Presented by the graduating class to a faculty member who best shared their concerns and addressed their needs.
1989Margaret B DeVore,2003James Mayfield,2004Manuel Castresana,2005Wayne Lawson,2006Stevin Dubin,2007Ivan Florentino-Pineda,2008William Hammonds,2009M Castresana,2010Mary Arthur,2011M Arthur,2012James Heyman,2013J Heyman,2014Sanjay Dwarakanath,2015M Arthur,2016W Lawson,2017M Castresana,2018Mohamed Gaber,2019Ankit Jain and Vikas Kumar,2020Chad Parvus-Teichmann,2021Efrain Riveros-Perez,2022Caryl Bailey,2023C Bailey,2024E Riveros-Perez,2025x
Presented to a faculty member who has shared the residents' educational concerns and addressed their needs.
2003Irfan Azeem,2004Audrey Alleyne,2005Heidi Handel,2006John Molinaro,2007John Whiteley,2008Wayne Lawson,2009Ivan Florentino-Pineda,2010Robert O'Bannon,2011Nina de Vilmorin,2012W Lawson,2013Sanjay Dwarakanth,2014James Heyman,2015Anterpreet Dua,2016Edward Foley and Mohamed Gaber,2017Vikas Kumar,2018Efrain Riveros-Perez,2019M Gaber,2020Chad Parvus-Teichmann,2021E Riveros-Perez,2022E Riveros-Perez,2023M Gaber,2024M Gaber, 2025 x
Presented to a graduating resident who consistently exceeds expectations in patient care, scholarly pursuits, and demonstrating professional standards and ethical principles.
1996Dennis George,1997James Allinger,1998Cooper Hagerty,1999Don Smith,2000George Ferrera,2001Olga Lazar,2002Paige King,2003Susan Eagle,2004Martin Evans,2005Nathan Lewis,2006Shannon Roden,2007Benjamin McCurdy,2008Patrick Goodman,2009Jing Liu,2010Anuj Aryal,2011Thomas Gallen,2012Vikas Kumar,2013Shelly Norris,2014John Blackburn and William Thomas Jr,2015Mark Banks,2016Andrew Friskey,2017Robert Scott Medearis,2018Andy Truong,2019Akbar Herekar,2020Chinar Sanghvi,2021Ashish Sakharpe,2022Ryan Nicklas,2023Jasmeen Kaur (also received the MCG Walter J Moore Outstanding Housestaff Award),2024Dhruti Diwan, 2025 x
Honors a resident who best exemplifies the characteristics of an anesthesiologist during his or her first clinical anesthesia year.
2002Kenneth Smith,2003Martin Evans,2004Keith Johnson,2005Benjamin McCurdy,2006Travis Ansley,2007Kuiran Jiao,2008Damon Reynolds,2009Joseph Lee Rawlings,2010Stephen Wells,2011Ellen Abellana,2012John Blackburn and Kevin Graham,2013Sean Crane,2014David Fritz,2015Michael Drinkwater,2016Timothy Del Rosario,2017Adam McIntyre-Smith,2018Osvaldo Barrientos,2019Michael Beshara,2020Prathik Mudaliar,2021Julio Medina,2022Dhruti Diwan,2023Philip Jung,2024Tyler Cook, 2025 x
Presented to the resident who has best served as an ambassador and mentor to the medical students who rotate through our service.
2003Tim Malaney,2004Denis Trto,2005Richard Davis,2006Keith Johnson,2007Barry Barton,2008Brian Zeh,2009Joseph Lee Rawlings,2010Nicholas Coates,2011Stephen Anderson,2012John Blackburn,2013Mark Banks,2014Robert Lemon,2015Michael Drinkwater,2016Emily Kurokawa,2017M Drinkwater,2018Adam McIntyre-Smith,2019Muhammad Salman Janjua,2020Bryan Renken,2021Julio Medina,2022Miriam Mokhtar,2023Philip Jung,2024Jacob Boudreaux,2025x
Presented to an anesthesia resident who has demonstrated exceptional selflessness, humility and competence in the care of the critically ill.
2021Rafael Ramirez,2022Julio Medina,2023J Medina,2024Dhruti Diwan, 2025 x
Presented to a graduating resident who has contributed significantly to quality improvement initiatives.
2019Akbar Herekar,2020Mamta Chura,2021Zahra Sykes,2022Ryan Nicklas,2023Daniel Sweeney,2024Rosa Lopez-Rincon,2025x
2018Nicolas Avila, Alex McNally, Justin Motthagi;2019Michael Beshara, Ashish Sakharpe, Ahmed Mohamed;2020Rafael Lombardi, Mayank Mehrotra, Luiz Moreira Costa, Prathik Mudaliar, Miguel Plaza Lloret;2021Jasmeen Kaur, Daniel Sweeney, Samuel Yetzer;2023Javier Polania Gutierrez, Benz Sawhney;2025x
Recognizes residents who scored in the top 1% of those sitting for the ABA In-Training Examination
2019Michael Beshara and Ashish Sakharpe;2020M Beshara and Thomas Epps;2021M Beshara, A Sakharpe, Miguel Plaza Lloret,2022M Plaza Lloret;2023Jasmeen Kaur, 2025 x
2007Barry Barton,2008Suzanne Turner,2009Damon Reynolds,2010Anuj Aryal,2011Miram Afridi,2012Michael Ford,2013William Thomas Jr,2014Mark Banks (last year this was awarded)
2019Muhammad Salman Janjua (last year this was awarded)
2022Bao-Ling Adam, Laurie Caldwell, Eakins;2023Ronald Chapman, Dawn Shinault, Shannon Tharin
2003Travon Wright
Presented to a Medical College of Georgia student for outstanding academic performance, leadership, and passion for the anesthesia specialty. Chosen by anesthesia faculty.
2007Joseph Lee Rawlings,2008Justin Rountree,2009Jeffrey Prinsell,2010Elizabeth Embury,2011Laura Gilbertson,2012Benjamin Judd,2013Jeffrey Mills,2014Colby Duckett,2015Blake Norman,2016Taylor Ziga,2017Erin Osteen,2018Sanjin Tankovich,2019Nitya Reddy,2020Ornella Oluwole,2021Stephanie Wahab,2022Aleena Bubb,2023Cameron Ernst,2024Farhan Lakhani,2025Samantha Fraime