AOA Honor Medical Society welcomes 71 new members
The UT Southwestern Medical Center chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (AOA) recently inducted 71 new members. The Annual Induction and Awards Ceremony banquet of the Gamma Chapter of Texas took place March 19 at the A.W. Harris Faculty-Alumni Center. Robert W. Haley, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, delivered the Lyman E. Bilhartz, M.D., AOA Lecture at the event. A Distinguished Teaching Professor, Dr. Haley spoke on “A New Perspective on the History of Southwestern Medical School.”
AOA members are selected based on high academic standing, leadership among peers, professionalism, a firm sense of ethics, promise of future success in medicine, and a commitment to serve in the school and community.
Alpha Omega Alpha Class of 2026
Inductees are (asterisk denotes Junior AOA recognition):
- Macy Afsari
- Luke Altnether
- Madeleine Ausburn
- Margaret Baldwin*
- Sanjna Bhatia
- David Cao
- Peter Chan*
- Hannah Chang*
- Beth Childs
- Abigail Clark*
- Luke Coffman*
- Christopher Fan*
- Grant Flindt
- Gabrielle Gard*
- Kaylee Grant
- Jason Guo*
- Zuhair Hawa
- Angela He*
- Tanvi Ingle
- Niyenth Iyengar*
- Kanoa Kelly
- Caroline Kernell
- Mohammad Khan*
- Anuhya Kotta*
- Grace Lu
- Madeleine Marlar-Pavey
- Austin Matheis
- Mehul Mittal*
- Amy Mu*
- Sara Papp*
- Emily Pepperl
- Veena Peraka
- Michael Pitonak*
- Nolan Roberts*
- Emily Samson*
- Madison Sheldon
- Parker Smith*
- Alex Sternisha*
- Ally Sun*
- Yukta Sunkara
- Holli Townsend*
- Daniel Trautmann
- Grant Tucker*
- Anney Tuo*
- Megan Ungerman
- Alexander Wu
- Zuhair Zaidi
- Lucas Zeida Haar
- Alea Zone*
Eight faculty members were inducted:
- Alexandra Callan, M.D., Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Director of the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program
- Alex Kane, M.D., Professor of Plastic Surgery
- Alicia Kiszka, M.D., Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Brian Milman, M.D., Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
- Imran Mir, M.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics
- Amol Patwardhan, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Pain Management, of Biomedical Engineering, and in the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute
- Jaya Trivedi, M.D., Professor of Neurology, Vice Chair Ambulatory Operations & External Relations, and Medical Director of Ambulatory Neurology
- Alex Valadka, M.D., Professor of Neurological Surgery
Fourteen residents were inducted:
- Temitope Adedolapo, M.D.
- Jared Chapman, M.D.
- Enrique Chiu Han, M.D.
- Abel De Castro, M.D.
- George Doumat, M.D.
- Sebastian Echeandia Rushton, M.D.
- Nabila Haque, M.D., Ph.D.
- Alex Heglin, D.O., M.H.S.
- Stephen Hemmerly, M.D.
- Maria Clara Saad Menezes, M.D.
- William Drake Sanders, M.D.
- Jessica Schnorr, M.D.
- Harsh Vardhan Upreti, M.B.B.S.
- Renae White, M.D.
Endowed Titles:
- Dr. Callan holds the Aaron A. Hofmann, M.D. and Suzanne Hofmann Distinguished Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery in Honor of Richard E. Jones, M.D., and is a Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care.
- Dr. Haley holds the U.S. Armed Forces Veterans Distinguished Chair for Medical Research, Honoring Robert Haley, M.D., and America’s Gulf War Veterans.
- Dr. Kane holds the Crystal Charity Ball Distinguished Chair in Plastic Surgery.