Alpha of Indiana Chapter
Induction Banquet
Friday, February 2, 2024, 6-9pm
Crowne Plaza Hotel - Grand Hall in Union Station
123 W. Louisiana Street, Indianapolis, Indiana
Program of Events
Welcome and Invocation
Dinner Served
History of AΩA and Student Group Report
Volunteer Clinical Faculty Award
Keynote Address by Klaus Gottlieb, MD, JD
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Class of 2019
Class of 2024 Students
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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
Andreia Alexander, MD, PhD, MPH - Emergency Medicine
Gregory Gramelspacher, MD - Medicine
Chemen M. Neal, MD - OB/Gyn
Glenda R. Westmoreland, MD, MPH - Medicine
Gregory S. Zahn, MD - Emergency Medicine
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Faculty - Click here for Faculty information
Muayad Alali, MD - Pediatrics
Francesca C. Duncan, MD - Medicine
Paul I. Musey Jr., MD, - Emergency Medicine
Lauren D. Nephew, MD - Medicine
Rafael D. Rosario, MD - Medicine
Jack G. Schneider, MD - Pediatrics
Javier Sevilla-Martir, MD - Family Medicine
Sacha N. Sharp PhD, MA - Medicine
Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD, PhD - Surgery
James B. Wood, MD - Pediatrics
Residents - Click here for Resident information
Michael Adjei, MD - Anesthesia
Martha A. Cancilla, MD - Medicine
Peter Conrad, MD - Medicine
Meera F. Iyengar, MD - Medicine/Pediatrics
Sean C. Johnson, MD - Medicine/Pediatrics
Russell J. Ledet, MD, PhD, MBA - Pediatrics/Psychiatry/Child
Psychiatry
Jasmine Lee, MD - General Surgery
Molly Lee, MD - Medicine
Katherine Makaroff, MD - Medicine/Pediatrics
Eleazar Montalvan-Sanchez, MD - Medicine
Katie Mutke, MD, MS - Medicine/Pediatrics
Lauren Ann Ray, MD - Pediatrics
Rita Saroufim, MD - Pediatrics
Parth Savsani, MD - Medicine
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.
Andrew J. Sampson, MD, FACC
Interventional Cardiology
St. Vincent Ascension Medical Group
Andrew J. Sampson MD is a structural interventionalist with the St. Vincent Ascension Medical Group. He received his internal medicine and general cardiology training at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and completed his interventional training with St. Vincent in Indianapolis. He is the current Cath Lab Director of the Ascension Heart Center of Indiana and director of the structural/interventional course for the general cardiology fellowship. After 10 years with the Indianapolis group, he will be moving with his family to Raleigh, NC this spring to assume the directorship of the Structural Heart Program at Wake Med Hospital.
2024
Volunteer Clinical Faculty
Award Recipient
Dr. Andrew J. Sampson
Interventional Cardiology,
Ascension Medical Group
AOA Student Chapter
President: Willa Sasso Schmahl
Secretary: Dalton Sullivan
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:
Klaus Gottlieb, MD, JD
"How to Thrive in the Times of Artificial Intelligence"
Klaus Gottlieb, MD, JD
Vice President, Immunology Development - Digital Health, Eli Lilly and Company
Dr. Gottlieb has a varied background with degrees in law, business, medicine, and biotechnology. His career spans roles in medical education, private medical practice, regulatory work at the FDA, and leadership at Quintiles and biotech startups. At Eli Lilly, he initially focused on global program leadership and clinical trial design. More recently he has been leading the Digital Health and AI initiatives in immunology Late Phase Development.
The AΩA Indiana Chapter would like to kindly thank
the following members for their donations:
Naga P. Chalasani
John C. Christenson
Meg Gaffney & Matt Galvin
Richard Gunderman
John Kincaid
Sharon M. Moe
Kris Nanagas
Stanley & Marianne Spinola
Vasu Family