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Class of 2025 Senior Awards Recipients:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Class of 2025 Senior Awards Recipients:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

J. Bradley Aust, MD Award for Highest Surgery NBME Score<\/strong> \u2013 Bryson Hill (scored in the 100th percentile)
\nBasil A. Pruitt Jr., MD Award for Outstanding Research<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Claire Juhas
\nDepartment of Surgery Merit Award for All-Around Outstanding Medical Student<\/strong> \u2013 Karen Liu
\nVirginia Johnson Award for Exceptional Female Medical Student Pursuing a Surgical Career<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Mabel Thai
\nDr. James E. Pridgen Endowed Scholarship in General Surgery<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Byron Todd
\nDr. Ken and Peg Sirinek Scholarship in General Surgery<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Karen Liu<\/p>\n

Past Recipients<\/h2>\n

Class of 2024:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

J. Bradley Aust, MD Award for Highest Surgery NBME Score<\/strong> \u2013 Yousef Salem (scored in the 100th percentile)
\nBasil A. Pruitt Jr., MD Award for Outstanding Research<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Sofia Russo
\nDepartment of Surgery Merit Award for All-Around Outstanding Medical Student<\/strong> \u2013 Maggie Beard
\nVirginia Johnson Award for Exceptional Female Medical Student Pursuing a Surgical Career<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Sofia Russo
\nDr. James E. Pridgen Endowed Scholarship in General Surgery<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Andrea Bell
\nDr. Ken and Peg Sirinek Scholarship in General Surgery<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Andrea Bell<\/p>\n

Class of 2023:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

J. Bradley Aust, MD Award for Highest Surgery NBME Score <\/strong>\u2013 Connor Byrne and Benjamin Williams (scored in the 100thpercentile)
\nBasil A. Pruitt Jr., MD Award for Outstanding Research<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Lucijana Krokar
\nDepartment of Surgery Merit Award for All-Around Outstanding Medical Student <\/strong>\u2013 Elizabeth Stewart
\nVirginia Johnson Award for Exceptional Female Medical Student Pursuing a Surgical Career\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Holly Miller
\nDr. James E. Pridgen Endowed Scholarship in General Surgery<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Matthew Reyes and Elizabeth Stewart
\nDr. Ken and Peg Sirinek Scholarship in General Surgery<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Elizabeth Stewart<\/p>\n

Class of 2022:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

J. Bradley Aust, MD Award for Highest Surgery NBME Score<\/strong> \u2013 Shandice Waugh
\nBasil A. Pruitt Jr., MD Award for Outstanding Research<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Caroline Zhu
\nDepartment of Surgery Merit Award for All-Around Outstanding Medical Student<\/strong> \u2013 Alyssa Field
\nVirginia Johnson Award for Exceptional Female Medical Student Pursuing a Surgical Career<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Caitlyn Sweet
\nDr. James E. Pridgen Endowed Scholarship in General Surgery<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Alyssa Field and Stacy Nguyen
\nDr. Ken and Peg Sirinek Scholarship in General Surgery\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Alyssa Field<\/p>\n

Class of 2021:
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\n<\/strong>J. Bradley Aust, MD Award for Highest Surgery NBME Score <\/strong>\u2013 Alissa Hall and Claudina Tami
\n<\/span>Basil A. Pruitt Jr., MD Award for Outstanding Research <\/strong>\u2013 Davis Payne
\nDepartment of Surgery Merit Award for All-Around Outstanding Medical Student <\/strong>\u2013 Stephen Freshour
\nVirginia Johnson Award for Exceptional Female Medical Student Pursuing a Surgical Career<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Lily Kuo
\nDr. James E. Pridgen Endowed Scholarship in General Surgery <\/strong>\u2013 Stephen Freshour
\nDr. Ken and Peg Sirinek Scholarship in General Surgery <\/strong>\u2013 Stephen Freshour<\/p>\n

Class of 2020:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

J. Bradley Aust, MD Award for Highest Surgery NBME Score <\/strong>\u2013 Austin Smith
\n<\/span>Basil A. Pruitt Jr., MD Award for Outstanding Research <\/strong>\u2013 John C. Myers
\nDepartment of Surgery Merit Award for All-Around Outstanding Medical Student <\/strong>\u2013 Angela Le
\nVirginia Johnson Award for Exceptional Female Medical Student Pursuing a Surgical Career<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Angela Le
\nDr. James E. Pridgen Endowed Scholarship in General Surgery <\/strong>\u2013 Angela Le
\nDr. Ken and Peg Sirinek Scholarship in General Surgery <\/strong>\u2013 Angela Le<\/p>\n

Class of 2019:<\/span>
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\n<\/strong>J. Bradley Aust, MD Award for Highest Surgery NBME Score <\/strong>\u2013 Christopher Bittles and Patrick Wu
\n<\/span>Basil A. Pruitt Jr., MD Award for Outstanding Research <\/strong>\u2013 Oluyinka Olutoye
\nDepartment of Surgery Merit Award for All-Around Outstanding Medical Student<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 William Hopper
\nVirginia Johnson Award for Exceptional Female Medical Student Pursuing a Surgical Career<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Meredith Geib
\nDr. James E. Pridgen Endowed Scholarship in General Surgery <\/strong>\u2013 Meagan Womack<\/p>\n

Class of 2018:<\/span>
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\n<\/strong>J. Bradley Aust, MD Award for Highest Surgery NBME Score <\/strong>\u2013 Fadi Al-Asadi and William Pipkin
\n<\/span>Basil A. Pruitt Jr., MD Award for Outstanding Research <\/strong>\u2013 Daniel Merrill
\nDepartment of Surgery Merit Award for All-Around Outstanding Medical Student<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Jin Wen Sui
\nVirginia Johnson Award for Exceptional Female Medical Student Pursuing a Surgical Career<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Jessica Liu
\nDr. James E. Pridgen Endowed Scholarship in General Surgery <\/strong>\u2013 Jaime Guerrero
\nDr. Ken and Peg Sirinek Scholarship in General Surgery <\/strong>\u2013 Jessica Liu<\/p>\n

Class of 2017:<\/span>
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\n<\/strong>J. Bradley Aust, MD Award for Highest Surgery NBME Score <\/strong>\u2013 Sally Friedman and Dia Hazra
\n<\/span>Basil A. Pruitt Jr., MD Award for Outstanding Research <\/strong>\u2013 Jeremy Rawlings
\nDepartment of Surgery Merit Award for All-Around Outstanding Medical Student <\/strong>\u2013 Robert Chick and Kevin Records
\nVirginia Johnson Award for Exceptional Female Medical Student Pursuing a Surgical Career<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Ariel O\u2019Neil
\nDr. James E. Pridgen Endowed Scholarship in General Surgery <\/strong>\u2013 Kevin Records
\nDr. Ken and Peg Sirinek Scholarship in General Surgery <\/strong>\u2013 Kevin Records\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Class of 2016:
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\n<\/strong>J. Bradley Aust, MD Award for Highest Surgery NBME Score <\/strong>\u2013 Chad Epley
\n<\/span>Basil A. Pruitt Jr., MD Award for Outstanding Research <\/strong>\u2013 Betzaira Childers
\nDepartment of Surgery Merit Award for All-Around Outstanding Medical Student <\/strong>\u2013 Morgan Floyd
\nVirginia Johnson Award for Exceptional Female Medical Student Pursuing a Surgical Career<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Betzaira Childers
\nDr. James E. Pridgen Endowed Scholarship in General Surgery <\/strong>\u2013 Jaclyn Yracheta
\nDr. Ken and Peg Sirinek Scholarship in General Surgery <\/strong>\u2013 Jaclyn Yracheta[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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