Traditional and Primary Care Residency Programs Recognize Outstanding Educators

At the 2026 graduation ceremonies for the Primary Care Residency Program and Traditional Internal Medicine Residency Program, residents, fellows, and Internal Medicine faculty members received teaching awards for their contributions to the residency programs.

Primary Care Residency Awards

John P. Moriarty Faculty Teaching Award: Sami Hamdan, MD, MPH

Edwin C. Cadman Teacher of the Year Award: Vandana Khungar, MD, MSc

Stephen Huot Award for Dedication and Excellence: Joseph Canarie, MD

Rosenbaum Primary Care Recognition Award: Caroline Golino, MD

John W. Brackett Award for Resident Teacher: Celina Caetano, MD

Gary Vernon Ralph Memorial “Humanism in Medicine” Award: Miranda Savioli, MD

Yogesh Khanal Global Health Leadership Award: Johanna Gleason-Vergados, MD

Fellow of the Year Award: Maisie Orsillo, DO

Support Staff Recognition Award: Deja Washington

Justin Reynolds Lifestyle & Preventive Medicine Recognition Award: Munashe Dube, MD

Marcella Nunez Smith Award for Achievements in Equitable Access to Care in Medicine: Miranda Savioli, MD

Traditional Internal Medicine Residency Program Award Winners

Frederick L. Sachs, MD Award for Outstanding Clinician: Abigail Marriott, MD

Stephen R. Shell, MD, Award for Outstanding Medical Educator: Abdel Abushouk, MD

The Samuel D. Kushlan Award: Caitlyn Brashears, MD, and Johnny Allsop, MD

Outstanding Preliminary Intern of the Year: Santiago Clocchiatti-Tuozzo, MD, MHS

Rotating Intern of the Year Award: Christopher Nguyen, MD

The VA-Yale Legacy Resident Awards for Advocacy and Excellence in Outpatient Veteran Care: Ahmed Ahmed, MD, MPH, Allie Cao, MD, and Christina Cotte, MD

The Dr. Laura Whitman New Haven Primary Care Consortium Award: Dorian Kaminski, MD

The Dr. Christopher Phillips Servant Leader Award for Fair Haven: Rohanit Singh, MD, MPH

Marcella Nunez Smith Award for Achievements in Equitable Access to Care in Medicine: Emily McNeill, MD

Yogesh Khanal Global Health Leadership Award: Wayne Wong, MD

The Fred S. Kantor, MD Award for Teacher of the Year at Yale New Haven Hospital: Nikolai Podoltsev, MD, PhD

The Asghar Rastegar, MD, Award for Teacher of the Year at the West Haven VA: Michael Arcieri, MD

The Dr. Janet B. Henrich Award for Leadership in Medical Education and Equity: Amelia Khoo, MD

Yale Traditional Internal Medicine Residency New Haven Primary Care Consortium, Teacher of the Year Award: Benjamin Gallagher, MD

Yale Traditional Internal Medicine Residency Program Primary Care Center Humanism in Medicine Award: Gretchen Berland, MD

Yale Traditional Internal Medicine Residency, Fair Haven, Teacher of the Year Award: Mario Ochoa Prieto, MD

The Vasquez Award for Humanism in Medicine at the VA: Delly Alcantara-Cadillo, MD

Hughes Award for Ambulatory Teaching at the VA: Cynthia McNamara, MD

Fellow of the Year Award: Alexandra Schwann, MD

Partners in Care Award: Laura De Vaux, RN

Support Staff Recognition Award: Seanna Watson

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