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Prizes and Awards

This is a list of prizes and awards that students may earn during the course of their medical education.

• American Medical Women's Association Scholarship Achievement Awards are presented to women students who graduate in the top 10 percent of their class, or, under the non-graded system, are honor graduates.
• The Elijah Adams Award for Excellence in Biological Chemistry is presented to the freshman medical student who has achieved an honors grade in the biochemistry and molecular biology course and has written a paper judged of the highest quality by the faculty of the department.
• The Wayne W. Babcock Award for Excellence in Surgery is awarded to a graduating senior for outstanding performance in surgery.
• The Balder Scholarship Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement is presented to the graduating senior with the highest academic record throughout the medical course.
• The Leslie B. Barnett Memorial Medical Student Research Fellowship is a competitive award to provide funding for a student to conduct research.
• The Eugene Sydney Bereston Award for Excellence in Dermatology is awarded to the graduate with outstanding accomplishments and interests in dermatology.
• The J. Edmund Bradley Award for Excellence in Pediatrics recognizes the graduate with both the leading academic record in pediatrics and the characteristics most admired in a pediatrician.
• The Eugene B. Brody Award for Excellence in Psychotherapy honors a graduate with outstanding skill in psychotherapy.
• The C. Jellef Carr Award for Excellence in Pharmacology is presented to the sophomore medical student who has achieved an honors grade in the medical pharmacology course and has written a paper judged of the highest quality by the faculty of the department.
• The Louis, Ida and Samuel Cohen Award for Personal Attributes of Scholarship, Ability and Compassion for Patients is presented to a graduate with superior scholarship and scientific knowledge of internal medicine and understanding and compassion for patients.
• The Dean's Award for Excellence in Research is presented to the graduating senior who has performed the most notable research during the course of the standard MD program.
• The Donaldson Prize for Excellence in Pathology honors the graduating senior who has demonstrated excellence in didactic and laboratory work in the discipline of pathology.
• The Louis Harriman Douglass Award for Excellence in Obstetrics and Gynecology recognizes the graduating senior with an outstanding academic record and a particular interest in obstetrics and gynecology.
• The Robley Dunglison Award for Excellence in Preventive Medicine honors the graduating student who has demonstrated outstanding competence in the fields of preventive medicine and public health.
• The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Award for Excellence in Emergency Medicine recognizes the senior who has captured the essence of the ideal emergency physician by demonstrating high skill, equanimity and kindness in an environment which requires quick, clear thinking and action.
• The Faculty Gold Medal for Outstanding Qualifications for the Practice of Medicine honors a graduate with outstanding scholarly accomplishments and those qualities of humanity and dedication most desirable in a physician.
• The Jacob Finesinger Award for Excellence in Psychiatry honors the graduate who has demonstrated outstanding skills in general psychiatry.
• The Harlan I. Firminger Award for Excellence in General and Systemic Pathology is presented to the student with the highest performance in the sophomore pathology course.
• The A. Bradley Gaither Memorial Award for Excellence in Genito-Urinary Surgery recognizes the graduate who excelled during the senior clerkship in genito-urinary surgery.
• The Geriatrics and Gerontology Education and Research Program Award for Excellence in the field of aging recognizes undergraduate or graduate student who has demonstrated outstanding interest and commitment to the care of older persons.
• The Dr. Sheldon E. Greisman Award is presented to the student whose performance in the first-year physiology course is deemed outstanding.
• The Dr. Jeremy Hallisey Prize is awarded at commencement to graduating students pursuing a career in anesthesiology who best demonstrate the quality of compassion. If no graduating seniors are pursuing a career in anesthesiology, the prize shall be awarded to graduating seniors pursuing a career in surgery who best demonstrate the quality of compassion.
• The William Alexander Hammond Award for Excellence in Neurology is awarded to the graduating senior with outstanding accomplishments in neurology.
• The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey Humanism in Medicine Award is given to a graduating senior who promotes the integration of humanism in the delivery of care to patients and their families.
• The Dr. Martin Helrich Prize for Excellence in Anesthesiology recognizes the graduate with the highest academic distinction during the senior clerkship in anesthesiology.
• The Dr. Leonard M. Hummel Memorial Award for Excellence in Internal Medicine honors a graduate with outstanding qualifications in internal medicine.
• The William D. Kaplan, MD award is presented to a graduating senior who best combines humanism with the clinical study of medicine.
• The Edward J. Kowalewski Award for Excellence in Education and Training in Family Practice is presented to the fourth-year student who has demonstrated special interest and high academic achievement in family practice.
• The Abraham Lilienfeld Award in Epidemiology and Biostatistics is awarded to the graduating student with an outstanding performance in the courses given by the department in the first two years of medical school.
• The William H. Mosberg, Jr., MD Award for Neurosurgery is awarded at commencement to a student who demonstrates academic excellence as well as personal distinction.
• The Dr. I. Earl Pass Memorial Award for Exceptional Proficiency in Internal Medicine recognizes a member of the graduating class with an outstanding performance in medicine.
• The Dr. Milton S. Sacks Award in Hematology is awarded to the graduate with the most distinguished record in hematology.
• The Student National Medical Association Service Award is presented to the graduating senior who has demonstrated leadership in the Student National Medical Association and made outstanding contributions to the minority community.
• The Summa, Magna and Cum Laude Awards of Honor are presented to those candidates for graduation who have exhibited outstanding qualifications for the practice of medicine during their four academic years.
• The Uhlenhuth Award for Excellence in the Anatomical Sciences is awarded in recognition of the graduate with the highest academic record in the anatomical sciences.
• The Rudolf Virchow Award for Research in Pathology is awarded to graduates who have made outstanding contributions to research in the field of pathology.
• The Joseph E. Whitley Award is given for academic excellence in radiology.
• The Hans R. Wilhelmsen Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Surgery is awarded to the graduate with the highest academic record in surgery.
• The Charles L. Wisseman Jr., Award for Excellence in Microbiology and Immunology is presented to the student with the highest academic record in microbiology.
• The Theodore E. Woodward Prize in Internal Medicine is the highest award in internal medicine. It is presented to the graduate who has an excellent academic record in the discipline of internal medicine and has displayed the attributes of compassion and dedication in the care of patients.
• The Theodore E. Woodward Award in Physical Diagnosis is awarded at commencement to the graduate whose sophomore performance in physical diagnosis best exemplified the desirable combination of factual information, clinical skills and humanity, and characteristics of an accomplished physician.
• The Marshall L. Rennels Award for Excellence in Neuroscience is awarded in recognition of the graduate with the most distinguished accomplishments in neuroscience and who best exemplifies the character and scholarship of Dr. Marshall L. Rennels, former professor of anatomy and neurobiology, one of the most decorated teachers in the history of the School of Medicine.

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