UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences recognizes end-of-year faculty and student award winners

GRAND FORKS, N.D.—The University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) has announced its end-of-year awards given to medical students and clinical faculty. Although the awards are normally given in-person prior to Commencement, the School instead announced its award winners via social media in advance of the University’s virtual graduation ceremony.

Clinical faculty awards are typically announced during the M.D. Commencement Ceremony. Of the roughly 1,700 physicians in North Dakota, more than 1,200 have voluntary clinical faculty appointments at the SMHS, said Joshua Wynne, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H., vice president for health affairs and dean of the School.

“As a community-based institution, the School could not carry out its educational mission without the dedication and sacrifice of our voluntary faculty members,” Wynne added. “We are fortunate to have many dedicated physicians from across North Dakota who teach. These physicians have gone above and beyond the call of duty in giving our students the benefit of their time, experience, knowledge, and wisdom gained from years of caring for patients.”

The winners of the Dean’s Special Recognition Awards for Outstanding Volunteer Faculty were:

Richard R. Horecka, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Swift County-Benson Health Services, Benson, Minn.
Alison J. Hornyak, D.O., Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Sanford Health, Fargo, N.D.
Peter L. Klemin, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sanford Health, Bismarck, N.D. (M.D. Class of 2007)
Megan M. Miller-Pankratz, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sanford Health, Bismarck, N.D. (M.D. Class of 2010)
Laura M. Nichols, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Sanford Health, Moorhead, Minn.
Jonathan C. Olivas, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Sanford Health, Fargo, N.D.
David J. Theige, M.D., Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Sanford Health, Fargo, N.D. (M.D. Class of 1985)

Awards given to graduating medical students other and area physicians and researchers, included:

The North Dakota Medical Association Awards

Ashley Zeman
Annika Strand
Jacob Greenmyer

North Dakota District Medical Society Awards

First District (Fargo) Jacob Greenmyer, Anna Melicher
Third District (Grand Forks) Annika Strand
Fourth District (Minot) John Stacy
Sixth District (Bismarck) Brett Johnson

University Alumni Special Awards

Kelsie Brooks
Jeffery Johnson
Brooke Lentz

Kokila and Raman Patel, M.D., Family Practice Award

Whitney Tingle

George and Margaret Seaworth Scholarship Endowment Award

Megan Pignato

Dr. Nadim and Rola Kanafani Koleilat Award

Jacob Greenmyer

Welsh Award

Ellen Kronzer
Jacob Greenmyer
Hunter Row
Brett Johnson
Jessica Schweigert

Robert C. Painter, M.D., Internal Medicine Award

Matthew Gerving

Lloyd S. Ralston, M.D., Memorial Endowment Award

Tyler Beattie

Laura Ehmann Memorial Pediatric Scholarship Award

Erica Nelson

Tiongson Humanities Award

Steven Smedshammer

Dr. Louis B. and Thelma K. Silverman Medical Award

Steven Smedshammer

Altru Clinic Senior Medical Student Award

Alexandra Streifel

Andrew Lesser

Paige Williams

American College of Physicians–Department of Internal Medicine Mack V. Traynor Award

Ellen Kronzer

Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Senior Award

Anna Melicher

Department of Pathology Senior Awards

Elizabeth Loughney

Haley Amoth

Bradley Neil Meyer, M.D., Diagnostic Radiology Award

Benjamin Prout

Department of Surgery Senior Award

Shaneabbas Raza

Michael Kaspari Recovery Award

Chloe Ree

Richard P. Stadter Excellence in Psychiatry Award

Tucker Zimmer

Joy M. Query Prize for Social and Behavioral Science

Shirin Nour

William Crozier and Edith Magwood Fawcett Faculty Enhancement Award

Sarah Nielsen, Ph.D., Occupational Therapy

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Recognition

Haley Amoth

James Evers

Jacob Greenmyer

Ellen Kronzer

Jordan Lindholm

Anna Melicher

Shirin Nour

John Stacy

Annika Strand

Alexandra Streifel

Ashley Wood

Alpha Omega Alpha Faculty Recognition

Jon Solberg, M.D., Emergency Medicine

Abhishek Matta, M.D., Internal Medicine

Alpha Omega Alpha Alumni Recognition

Collette Lessard-Anderson, M.D., Obstetrics and Gynecology

Alpha Omega Alpha Resident Recognition

Ben Eideschink, Internal Medicine

Jackie Huber, Psychiatry

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Brian James Schill
Assistant Director, Office of Alumni & Community Relations
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
701.777.2733 direct | 701.777.4305 office
brian.schill@UND.edu | www.und.edu