RVU-CO Class of 2021 Graduation Awards

While at RVU, graduates from the RVUCOM and MSBS Class of 2021 went above and beyond in their medical and graduate education. During this year’s graduation celebration, the graduates were recognized with awards for academic achievements and extracurricular activities.

Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences

President’s Award

Radonis Grissom

MSBS Academic Excellence Award

Erik Melekh

MSBS Humanitarian Award

Sona Seligova

MSBS Service Award

Enriqueta Torres

Graduating with Honors

Morgan Ahola
Ginelle Goh
Elizabeth Olsen
Ray Villariz

College of Osteopathic Medicine

Valedictorian

Jolysa Bosco

President’s Award

William Tyler Crawley

Dean’s Award

Jacob Barnes

Clinical Year Award: Anesthesiology

Jason Scafidi

Clinical Year Award: Emergency Medicine

Ryan Lucas

Clinical Year Award: Family Medicine

Brandie Lawrence

Clinical Year Award: General Surgery

William Tyler Crawley

Clinical Year Award: Internal Medicine

Michal Klepadlo

Clinical Year Award: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Kelsey Boghean

Clinical Year Award: Pediatrics

Michael Murakami

Clinical Year Award: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Joseph Fike

Clinical Year Award: Subspecialty Medicine

Colby Presley

Clinical Year Award: Subspecialty Surgery

Adrian Olson

Excellence in Clinical Medicine Award

Brandie Lawrence

Department Award: Biomedical Sciences

Jolysa Bosco

Department Award: Medical Humanities

Keleka Blair

Department Award: Medical Humanities

Audrey Jaeger

Department Award: Osteopathic Principles and Practice

Reese Beisser

Department Award: Primary Care Medicine

Colleen Maher

Department Award: Research

Jacob Stuppy

Global Service Award

Amanda Andersen

Global Service Award

Sarah Pederson

Military Service Award

Susan Roberts

William G. Anderson Resiliency Award

Keleka Blair

Rural Service Award in Outstanding Academic Excellence

Jolysa Bosco

Rural Service Award in Outstanding Clinical Excellence

Jordan Wilkes

Rural Service Award: Special Recognition

Brandie Lawrence

Rural Service Award: Special Recognition

Blaire Mallahan

Rural Service Award: Special Recognition

Jessica Montalban Bautista

Student Innovation for Excellence Award

Kameron Black

2021 Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award

Presented by: Society of Academic Emergency Medicine

Danielle Glaze

Brandon Trusell Community Service Award

Kelsey Boghean

Fellows

Danielle Glaze, Pre-Doctoral Simulation Fellow
Natalie Gould, Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow
Alexis Grasse, Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow
Tyler Kolstad
Jaron Maggard, Anatomy Fellow
Amanda O’Loughlin, Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow
Alexandra Rakestraw, Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow
Richard Rodriguez-Brizuela, Anatomy Fellow
Christine Seawell, Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow
Jonathan Singh, Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow
Dennis Turnbull, Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow
Andrew Wojtanowski, Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow
Tylynn Zarbock, Anatomy Fellow

Top 10%

Jolysa Bosco
Andrea Chernau
Kayli Costner
William Tyler Crawley
Matthew Hammond
Garrett Jordan
Tesia Kolodziejczyk
Brandie Lawrence
Keaton Maguire
Blaire Mallahan
Michael Murakami
Adrian Olson
Max Raynor
Alexandra Rakestraw
Jessica Restad
Colton Riner
Jason Scafidi
Andrew Tobler
Erin West
Tylynn Zarbock

Digital Health Track

Students in the Digital Health Track participate in a diverse array of digital health related medical outreach opportunities during their first two years of medical school.

Brandon Bealer
Kameron Black
Joshua Calvano
Joseph Fike
Edwin Fundingsland
Andrew Glerum
Ryan Henschell

Global Medicine Track

The Global Medicine Track equips RVUCOM students to more effectively serve global and underserved communities during their preclinical years.

Amanda Andersen
Austen Anderson
Reese Beisser
Gabriel Bensaad-Johnson
Nicholas Chapman
Jennifer Daniels
Martha Gordon
Alexis Grasse
Michal Klepadlo
Alexandra Rakestraw
Richard Rodriguez-Brizuela
Adrian Olson
Sarah Pederson
Colby Presley
Dane Rana
Annie Szmanda
Andrew Wojtanowski

Military Medicine Program

Students in this program are slated to enter active duty service with the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marines.

Ryan Ball
Mary Savarese Barnes
Richard Bell
Nicholas Bittner
Joshua Calvano
Ryan Carney
Nazar Dubchak
Gili Edry
Bryan Eldreth
Elias Leavitt
Lorne Muir
Karen Norling
Hannah Douglas Puentes
Karl Riecken
Susan Roberts
Sarah Szybist
Aaron Walker
Erin West

Physician Scientist Track

The Physician-Scientist Track is designed to train students and enhance their opportunity to pursue careers in academic medicine. The goal of the track is to increase the number of physician-scientists in all clinical fields.

Andrea Chernau
William Tyler Crawley
Max Raynor
Jacob Stuppy
Elesa Yihdego

Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track

The Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track allows students to work in a remote setting, with possibly limited tools at hand, and includes a robust extracurricular education of procedural skills in medicine and surgery. The track seeks to foster student interest in eventual medical practice in rural settings.

Jacob Barnes
Jessica Montalban Bautista
Jolysa Bosco
Alec Espeland
Cyprien Jungels
Brandie Lawrence
Alissa Lenz
Rebecca Mabie
Blaire Mallahan
Craig Murk
Emily Russell Levy
Jordan Wilkes