VCOM Auburn Class of 2022 - Graduation Program

Mission The mission of the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) is to prepare globally minded, community-focused physicians to meet the needs of rural and medically underserved populations and promote research to improve human health. VCOM’s faculty, staff and students value professionalism, integrity, duty, compassion, altruism, knowledge and critical thinking. Class of 2022 Statement The Class of 2022 adopted this class statement at orientation to reflect their commitment to VCOM and their future as osteopathic physicians: We have been invited to join the ranks of healthcare professionals, and to connect as driven individuals with unique stories from varying regions of the world. Our pursuit of the biomedical sciences and arts is fueled by our love for people and the curiosity that fills our minds.

In the face of the inevitable battles of our profession we will be steadfast and maintain an optimistic resolve.

We converge as a unified body of lifelong learners, leaders and healers to bring comfort to the ill and provide aid to those in need without bias. Together, we will be stewards of wellbeing, working in harmony with one another as the mind, body and spirit harmonize to breathe life into the world.

The Degree of Osteopathic Medicine

The Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree is granted to and conferred by VCOM upon candidates who are of good moral, professional and ethical character and have satisfactorily completed all academic and national board requirements.

Class of 2022 Graduation Program

Prelude Procession

Led by J. Danielle McCullough, PhD

Kenny V. Brock, DVM, MS, PhD

Invocation*

Chairman John G. Rocovich Jr., JD, LLM

The National Anthem*

Performed by The SOAP Notes

Welcome

Chairman John G. Rocovich Jr., JD, LLM

Remarks from the President and Provost Remarks from the Dean

Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP

Heath Parker, DO

Greetings from the American Osteopathic Association

AOA Campus Representative

Timothy J. Kowalski, DO, FACN Vice Provost and Trustee of the AOA

Graduation Address

Commencement Speaker Marty Bonick

VCOM-Auburn Advisory Board

Presentation of Candidates for Degree in Course Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine

President and Provost Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP

Conferring of the Degrees Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine

Dean, Auburn Campus Heath Parker, DO

The Osteopathic Oath VCOMAlma Mater

Led by Heath Parker, DO

Performed by The SOAP Notes

Recessional*

Led by David Stephen, DO

Patricia Matto, DO, FACOFP, FAAFP

*Audience Please Rise

Letter from the President

Dear Class of 2022, on behalf of the entire College, we want to take this time to congratulate each graduate. It is your dedication, strength and stamina that have brought you to this exciting milestone in your career. When you enter your

osteopathic medicine: “You do not know all of medicine today and you never will, so be a life-long learner. Caring for the whole person is to care for their mental health, their physical health and their spiritual well- being, so practice life-long

residency, you will be a significant caregiver for your patients. Your future is so bright it is blinding. The practice of medicine you will enter after today will not be the same practice of medicine when you retire. Remember these truths from Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, the father of

caring. And remember the human body is a wonderful creation with an amazing ability to heal when given the right environment, the right care and right support.” We are proud of every graduate and welcome you to join 4,100 graduates known as VCOM Alumni!

Commencement Speaker

Marty Bonick is President and Chief Executive Officer of Ardent Health Services. Ardent is one of the largest private health systems in the U.S., encompassing 30 hospitals and more than 200 sites of care across six states. Ardent employs more than 26,000 people, including

and serves as a member of the Boards of the Federation of American Hospitals (Chair- Elect), the Edward Via

College of Medicine - Auburn Advisory Board, Community Health Corporation and ProUnlimited. He holds dual master’s degrees from Washington University in St. Louis in Healthcare Administration and Information Management and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Illinois.

over 1,300 employed providers, who collectively care for over 2.7 million patient encounters each day. Bonick is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives,

Military Graduates The following students were selected for the Health Professions Scholarship Program and have been commissioned into their respective branches of the military. These students are promoted upon receipt of their degree from VCOM. We are thankful to each of our military graduates for their service and dedication to our country.

VCOM CLASS OF 2022 Health Professions Scholarship Program Members

AIR FORCE Robert Wynston Buntyn Mackenzie Taylor Eickhoff Jackie Jiayi He

NAVY Julia Orcutt Allen

ARMY Nicholas Kealiiokamalu Lee

David Sullivan Axford Daniel Scott Jeziorski Wesley Robert Ortmann Derriyan Lanae Price Rachael Virginia Wood

VCOM CLASS OF 2022 Veterans

Chad Edward Gibbs Zola E. Wilkerson

Sigma Sigma Phi Honor Society

Sigma Sigma Phi is an Honorary Osteopathic Service Fraternity. The objectives and purposes are to further the science of Osteopathic medicine and its standards of practice and to improve the scholastic standing among its students. Class of 2022 students with a 3.8 overall grade point average at the time of induction and who have demonstrated that they have performed significant community service and have a proven track record of professionalism and leadership skills are eligible for consideration of membership. VCOMCLASS OF 2022 Sigma Sigma Phi Chi-Alpha Chapter Members

David Sullivan Axford Arthi Balasubramaniam Jared Jack Bies Madison Clare Blackwell Ryan Michael Breaud Bailey Alexandra Brown Aaron D. Burch Luke William Burnham Rachel Butler-Sarvaunt Jocelyn Cañedo Ragan Harrah Chiang Austin Clements Zachary Alan Cook Marina F. Dias Bari Nicole Elfenbein Lindsey Claire Ferko Stephanie Ficker Easton Fuller

Tayler Frances Gant Annie Dodson Gilliam Austin Dean Gould Gretchen Laurel Harknett Benjamin David Harman Jackie Jiayi He Katie Ward Holley Zachary Cole Holley Mitchell Henry Jackson Daniel Scott Jeziorski Jennifer Nicole Justice Santosh Prakash Kalan Daniel Brien Edward Knight Mehgan Blackwell Lazenby

Navpreet Kaur Panglia Rachel Leigh Park Archit Sureshchandra Patel Riddhi Praful Patodia Garrett Gardner Perry Kaitlyn Brook Phillips Kayla Ramirez Jessica Lauren Remy Rachel Rice Abigail Philippine Schoutko Kent Michael Scruggs Natalie Amanda Shaykh Kyle Thomas Sikes Jonathan Elliott Sledd Katherine Tate Thompson Hunter L. Walker Kandance Jernigan Williams

Mollie R. Lerner Jacob Ryan Lovin Dallon B. Lush Stephanie Lora Meier

Gold HumanismHonors Society

Alexandra Denise Andrews Kevin Bertrand Madison Clare Blackwell Harrah Chiang Perri Gilbert Cimo Kristina Manning Clayton Matthew Allen Daniel Katelyn Hatfield Ducker Lindsey Claire Ferko Benjamin David Harman Mehgan Blackwell Lazenby Stephanie Lora Meier

Riddhi Praful Patodia Lauren Mason Paul Jessica Lauren Remy Rachel Rice Kent Michael Scruggs Natalie Amanda Shaykh Esther Yerang Song Brittney LillianThomas Katherine Tate Thompson Megan Elizabeth Ward Zola E.Wilkerson

Honor Code Council

Chair: Zola E.Wilkerson Vice Chair: Dominique Sarah Marie Bothwell

Austin Clements Vipin Mathew

Research Award Caroline Anderson Clark Biomedical and Research Awards

Biomedical Award Annie Dodson Gilliam

Student Leaders

Class Officers President: Nathan Schlies Vice President: Mehgan Lazenby Student Government Association (SGA) President: Jocelyn Cañedo Ragan Student OsteopathicMedical Association (SOMA) President: Riddhi Praful Patodia American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP) President: Zachary Cole Holley American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) President: Taylor Murray American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians andGynecologists (ACOOG) President: Bailey Alexandra Brown American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians (ACOP) President: Ryan Michael Breaud American College of Osteopathic Neurologists and Psychiatrists (ACONP) President: Mollie R. Lerner AmericanMedical Women’s Association (AMWA) President: Brittney Lillian Thomas

AmericanOsteopathic Academy of SportsMedicine (AOASM) President: Katie Ward Holley ChristianMedical andDental Association (CMDA) President: Daniel Brien Edward Knight Hispanic Community Medical Outreach (HCMO) President: Kayla Ramirez Student American Association of Osteopathy (SAAO) President: Kent Michael Scruggs Student Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (SAMOPS) President: David Sullivan Axford Student National Medical Association (SNMA) President: Derriyan Lanae Price Sigma Sigma Phi (SSP) President: Austin Dean Gould American College of Osteopathic Surgeons -Medical Student Section (ACOS-MSS) (SOSA) President: Madison Clare Blackwell

National and Regional Leadership Positions

MatthewAllenDaniel National Secretary for Student Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA) Riddhi Praful Patodia National SOMA Board of Directors: Public Relations National SOMA Board of Directors: Strategic Partnerships

Megan ElizabethWard American Medical Association Region 4 Vice Chair Medical Student Section Regional Delegate State of Alabama Council of State Leaders Chair

DO with Research Distinction

Caroline Anderson Clark Annie Dodson Gilliam

Esther Yerang Song Kevin O'Neal Wortman II

Student Ambassadors

Julia Orcutt Allen David Sullivan Axford Charles Nicholas Bader Arthi Balasubramaniam Jared Jack Bies Madison Clare Blackwell Samantha Renae Blair Ryan Michael Breaud Bailey Alexandra Brown Kristina Manning Clayton Austin Clements Katelyn Hatfield Ducker

Emily Mae Fountain Matthew Noles Gatewood Annie Dodson Gilliam Hayley Goodson James Aaron Gore Austin Dean Gould Jason Tyler Hall Leondria C. Hinds Katie Ward Holley Zachary Cole Holley Santosh Prakash Kalan Riley C. King

Jacob Ryan Lovin Yousef Ahmad Nikzai Archit Sureshchandra Patel Derriyan Lanae Price Jocelyn Cañedo Ragan Hallye McClain Rodgers Daniel Ruiz Kent Michael Scruggs Kyle Thomas Sikes Garrett A. Stults Graham Douglas Trott

Student Doctors of the Region

East AlabamaMedical Center Kyle Hugh Lancaster CrestwoodMedical Center Megan Elizabeth Ward SouthGeorgia Medical Center Shannon Williams Orange ParkMedical Center Jaclyn Johnson Murphy GrandviewMedical Center Austin Clements JackHughstonMemorial Hospital Tayler Frances Gant

Piedmont Columbus Regional Vipin Mathew Medical Center Enterprise Bailey Alexandra Brown Russell Medical Center Kent Michael Scruggs Ft. Walton BeachMedical Center Daniel Ruiz Gadsden Regional Medical Center

Stephanie Lora Meier Helen Keller Hospital Riley C. King

Distinguished Scholars

Surgery Austin Clements Zachary Cole Holley Garrett Gardner Perry FamilyMedicine Zachary Cole Holley Jacob Ryan Lovin Stephanie Lora Meier Pediatric Ryan Michael Breaud Austin Clements Jessica Lauren Remy

Internal Medicine Bari Nicole Elfenbein Austin Dean Gould Kyle Thomas Sikes Psychiatry Major Tyner Hargrove Vipin Mathew Monica Nina Sehgal Obstetrics and Gynecology Jared Jack Bies Samantha Renae Blair Mehgan Blackwell Lazenby

EmergencyMedicine Danielle Raslan Jessica Lauren Remy Garrett A. Stults

Clinical Skills and Simulation Interns

Charles Nicholas Bader Jared Jack Bies Madison Clare Blackwell Matthew Allen Daniel

Vipin Mathew Gabriel C. Nold Navpreet Kaur Panglia Katherine Tate Thompson

Jason Tyler Hall Mollie R. Lerner

Jessica Lauren Remy Zola E. Wilkerson

Student Scholarships

Julia Orcutt Allen Navy Health Professions Scholarship Program 2018-2019

Jacob Ryan Lovin Hatton Lovejoy Graduate Studies Scholarship 2018-2019 Hannah BrookeMarshall Medical Dental School Stipend Program 2018-2019 Taylor Britt Murray The Merchants Company Scholarship Fund 2018-2019 Wesley Robert Ortmann Navy Health Professions Scholarship Program 2018-2019

David Sullivan Axford Navy Health Professions Scholarship Program 2018-2019 Jared Jack Bies National Health Service Corps (NHSC) 2018-2029 RobertWynston Buntyn Air Force Health Professions Scholarship Program 2018-2029 Rachel Butler-Sarvaunt Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation Scholarship 2018-2019

Derriyan Lanae Price Navy Health Professions Scholarship Program 2018-2019 Rachel VirginiaWood Navy Health Professions Scholarship Program 2018-2019

Daniel Scott Jeziorski Navy Health Professions Scholarship Program 2018-2019 Nicholas Kealiiokamalu Lee Army Health Professions Scholarship Program 2018-2019

Degrees in Course May 14, 2022

Degrees in Course Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine

Ahmad Nabil Abukhader Jessica Marie Adams Adekanyinsola Adeyemo Odaye Abdalla Al Shammary Kelly P. Alcius Julia Orcutt Allen Jessica Paige Ammon Alexandra Denise Andrews

Harrah Chiang Kristy Chin Perri Gilbert Cimo Caroline Anderson Clark Jessica Clark Kristina Manning Clayton Austin Clements Zachary Alan Cook Matthew Allen Daniel Jason Blair Davis Selina Matina Deanda Marina F. Dias Katelyn Hatfield Ducker Jonathan Alexander Dyas Ramsi D. Dykes Mackenzie Taylor Eickhoff Bari Nicole Elfenbein Lindsey Claire Ferko Stephanie Ficker Emily Mae Fountain Easton Fuller Tayler Frances Gant Matthew Noles Gatewood Jeena George Chad Edward Gibbs

Annie Dodson Gilliam Hayley Goodson James Aaron Gore Austin Dean Gould Rahil Gour Brittany Leigh Gray Jason Tyler Hall William Edward Hardwick III Major Tyner Hargrove Gretchen Laurel Harknett Benjamin David Harman Jackie Jiayi He Leondria C. Hinds Walid Hmissa Katie Ward Holley

David Sullivan Axford Charles Nicholas Bader Arthi Balasubramaniam Trey Bates

Kevin Bertrand Jared Jack Bies Omar K. Bilbeisi Jansen Robb Blackwell Madison Clare Blackwell Samantha Renae Blair Dominique Sarah Marie Bothwell Ryan Michael Breaud

Zachary Cole Holley Emily Spain Ireland Sameer Irfan Mitchell Henry Jackson Daniel Scott Jeziorski Jennifer Nicole Justice Santosh Prakash Kalan Ayesha Khan Sameer Ahmed Khan Fazal Ullah Khan

Bailey Alexandra Brown Robert Wynston Buntyn Aaron D. Burch Luke William Burnham Rachel Butler-Sarvaunt

Degrees in Course Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine

Riley C. King Sophia Anne Kirchhoff Daniel Brien Edward Knight W. Scott Kutsche Kyle Hugh Lancaster Mehgan Blackwell Lazenby Nicholas Kealiiokamalu Lee Mollie R. Lerner Jacob Ryan Lovin Dallon B. Lush Lynch Monroe Major Adolph Zachary Marmetschke Hannah Brooke Marshall Vipin Mathew Stephanie Lora Meier Addison T. Moore Erik Moreno Tahseen Munshi Jaclyn Johnson Murphy

Rachel Leigh Park Archit Sureshchandra Patel Arsh Divyesh Patel Raj Patel Riddhi Praful Patodia Siddhi Patodia Lauren Mason Paul Garrett Gardner Perry Kaitlyn Brooke Phillips Lawrence Pierce III Derriyan Lanae Price Jayde Soccorro-Caroluci Price Jocelyn Cañedo Ragan Kayla Ramirez Danielle Raslan Jessica Lauren Remy Rachel Rice Hallye McClain Rodgers Daniel Ruiz Roxanna Safarimaryaki Fabian O. Sarrias Franklin Andrew Schaefer Nathan Thom Schlies Abigail Philippine Schoutko Kent Michael Scruggs

Monica Nina Sehgal Natalie Amanda Shaykh Kyle Thomas Sikes Elaine Marie Simon Michael S. Skinner Jonathan Elliott Sledd Esther Yerang Song Garrett A. Stults Courtney Jean Syfrett Brittney Lillian Thomas Katherine Tate Thompson Graham Douglas Trott Hunter L. Walker Jessie Elizabeth Wampler Megan Elizabeth Ward Haley Marie Warwick Amber Taliea Watts Zola E. Wilkerson Shannon P. Williams Kandace Jernigan Williams Rachael Virginia Wood Kevin O'Neal Wortman II Christopher Steven Wyatt Ivana V. Yero

Gracie Grant Murray Taylor Britt Murray Yousef Ahmad Nikzai Gabriel C. Nold Wesley Robert Ortmann Navpreet Kaur Panglia

Graduate Medical Education Locations Class of 2022

Class of 2022

Graduate Medical Education Locations

Ahmad Nabil Abukhader

Charles Nicholas Bader

Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital Wyandotte, Michigan General Surgery Orange Park Medical Center Orange Park, Florida Emergency Medicine SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse, New York Psychiatry University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine Knoxville, Tennessee Family Medicine Orange Park Medical Center Orange Park, Florida Transitional Year Medical College of Georgia Augusta, Georgia Radiology-Diagnostic

Jessica Marie Adams

Arthi Balasubramaniam

Adekanyinsola Adeyemo

Trey Bates

Odaye Abdalla Al Shammary

Carilion Clinic Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Roanoke, Virginia Internal Medicine

San Antonio, Texas Internal Medicine

Kevin Bertrand

Kelly P. Alcius

Pursuing a career in Internal Medicine

Ohio Health-Doctors Hospital Columbus, Ohio General Surgery

Jared Jack Bies

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso El Paso, Texas Internal Medicine

Julia Orcutt Allen

Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune Jacksonville, North Carolina Family Medicine University of Tennessee Health Science Center at Memphis Memphis, Tennessee Internal Medicine University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi Pediatrics Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Portsmouth, New Hampshire Transitional Year

Omar K. Bilbeisi

Jessica Paige Ammon

University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences Tuscaloosa, Alabama Family Medicine

Jansen Robb Blackwell

Alexandra Denise Andrews

University of Alabama School of Medicine at Huntsville Huntsville, Alabama Family Medicine

Madison Clare Blackwell

David Sullivan Axford

Oklahoma State University Center for Health Science Tulsa, Oklahoma Orthopaedic Surgery

Class of 2022

Graduate Medical Education Locations

Samantha Renae Blair

Harrah Chiang

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana Pediatrics

Advocate Health Care Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

Park Ridge, Illinois Internal Medicine

Dominique Sarah Marie Bothwell

Kristy Chin

In His Image Family Medicine Tulsa, Oklahoma Family Medicine University of Arkansas College of Medicine Little Rock, Arkansas Pediatrics Memorial Health University Medical Center Savannah, Georgia Obstetrics-Gynecology

LSU Health Sciences Center University Hospitals and Clinics Lafayette, Louisiana Family Medicine

Ryan Michael Breaud

Perri Gilbert Cimo

South Baldwin Regional Medical Center Foley, Alabama Family Medicine University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine Tampa, Florida Pediatrics North Mississippi Medical Center Tupelo, Mississippi Internal Medicine Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana Pediatrics

Bailey Alexandra Brown

Caroline Anderson Clark

Robert Wynston Buntyn

Jessica Clark

Wright-Patterson Medical Center Dayton, Ohio Internal Medicine HCA Healthcare Virginia LewisGale Hospital-Montgomery Blacksburg, Virginia Transitional/Dermatology University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi Anesthesiology University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences Tuscaloosa, Alabama Family Medicine

Aaron D. Burch

Kristina Manning Clayton

Luke William Burnham

Austin Blake Clements

Brookwood Baptist Health Birmingham, Alabama General Surgery

Rachel Butler-Sarvaunt

Zachary Alan Cook

Redmond Regional Medical Center Rome, Georgia Transitional Year

Class of 2022

Graduate Medical Education Locations

Matthew Allen Daniel

Bari Nicole Elfenbein Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical Center

Coliseum Medical Centers Piedmont Medical Center Macon, Georgia Emergency Medicine

Fort Worth, Texas Transitional Year University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Austin, Texas Radiology-Diagnostic HCA Healthcare GME University of Central Florida Ocala, Florida Internal Medicine

Jason Blair Davis

Redmond Regional Medical Center Rome, Georgia Transitional Year

Lindsey Claire Ferko

Selina Matina Deanda

Creighton University Phoenix, Arizona Internal Medicine

Marina F. Dias

Stephanie Ficker

University of Florida College of Medicine Shands Hospital Pensacola, Florida Pediatrics

University of Cincinnati Medical Center Cincinnati, Ohio Neurology University of Kentucky Medical Center Bowling Green, Kentucky Obstetrics-Gynecology

Emily Mae Fountain

Katelyn Hatfield Ducker

East Alabama Medical Center Opelika, Alabama Internal Medicine

Easton Fuller

Jonathan Alexander Dyas

St. Anthony Hospital Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Obstetrics-Gynecology Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, California Pathology Florida Atlantic University Schmidt College of Medicine Boca Raton, Florida Surgery

Atrium Health Navicent Medical Center Macon, Georgia Obstetrics-Gynecology

Tayler Frances Gant

Ramsi D. Dykes

St. Elizabeth Medical Center Edgewood, Kentucky Family Medicine Wright-Patterson Medical Center Dayton, Ohio Internal Medicine

Matthew Noles Gatewood

Mackenzie Taylor Eickhoff

Jeena George

WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center Smyrna, Georgia Family Medicine

Class of 2022

Graduate Medical Education Locations

Chad Edward Gibbs

Major Tyner Hargrove

East Alabama Medical Center Opelika, Alabama Internal Medicine

East Alabama Medical Center Opelika, Alabama Internal Medicine

Annie Dodson Gilliam

Gretchen Laurel Harknett

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Permian Basin Odessa, Texas Obstetrics-Gynecology

HCA Healthcare University of South Florida Morsani GME Bradenton, Florida Transitional Year

Hayley Goodson

Benjamin David Harman

Baptist Outreach Services Montgomery, Alabama Family Medicine Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, Louisiana Internal Medicine

Baptist Outreach Services Montgomery, Alabama Family Medicine

James Aaron Gore

Jackie Jiayi He

San Antonio Military Medical Center JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, Texas Neurology

Austin Dean Gould

Leondria C. Hinds

Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center Toledo, Ohio General Surgery St. Vincent’s Medical Center Jacksonville, Florida Family Medicine Abrazo Health Network Phoenix, Arizona Family Medicine University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi Pediatrics

Baptist Outreach Services Montgomery, Alabama Family Medicine Northside Hospital Gwinnett Lawrenceville, Georgia Internal Medicine East Tennessee State University Kingsport, Tennessee Orthopaedic Surgery

Rahil Gour

Walid Hmissa

Brittany Leigh Gray

Katie Ward Holley

Jason Tyler Hall

Zachary Cole Holley

Prisma Health University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia, South Carolina General Surgery

William Edward Hardwick III

East Alabama Medical Center Opelika, Alabama Internal Medicine

Class of 2022 Graduate Medical Education Locations

Riley C. King

Emily Spain Ireland

University Hospitals Jackson, Mississippi Medicine-Pediatrics Floyd Medical Center Rome, Georgia Family Medicine

Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina Pediatrics

Sophia Anne Kirchhoff

Sameer Irfan

Coliseum Medical Centers Piedmont Medical Center Macon, Georgia Emergency Medicine

Daniel Brien Edward Knight Prisma Health University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, South Carolina Internal Medicine W. Scott Kutsche Thomas Hospital

Mitchell Henry Jackson

Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, Louisiana Radiology-Diagnostic Naval Medical Center San Diego San Diego, California Pediatrics University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga, Tennessee Pediatrics

Daniel Scott Jeziorski

Fairhope, Alabama Internal Medicine

Kyle Hugh Lancaster

Jennifer Nicole Justice

Baptist Outreach Services Montgomery, Alabama Family Medicine

Mehgan Blackwell Lazenby

Santosh Prakash Kalan

University of Louisville School of Medicine Louisville, Kentucky Obstetrics-Gynecology Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland Radiology

Osteopathic Medical Education Consortium of Oklahoma

Tulsa, Oklahoma Family Medicine

Nicholas Kealiiokamalu Lee

Ayesha Khan

University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Texas Internal Medicine St. Francis-Emory Health Care Columbus, Georgia Internal Medicine East Alabama Medical Center Opelika, Alabama Internal Medicine

Mollie R. Lerner

Fazal Ullah Khan

Novant Health Cornelius, North Carolina Family Medicine Danbury Hospital Danbury, Connecticut Internal Medicine

Jacob Ryan Lovin

Sameer Ahmed Khan

Class of 2022 Graduate Medical Education Locations

Dallon B. Lush

Jaclyn Johnson Murphy

UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School

HCA Healthcare University of South Florida Morsani GME

Houston, Texas Anesthesiology

Brandon, Florida Internal Medicine

Lynch Monroe Major

Gracie Grant Murray

University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga, Tennessee General Surgery

Floyd Medical Center Rome, Georgia Family Medicine Floyd Medical Center Rome, Georgia Family Medicine

Adolph Zachary Marmetschke

Taylor Britt Murray

Pursuing a career in Internal Medicine

Hannah Brooke Marshall

University of South Alabama Health University Hospital

Yousef Ahmad Nikzai

Mobile, Alabama Family Medicine

LewisGale Medical Center Salem, Virginia Emergency Medicine

Vipin Mathew

McGaw Family Medicine Residency Northwestern University

Gabriel C. Nold

Geneva, Illinois Family Medicine

University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, Tennessee Family Medicine Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland Internal Medicine

Stephanie Lora Meier

Wesley Robert Ortmann

Advocate Health Care Illinois Masonic Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois Family Medicine

Addison T.Moore

Navpreet Kaur Panglia

Piedmont Columbus Regional Columbus, Georgia Family Medicine Adventist Health White Memorial Los Angeles, California Family Medicine Mercy Health-St. Ritas Medical Center Lima, Ohio Family Medicine

LSU School of Medicine Baton Rouge, Louisiana Emergency Medicine

Erik Moreno

Rachel Leigh Park

Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, Louisiana Internal Medicine

Tahseen Munshi

Class of 2022 Graduate Medical Education Locations

Archit Sureshchandra Patel

Kaitlyn Brooke Phillips

Coliseum Medical Centers Piedmont Medical Center

University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, Tennessee Family Medicine

Macon, Georgia Transitional Year University of South Alabama Health University Hospital Mobile, Alabama Radiology-Diagnostic

Lawrence Pierce III

Memorial Healthcare System Pembroke Pines, Florida Neurology Naval Hospital Jacksonville Jacksonville, Florida Family Medicine

Derriyan Lanae Price

Arsh Divyesh Patel

East Alabama Medical Center Opelika, Alabama Internal Medicine

Jayde Soccorro-Caroluci Price

Raj Patel

Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, Louisiana Pediatrics/Psychology/Child Psychology

Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack, New Jersey Emergency Medicine

Jocelyn Cañedo Ragan

Riddhi Praful Patodia

Cahaba Medical Care Centreville, Alabama Family Medicine/Rural

Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, Louisiana Anesthesiology

Kayla Ramirez

Siddhi Patodia

University of Alabama School of Medicine Huntsville, Alabama Internal Medicine Rush University Medical Center Chicago, Illinois Emergency Medicine Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Winston-Salem, North Carolina Emergency Medicine Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina Anesthesiology

HCA Healthcare University of South Florida Morsani GME Largo, Florida Internal Medicine University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas Anesthesiology

Danielle Raslan

Lauren Mason Paul

Jessica Lauren Remy

Garrett Gardner Perry

HCA Healthcare University of Central Florida Ocala, Florida General Surgery

Rachel Rice

Class of 2022 Graduate Medical Education Locations

Hallye McClain Rodgers

Monica Nina Sehgal

University of Arkansas College of Medicine Little Rock, Arkansas Pediatrics

Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, Michigan Psychiatry

Daniel Ruiz

Natalie Amanda Shaykh

Prisma Health University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, South Carolina Internal Medicine Roxanna Safarimaryaki Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso El Paso, Texas Family Medicine Fabian O. Sarrias University of Florida College of Medicine Shands Hospital Gainesville, Florida Child Neurology Franklin Andrew Schaefer Indiana University School of Medicine Vincennes, Indiana Psychiatry NathanThom Schlies Medical College of Georgia

University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville, Florida Internal Medicine

KyleThomas Sikes

Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, Louisiana Anesthesiology Brookwood Baptist Health Birmingham, Alabama Internal Medicine

Elaine Marie Simon

Michael S. Skinner

Redmond Regional Medical Center Rome, Georgia Internal Medicine Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital Phenix City, Alabama Orthopaedic Surgery

Jonathan Elliott Sledd

Esther Yerang Song

Augusta, Georgia Family Medicine

Brookwood Baptist Health Birmingham, Alabama Radiology-Diagnostic

Abigail Philippine Schoutko

Garrett A. Stults

Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences

University of Louisville School of Medicine Louisville, Kentucky Emergency Medicine

Tulsa, Oklahoma Internal Medicine

Kent Michael Scruggs

Courtney Jean Syfrett

University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Texas General Surgery

Southeast Health Dothan, Alabama Internal Medicine

Class of 2022 Graduate Medical Education Locations

Brittney LillianThomas

Zola E.Wilkerson

Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital Albany, Georgia Family Medicine Rush University Medical Center Chicago, Illinois Anesthesiology Spartanburg Regional Healthcare Spartanburg, South Carolina Surgery

Garnet Health Medical Center Middletown, New York Internal Medicine

Katherine TateThompson

Kandace Jernigan Williams

University of Florida College of Medicine Shands Hospital

Pensacola, Florida Internal Medicine

Graham Douglas Trott

Shannon P.Williams

Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina Pediatrics Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso El Paso, Texas Emergency Medicine East Alabama Medical Center Opelika, Alabama Internal Medicine East Alabama Medical Center Opelika, Alabama Internal Medicine Baptist Memorial Medical Education Memphis, Tennessee Family Medicine

Hunter L.Walker

Rachael Virginia Wood

HCA Healthcare University of South Florida Morsani GME Trinity, Florida

Transitional Year Brandon, Florida Anesthesiology

Kevin O'Neal Wortman II

Jessie Elizabeth Wampler

HealthONE Sky Ridge Medical Center Lone Tree, Colorado Internal Medicine Amita St. Joseph Hospital Chicago, Illinois Obstetrics-Gynecology Cahaba Medical Care Centreville, Alabama Family Medicine/Rural Coliseum Medical Centers Piedmont Medical Center Macon, Georgia Emergency Medicine

Christopher Steven Wyatt

Megan Elizabeth Ward

Ivana V. Yero

Haley Marie Warwick

Amber Taliea Watts

VCOMBoard

Board of Directors John G. Rocovich Jr., JD, LLM, Chairman of the Board of Directors Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP, President and Provost James F. Wolfe, PhD, President Emeritus Thomas R. Brock Jr., MBA, Representative, General Electric, retired Nick J. Bruno, PhD, Representative, Louisiana Advisory Board President Jimmy Gibbs, Representative, Carolinas Advisory Board, Founder and Chairman of Gibbs International, Inc. Jay Gouge, PhD, Representative, Auburn, President, Auburn University W. Bruce Hanks, Representative, College-wide Board of Directors, CenturyLink, Inc. Roy E. Heaton, DO, Representative, Virginia Advisory Board, VOMA Bruce Holstien, President and CEO, Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Gov. James C. Justice II, MBA, Representative, College-wide Board Randal J. Kirk, JD, Representative, College-wide Board, Chairman and CEO of Intrexon Corporation Elizabeth McClanahan, JD, Representative, College-wide Board Dean, Appalachian School of Law Sue Ellen B. Rocovich, DO, PhD, Secretary, College-wide Board of Directors Jimmy Sanford, Representative, Auburn Advisory Board, Auburn University Research Advisory Board Raymond D. Smoot, PhD, Finance Representative for the Board

Daniel A. Wubah, PhD, Educational Advisor to the Board; President of Millersville University of Pennsylvania

VCOM–Auburn Advisory Board John G. Rocovich Jr., JD, LLM, Chairman and Treasurer of the Board Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP, Provost, President and Founding Dean Heath Parker, DO, Dean, VCOM-Auburn Mark Baker, CEO Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital Martin J. Bonick, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ardent Health Services L. Keith Granger, Regional President and Market CEO, CHS - Alabama Laura Grill, President & CEO East Alabama Medical Center David R. Thrasher, MD, Montgomery Pulmonary Consultants Jimmy Sanford, Auburn University Trustee

VCOM—Auburn Administration and College Officers Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP, President and Provost Heath Parker, DO, Dean, VCOM-Auburn VCOM-Auburn Administration Associate Dean Kenny V. Brock, DVM, MS, PhD, Biomedical Affairs and Research David Stephen, DO, 4th Year and Graduate Medical Education; Discipline Chair for Pathology and Histology Patricia Matto, DO, FACOFP, FAAFP, Clinical Affairs J. Danielle McCullough, MS, PhD, Curriculum, Assessment and Medical Education Jake T. Williamson, MEd, PhD, Student Affairs David Kashmer, MD, MBA, FACS, Simulation and Technology; Discipline Chair for Surgery Assistant Vice President Elliott MacIsaac, MEd, Alumni Relations and Development P. Gunnar Brolinson, DO, FAOASM, FACOFP, FAAFP, Research Timothy J. Kowalski, DO, FACN, Professional and Public Affairs Martin Levine, DO, MPH, FACOFP, Graduate Medical Education H. Dean Sutphin, PhD, International and Appalachian Outreach Deborah West, EdD, MA, Academic Planning, Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation Vice President Thimothy Corvin, MA, Development and Alumni Relations William P. King, MBA, Recruitment and Application Services Bill R. Price, Operations John Lucas, DO, Institutional Advancement and Administration Cindy Shepard Rawlins, Communications, Marketing, Website and Publications Randy Schuller, JD, Institutional Policy and Administrative Law David J. Showalter, Finance Ward Stevens, EdD, DHSc, FACHE, Graduate Medical Education Consortium and Affiliated Clinical Practices Charles Swaha, CPA, CGMA, Finance and Chief Financial Officer College Officers Vice Provost

DedicationMusic VCOM ALMA MATER

There is a place dear to Southern Appalachia That was home once to you and to me Where we learned to heal the hearts of many And with our hands to help those most in need VCOM to thee I will be faithful VCOMmy alma mater true As I travel down the road I have chosen In my heart there is a little piece of you When we see the miracle of healing Let us hold true to all that we have learned And to the school with the name of Edward Via All your gifts to the world we will return

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There is a place in southern Appalachia Where physicians learn to see more than disease Where we learn to heal the body, mind, and spirit And to help all we touch to find some peace

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The Osteopathic Oath

I do hereby affirm my loyalty to the profession I am about to enter. I will be mindful always of my great responsibility to preserve the health and the life of my patients, to retain their confidence and respect both as a physician and a friend who will guard their secrets with scrupulous honor and fidelity, to perform faithfully my professional duties, to employ only those recognized methods of treatment consistent with good judgment and with my skill and ability, keeping in mind always nature’s laws and the body’s inherent capacity for recovery. I will be ever vigilant in aiding in the general welfare of the community, sustaining its laws and institutions, not engaging in those practices which will in any way bring shame or discredit upon myself or my profession. I will give no drugs for deadly purposes to any person, though it may be asked of me. I will endeavor to work in accord with my colleagues in a spirit of progressive cooperation and never by word or by act cast imputations upon them or their rightful practices. I will look with respect and esteem upon all those who have taught me my art. To my college I will be loyal and strive always for its best interests and for the interests of the students who will come after me. I will be ever alert to further the application of basic biologic truths to the healing arts and to develop the principles of osteopathy which were first enunciated by Andrew Taylor Still.