Alpha of Indiana Chapter
Induction Banquet
Friday, March 6, 2026, 6-8pm
Riley Hospital Outpatient Center - Auditorium
705 Riley Hospital Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana
Program of Events
Welcome and Invocation
History of AΩA and Student Group Report
Volunteer Clinical Faculty Award
Keynote Address by Tim Peck, MD
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Class of 2019
Class of 2026 Students
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Click here for student information A - Har
Click here for student information Hep - Z
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Elected members are nominated by current AOA members and voted on at the annual election meeting. The Indiana Alpha Chapter is eligible to elect six alumni, ten faculty and twenty housestaff for this honor. The nominees should be individuals who have demonstrated outstanding scholarship. leadership in teaching, research and volunteerism.
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Alumni - Click here for Alumni information
Alana L. Barbato, MD - Pediatrics
Avinash V. Mantravadi, MD - Otolaryngology
Lawrence A. Mark, MD, PhD - Dermatology
Amy M. Munchhof, MD, PhD - Medicine
Evan J. Templeton, MD - Neurology
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Faculty - Click here for Faculty information
Melissa Cavaghan, MD - Medicine
Christopher D. Collier, MD - Orthopaedic Surgery
Hala Fatima, MD - Medicine
Stacey L. Halum, MD - Otolaryngology
James M. Hotz, MD - Medicine
Paul Ko, MD, MED - Emergency Medicine
Julia E. LaMotte , PhD - Pediatrics
Mary E. Lester, MD, FACS - Surgery
Hiba J. Mustafa, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology
Emily C. Walvoord, MD - Pediatrics
Residents - Click here for Resident information
Signe Braafladt, MD - General Surgery
Dexter Corlett, MD, MPH - Medicine-Pediatrics
Tanner D. Corse, MD - Medicine-Pediatrics
Jordan M. Cox, MD - Medicine-Pediatrics
Vidya S. Dandu, MD, Medicine
Fares Elgendy, MD - Medicine
Matthew E. Harris, MD - Pediatrics
Kristen Kaiser, MD - General Surgery
Wasi A. Khatri, MD - Medicine
Jenny K. Kim, MD - Medicine-Pediatrics
Kirsten A. Lewis, MD - Medicine
Phillip P. Pham, MD - Medicine
Lucas W. Rowe, MD - Ophthalmology
Patrick Sarette, MD, MPH - Emergency Medicine
Weston C. Troja, MD - Emergency Medicine
Alaina Turchi, MD, MS - Medicine-Pediatrics
Harikiran Vasu, MD Award
The Indiana University Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha and the Vasu family has established the Harikiran Vasu, MD Award in the memory of our former AΩA student President Hari Vasu. This annual award will be presented to the AΩA senior student who best embodies Hari's dedication to altruism, compassion, the pursuit and sharing of knowledge, and demonstrating kindness, integrity, and empathy for all others.
Volunteer Clinical Faculty Award
The Indiana University School of Medicine chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha’s Volunteer Faculty award is presented annually to recognize a community physician who contributes with distinction to the education and training of clinical students. This award was instituted to honor community physicians who donate their time, skill and experience to teach medical students and residents. The AΩA student members nominate and elect the most deserving of this award.
Ayodeji Ogunleye, MD, MPH, FASAM
Dr. Ogunleye is a Psychiatrist and medical director at River Bend Hospital in West Lafayette, Indiana. He earned his medical degree at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, completing his residency training at the University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri. Dr. Ogunleye has a Masters in Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of South Carolina and a Fellow American Society of Addiction Medicine.
Dr. Ogunleye has been married to his wife Naimah for 17 years and they have two lovely boys, Qayum, 15 and Fawaz, 10.
He enjoys driving, listening to audio books, reading history books and watching soccer.
2026
Volunteer Clinical Faculty
Award Recipient
Dr. Ayodeji Ogunleye
Psychiatry, River Bend Hospital
West Lafayette, Indiana
AOA Student Chapter
President: Ryan Bolda
Secretary: Julia Amstutz
The IU Alpha Omega Alpha student chapter is proud to announce another great year of accomplishments. Picking up where last year’s graduating class left off, several new initiatives and events have been successfully completed. Current members have worked hard to ensure that AΩA is well represented as an organization committed to the lifelong pursuit of professionalism and service to others. We remain enthusiastic and excited to continue our efforts throughout the upcoming year.
Mentoring
Members from AΩA hosted panels where first- and second-year medical students were able to gain insight from current AΩA members. First year students were exposed to AΩA, the core values of the organization, and given advice for success at IUSM.
Pearls
A living document aimed at helping medical students make the major transition from preclinical to clinical students underwent a major revision this year. We hope this compilation of advice regarding Step exams, clerkships, and residency application information will prove a useful handbook to Indiana University medical students across the state.
Mini Medical School
Based on overwhelmingly positive feedback, Mini Medical School was revitalized and expanded this year. The event serves as an opportunity for high school students to discover what the field of medicine entails and what IU has to offer. We quadrupled the size of the event this year by doubling the number of Indianapolis Public School students able to attend and for including, for the first time, students from rural school districts throughout the state of Indiana.
Keynote Address: Timothy Peck, MD
"The Joy of Showing Up: What Serving a Healthcare Desert in Indiana Taught Me About Medicine"
Timothy Peck, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician
Norton Medical
Candidate for US Congress
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Timothy Peck, MD is an emergency physician, healthcare entrepreneur, and public policy leader. He trained at NYU School of Medicine and Harvard/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he served as Chief Resident served in the Boston Marathon Bombing. He stayed on as faculty at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Peck has founded and led multiple healthcare companies focused on improving access, quality, and dignity in care, including Call9 and Curve Health. He is currently running for US Congress to represent Southern Indiana and practices emergency medicine serving his community which sits in a rural healthcare desert. He works at the intersection of clinical care, systems design, and public leadership, with a focus on patient-centered, community-rooted healthcare.
The AΩA Indiana Chapter would like to kindly thank
the following members for their donations:
Tim Brady
Naga P. Chalasani
John C. Christenson
Lauren Feder
Meg Gaffney & Matt Galvin
Marwan Ghabril
Richard Gunderman
TK & Tiffini Keolasy
John Kincaid & Mary Soper
Patrick Loehrer
Mitesh V. Shah
Stanley & Marianne Spinola
Vasu Family