This year, the UQ-Ochsner MD Program graduated 82 doctors, who will join our growing alumni who number over 1,000, who are now changing and saving lives every day across the globe.
Professor Ron Amedee, Head of the UQ-Ochsner Clinical School said graduation is a milestone of our students’ journey to becoming competent and independent practitioners.
“It is not the end, but just another step on a life-long journey.
But today is a special day to take a much-needed break from studies and clinical duties, spend time reflecting on your accomplishments to date, and celebrate just how far you have come."
Professor Ron Amedee
Professor Leonardo Seoane, Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Ochsner Health said Ochsner is proud to invest in the next generation of physicians, as we work collectively to make healthcare more accessible and compassionate for all the communities that we serve here in Louisiana and beyond.
“You will encounter new and difficult challenges as you progress into your residencies and throughout your careers, but always remember the lessons you learned these past 4 years; put patients first, embody professionalism, and take care of yourselves as you take care of others.”
Professor Leonardo Seoane
Professor Danny Liew, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioral Sciences at The University of Queensland said this occasion is about much more than just receiving a degree.
“Today, our graduates are stepping into a vocation that carries a profound responsibility. Medicine is more than a profession. It is a calling; a commitment to serve humanity. It is also a great privilege."
Professor Danny Liew
Professor Liew explained that our graduates will be entrusted with the sacred responsibility to care for others and that they’ll see people in their most vulnerable moments, entrusting them with their fears, their pain, and their hopes.
“Your success will be reliant not just on your clinical skills and knowledge, but also your compassion, your integrity and human decency.
A medical career is a long, and often tortuous journey. It is immensely rewarding, but trying. So look after yourselves, and look after each other.
And take with you a sense of confidence that you have received the very best preparation.”
Professor Danny Liew
During the Culmination Ceremony, we recognise the graduating medical students who have excelled clinically and academically. These students have demonstrated all the outstanding scholarly attributes required of top medical students in their respective fields of interest.
Internal Medicine-American College of Physicians Excellence Award
Winners: Dhaval Patel and Pooja Punukollu
E. Edward Martin, Jr. Family Medicine Award
Winner: Kirsten Johnson
Dr. John Lockwood Ochsner, Sr., Surgical Award
Winner: Jakob Oury
The Student Excellence Award for OB/GYN
Winner: Kristy Dang
The Student Excellence Award for Pediatrics
Winner: Raquel Markham Gupta
The Student Excellence Award for Psychiatry
Winner: Savanah Fowler
Also recognized were those students who have demonstrated excellence in research by being selected for Post-Graduate Research Fellowship Awards.
The Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program provides a unique opportunity for recently selected doctoral degree recipients to continue to remain engaged in translational, clinical, and health services research while they await the start of their residency program.
- Samantha Beland
Assessing the Accuracy of the Pediatric Age-Adjusted Shock Index (SIPA) in Identifying Midgut Volvulus in Pediatric Emergency Department Patients
- Chen Fang
Assessment of Global Longitudinal Strain and Myocardial Work in Patients with Low-Flow, Low Gradient Aortic Stenosis Undergoing TAVR
- Karmveer Kaur
Delays in Diagnostic Neurological Testing for Acute Emergencies in Hospitalized Adults
- Amanda Lucas
Intermediate and Long-Term Outcomes After Transcatheter PDA Closure in Premature Infants: A Large Single-Center Experience
- Mahan Najhawan
Evaluating the Appropriateness of PSMA PET Scans in Patients with Unfavorable Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer
- Venkata Paruchuri
Evaluating Preoperative Mechanical and Geometric Imaging Parameters as Predictors of Surgical Outcomes in Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis following Carotid Endarterectomies
- Rachel Thomason
Implementation and Outcome Evaluation of a Prehabilitation Program in a Multispecialty Surgical Setting
