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Grant & Whitehill Recipients

Grant Recipients

Faculty Development

2025

Quan Bui, MD
Jisha Joshua, MD
Tiranum Rungvivatjarus, MD
Akash Desai, MD
Christopher Chu, MD
Kyle Hendrie, MD
Xiaojie Zhang, MD
Kanani Titchen, MD
Alice Chen, MD
Arjun Khanna, MD
Aviya Levy, MD
Vanessa Scott, MD
Yuri Shindo, MD
Rachna Subramony, MD

2024

Martin Krause, MD
Mojgan Hosseini, MD
Toluwalase Ajayi, MD
Li Lei, MD
Pratibha Binder, MD
Rahul Nene, MD
Anna Mercer, MD
Richard Childers, MD

 2023

Lyudmila Bazhenova, MD
Seth Bechis, MD
Kelly Bush, MD
Richard Childers, MD
Robert Deiss, MD
Samuel Eisenstein, MD
Srila Gopal, MD
Jona Hattangadi-Gluth, MD
Melissa Kanack, MD
David Klein, MD
Brian Kwan, MD
Akihiro Matsuoka, MD
Yahir Santiago-Lastra, MD

 2022

Amir Aminlari, MD
Julie Cormano, MD
Christian Dameff, MD
Katherine Hinchcliff, MD
Andrew LaFree, MD
Isabel Newton, MD
Soo Park, MD
Piper Sandel, MD
Andres Ricardo Schneeberger, MD and Jessica Thackaberry, MD
Tukisa Smith, MD

 2021

Edward Chao, MD
Aaron Besterman, MD
Gladys Ramos, MD
Nikdokht Faird, MD
Deepa Sanniudhi, MD
Joseph Osorio, MD
Benjamin Heyman, MD
Amy Bellinghausen, MD
Tatyana Vayngortin, MD
Kay Yeung, MD

 2020

Douglas Chang, MD
Joel Baumgartner, MD
Terri Cheng, MD
Syed Abbas Fehmi, MD
Frederick Kolb, MD
Amy Leu, MD and Alan Shahtaji, MD
Jyoti Mayadev, MD
Christopher Reid, MD
Benjamin Heyman, MD
Mojgan Hosseini, MD
Mylinh Nguyen, MD
Tiranun Rungvivatjarus, MD
Charlotte Sadler, MD
Marc Schwartz, MD

2019

Lukas Austin-Page, MD
Allison Berndtson, MD
Ethan Bortniker, MD
Tatiana Catanzarite, MD
Ali Farkhondehpour, MD
Syed Fehmi, MD
Michael Gardiner, MD
Maria Huang, MD
Jejo Koola, MD
Daniel Lee, MD
Jeremy Orr, MD
Gabriel Wardi, MD

2018

Joslin Cheverie, MD
Christopher Coyne, MD
Nicholas Daniels, MD
Jeffrey Gold, MD
Jeffrey Jenks, MD
Theodore Katsivas, MD
William Kent, MD
Samuel Lance, MD
Syndey Leibel, MD
Alicia Minns, MD
Sheila Mody, MD
Ryan Moran, MD
James Murphy, MD
Taraneh Paravar, MD
Fareed Saleh, MD
Vanessa Tamas, MD

2017

​Gobind Anand, MD
Edward Cachay, MD
Rekha Chandrabose, MD
Mohammed Eghtedari, MD
Samuel Eisenstein, MD
T. Mike Hsieh, MD
Jae Kim, MD
Jyoti Mayadev, MD
Farshad Moradi, MD
James Murphy, MD
Andrew Picel, MD
Yahir Santiago-Lastra, MD
I-Wei Shu, MD
Supraja Thota, MD

Kaiser

2025

Stacy Charat, MD
James Ford, MD
Eric Mendez, MD

 2024

Joseph Diaz, MD
Jorge Fernandez, MD
Sarah Merrill, MD
Megha Shankar, MD
Claire Soria, MD
Elizabeth Yu, MD

 2023

Carolyn Sawyer, MD
Claire Soria, MD

 2022

Helen Wang, MD
Darcy Wooten, MD 

2021

Jill Blumenthal, MD
Laura Bauman, MD
Sarah Merrill, MD
Khai Nguyen, MD 

2020

Isabel Newton, MD
Shannon Leung, MD

2019

Byron Fergeson, MD
Vanessa Scott, MD

2018

​Ankita Kadakia, MD
Jamie LaBuzetta, MD

2017

Seth Bechis, MD
Cynthia Gonzalez, MD

WhiteHill Recipients

The Whitehill Charitable Trust was establised in 1995 by Jules Leonard Whitehill to support the Whitefill Prize for Excellence in the teaching of clinical medicine to students, residents and fellows. The recipient is chosen by the Chief Residents of each residency program and given to an Assistant or Associate level faculty member who best exemplifies compassionate bedside manners for learners to emulate, serves as an advocate for trainees, and encourages and facilities clinical, translation or basic science research projects.

Whitehill

2026

Department Name
Anesthesia Megan Kawasaki
Dermatology Reid Oldenburg
Emerg Medicine William Bruno
Family Medicine William Andrew
Internal Medicine Jenna Klubnick
Neurology Victoria Wu
Neurosurgery Jillian Plonsker
OB/GYN & Repro Sci Lindsey Burnett
Opthalmology Sally Baxter
Orthopaedic Surg Micah Blais
Otolaryngology Daniel Cates
Pathology Mitchell Zhao 
Pediatrics Daniele Leverone
Pharmacy Andrew Willeford
Psychiatry Paige Sutherland
Diagnostic Radiation Julie An   
Radiation Oncology Kathryn Tringale
Surgery Peter Than
Urology Darshan Patel

2025

Department Name
Anesthesia Kenneth Miller, MD
Dermatology Genevieve Kaunitz, MD
Emerg Medicine Michael Self, MD
Family Medicine Ariel Portera, DO
Internal Medicine Ashley Scanlon, MD
Neurology Victoria Wu, MD
Neurosurgery David Santiago-Dieppa, MD
OB/GYN & Repro Sci Nicole Teal, MD, MPH
Opthalmology Nathan L. Scott, MD, MPP
Orthopaedic Surg Ian M. Foran, MD
Otolaryngology Jesse Qualliotine, MD
Pathology Mariah Leivo, MD
Pediatrics Chloe Kupelian, DO
Pharmacy Andrew Willeford, PharmD, PhD, BCCP
Psychiatry Yash Joshi, MD, PhD
Diagnostic Radiation Lily Sung, MD
Radiation Oncology Austin Hopper, MD
Surgery Jarrett Santorelli, MD
Urology Darshan Patel, MD

 2024

Department Name
Anesthesia Eric Tzeng, MD
Dermatology Timothy Dang, MD
Emerg Medicine Casey Lee Smith, MD
Family Medicine Julia McPherson, MD
Internal Medicine William Cameron McGuire, MD, MPH
Neurology Jessica Schulte, MD, PhD
Neurosurgery Martin H. Pham, MD
OB/GYN & Repro Sci Michelle Tang, MD
Opthalmology Catherine Y. Liu, MD, PhD 
Orthopaedic Surg Joseph Mitchell, MD 
Otolaryngology Theresa Guo, MD
Pathology Vanessa Goodwill, MD
Pediatrics Rachel M. Marano, MD
Pharmacy Andrew Willeford, Pharm.D, PhD
Psychiatry Julia Gleichman, MD 
Diagnostic Radiation Paul Manning, MD
Radiation Oncology Chika Nwachukwu, MD, PhD
Surgery Laura Adams, MD
Urology Juan Javier-Desloges, MD, MS

2023

Department Name
Anesthesia Claire Soria, MD
Dermatology Dawn Eichenfield, MD, PhD
Emerg Medicine Sukhdeep Singh. MD
Family Medicine Graham Heimler, MD
Internal Medicine Sean Kenmore, MD
Neurology David J. Lee, MD
Neurosurgery Martin Pham, MD
Opthalmology Jiun Lap Do, MD, PhD 
Orthopaedic Surg Frank Chiarappa, MD
Otolaryngology Carol Yan, MD
Pathology Laura Stephens, MD
Pediatrics Maria Huang, MD
Pharmacy Jennifer Namba, Pharm.D
Psychiatry Michelle Singh, MD
Radiation Oncology Christopher Straka, MD
Diagnostic Radiation Rupal Parikh, MD
OB/GYN & Repro Sci Amy Driebe, MD
Surgery Aleah Brubaker, MD, PhD
Urology Maria Uloko, MD

2022

Department Name
Anesthesia Diana Hylton, MD
Dermatology Veronica Shi, MD
Emergency Medicine Jessica Brice Bagby, MD
Internal Medicine Mazen Odish, MD
Neurology Caitlin Mulligan, MD
Ophthalmology Doran Spencer, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Frank Chiarappa, MD
Otolaryngology Ryan Orosco, MD
Pathology Jingjing Hu, MD
Pediatrics Branden Engorn, MD
Radiation Oncology Iain MacEwan, MD
Diagnostic Radiology Michael 'Misha' Horowitz, MD, PhD
Reproductive Medicine Jorge L. Alvarado, MD, FACOG
Surgery Shanglei Liu, MD
Urology Darshan Patel, MD