Residents, fellows, faculty and families gathered on June 25th to celebrate the end of residency or fellowship and the beginning of their next journey. Some will be going far – Dr. Fritz-Gerald Charles will be traveling across the country to a cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellowship at Stanford University – but many will remain close – Dr. David Hutchinson will join the faculty next door at the Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center and others will join fellowships with us.
In addition to our end of the year awards, the resident class of 2022 honored Kelly Spaulding who retired from our Education Office in March after 30 years of service.
Wherever our residents’ lives take them from here, we wish them luck and thank them for all the hard work and dedication they poured into the Department of Anesthesiology and UF Health!
Below are some awards given out at the ceremony and a list of our amazing resident graduates and where they are going next year.
Learn more about our residency & fellowship programs.
Chair’s Awards
These recipients were selected by Timothy Morey, M.D., for outstanding service to the department.
Unsung Hero
Peggy White, MD
Associate Professor; Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Research
Basma Mohamed, MBChB
Assistant Professor; Assistant Program Director, Resident Wellness
Best Faculty Member
Amanda Frantz, MD
Assistant Professor; Interim Director, Critical Care Medicine; Assistant Program Director, Education
Best Resident
Holdent Brown, MD
Best ANesthetist
Lynn Wackerly, CRNA
Outstanding Resident Awards
The recipients of these awards were selected by departmental faculty.
OUTSTANDING Senior Resident
Bill Mallett, MD
Outstanding Junior Resident
Shahrukh Bengali, MD
Division Awards
These recipients were selected by the faculty in each division for outstanding achievement.
Acute Pain CA3 Resident
Krupesh Dave, MD
ACUTE PAIN CA1 RESIDENT
Angela Bott, DO
ACUTE PAIN Intern RESIDENT
Olesia Merinova, MD, PhD
Cardiothoracic CA3
Patrick Quade, MD
Cardiothoracic CA3
Joseph AbuRahma, MD
Cardiothoracic CA2
Jack Schneck, MD
Cardiothoracic CA2
Melissa Petit, MD
Critical Care Medicine
Muna Oli, MD
Liver & Transplant
Joseph AbuRahma, MD
NORA
Patrick Quade, MD
Obstetric
Nicole Premo, MD
Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine
Holden Brown, MD
Pediatric
Emily Chen, MD
Multispecialty
Joseph AbuRahma, MD
Transition to Practice
Emily Chen, MD
Neuroanesthesiology
Jesse Revenis, MD
VA
Bill Mallett, MD
Perioperative
Hadia Maqsood, MD
Resident and CRNA/CAA Awards
These recipients were selected by the residents and our CRNAs and CAAs.
Distinguished Team Player
Krupesh Dave, MD
Exceptional Anesthetist of the Year
Taja Fricker, CRNA
Anesthetist’s Choice Resident of the Year
Nicole Premo, MD
Michael E. Mahla Exceptional Resident of the Year
Bill Mallett, MD
Teaching Awards
These recipients were selected by the graduating residents.
T.W. Andersen Teacher of the Year
Basma Mohamed, MBChB
Haven M. Perkins Lifetime Teaching Award
Jeff White, MD
Resident Graduates
See a list of our 2022 graduates below and where they are going next.
- Joseph AbuRahma, MD – UF Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship
- Andrew Bennett, MD – private practice at Anesthesia Partners of Dallas
- Holden Brown, MD – Pain Medicine Fellowship at University of Utah
- Fritz-Gerald Charles, MD – Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship at Stanford University
- Emily Chen, MD – Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship at Duke University
- Krupesh Dave, MD – UF Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship
- James Fleming, MD – UF Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellowship
- Caitlin Gray, MD – UF Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellowship.
- David Hutchinson, MD – faculty at Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Uche Ike, MD – UF Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellowship
- Keith Jenkins, MD – private practice
- Bill Mallett, MD – Pain Medicine Fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard University
- Ralph Michel, MD – Pain Medicine Fellowship at Virginia Mason
- Jayike Nwokolo, MD – UF Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship
- Zackary Powers, DO – private practice at Tennova Medical Group in Clarksville, Tennessee
- Nicole Premo, MD – UF Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship
- Patrick Quade, MD – UF Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship.
- Bryan Ray, MD – Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship at Duke University
- Joseph Roderique, MD – private practice at Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville
- Sam Searcy, MD – UF Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellowship.
- Hope Sprunger, MD – private practice at Envision Clearwater
- Erin Yen, DO – Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship at Vanderbilt University