The Weill Cornell Department of Anesthesiology celebrated its 2016 graduating residents and fellows with a dinner and ceremony at New York's Pierre Hotel on Friday, June 3. More than 320 department members and their guests filled the Grand Ballroom for the festivities.
Following cocktails, Chair Dr. Hugh Hemmings extended his greetings to the graduates, and urged them to keep a positive attitude and see humor in all that they do. "Enjoy life," he said, because the work we do is hard."
Dr. Hemmings also observed that in addition to the training they'd received, the Class of 2016 had produced "six weddings involving seven residents," two engagements and six babies. "There's clearly been time for some extracurricular activity as well," he remarked.
The department Chair expressed gratitude to Dr. Kane Pryor, director of medical education, for his redesign of the curriculum; Dr. Cynthia Lien, vice chair of academic affairs and residency program director, for her oversight of the program; and Dr. Eric Brumberger, residency program associate director, for his dedication and efforts in "smoothing out the wrinkles."
The evening proceeded with warm wishes and gentle humor as faculty honored each of the 20 graduating residents for his or her accomplishments.
Faculty, residents and fellows take the stage at the department's 2016 graduation ceremony.
Faculty also celebrated the achievements of 19 physicians who completed fellowships in pain medicine, cardiothoracic anesthesiology, global health, obstetric anesthesiology, critical care medicine, and regional and thoracic anesthesiology.
The ceremony concluded on a high note with the presentation of awards by Drs. Pryor and Brumberger.
Congratulations to the department's 2016 graduates and award winners. They are:
Class of 2016 Anesthesiology Residents
Eric Band, MD
Dorian Batt, MD
Vikram Bhasin, MD
Anastasia Grivoyannis, MD
Marc Gurny, MD
Nicholas Haralabakis, MD
Jingyi Li, MD
Lauren Licina, MD
Ilan Margulis, MD
Jeny Ng, MD
Hannah Odunaiya, MD
Rohan Panchamia, MD
Katerina Reznikova, MD
Jason Santiago, MD
Roberto Schnakofsky, MD
Daniela Urich, MD
Sabrina Wheatley, MD
Daniel Wyler, MD
Shiyin Zhu, MD
Elena Zininberg, MD
2016 Graduating Anesthesiology Fellows
Tri-Institutional Pain Fellowship Graduates
Grant Chen, MD
Yili Huang, DO
Nathan Hutson, MD
Samir Jani, MD
Mohammad Piracha, MD
Mary So, MD
Stephen Thorp, MD
Jennifer Zocca, MD
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Graduates
June Chan, MD
Christopher Tam, MD
Kiri Mackersey, MD
Global Health Fellowship Graduate
Sheida Tabaie, MD
Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship Graduate
Emily Kahn, MD
Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Graduates
Michael Andrews, MD
Gurbinder Singh, DO
Joshua Kohtz, MD
Regional and Thoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Graduates
Mahendra Samaru, MD
Kimberly Fischer, MD
Regional Anesthesia and Informatics Fellowship Graduate
Zachary Turnbull, MD
2016 Award Winners
Chief Resident Awards
Nicholas Haralabakis, MD
Jingyi Li, MD
Clinical Excellence in Regional Anesthesia Award on behalf of our Friends @HSS
Daniel Wyler, MD
Research Award
Anastasia Grivoyannis, MD
Ronald A. Leff Award: Excellence in Clinical Teaching by a Resident
Rohan Panchamia, MD
Sadel Wortis Klein Award: Excellence in Clinical Performance
Daniel Wyler, MD
Shiyin Zhu, MD
Joseph F. Artusio Award: Outstanding Resident
Jingyi Li, MD
Hospital for Special Surgery Teacher of the Year
Stephen C. Haskins, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Teacher of the Year
Lisa R. Barr, MD
Marjorie Topkins Award for NYPH Teacher of the Year
Jeremy Pick, MD