The Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) medical honor society at UNC-Chapel Hill has announced its spring 2023 inductees. AOA was founded in 1902 and is dedicated to a belief in improving care for all by recognizing high educational achievement, honoring gifted teaching, encouraging the development of leaders in academia and the community, supporting the ideals of humanism, and promoting service to others.
The Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) medical honor society at UNC-Chapel Hill has announced its spring 2023 inductees.
AOA was founded in 1902 and is dedicated to a belief in improving care for all by recognizing high educational achievement, honoring gifted teaching, encouraging the development of leaders in academia and the community, supporting the ideals of humanism, and promoting service to others.
Election to Alpha Omega Alpha signifies a lasting commitment to scholarship, leadership, professionalism and service. Membership in the society confers recognition of someone’s dedication to the profession and art of healing. UNC-Chapel Hill’s chapter of AOA was founded in 1954 and is proud to induct new medical students, residents, fellows, faculty and alumni into the chapter each year.
Students
Catalina Berenblum Tobi
Adele Bernard
Jessica Blanks
Danielle Brathwaite
Caroline Buse
Maria Del Mar Melendez
Wilson Fisher
Deveney Franklin
Yoshiko Iwai
Hartlee Johnston
Evans Lodge
Cecelia “Celia” Mizelle
Rayad Shams
Issac Sluder
Charlotte Smith
Residents/Fellows
Davis Phillips (Internal Medicine)
Chris Okorieocha (Medicine/Pediatrics)
Laura Rachal (Pediatrics Infectious Disease)*
Enioluwafe Ojo (Psychiatry)
Milza Howard (Psychiatry)
James Knowles (Psychiatry)
Jackie MacDonell (Neurosurgery)
Kayo Robinson (Internal Medicine)
Ben Lin (Internal Medicine)
Juyoung Kim (Family Medicine)
Laura Burkbauer (Surgery)
Nina Burruss (Psychiatry)
Randaline Barnett (Neurosurgery)
Safiyya Adam (Internal Medicine)
Zachary Tugaoen (Cardiology)*
Alhaji Mohammed (Pediatrics)
Reginald Johnson (Psychiatry)
Lior Abramson (Internal Medicine)
Andres Lopez (Family Medicine)
Faculty
David Lynch (Geriatrics)
Lauren Raff (Surgery)
Kyle Melvin (Family Medicine)
Andrew Chen (Orthopaedics)
John Doughton (Family Medicine)
Raquel Reyes (Internal Medicine)
Duncan Vincient (Internal Medicine)