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A.B. Baker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Neurological Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Funded by an endowment created by matching funds from the A.B. Baker Family Trust and Novartis Pharmaceuticals.
Tracey A. Milligan, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
New York Medical College
2025 recipient: Rana R. Said, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award
Ahmed F. Abbas, MD
Southern Illinois University Neuroscience Center
Ruba Al-Ramadhani, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Hatim S. Attar, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Neishay Ayub, MD
Brown Neurology
Aditya V. Boddu, MD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Alexandra Bonner, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Dylan C. Brock, MD, MA
University of Louisville
Laura A. Caligiuri, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
David J. Callahan, MD
Washington University in St. Louis
Garrett Conyers, MD, MPP
University of Michigan
Zachary S. Davey, DO
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Maria El-Hallal, MD
Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine
Kent T. Ellington, MD
University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
Emily J. Elliott, DO
Uniformed Services University
Brian Emmert, Jr., MD
Columbia University
Latha Ganti, MD
University of Central Florida
Donna Kurowski George, MD
Penn Medicine Neurology
Barbara S. Gordon-Kundu, MD
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Andre Granger, MD, MBA
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville
Muhammad Ubaid Hafeez, MD
University of Texas Medical Branch
Anasheh Halabi, MD, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles
Ethan Hai Hoang, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
Yolanda Holler-Managan, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Lurie Children’s of Chicago at Northwestern Medicine
Robert J. Jackson, MD
Temecula Valley Hospital
Halie Kerver, PhD
Michigan State University
Salah G. Keyrouz, MD
Washington University in St. Louis
Lucas B. Kipp, MD, FRCPC
Stanford University
Kassi J. Kronfeld, MD
Harbor UCLA Medical Center
Terrence M. Li, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Steward Medical Group
Chi-Ying (Roy) Lin, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Baylor College of Medicine
Laith N. Maali, MD
University of Kansas
Mansoureh Mamarabadi, MD
Penn State Health
Kesava Mandalaneni, MD
Oakland University
Giovanna S. Manzano, MD, MSc
Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School
Robert J. Marquardt, DO
Cleveland Clinic
Nina M. Massad, MD
University of Miami
Rohan Mathur, MD, MPA
Johns Hopkins University
Jordan Mayberry, MD
Duke University
Elizabeth H. Morrison-Banks, MD, MSEd
California University of Science and Medicine
Rafid Mustafa, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Masaki Nagamine, MD
University of California, Irvine
Digvijaya D. Navalkele, MD, MPH
Emory University
Saima Nazish, MRCP, FRCP, FEBN, FCPS
International American University
Kevin F. O'Connor, MD
University of Kentucky
Vijaya Pamidimukkala, Sr., MD
Lalitha Super Specialities Hospitals
Sarah C. Parauda, MD
Westchester Medical Center
Gustavo A. Patino, MD, PhD
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine
Marcus Vinicius R. Pinto, MD, MS
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Thomas Adam Purvis, MBChB
West Virginia University
Tamra I. Ranasinghe, MBBS
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix
Carolyne A. Riehle, DO
UConn Health
Jorge R. Risco, MD
University of Rochester
Lokesh Saini, DM
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Faddi Ghassan M. Saleh Velez, MD
University of Oklahoma
Matthew W. Schelke, MD
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Adeline Schnitz, DO
Loyola University Medical Center
Kuntal Sen, MD, FACMG
Children's National
Arjun Seth, MD
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Maulik Shah, MD, MHS
University of California, San Francisco
Syed A. Shah, MD
University of Missouri
Priyanka Shekhawat, MD
Mass General Brigham
Min Ye Shen, MD
Columbia University
Amita Singh, MD, MS
University of Florida
Carl E. Stafstrom, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Chichun Emily Sun, DO
Geisinger Health
John S. Taylor, Jr., MD
University of Vermont
Olga R. Thon, MD
Cooper Neurological Institute
Daniel M. Torres, MD
Northwell Health
Thomas C. Varkey, MD, MBA, MEd
Banner University
Lama Abdel Wahed, MD
University of Iowa
Michael I. Weintraub, MD, FACP, PC, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
New York Medical College
Danielle L. Weiss, MD
Medical College of Georgia
Virginia Erin Willis, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences / Arkansas Children's Hospital
Shasha Wu, MD, PhD
University of Chicago
Elina Zakin, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
New York University Langone Health
Iram Zaman, DO, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Henry Ford Health System
Adeel S. Zubair, MD
Yale University
2025 recipients: Nada G. Abou Fayssal, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Margaret Adler, MD; Pria Anand, MD; Erika J. Axeen, MD; Jennifer Bain, MD, PhD; Grayson B. Beecher, MD; Maria Bruzzone Giraldez, MD, MSc, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Esther Bui, MD; Katie L. Bullinger, MD, PhD; Darin Carabenciov, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Olimpia Carbunar, MD; Courtney S. Casserly, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Pablo R. Castillo, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Krishna Nalleballe, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Shivika Chandra, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Hamza Coban, MD; Sarah Conway, MD; Sudhir V. Datar, MD; Jeffrey Dewey, MD; Ahmed M. Kamal Bayoumy, MBBCh, FEBN; Yasir El-Sherif, MD; Danison Emmerson, MD; Sarah Fredrich, MD; Jessica Frey, MD; Alfred T. Frontera, Jr., MD; Tanu Garg, MD; Jessica Gautreaux, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Raghav Govindarajan, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Saad Hasan, MD; Thomas C. Head, MD; Lauryn Hemminger; Christopher Hollen, MD; Nicholas Janocko, MD; Emily C. Johnson, MD; Mohammed Kananeh, MD; Peter Kang, MD, MSCI; Akshat Katyayan, MD; Yasmin Khakoo, MD, PhD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³», FCNS, FAAP; William A. Kilgo, MD; Eric H. Kossoff, MD; Shivakrishna Kovi, MD, MBBS; Jeremy Kulacz, MD; Vishakhadatta Mathur Kumaraswamy, MD; Sushil S. Lakhani, MD; David P. Lerner, MD; Ali Mahta, MD; Camille Malatt, MD; Soe S. Mar, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Rohit A. Marawar, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Heather R. McKee, MD; Nancy A. Mcnamara, MD; Mayra Montalvo Perero, MD; Debra Moore-Hill, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Seniha N. Ozudogru, MD; Michael L. Palm, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Elizabeth M. Perelstein, MD; Sharoon Qaiser, MD, MBBS; Jeffrey Rosenfeld, MD, PhD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Kasser Saba, MD; Sarada Sakamuri, MD; Devorah Segal, MD, PhD; Suma Shah, MD; Helen Shi, MD; Susan Shin, MD; Emily Singer, MD; Achal K. Srivastava, MD, DM; Sara J. Stern-Nezer, MD; Charlotte J. Sumner, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Evan Templeton, MD; Mark A. Terrelonge, Jr., MD; Jigisha Thakkar, MD; Sreenath Thati Ganganna, MD; Neeharika Thottempudi, MD; Dana L. Vanino, DO; Uttam Verma, MBBS; Tuhin Virmani, MD, PhD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Ericka S. Wong, MD; Kara J. Wyant, MD; Derek Yuan, MD
Clerkship Director Innovation Award
Jeffrey Dewey, MD, MHS, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Yale University
2025 recipient: Alexandra E. Hovaguimian, MD
Clerkship Director Teaching Award
Christopher P. Robinson, DO, MS
University of Florida
2025 recipient: Joanne M. Wojcieszek, MD
Clerkship Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Coordinator Recognition Award
Christine McIntosh
Washington University in St. Louis
Meredith Velazquez
New York University
2025 recipient: Ana Juarez
Director Mentorship Leadership Program
Supported in part by argenx and LivaNova.
Ramsis Benjamin, MD
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Annapoorna Bhat, MD
University of New Mexico
Suzanne Crandall, DO
Charleston Area Medical Center
Manveer Dilts-Garcha, MD
St. Joseph's Medical Center
Megan T. Donnelly, DO
Novant Health
Ali A. Fadhil, MD
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Sarah Horn, MD
University of Texas Health San Antonio
Cigdem Isitan-Alkawadri, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Mohammed Ismail, MD
University of New Mexico
Phoebe Johnson-Black, MD
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Adrienne M. Keener, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
William A. Kilgo, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
University of South Alabama
Ryan A. Kollar, DO
Morehouse School of Medicine
Nan Lin, MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Lisa R. Merlin, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
State University of New York Downstate
Malgorzata Miller, MD
Corewell Health
Masaki Nagamine, MD
University of California, Irvine
Aaron L. Nelson, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
New York University
Michael L. Palm, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
University of Texas Health San Antonio
Lauren Phillips, MD
University of Texas Southwestern
Aparna M. Prabhu, MD
Jefferson Health Einstein Medical Center
Mehmood Rashid, MD
University of Toledo
Tania Reyna, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
University of Texas San Antonio
Sara M. Schaefer, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Yale University
Erica A. Schuyler, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Hartford HealthCare
Vicki Shanker, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Joel I. Shenker, MD, PhD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
University of Missouri
Cara Siegel, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
Jonathan Solomonow, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Kara J. Swafford, MD
University of Kentucky
Laura Vernon, MD
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Anh-Thu N. Vu, MD, MS
Drexel University
Alan Wang, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Banner University Medical Center – Phoenix
Robert Wiggins, MD
Novant Health
Christina Wilson, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
University of Florida
Katherine Wong, MD
University of Southern California
Edward Yu, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Northwell Health
Iram Zaman, DO, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Henry Ford Hospital
2025 recipients: Joy Chan, MD; Meeryo Choe, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Veronica K. Penyak Cipriani, MD; Tanu Garg, MD; Douglas J. Gelb, MD, PhD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Holli A. Horak, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Alexandra E. Hovaguimian, MD; Bing Liao, MD; Marissa C. Natelson Love, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Max R. Lowden, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Marisa McGhee, MD; Michael L. Palm, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Claudia A. Perez, MD; Tania Reyna, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Igor Rybinnik, MD; Courtney Seebadri-White, MD; Colleen Bevevino Tomcik, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Ann Van De Walle Jones, MD
Fellowship Director Recognition Award
Andrew P. Duker, MD
University of Cincinnati
Sudha Kessler, MD
University of Pennsylvania
2025 recipients: Chilvana V. Patel, MBBS, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Sara M. Schaefer, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Fellowship Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Coordinator Recognition Award
Stephanie Ladany
Hackensack Meridian John F. Kennedy University
Frank A. Rubino Award for Excellence in Clinical Neurology Teaching
Funded by Mayo Clinic Frank A. Rubino, MD Development Fund.
Raymond Price, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
University of Pennsylvania
2025 recipient: Gary S. Gronseth, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Neuroscience Course Director Excellence
Tamara B. Kaplan, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Harvard University
2025 recipient: Thomas Thesen, PhD
Residency Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Coordinator Recognition Award
Khalilah Harmon, MBA, C-TAGME
University of Texas San Antonio
Lori Nichols
Washington University in St. Louis
2025 recipients: Kelly E. Parm; Cassaundra Tucker, CTAGME
Residency Program Director Recognition Award
Soe S. Mar, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Washington University in St. Louis
Matthew S. Robbins, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
2025 recipients: Alexandra O. Duffy, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; Jeffrey B. Ratliff, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Resident & Fellow Writing Award
Sponsored by Neurology® Resident & Fellow Section.
Nathaly O. Chinchihualpa Paredes, MD
University of Cincinnati
Pasquale Maria Pecoraro, MD
Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma & Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico
Syed A. Zaidi, MD
University of Cincinnati
Kevin Duque, MD
University of Cincinnati
Abhimanyu Mahajan, MD, MHS, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
University of Cincinnati
Mohammad Mohammad, MD
University of Cairo
Andrew P. Duker, MD
University of Cincinnati
Marcelo A. Kauffman, MD
Centro Universitario de Neurología José María Ramos Mejía
Alberto J. Espay, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
University of Cincinnati
Luca Marsili, MD, PhD
University of Cincinnati
2025 recipient: Hillary Mullan, MD