Academic Awards

The Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Professional Association sponsors an annual Excellence in Surgical Sciences award to a graduating senior medical student at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, the University of Connecticut and the Yale University School of Medicine.

We sponsor this award to stimulate student interest in the surgical disciplines and to recognize outstanding achievement in these areas. The award is not restricted to excellence in general surgery or a specific surgical sub-specialty. Rather, we feel that the student showing the best overall performance in any of the surgical disciplines be considered by each institution for receipt of this prize.

We are pleased to join other professional societies who are recognizing outstanding academic achievement in the graduating medical student. We hope that these annual awards continue to stimulate students at the medical schools in Connecticut towards excellent academic achievements in surgery.

Award Recipients

	University of Connecticut School of Medicine	Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine	Yale School of Medicine
2020	Rebecca Lynn Calafiore, M.D.	Seija Maniskas, M.D.	Thais Faggion Vinholo, M.D.
2019	Nicholas Caminiti, M.D.	Ashkaun Razmara, M.D.	Elliot Morse, M.D.
2018	Sarah Grout, M.D.	Kayla Bassett, M.D.	Carla Marisa Lopez, M.D.
2017	Dardan Beqiri, M.D.	Timothy Kirk O’Rourke, M.D.	Parwiz Abrahami, M.D.
2016	Jenaya L. Goldwag, M.D.		Oliver Jawitz, M.D.
2015	Lisamarie Di Pasquale, M.D.		James Edward Tooley, III, M.D
2014	Kastley Marvin, M.D.		Brooks Udelsman, M.D.
2013	Mary Belniak, M.D.		Joshua Leinwand, M.D.
2012	Nimit Patel, M.D.		Jill Carol Rubenstein, M.D.
2011	Arya Varthi, M.D.		Matthew Hornick, M.D.
2010	Jonathan Romak, M.D.		Joshua Weiner, M.D.
2009	Aleksandra Krajewski, M.D.		Aaron Remenschneider, M.D.
2008	Keren Aviva Bashan, M.D.		Misaki Kiguchi, M.D.