Here are the recipients of the 2025 Residents award! Faculty awarded by the 2025 class of residents are also listed below.
Bondurant-Eringhaus Award
Recipient: Brian Wood, MD
Awarded to a resident demonstrating commitment and excellence in research.
Chairman鈥檚 Awards
Recipients: Hannah Dee, MD & Lauren Goldbeck, MD
Given in recognition of residents who have had a great impact on the Department of Medicine and serve as leaders, role models, good citizens, and advocates who are not afraid to do the right thing.
Farmer Award
Recipients: Emma Astrike-Davis, MD & Angel Miro Gonzalez, MD
Awarded to honor residents demonstrating extraordinary compassionate care, selected based on peer nominations.
Fischer Awards
Awarded to residents demonstrating excellence in clinical teaching to medical student learners. Selected based on medical student feedback on teaching skills.
- PGY1: Mahalya Gogerly-Moragoda, MD
- PGY2: Rashmi Muthukkumar, MD
- PGY3: Pat Duggan, MD
- PGY4: Safiyya Adam, MD
Golden Boots Award
Recipient: Gus Hendrick, MD
Passed from recipient to recipient. Selected by those who prioritize excellent patient care over academic showboating.
From Christina Siems, MD (last year鈥檚 recipient): “This resident exemplifies what the golden boots represent every day through his unwavering dedication to patient care and his commitment to doing the right thing 鈥� even when it’s difficult. He consistently treats patients with the compassion he would want for his own family. Many examples could be shared but a standout moment came when he found a patient alone with acute change in status, quickly recognized the need for emergent intervention and navigated the next steps with skill and professionalism, even in the face of hierarchy challenges. He leads by example, places patients first and upholds the highest standards of care and is so deserving of passing these boots to for another great year!”鈥�
Golden Speculum Award
Recipient: Chloe West, MD
To honor the resident who performed the most cervical cancer screenings. This resident performed 12 pap smears this year alone!
James Bryan Award
Recipient: Kevin Wang, MD
Honoring a graduating senior resident demonstrating outstanding outpatient care and fierce patient ownership.
Marilyn and Paul Milowsky Award for Compassionate Care
Recipient: Ryanne Buckley, MD
Honoring a graduating resident who demonstrates excellence in clinical care, outstanding patient relationships, and exemplary compassion.
Ney Berkowitz Award
Recipient: Justin McCallen, MD
Honoring a graduating resident who demonstrates a commitment to academic excellence, a compassionate approach to patients, an inspirational effect on others, and who best exemplifies the qualities of a master resident teacher.
Ontjes Award
Recipient: Reaves Houston-Dixon, MD
Award recognizing an outstanding intern who has demonstrated well-rounded excellence in clinical care and commitment to medical education. Selected with input from faculty, peers, and medical student comments.
Order of the Golden Probe
Recipient: Richard Jensen, MD
Selected to honor a resident who displays incredible dedication to the practice and mastery of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), advocates for its use to advance bedside medicine, and educates others in this field.
For diagnosing a renal hemorrhage, teaching interns to place ultrasound-guided PIVs, and attending intern teaching more than any other resident.
Preliminary Intern Award
Recipient: Ayush Doshi, MD
Selected to honor a preliminary intern who displays the true spirit of what it means to be an internist.
WakeMed Resident Award
Recipient: Scott Taylor, MD
Award recognizing the most outstanding clinical performance at WakeMed, selected with input from the WakeMed teaching faculty.
Faculty
Fellow Award
Recipient: Steve Scarfone, MD
From the residents, “He prioritizes teaching and explains nuanced concepts in a way that actually resonates with both the resident teams and medical students. I wanted to personally highlight his availability, ease of communication, and willingness to put in the work for the betterment of patients (ie. writing H&Ps, calling family members, etc etc). Particularly in the wake of multiple overnight emergencies, he was not only available by phone but was immediately present at the bedside (usually with a probe in hand) and a plan in place.”鈥�
Outpatient Faculty Awards
搁别肠颈辫颈别苍迟蝉:听Katie Gill, MD & Michael Cunningham, MD
Inpatient Faculty Award
Recipient:Jonathan Parr, MD, MPH
From the residents,”When we had the time, Dr. Parr made sure to give us teaching opportunities both from the students and from himself. Learned a great deal about evidence-based infectious disease management and took field trips to see how medicine works from derm path to radiology.”
WakeMed Faculty Award
Recipient: Josh Whitham, MD
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