Resident Honors and Awards

Earl Elkins Award Highest Score on Part I (Written Examination) This was no longer awarded after the year 2015.

1. William Bockeneck, M.D. 1991 
2. Joe Peters, M.D. 1993 
3. Lisa Krivickas, M.D. 1995 
4. Elaine Aufiero, M.D. 2004 
5. Akshat Shah, M.D. 2006
6. Jessica Bloomgarden, M.D. 2008
7. Jonathan Kirschner, M.D. 2009
8. Jong Kim, M.D. 2013 
9. Rana Rand, D.O. 2014  

Ernest Bors Award for Best Research Article in Spinal Cord Injury in the Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine
(Resident, Fellow - Only one award given nationwide each year) 

1. Andrea Cheville, M.D. 1995 
2. Jason Lipetz, M.D. 1997 
3. Alfred Tomaio, M.D. 1998 
4. John Horton III, M.D. 1999 
5. Chester Ho, MB, BChir. 2001 
6. Qing Tai, M.D., Ph.D. 200 
7. Ryan Solinsky, M.D. 2017 
8. Beverly Hon, M.D. 2020 

Elected Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) as a resident 

1. John Shumko, M.D., Ph.D. 1996 
2. Andrea Cheville, M.D. 1997 
3. Alice Chen, M.D. 1998 
4. Yong Park, M.D. 2001 
5. Nancy Kim, M.D. 2002
6. Alice Hon, M.D. 2014 
7. Jason Bitterman, M.D. 2020