Student Awards & Honor Societies

Alpha Omega Alpha is the National Medical Honor Society. Honorees have excelled academically and shown promise of becoming leaders in the profession of medicine.

Class of 2022 Inductees

• Margaret H. Aasen
• Poonam Dalwadi
• Emily Deciccio
• Matthew T. DeJong
• Shivani S. Doshi
• Kendall N. Frisoli*
• Jane J. Han
• Elise Y. Heisler
• Alicia C. Hughes
• Ashley N. Iannantone
• Vikrum Jain*
• Inho Kim
• Sean E. Kisch
• Natalie Knox
• Sucheta P. Korwar
• Natalie M. Lemon
• Dimitri J. Mabarak
• Erin R. McCune
• Elizabeth R. Nussbaum
• Arpan Patel
• Dhruv J. Patel*
• Matthew R. Semler
• Lana E. Sharba
• Alexis R. Stefaniak
• Anais Y. Stepanian
• Sahr Yazdani*
• Amy Yuan
• Zofia A. Zdanowicz
• Shuchi Zinzuwadia*

*inducted in 2021 as 3rd year medical students

Class of 2023 Inductees

• Justin G. Carrington
• Anneka L. Johnson-Dumerauf
• Amali M. Fernando
• Michael Littau
• Emily J. Ness

Resident and fellow inductees

• Arielle Cohen, MD
• Ryan D. Guerrettaz, MD
• Abigail McKenzie Otto, MD
• Hiten D. Patel, MD
• Michael Teitcher, MD

Faculty inductees

• Vivian Gahtan, MD
• Ameet R. Kini, MD
• Jonathan Metry, MD
• Kathleen B. Raschka, MD
• Sarah Ann Wagner, MD

Recognizes Jesuit college or university students who have distinguished themselves in scholarship, loyalty, service, and commitment to the Jesuit ideals of higher education. Learn more.

2022 Honorees

• Sarah Lynn Fracci
• Kendall Nicole Frisoli
• Ashley Nicole Iannantone
• Natalie Anne Knox
• Dimitri Joseph Mabarak
• Matthew Robert Semler
• Anais Yevgineh Stepanian
• Megan Sophia Wu
• Sahr Yazdani
• Zofia Anna Zdanowicz
• Shuchi Zinsuwadia

2021 Honorees

• Anne Helene Arnason
• Leslie Carandang
• Daniel Jonathan Cotton
• Brett Ferguson Curran
• Philip Gergis Ghobrial
• Konrad Kubicki
• Lisa Elaine Laurenzana
• Patricia Wood Morrow
• Dimpi Ankitkumar Patel
• Herbert Parker Stride
• Julia Elizabeth Witowska

Recognizes medical students, residents, and faculty who exemplify compassionate patient care and who are role models, mentors, and leaders in medicine. Stritch students are nominated by their peers and selected by a committee. They are inducted in their M3 year and each completes a project throughout their M4 year.

2022 Recipients

• Danielle Alexandra Paula Andrews
• Tatiana Maria Barriga
• Therese Eugenie Blanch
• Enrique Julian Blanco Martinez
• Erik Steven Carlson
• Natalia Chreptowicz
• Brooke Christine Dickens
• Sarah Lynn Fracci
• Kendall Nicole Frisoli
• Tooba Ghous
• Steven Christian Goicoechea
• Madeline Gore
• Kirsten Nicole Herr
• Natalie Anne Knox
• Ralph Lamonge
• Dale Manuel Lobo
• Ryan Anthony Mark, SJ
• Amaury Itzae; Michel
• Elhaum Garakani Rexali
• Sofia M. Ruiz-Castaneda
• Alexis Rose Stefaniak
• Anais Yevgineh Stepanian
• Kristin I. Swope
• Elisabetta Menalli Tyriver
• Teresa Marie Veselack
• Maria Rose Young
• Hye-Jin Yun

2021 Recipients

• Meghna Agarwal
• Anne Helene Arnason
• Leslie Carandang
• Philip Gergis Ghobrial
• Carolyn Ann Hofmeister
• Sara Imam
• Kristen Kelly
• Shilpa Kolachina
• Lauren Elizabeth Lamparter
• Sarah Michelle Leibovitch
• Peter Quang Minh Mai
• Brianna Nicole Martinez
• Louis Nikolis
• Dimpi Ankitkumar Patel
• Elhaum Garakani Rezaii
• Shamika Kayo Robinson
• Joshua David Sink
• Herbert Parker Stride
• Ryan Walter Sweeney
• Stephanie Lynn Sweeney
• Joshua Jay Thomas
• Andrea Jean Wakim
• Amir Emad Zakhary

As part of the annual Loyola University Chicago Founder's Day celebration, the President's Medallion honors one student from each school who is recognized for outstanding scholarship, leadership, and service.

Recipients

• 2023: Amali Fernando
• 2022: Kendall Nicole Frisoli
• 2021: Herbert Parker Stride

For exemplary compassion, integrity, enthusiasm, and commitment to lifelong learning.

Recipients

• 2022: Hye-Jin Yun, Zofia Anna Zdanowicz
• 2020-2021: Ayomide O. Adeleye, Daniel Jordan Murphy
• 2019-2020: Sahand Ghodrati, Margaret Musso
• 2018-2019: Emelin Garcia Neito, Silvia Plascencia Oliveros
• 2017-2018: Camille Beecher, Audrey Hertenstein

For a record of exemplary leadership on campus or in the community, scholarship, and adherence to Judeo-Christian ethical principles. Caliber and breadth of involvement and academic record is considered.

Recipients

• 2022: Yolanda Lan Ngoc Pham
• 2020-2021: Lachlan Driver
• 2019-2020: Saad Siddiqui
• 2018-2019: Ayah Mohamed
• 2017-2018: Johana C. Mejias-Beck
• 2016-2017: Julia Graham

For a selfless and unflagging record of commitment and contribution to the service of others, particularly those medically underserved or socially marginalized, and whose actions are a positive role modeling of the Jesuit ideals.

Recipients:

• 2022: Madeline L. Gore
• 2020-2021: Philip Gergis Ghobrial
• 2019-2020: Jazzmyne Montgomery
• 2018-2019: Ingrid Kiehl
• 2017-2018: Kamaal Jones
• 2016-2017: Elizabeth Stranges

For scholastic excellence and a desire to advance educational goals in some specific area.

Recipients

2022

• Sahr Yazdani (Scholar)
• Shuchi Zinzuwadia (Awardee)

2020-2021

• Caitlin Nicole Smith (Scholar)
• Julia Elizabeth Witowska (Awardee)

2019-2020

• Temitope Adeyeni (Scholar)
• Giselle Malina (Awardee)

2018-2019

• Lindsay Haacker (Scholar)
• Sasha M. Rosen (Awardee)

2017-2018

• Ryan Bonner

2016-2017

• William Gange

Awarded for demonstrated excellence during clinical rotations in ophthalmology.

Recipients:

2022: Alexis Rose Stefaniak

2020-2021

• Paul Michael de Bustros

2019-2020

2018-2019

• Sarah Griffin

2017-2018

• William Gange

2016-2017

• Clayton D. Kirk

For outstanding clinical performance in nephrology at Loyola University Medical Center in either the third or fourth year.

Recipients:

2020-2021

• Martin Gerard Walsh

2019-2020

2018-2019

• Daneyal Syed

2017-2018

• Patrick Kramer

2016-2017

• Caleb Norton

For dedication and commitment to achieving a medical education through perseverance in the face of challenges.

Recipients

• 2020-2021: Elhaum Garakani Rezaii
• 2019-2020: Kyle Bartelt
• 2018-2019: Belsy Garcia Manrique
• 2017-2018: Peyman Farhangi Oskue
• 2016-2017: Jeff Cochran

For academic excellence in the first and second years of the Basic Sciences curriculum.

Recipients:

2022: Kendall Nicole Frisoli, Vikrum Jain

2020-2021: Frank R. Leuzzi, Patricia Wood Morrow

For academic excellence in the Clinical Sciences curriculum.

Recipients

2022:

• Taylor Alanna Daum
• Kendall Nicole Frisoli
• Sahr Yazdani

2020-2021:

• Anne Helene Arnason

For the best overall combination of achievement in the clinical and didactic components, demonstrated professional and humanistic qualities, and positive contributions to the learning and patient care endeavors of the healthcare team.

2022 Awardees

• Sahr Yazdani, Pediatrics
• Kendall Nicole Frisoli, Internal Medicine
• Elizabeth Rose Nussbaum, Surgery
• Nayeli Lizette Langarica, Family Medicine
• Kendall Nicole Frisoli, Psychiatry
• Lana Elias Sharba, Neurology

For performance that best exemplifies positive and consistent contributions to the teaching and learning environment of their peers in classroom, small group, laboratory, or clinical settings.

Recipients:

2019-2020

• Andy Chen

2018-2019

• Elizabeth Southworth

2017-2018

• Nathan Pecoraro

2016-2017

• Katherine Nowicki