IM Riverside

On May 29, we celebrated the accomplishments of 15 categorical and 10 preliminary residents at the Marinaj Banquet Hall in Moreno Valley, 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 highlight faculty, residents, and staff during our Internal Medicine Awards Ceremony on June 12.

We also had the opportunity to acknowledge faculty and staff:

Teachers of the Year
Selfless Service: Greg Shimizu, MD
Procedural Education: Luke Friedman, MD
Innovation: Ahmad Alazzeh, MD
Research Leadership: Kumar Venkat, MD
Leadership: Sarah Chae, MD
Passion: Sahar Eivaz Mohammadi, MD
Mentorship: Kyle Seko, DO
Inpatient Education: Remus Popa, MD
Outpatient Education: Haidy Youssef, MD
Overall: Joseph Alukal, MD

Something also really wonderful to share is that Drs. Youssef and Seko were in our very first categorical and preliminary classes respectively!

Outstanding Support
Bella Panchal, Speech Therapy
Jake Hass, Pharmacy
Randie Vlahakis, Nursing
Maria Garcia

This year, 45 students from various medical schools rotated with our residents on the inpatient service. Although we recognize the work of all these medical students, we had the opportunity to highlight two in particular:
MS3: Catherine Lowe – University of California, Riverside School of Medicine
MS4: Ivie Queen Egiebor, MD – University of California, Riverside School of Medicine

Finally, Dr. Dawoud introduced the Dr. Zaky Dawoud Journal Club Award. Established to honor the research legacy of her father, this award is given to one presenting pair each year on the merits of presentation quality, background research, teaching of methodology, and application to our own practice. The Dr. Zaky Dawoud Journal Club Award was presented to Lily Zhong, DO and Su-Ting Chen, DO for their presentation of the OCEAN study.