and the Rolland C. Reynolds Pathology Award
![Alexa Ciarolla, M.D. Alexa Ciarolla, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/alexa-ciarolla-400x500.jpg)
Annelle M. Ahmed, M.D. Women’s Health Care Award
![Holt Garner, M.D. Holt Garner, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/holt-garner-400x500.jpg)
Southwestern Gynecologic Assembly Award
![Lisa Thiele, M.D., M.P.H Lisa Thiele, M.D., M.P.H.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/lisa-thiele-400x500.jpg)
Vanatta, Hesser, Schmalstieg Excellence in Tutoring Award
![Sarah Cao, M.D. Sarah Cao, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/sarah-cao-400x500.jpg)
Vernie A. Stembridge Scholarship Award in Pathology
![Jordan Driskill, M.D., Ph.D. Jordan Driskill, M.D., Ph.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/jordan-driskill-400x500.jpg)
Kurt Ian Wey, M.D., Senior Pediatric Award
![Mackenzie Parker, M.D. Mackenzie Parker, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/mackenzie-parker-400x500.jpg)
Pediatric Society of Greater Dallas Award for Excellence in Pediatric Medicine
![Amanda Marie Galvan, M.D. Amanda Marie Galvan, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/amanda-trevino-400x500.jpg)
Excellence in Plastic Surgery Award
![I-Chun Lin, M.D. I-Chun Lin, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/i-chun-lin-400x500.jpg)
Karen Kowalske Outstanding PM&R Undergraduate Award
![Ravinderjit Singh, M.D. Ravinderjit Singh, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/ravi-singh-400x500.jpg)
North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians Award for Outstanding Medical Student in Psychiatry
![Fawwad Khan, M.D. Fawwad Khan, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/fawwad-khan-400x500.jpg)
Murray Gordon, M.D. Excellence Award in Radiology
![Priya Garigipati, M.D. Priya Garigipati, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/priya-garigipati-400x500.jpg)
Dr. Richard Mays Smith Award and the Eliot Goldings Award in Rheumatology
![Ashley Ciosek, M.D. Ashley Ciosek, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/ashley-ciosek-400x500.jpg)
Hudson-Penn Award for Excellence in Surgery
![Andrew Chung, M.D., Ph.D. Andrew Chung, M.D., Ph.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/andrew-chung-400x500.jpg)
John D. McConnell Award for Excellence in Urology
![Blake Ferguson, M.D. Blake Ferguson, M.D.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/blake-ferguson-400x500.jpg)
U.S. Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Award
![Courtney Newman, M.D., M.P.H. Courtney Newman, M.D., M.P.H.](/ctplus/stories/2023/assets/courtney-newman-400x500.jpg)