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Class of 2021
Mission Statement
Rocky Vista University
provides quality healthcare education
while inspiring students to serve with
compassion, integrity, and excellence.
Rocky Vista University Colorado
Class of 2021 Commencement
Fifteenth of May
Two-Thousand Twenty-OneLetter from the Provost
Dear Rocky Vista University’s Class of 2021,
This year’s Commencement is bittersweet. As you leave RVU,
we celebrate your many accomplishments and wish you well
as you start the next phase of your journey. We are saddened
that we are not able to gather in person to celebrate due to the
pandemic. Know that as you watch the ceremony with your
classmates or your loved ones, we are with you in spirit.
This year is especially significant as it marks the graduation of
our Inaugural Class of our Southern Utah Campus DO and MSBS students. You are all pio-
neers and will pave the way for those who follow in your footsteps. You have demonstrated
great resilience as we have navigated these challenging times together.
To our medical school graduates, today you join a network of approximately 114,000 prac-
ticing osteopathic physicians across the nation. Be loyal to your profession and remember
to treat all of your patients with the utmost compassion and care. Remember that everyone
is someone’s loved one – treat them as you would your own family.
To our MSBS graduates, thank you for the trust you have placed in us. We understand the
challenges you have faced this year with remote learning. You have worked hard and have
overcome obstacles to be one step closer to achieving your professional goals. We look
forward to seeing the great things you will accomplish.
As you transition from RVU Students to Alumni, remember to express gratitude to those
who have helped you on your journey—your family, friends, faculty and staff—all of
whom stood with you to cheer you on during the good times, as well as those challenging
moments, and now share the sense of pride and accomplishment with you. Also, remember
that you are always a part of the RVU Family. Never stop learning, growing in mind, body
and spirit, and becoming an integral member of the communities you will serve.
We look forward to your future accomplishments and know that you will make us proud!
Warmest regards,
David A. Forstein, DO
ProvostThe 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 nefarious 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 and my profession, 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 osteopathic medicine
which were first enunciated by Andrew Taylor Still.Fellows
Danielle Glaze Richard A. Rodriguez-Brizuela
Pre-Doctoral Simulation Fellow Anatomy Fellow
Emergency Medicine Global Medicine Track
Florida State University College of Medicine Neurology
Sarasota, Florida HealthONE
Lone Tree, Colorado
Natalie Lee Gould
Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow Christine Marie Seawell
Family Medicine Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow
Peak Vista Family Medicine Residency Program | Family Medicine
Still OPTI St. Joseph Hospital | SCL Health
Colorado Springs, Colorado Denver, Colorado
Alexis Suzanne Grasse Jonathan Singh
Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow
Global Medicine Track Preliminary Medicine
Pediatrics HCA Healthcare | USF Morsani GME
University of New Mexico School of Medicine Blake, Florida
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Tyler James Kolstad Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center
Primary Care Medicine Rockville Centre, New York
Transitional Year Practicum Student
Family Medicine Dennis Lavelle Buzz Turnbull
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Preliminary Medicine
Sierra View Medical Center
Jaron Frank James Maggard Porterville, California
Anatomy Fellow
Pediatrics Andrew Mark Wojtanowski
Childrens Hospital - NEOMED Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow
Akron, Ohio Global Medicine Track
Transitional Year
Amanda M. O’Loughlin Sunrise Health GME Consortium
Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow Las Vegas, Nevada
Family Medicine
Emanate Health Diagnostic Radiology
West Covina, California Sunrise Health GME Consortium
Las Vegas, Nevada
Alexandra Rakestraw *
Osteopathic Principles and Practice Fellow Tylynn Zarbock *
Global Medicine Track Anatomy Fellow
Family Medicine General Surgery
St. Joseph Hospital | SCL Health St. Joseph Hospital | SCL Health
Denver, Colorado Denver, Colorado
*Graduating with HonorsDoctor of Osteopathic Medicine - Class of 2021
Jason Thomas Abraham Jessica Montalban Bautista
Internal Medicine Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track
Broward Health Medical Center Family Medicine
Fort Lauderdale, Florida HealthONE
Lone Tree, Colorado
Gabriel M. Aguero
Internal Medicine / Pediatrics Brandon Thomas Bealer
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Digital Health Track
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Emergency Medicine
Franciscan Health
Julia Rachel Aguirre Olympia Fields, Illinois
Pediatrics
University of Texas Medical School Lielt Tewolde Bedilu
Houston, Texas Pediatrics
Stanford University Progs
Scott Christopher Albright Stanford, California
Pathology - Anatomic and Clinical
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Reese Stanley Beisser
Iowa City, Iowa Global Medicine Track
Transitional Year
Amanda Marie Andersen Mercy Catholic Medical Center
Global Medicine Track Darby, Pennsylvania
Obstetrics and Gynecology Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Rutgers-St. Barnabas Medical Center
Livingston, New Jersey Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center
Spokane, Washington
Austen Joseph Boyd Anderson Richard Blake Bell
Global Medicine Track
Otolaryngology Military Medicine Program
Detroit Medical Center / WSU Pediatrics
Detroit, Michigan Tripler Army Medical Center
Honolulu, Hawaii
Claudia Veronica Aniol
Pediatrics Gabriel Jamil Bensaad-Johnson
Broward Health Medical Center Global Medicine Track
Fort Lauderdale, Florida Emergency Medicine
Henry Ford Allegiance Health
Ryan William Ball Jackson, Michigan
Military Medicine Program
Preliminary Dermatology Nicholas Paul Bittner
Tripler Army Medical Center Military Medicine Program
Honolulu, Hawaii Family Medicine
Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton
Jacob M. Barnes Oceanside, California
Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track
Pediatrics Kameron Collin Black
University of Florida College of Medicine Digital Health Track
Jacksonville, Florida Internal Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University
Mary Savarese Barnes Hillsboro, Oregon
Military Medicine Program
Family Medicine
Naval Hospital Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida
*Graduating with HonorsKeleka Renee Blair Julian Thomas Carrier
Transitional Year Family Medicine
HealthONE HCA Healthcare Kansas City
Lone Tree, Colorado Kansas City, Missouri
Anesthesiology Michael Chang
University of Colorado School of Medicine Internal Medicine
Aurora, Colorado Riverside University Health Systems
Moreno Valley, California
Kelsey Diane Meyer Boghean
Obstetrics and Gynecology Nicholas Michael Metas Chapman
Rowan University School of Medicine
Stratford, New Jersey Global Medicine Track
Internal Medicine
St. Joseph Hospital | SCL Health
Jolysa Kayleen Bosco * Denver, Colorado
Class Valedictorian
Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track Andrea Kathryn Chernau *
Pediatrics Physician Scientist Track
Spectrum Health | Michigan State University
Internal Medicine
Grand Rapids, Michigan MedStar Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland
Grace Merinar Boyle
Internal Medicine Anesthesiology
HealthONE Johns Hopkins Hospital
Lone Tree, Colorado Baltimore, Maryland
Jeremy Don Brown Hayden J. Collins
Orthopaedic Surgery Internal Medicine
Samaritan Health Services Mountain View Regional Medical Center
Corvallis, Oregon Las Cruces, New Mexico
Cody Lee Bryant Kayli Shannon Costner *
Emergency Medicine General Surgery
HCA Medical City Healthcare Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Arlington, Texas Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Taylor Ryan Caddell William Tyler Crawley *
Emergency Medicine Physician Scientist Track
University of Buffalo School of Medicine General Surgery
Buffalo, New York HealthONE
Lone Tree, Colorado
Joshua David Calvano
Digital Health Track Frank Dang
Military Medicine Program Family Medicine
Anesthesiology Riverside Regional Medical Center
University of New Mexico School of Medicine Newport News, Virginia
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Jennifer Lynn Daniels
Eric Rodney Carlson Global Medicine Track
Family Medicine General Surgery
University of Louisville School of Medicine University of California San Francisco
Owensboro, Kentucky Fresno, California
Ryan William Carney Nazar Dubchak
Military Medicine Program Military Medicine Program
General Surgery Anesthesiology
University of Colorado School of Medicine Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Aurora, Colorado Bethesda, Maryland
*Graduating with HonorsGili Edry Martha Zoe Gordon
Military Medicine Program Global Medicine Track
Preliminary Surgery Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Colorado School of Medicine Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Aurora, Colorado Baltimore, Maryland
Diagnostic Radiology Matthew John Hammond *
Detroit Medical Center / WSU Orthopaedic Surgery
Detroit, Michigan Henry Ford Macomb Hospital
Clinton Township, Michigan
Bryan Lee Eldreth
Military Medicine Program Ryan Daniel Henschell
General Surgery Digital Health Track
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Anesthesiology
Portsmouth, Virginia University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Madison, Wisconsin
Alec C. Espeland
Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track Erika Hinricher
Emergency Medicine Internal Medicine
Texas Tech University Affiliates St. Joseph Hospital | SCL Health
Lubbock, Texas Denver, Colorado
Corinna Julia Fazzio Benjamin Joseph Michael Horn
Neurology Internal Medicine | Pediatrics
UC Davis Medical Center Louisiana State University Health Science Center
Sacramento, California Shreveport, Louisiana
Joseph Fike Jasper Huang
Digital Health Track Internal Medicine
UHS Southern California Medical Education Consortium
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Temecula, California
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska
Sameeha Shaheen Husayn
Nicolas Francesco Fiore Internal Medicine
St. Joseph Hospital | SCL Health
Internal Medicine Denver, Colorado
University of Nevada at Reno School of Medicine
Reno, Nevada
Dermatology
Samaritan Health Services
James Anthony Frazier Corvallis, Oregon
Family Medicine
Texas Tech University Affiliates
Lubbock, Texas Hamid Hussaini
Preliminary Medicine
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Edwin Lauritz Fundingsland Jr. Louisville, Kentucky
Digital Health Track
Emergency Medicine Audrey Janette Jaeger
Western Michigan University Stryker School of Medicine
Kalamazoo, Michigan Obstetrics and Gynecology
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Thomas John Gerhart
Family Medicine
Mercy Medical Center Garrett Bryce Jordan *
Des Moines, Iowa Emergency Medicine
St. Lukes Hospital
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Andrew Lawrence Glerum
Digital Health Track
Family Medicine
HealthONE
Lone Tree, Colorado
*Graduating with HonorsCyprien Gabriel Jungels Logan Price Leavitt
Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track Internal Medicine
General Surgery St. Joseph Hospital | SCL Health
HealthONE Denver, Colorado
Lone Tree, Colorado
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Jared Keele Kansas City, Kansas
Transitional Year
Sunrise Health GME Consortium
Las Vegas, Nevada Stephen Alexander Lee
Emergency Medicine
Anesthesiology Lehigh Valley Hospital
Rush University Medical Center Allentown, Pennsylvania
Chicago, Illinois
Alissa Ray Lenz
Grace J. Kim Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track
Family Medicine Family Medicine
St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center St. Elizabeth Medical Center
Pueblo, Colorado Edgewood, Kentucky
Lisa Marie Kingsley Matthew James Linden
Family Medicine General Surgery
HealthONE HealthONE
Lone Tree, Colorado
Lone Tree, Colorado
Michal Klepadlo Kristin Ann Lipe
General Surgery
Global Medicine Track Samaritan Health Services
Internal Medicine Corvallis, Oregon
St. Joseph Hospital | SCL Health
Denver, Colorado
Noelle Liska
Transitional Year
Tesia Colleen Kolodziejczyk * HealthONE
Transitional Year Lone Tree, Colorado
St. Joseph Mercy
Ann Arbor, Michigan Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Dermatology Syracuse, New York
St. Joseph Mercy
Clinton Township, Michigan
Charles Andrew Litch
Family Medicine
Brandie Lawrence * Beaumont Health
Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track Gross Pointe, Michigan
Family Medicine
John Peter Smith Hospital Ryan Lucas
Fort Worth, Texas Emergency Medicine
Denver Health Medical Center
Elias J. Leavitt Denver, Colorado
Military Medicine Program
Family Medicine Rebecca Yuko Mabie
Eisenhower Army Medical Center Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track
Fort Gordon, Georgia Family Medicine
Texas Tech University Affiliates
Lubbock, Texas
Sarah Mack
Family Medicine
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
Durant, Oklahoma
*Graduating with HonorsKeaton Mack Maguire * Lorne Dean Muir II
Internal Medicine Military Medicine Program
Valley Hospital Medical Center Anesthesiology
Las Vegas, Nevada University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas
Colleen Ruth Maher
Family Medicine Michael Kenji Murakami *
HealthONE Pediatrics
Lone Tree, Colorado University of Arkansas School of Medicine
Little Rock, Arkansas
David Maksimovich
Emergency Medicine Craig Murk
St. Josephs Medical Center Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track
Stockton, California Internal Medicine
HealthONE
Dominick Malene Lone Tree, Colorado
Emergency Medicine
Ascension Genesys Hospital Deepak nallur
Grand Blanc, Michigan Family Medicine
Riverside University Health Systems
Blaire Ashley Mallahan * Moreno Valley, California
Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track
Pediatrics Benjamin Nance
Oregon Health & Science University Emergency Medicine
Portland, Oregon Albany Medical Center
Albany, New York
Jaron Nobuo Matsunaka
Internal Medicine Azmmohammad Naseem
University of Nevada at Reno School of Medicine Internal Medicine
Reno, Nevada Los Robles Health System
Thousand Oaks, California
Saro Mazmanian
Internal Medicine Karen Alexandra Norling
HCA Healthcare | USF Morsani Military Medicine Program
Bayonet Point, Florida Emergency Medicine
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
Caitlin Rose McCusker Portsmouth, Virginia
Anesthesiology
University of Arkansas School of Medicine Adrian William Olson *
Little Rock, Arkansas Global Medicine Track
Orthopaedic Surgery
Kevin Jacob McGeorge Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital
Internal Medicine Warren, Michigan
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque, New Mexico Sheila Rose Ortega
Family Medicine
Matthew William McMaster St. Anthony Hospital North
Internal Medicine Westminster, Colorado
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, New York Amie Owen
Psychiatry
Lindsay Kate Milhorn Tufts University School of Medicine
Pediatrics Portsmouth Regional Hospital
University of Connecticut School of Medicine Boston, Massachusetts
Hartford, Connecticut
*Graduating with HonorsLucine Arax Papazian Jessica Restad *
General Surgery Emergency Medicine
Franciscan Health Olympia Fields University of Florida College of Medicine
Olympia Fields, Illinois Jacksonville, Florida
Johan Pauley Aaron Nathaniel Ridder
Neurology Family Medicine
St. Lukes Hospital Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital
Easton, Pennsylvania Whittier, California
Sarah Lauren Pederson Karl Rafe Riecken
Global Medicine Track Military Medicine Program
Family Medicine Family Medicine
North Colorado Medical Center Community Health Care
Greeley, Colorado Tacoma, Washington
Colby Lars Presley Colton James Riner *
Global Medicine Track Internal Medicine
Transitional Year Memorial Healthcare System
Lehigh Valley Hospital Pembroke Pines, Florida
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Dermatology Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center
Lehigh Valley Hospital Spokane, Washington
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Susan Marjorie Roberts
Luke Proctor Military Medicine Program
Pediatrics General Surgery
University of Florida College of Medicine Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
Shands Hospital Portsmouth, Virginia
Orlando, Florida
Preston Thomas Root
Diego Puentes Anesthesiology
Emergency Medicine University of Kentucky Medical Center
St. Agnes Medical Center Lexington, Kentucky
Fresno, California
Zachary A. Rumlow
Hannah Elizabeth Douglas Puentes Pediatrics
Military Medicine Program University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Transitional Year Iowa City, Iowa
St. Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, California Emily May Russell levy
Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track
Dane Andrew Rana Internal Medicine
Global Medicine Track St. Joseph Hospital | SCL Health
Psychiatry Denver, Colorado
Kaiser Permanente
San Jose, California Jason Michael Scafidi *
Anesthesiology
Max Walter Raynor * University of Virginia
Physician Scientist Track Charlottesville, Virginia
General Surgery
Kaiser Permanente Pritee Shrestha
Los Angeles, California Internal Medicine
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center
Interventional Radiology (Integrated) Mason City, Iowa
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
*Graduating with HonorsJesse Shulman Annie Jean Szmanda
Emergency Medicine Global Medicine Track
Memorial Healthcare System Neurology
Pembroke Pines, Florida Sparrow Hospital
Lansing, Michigan
Claire E. Simon
Neurology Sarah Elizabeth Szybist
University of Arizona College of Medicine Military Medicine Program
Tucson, Arizona Family Medicine
Offutt Air Force Base Family Residency
Harmanjot Singh Omaha, Nebraska
Internal Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Andrew M. Tobler *
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Family Medicine
Providence Health
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Milwaukie, Oregon
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Jerome Raymond Trembley
Pediatrics
Katerina Eleni Skedros Albany Medical Center
Family Medicine Albany, New York
Inspira Health Network
Vineland, New Jersey Weston Frazier Truman
Internal Medicine
Clarice Calla Spathias Sunrise Health GME Consortium
Family Medicine Las Vegas, Nevada
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Colton, California Aaron Richard Walker
Military Medicine Program
Garrett Gene Smith Spritzer Transitional Year
Preliminary Surgery William Beaumont Army Medical Center
Jewish Hospital El Paso, Texas
Cincinnati, Ohio
Ari Weiss
Brittany Marie Stansbury Pediatrics
General Surgery Advocate Health Care
Creighton University Affiliated Hospitals Park Ridge, Illinois
Phoenix, Arizona
Erin West *
Matthew Brent Stumme Military Medicine Program
Transitional Year General Surgery
HCA Healthcare | USF Morsani GME Naval Medical Center San Diego
Brooksville, Florida San Diego, California
Anesthesiology Kate Elizabeth Whiteneck
HCA Healthcare | USF Morsani GME Internal Medicine
Oak Hill, Florida Zucker School of Medicine
Northwell Staten Island University
Jacob J. Stuppy Staten Island, New York
Physician Scientist Track
Pediatrics Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center
University of Minnesota Medical School Spokane, Washington
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Quinton J. Sturdivant Jordan Lee Wilkes
Internal Medicine Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track
Central Iowa Health System Family Medicine
Des Moines, Iowa St. Anthony Hospital North
Westminster, Colorado
*Graduating with HonorsMatthew Wilkins Aaron Wu
Neurology Family Medicine
Prisma Health UP Health System
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Marquette, Michigan
Greer, South Carolina
Elesa M. Yihdego
Casey E. Willman Physician Scientist Track
Internal Medicine Family Medicine
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center Swedish Medical Center
Idaho Falls, Idaho Seattle, Washington
Joshua D. Woelfle
Anesthesiology
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
*Graduating with Honors
Photo taken in July 2017Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences
Class of 2021
Mohamed Wacdi Ahmed Kole J. Harms
Bachelor of Arts in Public Health/Ethnic Studies Bachelor of Science in Health
University of Colorado Denver and Exercise Science
Colorado State University
Morgan Ahola *
Bachelor of Science in Health Science Taylor Caple Jaicks
Colorado State University - Fort Collins Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
Warren Wilson College
Paige Elle Bentley
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences Maia Kaplan
Central Michigan University Bachelor of Science in Biology
Indiana University Bloomington
Madison Olivia Bieganski
Bachelor of Science in Biology Keana H. Ko
Butler University Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology
University of Kansas
Bryce James Cattoor
Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science Emma Lai
Florida State University Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences
University of California - Davis
Claire Ciabattari
Bachelor of Science in Biohealth Sciences Neha Lamsal
Oregon State University Bachelor of Science in Biology/Psychology
Creighton University
Laura Josephine Cooper
Bachelor of Science in Biology Nam Phuong Tran Le
Georgia Institute of Technology Bachelor of Science in Biology
University of California Riverside
Kyle Matthew Deming
Bachelor of Science in Business/Management Nevan McCabe
Western Oregon University Bachelor of Science in Biology
University of Colorado Denver
Ginelle Goh *
Class Valedictorian Matthew Lawrence McCoo
Bachelor of Science in Physiology Bachelor of Science in Biology/Public Health
University of Arizona University of Colorado Denver
Radonis L. Grissom Erik Melekh
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry
Master of Arts in Teaching Malone University
Valdosta State University
Jacob Brian Meyer
Bachelor of Science in Biology
Evangel University
*Graduating with HonorsElizabeth Anne Olsen * SoŇa Seligova
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Bachelor of Arts in Sociology
University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Boulder
Alexandra Marie Ortiz-Jimenez Ansley Wilson Smith
Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences/ Bachelor of Science in Biology
Biomedical Engineering University of Georgia
Wichita State University
Lindsay Erin Telles
Patrick Dare Oshakuade Bachelor of Science in Health Science
Bachelor of Science in Biology Arizona State University
Wichita State University
Enriqueta A. Torres
Alleson Pertea Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
Bachelor of Science in Biology University of Texas Austin
Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry
University of Colorado - Colorado Springs Semere Tsegay
Bachelor of Science in Biology
Elizabeth Roberts University of Colorado Denver
Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences
Biola University Ray Xyruz Villariz *
Bachelor of Science in Biology
Emily Ruby Roberts Saint Mary's University Texas
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
Grinnell College Taylor Mary Webb
Bachelor of Science in Human Development and
Marissa Adrianna Robles Family Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Integrative Physiology University of Wisconsin Madison
University of Colorado Boulder
Jieying Wu
Teba Saleh Bachelor of Arts in Physiology
Bachelor of Science in Biology/ University of Colorado Boulder
Environmental Health
Ohio State University
Cooper Dean Sclar
Bachelor of Science in Integrative Biology
University of Colorado - BoulderCongratulations to the
Class of 2021
Graduation Award Winners
College of Osteopathic Medicine Awards
President's Award Global Service Award
William Tyler Crawley Amanda Andersen
Sarah Pederson
Dean's Award
Jacob Barnes Military Service Award
Susan Roberts
Clinical Year Awards
Anesthesiology: Jason Scafidi William G. Anderson Resiliency Award
Emergency Medicine: Ryan Lucas Keleka Blair
Family Medicine: Brandie Lawrence
General Surgery: William Tyler Crawley Rural Service Award
Internal Medicine: Michal Klepadlo Outstanding Academic Excellence: Jolysa Bosco
Obstetrics and Gynecology: Kelsey Boghean Outstanding Clinical Excellence: Jordan Wilkes
Pediatrics: Michael Murakami Special Recognition: Brandie Lawrence, Blaire Mallahan,
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Joseph Fike and Jessica Montalban Bautista
Subspecialty Medicine: Colby Presley
Subspecialty Surgery: Adrian Olson Student Innovation for Excellence Award
Kameron Black
Excellence in Clinical Medicine Award
Brandie Lawrence 2021 Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award
Presented by: Society of Academic Emergency Medicine
Department Awards Danielle Glaze
Biomedical Sciences: Jolysa Bosco
Medical Humanities: Keleka Blair and Audrey Jaeger Brandon Trusell Community Service Award
Osteopathic Principles and Practice: Reese Beisser Kelsey Boghean
Primary Care Medicine: Colleen Maher
Research: Jacob Stuppy
Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences Awards
President's Award
Radonis Grissom
MSBS Academic Excellence Award
Erik Melekh
MSBS Humanitarian Award
Soňa Seligova
MSBS Service Award
Enriqueta TorresAchieving New Heights Every Day
Julia Aguirre Representative; Vice-President of Wilderness Medicine
Honors: Gold Humanism Honor Society. Positions: Interest Group; Social Events Chair for Christian Medical
Leadership Team for Christian Medical and Dental Society; and Dental Society. Volunteer: Tutor; Mentor.
Executive Board and First-Year Representative for OB/
GYN Club; Member of Pediatrics Club. Volunteer: Tutor, Mary Savarese Barnes
Ecuador Medical Relief; Calvary Middle and High School Honors: Wellness Champion Award; Military Medicine
Student Mentor and Teacher. Research: A link between Program. Positions: Vice-President of Student American
Abiotrophia defectiva and Malignancy; A Review of ATF4 Osteopathic Association of Sports Medicine; Wellness
in Skeletal Processes. Committee Officer. Research: Routine Post-Operative
Laboratory Testing: Necessity or Habit? (Journal of Gy-
Morgan Ahola necologic Surgery). Miscellaneous: Presented at Society
Honors: Top 10% of MSBS Class. of Gynecologic Surgeons and RVU Research Day; Had a
Baby!
Amanda Andersen
Honors: Global Service Award (2021); Sigma Sigma Phi; Jessica Montalban Bautista
Gold Humanism Honor Society; Global Medicine Track. Honors: Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track; Rural
Positions: Vice-President for Student Osteopathic Medi- Service Award: Special Recognition; 2nd Place for Poster at
cal Association; Student Ambassador. Volunteer: Tutor; ACOFP’s 58th Annual Convention and Scientific Semi-
Cast of The Vagina Monologues; Hands for Health Global nar; Class of 2021 Portfolio Challenge Winner; Innova-
Medical Brigades to Ecuador, Kenya, and South Dakota. tion in Orientation Award. Positions: Orientation Leader;
Research: Utilization of Traditional vs. Western Medicine Secretary of RVU’s Rotary Club; Member of American
in Global Indigenous Populations. Osteopathic Association, American Medical Association,
American Association of Family Physicians, and Ameri-
can College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP).
Austen Anderson
Volunteer: MSBS and OMS Tutor; MSBS Peer Mentor;
Honors: Global Medicine Track; Outstanding Innovations
MASH Camp; Wapiyapi Camp Counselor; Springs Rescue
in Orientation; Research Excellence for Oral Presentation;
Mission Foot Clinic; Project SHINE; 5th Grade Trauma
Gold Humanism Honor Society; Sigma Sigma Phi. Posi-
Class; Neighbor Network. Research: A Demographic and
tions: RVU Neurology Club Leader; American Academy of
Regional Comparison of Opioid Use within Communities in
Otolaryngology; American Osteopathic Colleges of Oph-
the United States. Miscellaneous: RVU’s MSBS Inaugural
thalmology and Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery.
Class of 2017 Graduate; Creator of “What I Wish I Would
Volunteer: KidsHope USA; Hands for Health in Ecua-
Have Known My First Year” Booklet.
dor, Guatemala, and Kenya; The Spring Institute; Music
Therapy. Research: Utilization of Traditional vs Western
Medicine in Global Indigenous Populations; Inflamma- Brandon Bealer
tory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Larynx: A Case Report; Honors: Founding Member of Digital Health Track.
Chondrodysplasia Punctata as a Cause of Critical Airway
Stenosis in a Neonate; Endoscopic Repair of a Jugular Lielt Bedilu
Diverticulum. Honors: Stanford SCORE Alum; Children's National
MSSP Scholar. Positions: Vice-President of Derm/Path
Club; Secretary and Founding Board Member of Student
Claudia Aniol National Medical Association; Founding Member of RVU
Positions: Historian and Treasurer of American College of Diversity Committee. Volunteer: Colorado Black Health
Osteopathic Pediatricians. Volunteer: Peer Mentor; Careers Collaborative Barber Shop & Salon Talks. Research: Es-
in Medicine Coach; RoundUp River Ranch Counselor. Re- timating USMLE Step 1 Scores from COMLEX USA Level
search: Healthcare Collaboration to Prevent an Influenza 1 Scores in an Osteopathic Medical Student Population;
Disaster: The Role of Community Pharmacists During the Genetic Mutations in Pancreatic Cancer Across A Com-
COVID-19 Pandemic. munity Wide Cancer Center. Miscellaneous: Presented at
International Association of Medical Educators and Collab-
Ryan Ball orative Group of the Americas on Inherited Gastrointestinal
Honors: Military Medicine Program. Cancer.
Jacob Barnes Reese Beisser
Honors: Dean's Award; Rural and Wilderness Medicine Honors: Global Medicine Track; Department Award: Os-
Track; RVU Student of the Year (2017-18); Wellness teopathic Principles and Practice.
Champion Award. Positions: Class Council CurriculumRichard Bell Memorial Scholarship. Positions: Member of OBGYN and
Honors: Military Medicine Program. Pediatrics Clubs. Volunteer: Camp Wapiyapi; Praying Hands
Ranch; Tutor; Baggs, WY Community Health Fair.
Gabriel Bensaad-Johnson
Honors: Global Medicine Track. Grace Boyle
Positions: Member of Internal Medicine Club and American
Nicholas Bittner College of Osteopathic Family Physicians. Volunteer: Vac-
Honors: Sigma Sigma Phi; Military Medicine Program. Po- cine Clinic at Clinica Colorado; Anatomy Outreach; Reading
sitions: Treasurer of Student Association of Military Osteo- Partners of Denver.
pathic Physicians and Surgeons. Volunteer: Tutor.
Jeremy Brown
Kameron Black Honors: Sigma Sigma Phi. Positions: President of RVU
Honors: Founding Member of Digital Health Track; RVU Rotary Community Corps; Student Ambassador. Volunteer:
Student Innovation for Excellence Award. Parker Rotary Club; Project CURE. Research: Hydroxy-
chloroquine Alternatives for Chronic Disease: Response to a
Keleka Blair Growing Shortage Amid the Global COVID-19 Pandemic.
Honors: Department Award: Medical Humanities; Wil-
liam G. Anderson Resiliency Award; Social Justice Award Taylor Caddell
(2019). Positions: President of Student Osteopathic Medical Volunteer: Project CURE; Tall Tales Ranch. Research:
Association; President of American Osteopathic College of Prednis-OH NO! A Case of Anaphylaxis Induced by Predni-
Anesthesiologists; Student National Medical Association. sone. Miscellaneous: Learned to ski and snowboard!
Volunteer: Grant Beacon Middle School Diversity in Health-
care; Tutor; Diversity-Equity-Inclusion Task Force. Joshua Calvano
Honors: Military Medicine Program; Digital Health Track;
Kelsey Boghean Received Harvard Innovation Lab Spark Grant. Positions:
Honors: Clinical Year Award: Obstetrics and Gynecology; Co-Founder of Digital Health Track; Leadership for Mili-
Brandon Trusell Community Service Award; 1st Place Team tary Medicine Program. Research: Published and presented
at RVU Simulation Competition Championship (2018); numerous research projects involving the areas of anesthe-
Exceptional Professional of the Year (2018-2019). Posi- sia, emergency medicine, military medicine, informatics,
tions: Committee on Global and Public Health; Delegate to and technology. Miscellaneous: Created web application
American Medical Association Medical Student Section; that was accepted into the Harvard Innovation Lab; became
RVU Representative at American Association of Colleges of asynchronous research intern with Massachusetts General
Osteopathic Medicine Ed to Med Conference; Member of Department of Emergency Medicine.
American Medical Association. Volunteer: Medical Students
for Choice Presentation of The Vagina Monologues; Volun- Ryan Carney
teer Medical Staff at Esperanza de Ana in Peru and Matibabu Honors: Military Medicine Program. Positions: Air Force
Foundation in Kenya. Research: Trauma-informed care in Representative for Student Association of Military Osteo-
medicine; Trauma-informed care: A literature review exam- pathic Physicians and Surgeons. Volunteer: Project CURE;
ining training programs for osteopathic medical students; COVIDline. Research: Identifying Triage Priorities and
Physicians at the global health table; Thigh mass persisting Logistics in Mass Casualty Events Prior to Arrival at the
50 years in rural Kenya, and expanding hematoma; Encour- Hospital; Blood pressure at the time of initiation of endovas-
aging stocking epinephrine auto-injector devices at restau- cular aortic occlusion affects survival in trauma.
rants.
Julian Carrier
Jolysa (Gallegos) Bosco Volunteer: Ecuador Medical Mission Trip. Miscellaneous:
Honors: Class Valedictorian; Top 10% of Class; Rural and Kept current with pilot's license throughout medical school.
Wilderness Medicine Track; Department Award: Biomedi-
cal Sciences; Rural Service Award: Outstanding Academic Michael Chang
Excellence; Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation Positions: Vice-President of Student Osteopathic Surgical
Osteopathic Medical Student Scholarship; American Osteo- Association Club.
pathic Foundation Welch Scholars Grant; Brandon Trussel
"The transformation from student to clinician is life-changing.
I am thankful to those who made this transition easier." Michal KlepadloNicholas Chapman Physicians of Colorado Annual Conference, Rocky Mountain
Honors: Global Medicine Track; Prairie Dog Growth Award. Healthcare Symposium, and Children's Hospital Colorado
Positions: President of Allergy and Immunology Interest Annual Spring Pediatric Research Virtual Poster Session.
Group. Volunteer: COVID Check Colorado (500 Hours);
Peer Mentor; Health Fairs at Pine Ridge Native American Jennifer Daniels
Reservation. Research: A Case of Anaphylaxis Induced by Honors: Gold Humanism Honor Society; Global Medicine
Prednisone; Presented at RVU Research Day and Interna- Track; Visiting Student Researcher for Thai Red Cross AIDS
tional Conference on Allergy and Clinical Immunology; Research Centre; Global Scholars Fellowship Program;
ongoing asthma research at National Jewish Health. Miscel- Legacy Achievement Award. Positions: Secretary of Colo-
laneous: Spent a month providing care for rural/underserved rado Medical Society Medical Student Section; President of
communities in Kenya; acceptance to the Chrysalis Project. Global Medical Outreach Club; Vice-President of Medical
Students for Choice. Volunteer: Mesa County Public Health
Andrea Chernau COVID-19 Emergency Operations Center; Producer, Direc-
Honors: Top 10% of Class; Sigma Sigma Phi; Gold Hu- tor, and Performer of The Vagina Monologues benefitting
manism Honor Society; Physician Scientist Track; Denver SafeHouse Denver; Refugee Health Patient Navigator of The
Osteopathic Foundation Scholarship; Colorado Springs Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning; The House, a Safe
Osteopathic Foundation Scholarship. Research: Interstitial Place for Western Slope Teens. Research: Transmitted drug
Pneumonia with Autoimmune Features and Undifferentiated resistance to integrase inhibitors is uncommon in both acute
Connective Tissue Disease (Published in Seminars in Respi- and chronic HIV infection in Bangkok.
ratory and Critical Care Medicine). Miscellaneous: Climbed
an 18,000-ft peak in Peru after first-year! Nazar Dubchak
Honors: Military Medicine Program; St. Anthony Hospital
Kayli Costner Volunteer Services Grant. Positions: Emergency Medicine
Honors: Sigma Sigma Phi; Top 10% of Class. Positions: Club. Volunteer: Hands for Health: Kenya, Guatemala,
President of RVU's Student Osteopathic Surgical Associa- Ecuador; Anatomy and Trauma Education Series; Medi-
tion. Volunteer: Volunteers of America: Mission Meals. cal Emergencies in Skiing and Snowboarding; Emergency
Research: Effect of COVID-19 on Medical Student Stress Department Volunteer. Research: Research in ultrasound,
and Well-Being as Compared Between Year Levels. anesthesiology, and medical education. Miscellaneous: "Not
letting medical school negatively impact the more important
Tyler Crawley aspects of my life such as family and wellbeing."
Honors: Top 10% of Class; Sigma Sigma Phi; Gold Human-
ism Honor Society; President's Award; Clinical Year Award: Gili Edry
General Surgery; Physician Scientist Track; 1st Place Overall Honors: Military Medicine Program.
Poster at Council of Osteopathic Student Government
Presidents' (COSGP) Winter Research Symposium; 1st Place Bryan Eldreth
Poster (2020) and 2nd Place Poster (2019) at Rocky Moun- Honors: Military Medicine Program. Positions: Navy
tain Regional Osteopathic Medical Conference; 1st Place Representative for National Branch of SAMOPS. Volun-
Oral Presentation at 2018 RVU Research Day. Positions: teer: Anatomy Tutor; Pueblo Community Soup Kitchen.
Clinical Student Representative for Medical Student Pride Research: Colosalpingeal Fistula Resulting from Acute
Alliance; Student Government Association; Student Rep- Complicated Diverticulitis; Embolized mechanical aortic
resentative for DO Curriculum Council; Treasurer/Curricu- valve leaflet causing infrarenal aortic stenosis and claudica-
lum Representative for Class Council; Treasurer for RVU's tion. Published in ACS Case Reviews in Surgery and Journal
Colorado Medical Society Chapter. Volunteer: COVIDline; of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques.
Denver Rescue Mission; National Western Stock Show;
RVU Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation Alec Espeland
Committee; RVU Honors-Pass Fail Taskforce. Research: Honors: Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track.
Diversity in Healthcare Education – How Confronting Biases
Starts in the Classroom; α-Tocopheryl Succinate Sensitizes
Human Breast Cancer Cells to Doxorubicin and Reduces
Corinna (Ruf) Fazzio
Honors: TOUCH Program Gold Badge (2018-19); Silver
Doxorubicin Induced Cardiotoxicity; The U-shaped effect of
Badge (2019-20). Positions: Colorado Academy of Nutri-
uric acid: A review of how both high and low levels of uric
tion and Dietetics Board of Directors (2017-21); CORE
acid can affect the human body; Diabetic Cardiomyopa-
Clinic Board of Directors (2018-19); Internal Medicine
thy: Understanding the Independent Relationship Between
Interest Group: President (2018-19), First Year Representa-
Diabetes and Heart Failure; Postnatal Development of a
tive (2017-18); Secretary of Colorado Medical Society RVU
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. Miscellaneous: Present-
Branch. Volunteer: Ultrasound Scholar; Colorado Academy
ed at International Association of Medical Science Educators
of Nutrition and Dietetics; Cooking Matters; CORE Clinic;
Conference (2020), AACOM Educating Leaders Conference,
COVID Classes for Kids; CDPHE Medical Reserve Corps;
COSGP Winter Research Symposium, American College of
COVIDline; Subject Exam Tutor. Research: Epilepsy andthe Ketogenic Diet in Adults; Timing of soy and isoflavone ident of Class Council; Officer of Communication of SGA
intake and breast cancer risk; Medical Nutrition Therapy in (2018-19); Vice-President of RVU's Colorado Medical Soci-
Free Clinics (Co-Principal Investigator); Coping in Difficult ety (2017-19). Volunteer: The Well Clinic; AACOM Day on
Situations. Miscellaneous: Presented on Addressing Weight Capitol Hill (2018); Denver Rescue Mission.
Loss Diets with Patients, Secondary Stroke Prevention, and
Autoimmune Disorders and the Anti-Inflammatory Diet. Ginelle Goh
Honors: Top 10% of MSBS Class.
Joseph Fike
Honors: Founding Member of Digital Health Track; Clinical Martha Zoe Gordon
Year Award: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Posi- Honors: Global Medicine Track; Mental Health and Peer
tions: Co-Founder and Vice-President of Communications Support Award. Positions: Academic Ambassador; First-
for Digital Health Club; Co-Founder of Digital Health Track. Year Representative and President for STIGMA; President
Volunteer: Anthony Bates Foundation. Research: Website of Peer Support; Secretary of Medical Students For Choice;
usability analysis of United States emergency medicine First-Year Representative and President for Integrative Medi-
residencies (Academic Emergency Medicine Education and cine. Research: Assessing Culturally Competent OB/GYN
Training). Care for Transgender-Identifying Patients.
Edwin Fundingsland Natalie Gould
Honors: Founding Member of Digital Health Track. Posi- Honors: RVU’s 2020 Student Doctor of the Year; 2020
tions: Vice-President and Co-Founder of Digital Health Trinity Institute Osteopathic Fellows Award. Positions: OPP
Track; Secretary of RVU's American College of Osteopathic Pre-Doctoral Fellow; Class of 2020 Class Representative for
Emergency Physicians (ACOEP). Volunteer: Ecuador Medi- Student Wellness; President of Integrative Medicine Interest
cal Service Trip; Make-A-Wish Colorado; Peer Mentor. Re- Group; Vice-President of Student American Academy of Os-
search: Website Rankings for Digital Health Centers in the teopathy. Volunteer: OPP Tutor; Careers in Medicine Coach.
United States: Applying Usability Testing for Public Engage- Miscellaneous: Yoga Teacher; New Mama!
ment; Website Usability Analysis of United States Emergency
Medicine Residencies; Website Usability Analysis of United
States Academic Medical Centers; Methodologic Guidelines Alexis Grasse
for Systematic Assessments of Healthcare Websites Using Honors: Global Medicine Track. Positions: OPP Pre-Doc-
Web Analytics: Tutorial. Published in Journal of Medical toral Fellow.
Internet Research and Academic Emergency Medicine-Ed-
ucation and Training. Miscellaneous: Presented at ACOEP Radonis Grissom
Conference, Colorado Association of Family Medicine Honors: MSBS President's Award.
Residencies, and RVU Research Day; Research Intern for
Department of Emergency Medicine at the Massachusetts Matthew Hammond
General Hospital. Honors: Top 10% of Class. Volunteer: Tutor; Peer Mentor;
Careers in Medicine Coach.
Danielle Glaze
Honors: 2021 Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award; Ryan Henschell
2nd Place at RVU's First Annual Simulation Competition; Honors: Founding Member of Digital Health Track. Volun-
Top 6 at 2017 AMSA National Simulation Challenge. Posi- teer: Medical Screening Volunteer for Anthony Bates Foun-
tions: Pre-Doctoral Simulation Fellow; Founding President dation. Research: Training Effectiveness for Point of Injury
of SIMS Scholars; Treasurer of AMSA; Member of ACOEP, Medical Care – Vital Sign Monitoring and Demographic
AMWA, and STIGMA. Volunteer: Ultrasound Scholar; Peer Comparisons of Paramedics in Warm Zone Active Shooter
Mentor; Student Instructor for SIMS Scholars. Research: Drills; The use of HEAVEN criteria to predict difficult
Lead Research Coordinator on Two Studies. A Post-Market laryngeal view and intubation failure with direct and video
Study Evaluating the Safety of Infinity DBS System with MR laryngoscopy [Letter to the editor]; A Novel Difficult-Airway
Conditional Labeling; Abbott DBS Registry of Outcomes for Prediction Tool for Emergency Airway Management: Valida-
Indications Over Time (Sponsored by Abbott Laboratories tion of the HEAVEN Criteria in a Large Air Medical Cohort
with Principal Investigator and Neurosurgeon, Dr. David [Letter to the editor]; The Assessment of eHealth & Health
VanSickle); Multi-Modal Simulation-Based Workshops: Literacy in Digital Health Research Involving Patients with
Knowledge Acquisition and Retention in First-Year Medical Chronic Disease: A Narrative Literature Review; WARM
Students (Principal Student Investigator). ZONE CARE - Lessons Learned from a Large-Scale Active
Shooter Training Prior to the STEM School Shooting. Pub-
Andrew Glerum lished in Journal of Emergency Medical Services and Scan-
Honors: Founding Member of Digital Health Track; RVU dinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation, and Emergency
Excellence in Leadership and Communication Award (2019). Medicine. Miscellaneous: Presented at International Meeting
Positions: Co-Founder of Digital Health Track; Vice-Pres- of Simulation in Healthcare Conference.Erika Hinricher Jared Keele
Honors: 1st Place at RVU Simulation Competition (2018). Positions: Represented Colorado at National AOA House
Positions: Member of Christian Medical and Dental Society of Delegates Meeting; Representative at Council of Osteo-
and American College of Physicians. Volunteer: Tutor. pathic Student Government Presidents; Vice-President of
Class Council (2017-18); Vice-President of SGA (2018-19);
Benjamin Horn Member for RVU's 2019 Student Doctor of the Year Award
Honors: Most Likely to Not Wash Hands Award. Positions: Committee. Research: Endocardial Fibroelastosis in the
President of Bioethics Club. Volunteer: Lantern (End-of- adult patient. Miscellaneous: Presented at American College
Life Planning); Mosaic; Vital Care; Tutor; Peer Mentor; FSU of Physicians' Colorado Chapter Conference and Rocky
Coastal and Marine Lab; Colorado Epilepsy Foundation. Re- Mountain Healthcare Symposium.
search: Hospice Care: Separating the Myths from the Facts;
Understanding Hospice Care: A Brief Overview of What It Grace Kim
Is and How It Works; Sharing in Suffering; Prydori: Perfec- Positions: Marketing Representative for Integrative Medi-
tion is Us. Published in Lantern Co., Colorado Medicine, cine Club; Member of Student American Academy of Os-
Vista View, and Ljubljana. Miscellaneous: Presentations at teopathy. Volunteer: Project SHINE; Project CURE; Walk
RVU Research Day, Akron PICU Case Conference, ROME with a Doc; 9Health Fair.
Conference, Solaris Hospice Meeting, RVUCOM Pediatric
Didactic Session, and RVUCOM Internal Medicine Didactic Lisa (Rocchio) Kingsley
Session. Volunteer: Tutor. Research: Race and Ethnicity Reporting in
Exercise Induced Laryngeal Obstruction Literature. Miscel-
Sameeha Husayn laneous: Presented at National Jewish Health Research Re-
Honors: Gold Humanism Honor Society. Positions: Social treat; Founded KingsBee Honey in 2020; Running an Apiary;
Outreach Chair of Student National Medical Association; Producing and Selling Honey.
Student Ambassador; Days of Diversity Committee; RVU
Diversity Task Force. Volunteer: Colorado Black Health Michal Klepadlo
Collaborative; Cast of The Vagina Monologues; Tutor. Honors: Gold Humanism Honor Society; Global Medicine
Research: Hydroxychloroquine Alternatives for Chronic Track; Clinical Year Award: Internal Medicine.
Disease: Response to a Growing Shortage Amid the Global
COVID-19 Pandemic; Orchestrating a virtual conference
amidst the COVID-19 pandemic; A Clinical Impact Score: A Tesia Kolodziejczyk
Honors: Top 10% of Class. Positions: President of Honor
Novel and Clinically Significant Measure of Journal Influ-
Code Committee (2018-19); Representative for Honor Code
ence; A Review of the Current Evidence Connecting Sebor-
Committee (2017-21). Volunteer: Speaker and Event Orga-
rheic Dermatitis and Parkinson’s Disease and the Potential
nizer for Virtual Skin Cancer Prevention Seminar; Colorado
Role of Oral Cannabinoids; Evaluating World Health Orga-
Melanoma Foundation's SunBus; Academic Tutor. Research:
nization Essential Medicines List for Skin Disease; A Survey
A Tender Eyebrow Nodule Heralding the Malignant Degen-
of Article Types in the Dermatology Literature. eration of a Spiradenoma; Chronic Hyperpigmented Patches
of the Lower Extremities; A Scoping Review of Pharma-
Audrey Jaeger cotherapy, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and
Honors: Department Award: Medical Humanities; Vision- Surgical Therapies for Androgenetic Alopecia; An Unusual
ary Excellence in Career Advancement. Positions: President Presentation of Confluent and Reticulated Papillomatosis;
of Obstetrics and Gynecology Club (2018-19); Academic Prioritization of Cochrane Systematic Reviews; A Compara-
Ambassador; RVU Mental Health Ambassador; President of tive Analysis Between Global Burden of Disease and Pa-
Medical Students For Choice (2018-19). Volunteer: Per- tientslikeme.com Dermatology Data; The Diverse Landscape
former and Marketing Director for The Vagina Monologues of Alternative Hair Regrowth Ingredients for Patients with
in (2017-19) with proceeds benefitting the Denver Safe- Androgenetic Alopecia; Androgenetic Alopecia; Cannabis
House. in Gastrointestinal Disorders; Investigation of the Endocan-
nabinoid System in the Pathophysiology of IBS and the Po-
Garrett Jordan tential Use of Cannabis as a Complementary and Alternative
Honors: Top 10% of Class. Medicine Therapy; Student Performance on Pharmacology
Topics After Integrating Pre-Recorded Video Lectures as an
Cyprien Jungels Additional Resource.
Honors: Sigma Sigma Phi; Gold Humanism Honor Society;
Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track; 1st Place at National Tyler Kolstad
Council of Osteopathic Student Government Presidents Re- Positions: PCM Transitional Year Practicum Student.
search Symposium Poster Competition; 2nd Place at ROME
Conference. Positions: Treasurer of Sports Medicine Club. Brandie Lawrence
Volunteer: Tutor; Peer Mentor; Orientation Leader. Honors: Top 10% of Class; Rural and Wilderness MedicineTrack; Excellence in Clinical Medicine Award; Rural Service Association of Orthopedics; Honor Code Committee. Volun-
Award: Special Recognition; Clinical Year Award: Family teer: Hands for Health Foundation/RVU Medical Outreach
Medicine; Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman Award ("Most Likely Volunteer (Ecuador), Tiba Foundation Volunteer (Kenya).
to Practice Alternative Medicine"); Osteopathic Principles Research: Thigh mass persisting 50 years in rural Kenya.
and Practice Award. Positions: Vice-President of Student
American Academy of Osteopathy; Prayer Coordinator of Kristin Lipe
Christian Medical and Dental Society. Volunteer: 9News Honors: Congeniality in Tutoring Award; Excellence in
Health Fair; Veterans Day 5k. Clinical Studies Award; Mini Pediatric Surgery Fellowship.
Positions: Treasurer of Student Osteopathic Surgical Asso-
Elias Leavitt ciation; Secretary of Student Government Association; Sec-
Honors: Military Medicine Program; Health Professions retary of Class Council; MSBS Peer Mentor (2018-19). Vol-
Scholarship Program Recipient; 1st Place at 2019 Interna- unteer: Cancer League of Colorado; The ALS Association
tional Trauma Conference Research Forum; Commonwealth - Rocky Mountain Chapter; Alzheimer’s Association - Den-
Award at Intensive Surgical and Trauma Skills Course ver Chapter; Peer Support Officer; Denver Rescue Mission;
(2019). Positions: Army Liaison for Student Association of Praying Hands Ranch; First-Year Volunteer Anatomy Lab
Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons. Volunteer: Tutor. Research: Gastric Electrical Stimulators in Pediatric
Ultrasound Scholar; Cub Scout Den Leader for Boy Scouts Patients Regarding The Use of Gastric Electrical Stimulation
of America; RVU Color Guard; Prosector for Douglas Coun- to Stimulate Gastric Motility in Patients with Gastroparesis;
ty Pre-Med Anatomy Program. Research: Hyper Realistic Clinical Correlation to E-cadherin and Granulation Patterns
Immersion Training Directly Improves Resilience in Medical in Corticotroph Tumors. Miscellaneous: Research Coordina-
Personnel. Presented at International Trauma Conference tor for Phase 3 Major Pharmaceutical Clinical Trial in the
Research Forum (2019). Treatment of Adolescents Subjects Diagnosed with Eosino-
philic Esophagitis; Presented at International Symposium on
Logan Leavitt Minimally Invasive Surgery in Infants and Children, RVU
Honors: Sigma Sigma Phi. Positions: Member of American Research Day, and Endocrine Society 2021 Global Confer-
College of Osteopathic Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation ence.
and Collegium Aesculapium. Volunteer: Ultrasound Scholar;
Tutor; RSVP Clinic Scribe and Translator. Research: Case Noelle Liska
Report of Spinal Gout in a 68-Year-Old Female; Treatment Honors: Careers in Medicine Peer Coach of the Year (2019).
of a Femoral Bone Marrow Lesion with Intraosseous Bone Positions: Member of Surgery Club, Neurology Club,
Marrow Aspirate Concentrate: A case report; Cookbook American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
Medicine. and Student Osteopathic Surgical Association. Volunteer:
Peer Mentor; Careers in Medicine Coach; Project CURE;
Stephen Lee Metro Caring. Miscellaneous: Certified in Medications for
Honors: 2nd Place in American College of Osteopathic Addiction Treatment Waiver and Mental Health First Aid.
Emergency Physician's Fall 2020 Scientific Assembly
Research Poster Competition. Positions: Communications Ryan Lucas
Officer for the Neurology Club; Member of Emergency Honors: Gold Humanism Honor Society; Clinical Year
Medicine Club. Volunteer: Food Bank of the Rockies; CO Award: Emergency Medicine. Positions: Osteopathic Co-
National Guard COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness; 9News ordinator for Emergency Medicine Residents' Association
Health Fair; Ultrasound Teaching Assistant. Research: Medical Student Council; Medical Student Ambassador for
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Depart- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Clubs: President
ment Transfers for a Higher Level of Care; Remdesivir for of American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians;
the Treatment of Severe COVID-19: A Community Hospital’s Treasurer of Colorado Ultrasound Interest Group. Volunteer:
Experience. Published in Journal of American Osteopathic Denver Rescue Mission. Research: Association of Medi-
Association and ACOEP Fall 2020 Assembly Publication. cation History With Pain Medication Administration for
Abdominal Pain; Clinical Characteristics of Exposures to
Alissa Lenz Liquid Laundry Detergent Packets; Hands-Only Cardiopul-
Honors: Gold Humanism Honor Society; Rural and Wilder- monary Resuscitation Education: A Comparison of On-
ness Medicine Track. Positions: Secretary of Student Osteo- Screen With Compression Feedback, Classroom, and Video
pathic Medical Association. Volunteer: Peer Mentor; Peer Education. Published in Academy of Emergency Medicine,
Support Officer. Research: The next nine minutes: Lessons Journal of Clinical and Experimental Toxicology, and Annals
learned from the large-scale active shooter training prior to of Emergency Medicine.
the STEM school shooting.
Colleen Maher
Matthew Linden Honors: Department Award: Primary Care Medicine.
Positions: Vice-President of Student American OsteopathicRebecca (Grenvik) Mabie COVIDline.
Honors: Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track; Excel-
lence in Clinical Studies Award. Positions: Co-President of Caitlin McCusker
Student American Academy of Osteopathy. Volunteer: Tutor; Honors: Sigma Sigma Phi. Positions: Vice-President of
Peer Mentor. Internal Medicine Club. Volunteer: Denver Rescue Mission;
Pueblo Community Soup Kitchen; CORE Clinic; 9News
Jaron Maggard Health Fair. Research: CNS Lymphoma Presenting with
Positions: Pre-Doctoral Anatomy Fellow. Volunteer: Whiz- Lobar Hemorrhage and Edema, Medical Management of
Kids Elementary Tutoring; Calvary Englewood Nursery; Complicated Parapnemonic Effusion.
SOAP Notes Medical Student Choir. Research: An acces-
sory muscle of the posterior crural compartment of clinical Kevin McGeorge
significance: a cadaveric case report; Semaphorin 7a is a Honors: Silver TOUCH Award. Positions: Student Ambas-
biomarker for recurrence in postpartum breast cancer; A sador; Vice-President of RVU Rotary Community Corp;
Case of High Origin Radial Artery from the Third Part of the Medical Academy of Science and Health Camp Leader. Vol-
Axillary Artery. unteer: Centennial High School Academy Lecturer; Pueblo
Community Soup Kitchen; Multi-COM Fair and Expo; Val-
Keaton Maguire entines for the Assisted Living at Life Care Center at Stone
Honors: Top 10% of Class; Sigma Sigma Phi. Gate; Douglas County Pre-Med Program Lecturer; Feed My
Starving Children Meal Packaging; St. Felix Food Pantry;
Colleen Maher Project Sanctuary Charity Gala; Project CURE; Anthony
Honors: RVU Service Award (2019); Principles of Clinical Bates Foundation Heart Screening.
Medicine Award (2019); 2nd Place in ACOFP Namey/Bur-
nett Preventative Medicine Writing Award (2021). Positions: Erik Melekh
Community Liaison for American College of Osteopathic Honors: MSBS Academic Excellence Award.
Family Physicians; Secretary of American College of Os-
teopathic Pediatricians; Communications Liaison for CORE Lindsay Milhorn
Clinic. Volunteer: Tutor; Denver Rescue Mission; 9Health Honors: Recognized for Exceptional Capacity for Compas-
Fairs; Vitalant Blood Drives; Food/Fun/Fitness; Praying sion, Empathy, and Understanding During Standardized
Hands Ranch; MASH Camp; Camp Wapiyapi; Orientation Patient Encounters. Positions: RVU Ambassador; Secretary
Leader; Denver Health Child Life. of Student Osteopathic Surgical Association; Member of
American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians. Volunteer:
David Maksimovich Peer Mentor; Careers in Medicine Coach.
Positions: Vice-President of RVU's Emergency Medicine
Club. Research: PFO closure consideration for refractory Lorne Muir
hypoxia and secondary prevention of recurrent arterial Honors: Military Medicine Program.
thromboembolism (The Southwest Respiratory and Critical
Care Chronicles). Michael Murakami
Honors: Top 10% of Class; Sigma Sigma Phi; Clinical Year
Blaire Mallahan Award: Pediatrics. Volunteer: Denver Rescue Mission;
Honors: Top 5% of Class; Rural and Wilderness Medicine Pueblo Community Soup Kitchen; 9News Health Fair.
Track; Rural Service Award: Special Recognition. Positions:
Vice-President and Community Service Chair of American Craig Murk
College of Osteopathic Pediatricians; Member of Global Honors: Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track.
Medical Outreach Club and American Medical Women's As-
sociation. Volunteer: Peer Mentor; Tutor; Girls on the Run
Race; Ovi & Violet Ambassador. Research: Preventable dis- Karen Norling
Honors: Military Medicine Program. Positions: Social Chair
ease in Colorado: A study on rural MMR vaccination rates.
of RVU's Student Association of Military Osteopathic Physi-
cians and Surgeon. Volunteer: Tutor.
Jaron Matsunaka
Positions: Member of RVU's Internal Medicine Club.
Volunteer: Ultrasound Scholar; COVID Check Colorado;
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