Residents, fellows recognized at College of Medicine – Jacksonville graduation

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Jesef Williams

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June 17, 2014

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Image: Obstetrics and gynecology resident Amy Boots, DO (center), receives the Edward Jelks Outstanding Resident Clinician Award from Frank Genuardi, MD, MPH, associate professor of pediatrics and associate dean for student affairs; and Linda Edwards, MD, associate professor of medicine, senior associate dean for educational affairs, chief of general internal medicine, and associate chair of medicine. — Obstetrics and gynecology resident Amy Boots, DO (center), receives the Edward Jelks Outstanding Resident Clinician Award from Frank Genuardi, MD, MPH, associate professor of pediatrics and associate dean for student affairs; and Linda Edwards, MD, associate professor of medicine, senior associate dean for educational affairs, chief of general internal medicine, and associate chair of medicine.

Image: Obstetrics and gynecology resident Prardhana Challapalli, MD, receives the Rosilie O. Saffos Outstanding Resident Teacher Award from Genuardi and Edwards. — Obstetrics and gynecology resident Prardhana Challapalli, MD, receives the Rosilie O. Saffos Outstanding Resident Teacher Award from Genuardi and Edwards.

Image: Neurology resident Khadijah Shamseddine, MD, receives the Ann Harwood-Nuss Resident Advocate Award from Genuardi and Edwards. — Neurology resident Khadijah Shamseddine, MD, receives the Ann Harwood-Nuss Resident Advocate Award from Genuardi and Edwards.

Image: Samir Array, MD, assistant professor of community health and family medicine, and medical director of UF Health Family Medicine and Pediatrics - Baymeadows, receives the Louis S. Russo, Jr., Faculty Award for Outstanding Professionalism in Medicine from Edwards and Daniel Wilson, MD, PhD, dean of the College of Medicine - Jacksonville. — Samir Array, MD, assistant professor of community health and family medicine, and medical director of UF Health Family Medicine and Pediatrics - Baymeadows, receives the Louis S. Russo, Jr., Faculty Award for Outstanding Professionalism in Medicine from Edwards and Daniel Wilson, MD, PhD, dean of the College of Medicine - Jacksonville.

Image: Emergency medicine resident Brandi Gilchrist, MD (center), receives the UF College of Medicine Excellence in Student Education Resident Award from Genuardi and Edwards. — Emergency medicine resident Brandi Gilchrist, MD (center), receives the UF College of Medicine Excellence in Student Education Resident Award from Genuardi and Edwards.

Image: Christopher Scuderi, DO (center), assistant professor of community health and family medicine, and medical director of UF Health Family Medicine and Pediatrics - New Berlin, receives the UF College of Medicine Excellence in Student Education Faculty Award from Edwards and Genuardi. — Christopher Scuderi, DO (center), assistant professor of community health and family medicine, and medical director of UF Health Family Medicine and Pediatrics - New Berlin, receives the UF College of Medicine Excellence in Student Education Faculty Award from Edwards and Genuardi.

More than 130 residents and fellows were recognized June 11, 2014, for graduating from their respective training programs at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville.

About half of the graduating fellows intend to stay in Jacksonville for work, with at least four of them becoming UFCOMJ faculty members. At least a dozen of the other graduating fellows will practice elsewhere in Florida.

The emergency medicine residency program had more graduates (15) than any other program this year. The internal medicine residency program had 14 graduates and the pediatrics residency program had 11.

At least 13 graduating residents will now begin fellowships at UFCOMJ.

“Our UF faculty physicians provide exceptional education and training for our residents and fellows,” said Daniel R. Wilson, MD, PhD, dean of the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville. “We are proud of the graduates’ accomplishments and look forward to what lies ahead for them, whether it is further training or the start of their careers as medical professionals moving beyond their many years of formal education.”

Also, the UF Health Jacksonville pharmacy residency program had 10 graduates. Half of them will remain at UF Health Jacksonville, either for further training or to begin practice.

Awards

As part of the graduation ceremony, COMJ announced the recipients of several annual awards:

Edward Jelks Outstanding Resident Clinician Award – Amy Boots, DO, obstetrics and gynecology
Rosilie O. Saffos Outstanding Resident Teacher Award – Prardhana Challapalli, MD, obstetrics and gynecology
Ann Harwood-Nuss Resident Advocate Award – Khadijah Shamseddine, MD, neurology
Louis S. Russo Award for Outstanding Professionalism in Medicine (resident) – Corey Rosenbaum, DO, orthopaedic surgery
Louis S. Russo Award for Outstanding Professionalism in Medicine (faculty) – Samir Array, MD, community health and family medicine
Excellence in Student Education (resident) – Brandi Gilchrist, MD, emergency medicine
Excellence in Student Education (faculty) – Christopher Scuderi, DO, community health and family medicine

To view the graduation program, which includes the entire list of 2014 graduates and a description of the awards, visit http://hscj.ufl.edu/graduate-medical/documents/graduation-program-2014.pdf.

To view more photos from the ceremony, visit http://on.fb.me/1vYOQdX.