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2025 Clinical Distinctions

The Clinical Distinctions (CD) designation program is designed to recognize faculty who have devoted a majority of their time and careers to providing excellence in clinical care.

Faculty member smiles on stage after accepting award

Senior Physician

Mahmoud Abdou
Medicine

Nader Aboujamous
Medicine

Monee Amin
Medicine

Alexandra Arges
Medicine

Don Bearden
Pediatrics

Andrea Corujo-Rodriguez
Anesthesiology

Nupur Dalal
Family and Preventive Medicine

Nader Dbouk
Medicine

Adviteeya Dixit
Medicine

Karman Duchon
Medicine

Faramarz Edalat
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Courtney Elder
Anesthesiology

Shaheen Fatima
Medicine

Emilee Flynn
Pediatrics

Jasmine Forte
Pediatrics

Steve Frohwein
Medicine

Michael Gallagher
Medicine

Neena Ghose
Family and Preventive Medicine

Adam Goldman-Yassen
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Harika Gorti
Medicine

Lindsey Gottlieb
Medicine

Ria Gripaldo
Medicine

Chris Hackney
Anesthesiology

Minh Tuan Hang
Medicine

Gavin Harris
Medicine

Christopher Hillhouse
Medicine

Kimberly Hoang
Neurosurgery

Wissam Jaber
Medicine

Suzana John
Medicine

Nisha Joseph
Hematology and Medical Oncology

Ashraf Khan
Surgery

Brandon Kitay
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Abhisake Kole
Medicine

Srinija Konduru
Medicine

Sarah Koumtouzoua
Medicine

Abiodun Kukoyi
Medicine

George Leach
Emergency Medicine

Britt Marshall
Medicine

Molly Melhem
Emergency Medicine

Takki Momin
Surgery

Digvijaya Navalkele
Neurology

Abesh Niroula
Medicine

Nikolaos Papadantonakis
Hematology and Medical Oncology

Jung Park
Medicine

Kajal Patel
Medicine

Chris Peters
Medicine

Jill Remick
Radiation Oncology

Cidjah Rodney-Somersall
Pediatrics

Ashley Rogers
Anesthesiology

Soumon Rudra
Radiation Oncology

Faisal Saeed
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Puja Saxena
Medicine

Purav Shah
Medicine

Toral Shah
Medicine

Surina Sharma
Medicine

Helen Shi
Neurology

James Sikora
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Jison Sim
Medicine

Emma Sizemore
Emergency Medicine

Ryan Smith
Family and Preventive Medicine

Ilan Sondheimer
Anesthesiology

Andres Su
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Jules Tabilona
Medicine

Meredith Trubitt
Medicine

Jon Varias
Anesthesiology

Devin Weinberg
Anesthesiology

David Wilkerson
Family and Preventive Medicine

Stella Wong
Emergency Medicine

Avanthika Wynn
Medicine

Patricia Zerra
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Senior Psychologist

Nicole Hendrix
Pediatrics

Katie Lanier
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Stella Nelms
Rehabilitation Medicine

Kandi Schmidt
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Laura Watkins
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Rachel Yosick
Pediatrics

Senior Optometrist

Ping Moore
Ophthalmology

Distinguished Physician

Reem Ahmed
Medicine

Sivan Ben-Moshe
Medicine

Laurence Busse
Medicine

Bree Eaton
Radiation Oncology

Aaron Gluth
Medicine

Peter Harri
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

George Hughes
Emergency Medicine

Erica Johnson
Anesthesiology

Jordan Kaylor
Emergency Medicine

Anna Kho
Medicine

Erin Kim
Medicine

Eric Knauer
Surgery

Olabisi Lane
Anesthesiology

Elizabeth Lange
Anesthesiology

Munish Luthra
Medicine

Meghann McKane
Pediatrics

Ethan Meisel
Emergency Medicine

Amy Miller
Medicine

Khusrow Niazi
Medicine

Hyungseok Oh
Medicine

Alex Papangelou
Anesthesiology

Anshul Patel
Medicine

Pretesh Patel
Radiation Oncology

Amit Prabhakar
Anesthesiology

Gustavo Pradilla
Neurosurgery

Jay Sanford
Anesthesiology

Tricia Smith
Emergency Medicine

Quratulain Syed
Medicine

Seema Tekwani
Medicine

Athan Tiliakos
Medicine

Natasha Travis
Medicine

Alex Truong
Medicine

Jaime Vengoechea
Human Genetics

Pamela Vohra-Khullar
Medicine

Justine Welsh
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Daniel Winkel
Neurology

Distinguished Psychologist

Colin Muething
Pediatrics

Valerie Volkert
Pediatrics

Distinguished Medical Physicist

Mingyao Zhu
Radiation Oncology

Eminent Physician

Cletus Arciero
Surgery

Michael Briones
Pediatrics

Stuart Brooker
Anesthesiology

Sharon Castellino
Pediatrics

Jason Cobb
Medicine

Jeremy Collins
Anesthesiology

Chris Dente
Surgery

Rina Eisenstein
Medicine

Eric Ferguson
Pediatrics

Eric Friedberg
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Toby Goldsmith
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Victoria Green
Gynecology and Obstetrics

Kathryn Leung
Pediatrics

Sung Sam Lim
Medicine

Wes Lindsey
Pediatrics

Jeff Linzer
Pediatrics

Viraj Master
Urology

Jeff Miller
Surgery

Lesley Miller
Medicine

Abeer Moanna
Medicine

Doug Murphy
Surgery

William Nicholson
Medicine

Michael Saenger
Medicine

Owen Samuels
Neurosurgery

Aarti Sekhar
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Tina-Ann Thompson
Family and Preventive Medicine

Paul Tso
Surgery

Ratna Vadlamudi
Anesthesiology

Nanette Kass Wenger
Medicine

Byron Robinson Williams III
Medicine

Matt Zygmont
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Eminent Psychologist

William Sharp
Pediatrics

Eminent Medical Physicist

Anees Dhabaan
Radiation Oncology

Eduard Schreibmann
Radiation Oncology

Awards and Distinctions
  • Faculty Recognitions Week
    • Adult Primary Care (APC) Site of the Year Award
    • 2025 Clinical Distinctions
    • Dean's Teaching Award
    • Distinguished Service Award
    • Emory 1% Award
    • Excellence in Patient Care
    • Excellence in Research Awards
    • Hidden Gems
    • Inclusive Excellence Award
    • Innovations in Clinical Care Award
    • Innovation for Impact Award
    • Lifetime Service and Leadership Award
    • MilliPub Club
    • Mentoring Award
    • Preceptor of the Year Award
    • 2025 Regional, National, and International Awards
    • 2025 Senior Promotions
    • Scientific Integrity Award
    • Site-Based Awards
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Emory at Grady Awards
  • Evangeline T. Papageorge Distinguished Teaching Award
  • National Academy of Medicine
  • National Academy of Sciences
  • SOM Staff Awards