UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences announces student, faculty, and medical resident award winners

GRAND FORKS, N.D.—The University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) presented a number of awards to its graduating medical students and the School’s faculty and other community volunteers during its Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 6, including the Dean’s Special Recognition Awards for Outstanding Volunteer Faculty.

Of the roughly 1,700 physicians in North Dakota, more than 1,300 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 SMHS. UND’s medical school – the only M.D.-granting school between Minneapolis and Washington state – leads all North American medical schools in such community appointments.

“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:

Lacey L. Armstrong, M.D. - Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Sanford Medical Center, Bismarck, N.D.
Douglas J. Hess, D.O. - Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Prairie St. John’s, Fargo, N.D.
Jennifer K. Johnson, M.D. - Clinical Instructor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Trinity Health, Minot, N.D.
Sunil R. Kartham, M.D. - Clinical Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, N.D.
Nolan M. Kleinjan, M.D. - Clinical Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, CHI Dickinson Medical Center, Dickinson, N.D.
Mallory Koshiol, M.P.H. - Clinical Instructor, Internal Medicine, Allina Health, Minneapolis, Minn.
Stephen T. Linn, M.D. - Clinical Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Essentia Health, Fargo, N.D.
Sadie Schmidt, M.D. - Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Sanford Children’s Hospital, Fargo, N.D.
Kate A. Syverson, M.S.W. - Clinical Instructor, Internal Medicine, Sanford Health, Fargo, N.D.

The graduating medical student class also selected the following outstanding physicians-teachers at each campus:

Kristin Gray, M.D. - Clinical Instructor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Bismarck, N.D.
Dane Brecker, M.D. - Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology, Fargo, N.D.
Tana Setness-Hoefs, M.D. - Clinical Instructor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Grand Forks, N.D.
Dawn Mattern, M.D. - Clinical Assistant Professor, Family & Community Medicine, Minot, N.D.

Awards given to graduating medical students included:

North Dakota Medical Association Awards

Mikaela Herberg
Sarah Lesmeister
Nadia Toumeh

North Dakota Medical Association Alliance Award

Peter Bueide
Anja Selland

North Dakota District Medical Society Awards

First District (Fargo) - Sarah Prochniak and Nadia Toumeh
Third District (Grand Forks) - Kayla Fussy
Fourth District (Minot) - Anja Selland
Sixth District (Bismarck) - Peter Bueide

University Alumni Special Awards

Anja Selland
Caleb Ellingson
KC Braaten

North Dakota Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians Scholarship Award

Wyatt Telken

Dr. John Wahl Memorial Rural Health Scholarship Endowment Award

Annabel Jiran

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

Kalvin Slaubaugh

Dr. Frank E. Stinchfield Award, academically outstanding student

Peter Bueide

Dr. Nadim and Rola Kanafani Koleilat Award

Ann Marie O’Connell

The Welsh Award

Luke Teigen
Cooper Love

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

Drew Thompson

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

Joseph Wood

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

Mikayla Patel

Tiongson Humanities Award

Wyatt Lautt

Altru Clinic Senior Medical Student Fund Award

Anja Selland
Christy Jesme
Allison Valerius

Preceptor Recognition Student Scholarship (given this year in honor of Dr. Leah Thompson)

Lindsey Martens

Glasgow-Rubin Award from the American Medical Women’s Association

Kirsten Bokinskie
Mikaela Herberg
Sarah Lesmeister
Ann Marie O’Connell
Anja Selland
Nadia Toumeh

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

Anja Selland

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Senior Award

Mikaela Herberg

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

Luke Teigen
Wyatt Lautt

Department of Surgery Senior Award

Mitchell Thelen

Michael Kaspari Recovery Award

Parker Rosenau

Richard P. Stadter Excellence in Psychiatry Award

Cody Riggle

Joy M. Query Prize for Social and Behavioral Science

Michael Solc

William Crozier and Edith Magwood Fawcett Faculty Enhancement Award

Shawnda Schroeder, Ph.D., M.A.

The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Awards

Faculty Awardee - Susan Zelewski, M.D., M.E.H.P.
Student Awardee - Caleb Ellingson

The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Recognition

Tisha Corum
Caleb Ellingson
Leesha Heitkamp
Mikaela Herberg
Sarah Lesmeister
Ann Marie O’Connell
Amanda Palme
Mishell Quiridumbay
Parker Rosenau
Karan Saravana
Justin Schafer
Jacob Stern
Allison Valerius

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Recognition

Kirsten Bokinskie
Peter Bueide
Therese Carson
Erin Eidsness
Mikaela Herberg
Christy Jesme
Sarah Lesmeister
Cooper Love
Ann Marie O’Connell
Keaton Rummel
Justin Schafer
Anja Selland
Jacob Stern
Mitchell Thelen
Nadia Toumeh

Alpha Omega Alpha Faculty Recognition

Chris Pribula, M.D.
Fidel Nammour, M.D.
Siddharth Singhal, M.D.
Stefan Johnson, M.D.
Jennifer Johnson, M.D.

Alpha Omega Alpha Alumni Recognition

Daniel Field, M.D.

Alpha Omega Alpha Resident Recognition

Lejla Gasevic, M.D.
Joclyn Seiler, M.D.
Conor Roche, M.D.
Shannon Chamberlain, M.D.
Alex Spacek, M.D.
Mathew Gerving, M.D.

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