Class Notes and Alumni Updates

We are excited to celebrate and acknowledge these School of Medicine alumni on their professional and personal achievements. Alumni are listed alphabetically by last name.

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Professional Updates and Awards


  • Dr. Bridget Abney (B.A. ‘95/M.D. ’96): Board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist (OB-GYN) has joined AdventHealth Ottawa.
  • Dr. Jennifer Bickel (BLA ‘00/M.D. ’01): Named MD Anderson Vice President and Chief Wellness Officer
  • Dr. Alan Braverman (B.A. ‘84/M.D. ’85): Appointed the inaugural Head of the new section of General Cardiology at Washington University
  • Dr. Sean Bonanni (M.D. ’18): Joined the Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute as an orthopedic specialist
  • Dr. Reginald Bulkley (B.A./M.D. ’83): Won a 2024 Outstanding Teacher Award at Washington University where he is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
  • Dr. John Byrnes (B.A. ‘83/M.D. ’84): Named Chief Quality Officer for McLeod Health
  • Ms. Clare Devine (MMS ’24): Hired as an advanced practice provider at Associated Medical Arts in Montgomery City, MO.
  • Dr. Penelope Duke (B.A. ‘87/M.D. ’88): Appointed to Texas Medical Board District Two Review Committee
  • Dr. Roxana Fu (B.A. ‘10/M.D. ’11): Joined NYU Grossman School of Medicine as chief of oculoplastics
  • Dr. Susan Graves (B.A. ‘93/M.D. ’94): Appointed as the first Primary Care Service Line Medical Director for CoxHealth in October 2022; also appointed to the CoxHealth Board of Directors in 2021 
  • Dr. Anna Grodzinsky (BLA ‘08/M.D. ‘09/M.S. ’15): Named to the Ingram’s Top Doctor list of 2024
  • Dr. David Glover (B.A. ‘76/M.D. ’78): To be inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame
  • Dr. Chelsea Hamill (B.A. ’15/M.D. ’16): Joined University of Nebraska Medical Center as assistant professor, UNMC Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; otolaryngology-head and neck surgery physician, Nebraska Medicine
  • Dr. Ahmed Hassan (BLA ‘03/M.D. ’04): Appointed as President of the Neurocritical Care Foundation
  • Dr. Timothy Martin (B.A. ‘82/M.D. ’84): Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine recently attained additional subspecialty board certification in Healthcare Administration, Leadership, and Management (HALM) from the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA). The board certification process for this new subspecialty was launched in 2024 by the American Board of Emergency Medicine, with the ABA as a board co-sponsor.
  • Dr. Mark Molos (B.A. ‘80/M.D. ’81): Joined the medical staff at Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital in West Palm Beach.
  • Dr. Rmaah Memon (BLA ‘19/M.D. ’20): Current a Center for Global Health Scholar and Global EM Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Dr. Frankie Moisson (M.D. ’22): Announced as a 2026-27 Pediatric Chief Resident at the University of Colorado School of Medicine
  • Dr. Darryl Nelson (B.A. ‘85/M.D. ’86): Honored on the Ingram’s 2025 Heroes in Healthcare for Lifetime Service.
  • Dr. Amy Patel (BLA ‘10/M.D. ’11): Named to the Radiology Business Forty Under 40 Class of 2024
  • Dr. Marion Pierson (B.A./M.D. ’93): Named the 2024 St. Teresa’s Academy Distinguished Alumna
  • Dr. K. Gay Purcell (B.A. ‘95/M.D. ’96): Named Best Concierge Doctor in Best of KC 2024
  • Dr. John Quinn (B.A. ‘80/M.D. ‘81): Named Best Plastic Surgeon in Best of KC 2024
  • Dr. Lisa Schmaltz (B.A. ‘90/M.D. ’91): Retires after three decades with the University of Wisconsin Department of Radiology
  • Dr. Karen Stadler (BLA ‘19/M.D. ’20): Joined Stormont Vail Dermatology team
  • Dr. Kristen Strasser (BLA ‘09/M.D. ’10): Joined Bothwell Susan O’Brien Fischer Cancer Center in Sedalia, MO
  • Dr. Dana Thompson (B.A. ‘90/M.D. ’91): 2024 Living Legend Inductee to the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and Foundation (AAO-HNS/F) Hall of Distinction
  • Dr. Debra Wekesa (BLA ‘20/M.D. ’21): Is a chief resident at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and will start a nephrology fellowship there this summer.
  • Dr. Malissa Wood (B.A./M.D. ’87): Honored with Prestigious 2025 Bernadine Healy Leadership in Women’s Cardiovascular Disease Award from the American College of Cardiology

Scholarly Achievement and Publications

Media and News Features

In Memoriam

Residency/Fellowship Graduate Updates

  • Dr. John Howington (Gen. Surgery ’94): Becomes the 87th President of the American College of Chest Physicians

All updates are from August 2024-present.