On June 8, we celebrated the accomplishments of 15 categorical and 10 preliminary residents at the Canyon Crest Country Club in Riverside, CA.
As they embark on the next chapter of their medical careers, we salute these graduates and their invaluable contributions to our program. Congratulations!
Our graduating PGY-3 residents:
Our graduating preliminary residents:
We also had the opportunity to celebrate some special awardees during our Internal Medicine Awards Ceremony on June 13.
Preliminary Intern of the Year
Amanpreet Bilg, MD
Categorical Intern of the Year
Audrey Tran, DO
PGY2 Resident of the Year
Fadi Totah, DO
PGY3 Resident of the Year
Kate Monahan, DO
Resident Leader of the Year
Justin Curran, MD
Resident of the Year
Shonit Nandakumar, MD
We also had the opportunity to acknowledge faculty and staff:
Teachers of the Year
Selfless Service: Kaustubh Patankar, MD
Humanitarian: Rudy Saenz, MD
Outpatient Education: Sarah Chae, MD
Procedural Education: Chris Bovetas, MD
Research Leadership: Syed Rahamanuddin, MBBS
Inpatient Education: Sunil Ramaswamy, MD
Innovation: Eric Choi, MD
Leadership: Kumar Venkat, MD
Passion: Dalia Dawoud, MD
Mentorship: Kirollos Zaki, DO
Overall: Sylvia Soo, MD
MS3: Austin Swisher, UC Riverside School of Medicine
MS4: Somiya Maheshwari, UC Riverside School of Medicine
Outstanding Support:
Scott Kubomoto, MD
Lorra Baldes
Daniel Dorsey
Sydney Robinson
Lindsey Moos
IM Riverside 
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