Forty UT Southwestern Medical School students were recently inducted into The Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.

Members are selected based upon high academic standing, leadership among peers, professionalism, a firm sense of ethics, promise of future success in medicine, and a commitment to service in the school and community.

The 2016 inductees were presented at the annual banquet of the Gamma Chapter of Texas by Dr. Kevin Klein, Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, who also serves as Gamma Chapter Councilor for UT Southwestern.

Dr. Kent Brantly, a family medicine physician and Ebola survivor, presented the keynote address at the banquet, his visit made possible through the AOA Visiting Professorship provided by the national office.

Alpha Omega Alpha Class of 2016 inductees are (asterisk denotes Junior AOA recognition):

Anupama Atluru, Brooke Blomquist, Zachary Carter, Khalil Chamseddin, Mo Chen, Peter Clark, Shanup Dalal*, Samuel Hunter Dunn*, Bhavani Gannavarapu, Krista Hardy, David Harker, Andrew Hester*, Andrew Hogan, Brandon Jakubowski, Sam Jeong; Ian Jester, Matthew Judd*, Govind Krishnan, Kenrick Lam, Cameron Locke*,

An Lu*, Lakshman Manjunath*, Andrew Mueller*, David Neal*, Maggie Ning, Kisan Parikh*, Samuel Parnell*, Siddharth Patel*, Nagendra Pokala, Colin Purmal*; Elise Rasmussen*, Leonora Slatnick, Emily Spurgin, Chris Sullivan, Isamu Tachibana, Carla Upperman, David Vernette*, Alfred Wang, David Xu*, Apurva Yeluru.

Also inducted into AOA were five faculty members and five UT Southwestern residents.

Inducted faculty members were Dr. Blake Barker, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine; Dr. Nora Gimpel, Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine; Dr. Francesca Lee, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, and of Pathology; Dr. Vanessa Rogers, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; and Dr. Susan Scott, Associate Professor of Pediatrics.

Resident inductees into AOA were Dr. William K. Cornwell, Dr. Epameinondas Dogeas, Dr. Benjamin Kogutt (UT Southwestern Class of 2013), Dr. Jennifer Penland (UT Southwestern Class of 2014), Dr. Shyamli Sinha, and Dr. J. Mack Slaughter Jr. (UT Southwestern Class of 2013).

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Dr. Rogers holds the Norman F. Gant, Jr., M.D. Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology.