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2017 Resident and Fellows Graduation

On June 2, 2017, the Department of Anesthesiology hosted the 2017 Resident and Fellows Graduation Ceremony at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel. Faculty, staff, residents, fellows, family and friends convened to wish the resident and fellow graduates congratulations and good luck on the next step in their medical careers.

Dr. Matthew Tulis (Associate Residency Program Director, far left) and Dr. Caron Hong, (Residency Program Director, far right) with graduating residents Drs. Arthur Formanek, Reney Henderson, Archana Srinivas Hudson, Zackary Chancer, Laura DeVita, Nansen Yu, Blake Watterworth, and Evan Chriss. 

  

Graduating residents Drs. Nansen Yu, Zackary Chancer, Reney Henderson, Evan Chriss, Archana Srinivas Hudson, Laura DeVita, Rachel Wallace, Blake Watterworth and Arthur Formanek.

Dr. Chinwe Nwosu (second from left) with friends and family. 

Faculty enjoy dinner and the graduation program presentations (1/2).

Faculty enjoy dinner and the graduation program presentations (2/2).

‌Chief Resident Dr. Reney Henderson with friends and family.

Incoming 2017-18 Chief Residents Drs. Camron Wipfli, Nathalie Peiris and Srikar Jonna emcee the resident farewell part of the evening. The Chief Residents start the presentations by giving out Oscar-like superlatives called the “Roscars” to the graduating residents.

Dr. Nathalie Peiris (left) presents The Roscar for “Class Clown” to Dr. Archana Srinivas Hudson.

Dr. Srikar Jonna (left) presents Dr. Reney Henderson with the Roscar for “The Immortal.”

Dr. Camron Wipfli (left) presents the Roscar for “The Defender” to Dr. Laura DeVita.

Dr. Nathalie Peiris (left) presents to Dr. Rachel Wallace the Roscar for “White Cloud.”

Dr. Srikar Jonna (left) presents Dr. Arthur Formanek the Roscar for “The Admiral.”

Dr. Camron Wipfli (left) presents the Roscar for “The Scientist” to Dr. Evan Chriss.

Drs. Camron Wipfli (left) and Nathalie Peiris (right) present Dr. Zachary Chancer (center) with the Roscar for “The Ally.”

Dr. Srikar Jonna (right) presents Dr. Blake Watterworth with the Roscar for “Early Bird.”

Dr. Camron Wipfli (left) presenting Dr. Nansen Yu with the Roscar for “Eye of the Storm.”


The Chief Residents also awarded some special Roscars...

Dr. Srikar Jonna presents the Roscar for “The Life Coach” to Dr. Ken Koerner by the residents for most likely to give good life advice.

The Roscar for “Too Cool for School” is awarded to Dr. Aaron Lange by the residents for the attending they would most likely want to hang out with outside of work.

The Roscar for “Night Owl” is awarded  to Dr. Ileana Gheorghiu by the residents for most likely to perform best in the middle of the night with little sleep.

The Roscar for “Silver Apple” is awarded to Dr. Omar Alyamani (graduating fellow in Obstetric Anesthesiology) for always being a patient teacher to the residents.


For the next part of the evening Dr. Caron Hong (Anesthesiology Residency Program Director) and Dr. Matthew Tulis (Anesthesiology Associate Program Director) take the stage to present the graduating residents.

Dr. Matthew Tulis (left) presents graduating resident Dr. Zachary Chancer.

Dr. Matthew Tulis (left) presents graduating resident Dr. Evan Chriss.

Graduating resident Dr. Laura DeVita gets a hug from Dr. Matthew Tulis.

Graduating Chief Resident Dr. Arthur Formanek gets a hug from Dr. Caron Hong while Dr. Matthew Tulis looks on.

Dr. Matthew Tulis (left) shakes hands with graduating Chief Resident Dr. Reney Henderson.

Graduating resident Dr. Archana Srinivas Hudson gets a hug from Dr. Matthew Tulis.

Graduating resident Dr. Rachel Wallace receives her gift from Dr. Matthew Tulis.

Graduating Chief Resident Dr. Blake Watterworth receives his gift from Dr. Matthew Tulis.

Dr. Matthew Tulis presents graduating resident Dr. Nansen Yu with his gift.


Next to take the stage were fellows graduating from the different Anesthesiology subspecialty programs.

Graduating Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow Dr. Rishi Gupta. 

Graduating Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow Dr. Chinwe Nwosu.

Graduating Critical Care Medicine Fellow Dr. Frederick Powell (center) receives congratulations from Dr. Vadivelu Sivaraman (Critical Care Medicine, Fellowship Program Director, left) as Dr. Matthew Tulis (right) looks on.

Graduating Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellow Dr. Omar Alyamani.

Graduating Pain Medicine Fellow Dr. Gary Kim.

Graduating Pain Medicine Fellow Dr. Victor Leslie with Dr. Matthew Tulis (right).

Graduating Pain Medicine Fellow Dr. Harrison Linder.

Graduating Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellow Dr. Tiffani Pittman.

Graduating Trauma Anesthesiology Fellow Dr. Ravi Chauhan with Dr. Bianca Conti (left) and Dr. Matthew Tulis (right).

 (From left to right) 2016-2017 Chief Residents, Drs. Blake Watterworth, Arthur Formanek and Reney Henderson.


Special Awards Presentations

2017 Dripps Award - Dr. Evan Chriss (left)

2017 Resident Critical Care Award - Dr. Arthur Formanek (center)

2017 Golden Apple Award for Teaching - Dr. Seema Deshpande (right)

Best wishes to the Resident Class of 2017.