FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, May 4, 2006
Contact: Beverly
McCoy (304) 691-1713 or
mccoy@marshall.edu
NOTE TO EDITORS: Graduates’ photos available electronically upon request
Medical School graduates its 25th class Friday
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine will mark a silver anniversary Friday with the graduation of its 25th class.
“It was just two years ago that we graduated our thousandth graduate, and now we are graduating our 25th class,” said Dr. Charles H. McKown Jr., vice president for health sciences and dean of the school of medicine. “As we have progressed toward this milestone, we have seen dramatic growth in services and research, and, commensurate with medical education nationwide, our medical education program has been evolving and improving.
“This year’s graduating class represents the pinnacle of achievement thus far, with a 100 percent pass rate on Step 2 of the National Medical Licensing Examination,” he added. “We are extremely proud of these graduates and their accomplishments, and we will follow their careers with great interest and pride.”
Marshall University President Stephen J. Kopp is the keynote speaker for the school’s doctoral investiture ceremony, which takes place Friday evening at the Joan C. Edwards Fine and Performing Arts Center. Because seating is limited, admission is by invitation only.
This year’s 45 graduates are listed below by home county or state, with information about their residency training programs and any honors they received.
BERKELEY
David Ryan Fish of Gerrardstown, emergency medicine residency at Indiana University, Indianapolis, Emergency Medicine Award, Alpha Omega Alpha medical honorary
Christopher Wayne Russell of Martinsburg, emergency medicine residency at New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn; Emergency Medicine Award; Alpha Omega Alpha medical honorary
BRAXTON
L. Lane Mace II of Frametown, medicine‑primary residency at Cook County‑Stroger Hospital, Chicago
CABELL
Debra Gale Edwards of Barboursville, emergency medicine residency at Wright State University, Dayton; Emergency Medicine Award
Rye Ellen Estepp of Huntington, obstetrics‑gynecology residency at University of Tennessee‑Memphis
Sherrine Adele Ibrahim of Huntington, obstetrics‑gynecology residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore; Bertha and Lake Polan Award for academic excellence, Mildred Mitchell Bateman Award for excellence in psychiatry; Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Award for academic excellence; Alpha Omega Alpha medical honorary
Julie Nicole McCallister of Huntington, pediatrics residency at Marshall University; West Virginia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Award
Brock James Niceler of Huntington, family medicine residency at University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Gerard Joseph Oakley III of Huntington, pathology residency at University of Pittsburgh
Courtney Brooke Saunders of Huntington, medicine‑emergency medicine residency at Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, N.C.; Emergency Medicine Award
Terri Lynn Walling of Huntington, internal medicine residency at West Virginia University
Shane Andrew Wells of Huntington, medicine‑preliminary residency at Marshall University followed by radiology‑diagnostic at University of Michigan‑Ann Arbor; Bertha and Lake Polan Award for academic excellence; School of Medicine Alumni Association Faculty Choice Award; Alpha Omega Alpha medical honorary
GRANT
Jessica Miley Bensenhaver of Petersburg, surgery‑preliminary residency at Charleston Area Medical Center
GREENBRIER
Larry Gael Harman of Rainelle, family practice residency at Marshall University
Donald Wayne Wickline of White Sulphur Springs, emergency medicine residency at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland; Emergency Medicine Award
HANCOCK
Ronald Edward Greer II of Weirton, family practice residency at Marshall University
JACKSON
Zachary Brooks Adkins of Sandyville, family practice residency at Marshall University
KANAWHA
Erika Maria Rivera Faile of Dunbar, family practice residency at Halifax Medical Center, Daytona Beach; Bertha and Lake Polan Award for academic excellence; Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Award for academic excellence
Theresa R. Kent of South Charleston, physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Barbara Mae Michael of Elkview, family practice residency at Marshall University
Paul Ferris Rashid of Charleston, psychiatry residency at Charleston Area Medical Center
MARION
Cathy Sue Layne of Fairmont, psychiatry residency at West Virginia University
MERCER
James Allen Graham of Princeton, medicine‑preliminary residency followed by radiology‑diagnostic at Dartmouth‑Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, N.H.; Bertha and Lake Polan Award for academic excellence; Alpha Omega Alpha medical honorary
Sara Safder of Princeton, transitional residency followed by radiology‑diagnostic at West Virginia University
MINGO
Jeremie Heath Estepp of Matewan, pediatrics residency at University of Tennessee‑Memphis
PUTNAM
Hassana Barazi of Hurricane, medicine‑preliminary residency at University of Virginia, Charlottesville
RALEIGH
Landon Shay Edwards of Crab Orchard, medicine‑preliminary residency at Marshall University followed by radiology‑diagnostic at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk
Stephanie Lucinda Hutchison of Shady Spring, obstetrics‑gynecology residency at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk
Jay Pal Singh of Beckley, medicine‑preliminary residency at Marshall University
Christina Dawn Webb of Shady Spring, family practice residency at Marshall University
RANDOLPH
Jeremy Francis Cuda of Elkins, medicine‑preliminary residency at Marshall University followed by radiology‑diagnostic at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston‑Salem; Bertha and Lake Polan Award for academic excellence; Alpha Omega Alpha medical honorary
Jonathan David Cuda of Elkins, pathology residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore; Bertha and Lake Polan Award for academic excellence
TAYLOR
Elizabeth D. Kane of Bridgeport, psychiatry/family practice residency at West Virginia University
WAYNE
Scott Edward Davis of Lavalette, family practice residency at Marshall University; W. Edwin Black Award for excellence in rural health
Andrea Dale Marcum of Wayne, obstetrics‑gynecology residency at Marshall University; Lloyd F. Zacharias Award for excellence in obstetrics and gynecology; Janet M. Glasgow Achievement Citation for academic excellence; Alpha Omega Alpha medical honorary
Jillian M. McCagg of Prichard, general surgery residency at Charleston Area Medical Center; M. H. Cummings Jr., MD, Award for excellence in surgery
Leslie Anne Pack of Kenova, internal medicine residency at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte
Monica Lynn Pierce of Ceredo, family medicine residency at St. Louis University
Mickey Franklin Plymale of Huntington, orthopedic surgery residency at Einstein/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx
WYOMING
Joseph Alan Lambert II of Mullens, emergency medicine residency at Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, N.C.; Emergency Medicine Award; Alpha Omega Alpha medical honorary
KENTUCKY
Robin A. Bush of Ashland, anesthesiology residency at University of Louisville
William Arland “Skip” Nitardy, of Wilder, medicine‑pediatrics residency at Marshall University; Peer Choice Award; Thomas G. Folsom Award for excellence in pediatrics; Dr. Maurice A. and Diane W. Mufson Award for excellence in internal medicine; Alpha Omega Alpha medical honorary
MARYLAND
Robert Davis Williams of Gaithersburg, emergency medicine residency at University of Florida‑Jacksonville; Emergency Medicine Award
OHIO
Michael Hosny Gabriel of Proctorville, medicine‑preliminary residency at Marshall University followed by anesthesiology at New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn
VIRGINIA
Shayne Ethan Bates of Herndon, pediatrics residency at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston‑Salem; Bertha and Lake Polan Award for academic excellence
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