VCU Internal Medicine Training Program
2009 Graduation & Recognition Ceremony
EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING BY A NON-PHYSICIAN EDUCATOR
Leigh Anne Gravatt, Pharm.D.

OUTSTANDING WARD ATTENDING
Rebecca Mumpower, MD
OUTSTANDING ATTENDING IN A SPECIALTY OR ICU SETTING
Dan Grinnan, MD

FACULTY EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
Antonio Abbate, MD; Lenore Buckley, MD, MPH (not pictured);
Stephanie A. Call, MD, MSPH; Marjolean de Wit, MD, MS, Jeff Kushinka, MD

ORHAN MUREN, MD AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING FELLOW
David Green, MD

MICHAEL WAYNE RIFFERT, MD AWARD FOR THE OUTSTANDING INTERN
Daniella Schwartz, MD

OUTSTANDING JUNIOR RESIDENT
Owen Schwartz, MD

HIGGINS AWARD FOR THE OUTSTANDING SENIOR RESIDENT
J. Robert Freeman, MD

ARTHUR KLEIN, MD MEMORIAL AWARD
For the Internal Medicine house officer chosen by
his or her peers
who best
demonstrates the healing
values of carefully listening to patients, and explaining
Huzaefah Syed, MD, MPH

SCHOLAR’S PRIZE
For Excellence in Scholarship During Residency
Brian Lingerfelt, MD
Awardee for Inten Class: Alex Ortega Loayza, MD
Awardee for Junior Resident: J. Daniel Markley, DO
MEDICINE FACULTY AWARD
For Uncompromising Intellectual and Personal
Commitment
to the Art and Science of Medicine
Huzaefah Syed, MD, MPH
EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD
For Demonstration of Outstanding Teaching Skills
and a Commitment to the Education of Others
Aamer Syed, MD


