W. Kendall McNabney Lecture
2021 W. Kendall McNabney Lecture
“Burned Out: Aw(e)…”
Robert Muelleman, M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Emergency Medicine
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Thursday, October 14, 2021 / Noon – 1 p.m.
2021 Commencement – May 15, 2021
Schedule
10:00 A.M. – Virtual Hooding Recognition Ceremony video will premiere on this page below.
2:00 P.M. – 2021 Spring In-Person Commencement Ceremonies at Kauffman Stadium
(for schedule and more information, please Click Here)
Link to 2020 Commencement Video
2022 White Coat Ceremony – August 6, 2022 – 2:00 P.M.
Take Wing Award Lecture – Live Event Stream
The E. Grey Dimond, M.D., Take Wing Award is the School of Medicine’s annual honor given to a graduate who has demonstrated excellence in his or her chosen field and exceeded the expectations of peers in the practice of medicine, academic medicine or research. Personal achievements and community or public service are also considered for the award, which is presented during graduation week.
The Take Wing winner receives an engraved Take Wing statue and round-trip paid transportation and expenses to Kansas City to accept the award. The winner also presents the E. Grey Dimond, M.D., Take Wing Lecture and makes a brief speech to that year’s graduating class during commencement ceremonies.
History
Take Wing is a bronze sculpture cast from a small carving made in 1952 by the late E. Grey Dimond, M.D., provost emeritus for the health sciences, from a piece of driftwood he found on the beach while visiting Carmel, Calif. His daughter Lark had the sculpture enlarged and cast in bronze. That sculpture stands in front of the UMKC School of Medicine, encouraging students and alumni to “take wing” and soar to new heights in their careers after they leave the school.
Link to 2020 Take Wing Lecture
Match Day – March 19th, 2021
| Name | Specialty | Program Name and Location |
| Saniya “Sunny” Ablatt | General Surgery | St. Joseph’s Hospital — Tacoma, WA |
| Noor Aftab | Internal Medicine | University of Missouri-Kansas City — Kansas City, MO |
| Sara Agha | Psychiatry | University of Missouri-Kansas City/Center for Behavioral Medicine — Kansas City, MO |
| Chris Ahlering | Emergency Medicine | St. Louis University School of Medicine — St. Louis, MO |
| Suma Ancha | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Barnes-Jewish Hospital — St. Louis, MO |
| Samatha Ankireddy | Internal Medicine | Penn State Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, PA |
| Grace Arias | Internal Medicine/Pediatrics | Indiana University School of Medicine — Indianapolis, IN |
| Sarah Atallah | Family Medicine | Altru Health Systems — Grand Forks, ND |
| Yicheng Bao | Ophthalmology | University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine Roski Eye Institute — Los Angeles, CA |
| Benjamin Bernard | Otolaryngology | University of California-San Diego Medical Center — San Diego, CA |
| Rico Beuford | Emergency Medicine | Duke University Medical Center — Durham, NC |
| Shawn Boehm | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | University of Missouri-Kansas City — Kansas City, MO |
| Charles Burke | Pediatrics | Baylor College of Medicine — Houston, TX |
| Tom Chen | Internal Medicine | St. Louis University School of Medicine — St. Louis, MO |
| Julia Marie Clem | Family Medicine | Indiana University School of Medicine — Indianapolis, IN |
| Anna Curtis | Internal Medicine | University of Michigan Hospitals — Ann Arbor, MI |
| Vijaya Dasari | Neurology | Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, OH |
| Lauren R. Davidson | Internal Medicine | University of Rochester Strong Memorial — Rochester, NY |
| Tejal Desai | Internal Medicine | University of Texas Health Science Center — San Antonio, TX |
| Nikhil Dhall | Ophthalmology | Tulane University School of Medicine — New Orleans, LA |
| Anthony Esswein | Transitional Year | Orange Park Medical Center — Orange Park, FL |
| Interventional Radiology (Integrated) | Medical College of Georgia — Augusta, GA | |
| Vishwanath Ganesan | Internal Medicine | Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, OH |
| Manuela Garcia | Family Medicine | Texas Tech University — El Paso, TX |
| Sarthak Garg | Family Medicine | University of Arizona College of Medicine — Phoenix, AZ |
| Karuna Gausper | Pediatrics | University of California-Irvine Medical Center, Children’s Hospital of Orange County — Orange, CA |
| Nina Govalla | Psychiatry | University of Arizona College of Medicine — Tucson, AZ |
| Jacob Gowan | Surgery-Preliminary | Orlando Health — Orlando, FL |
| Naseem Hamidi | Internal Medicine | Loyola University Medical Center — Maywood, IL |
| Namara Haq | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | University of Rochester Strong Memorial — Rochester, NY |
| Vishnu Harikumar | Transitional Year | HCA Healthcare/University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine — Brandon, FL |
| Dermatology | University of Miami Jackson Health System — Miami, FL | |
| Mohammed Hasan | General Surgery | Loyola University Medical Center — Maywood, IL |
| Saqib Hassan | Internal Medicine | HCA Healthcare/TriStar — Nashville, TN |
| Nikhil Havaldar | Urology | University of Kansas School of Medicine — Kansas City, KS |
| Sarah Jacob | Internal Medicine | Barnes-Jewish Hospital — St. Louis, MO |
| Jonathan Jalali | Internal Medicine | Tulane University School of Medicine — New Orleans, LA |
| Madeline Johnson | Internal Medicine-Preliminary | University of Missouri-Kansas City — Kansas City, MO |
| Radiology-Diagnostic | University of Missouri-Kansas City — Kansas City, MO | |
| Ethan Johnston | Psychiatry | University of Missouri-Kansas City/Center for Behavioral Medicine — Kansas City, MO |
| Nila Jones | Internal Medicine | Kettering Health Network — Kettering, OH |
| Andrew Jozwiakowski | Family Medicine | Central Iowa Health System Allen Hospital — Waterloo, IA |
| Ankit B. Kadakia | Internal Medicine-Preliminary | University of Texas Medical School — Houston, TX |
| Ophthalmology | University of Texas Health Science Center — Houston, TX | |
| Sharika Kaula | Surgery-Preliminary | Loyola University Medical Center — Maywood, IL |
| Raga Kilaru | Pediatrics | Phoenix Children’s Hospital — Phoenix, AZ |
| Juan Kim | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | University of Missouri-Kansas City — Kansas City, MO |
| Connor King | General Surgery | University of Kansas School of Medicine — Kansas City, KS |
| Sunita Kolareth | Family Medicine | University of Missouri-Kansas City — Kansas City, MO |
| Rachana Kombathula | Internal Medicine | University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center — Memphis, TN |
| Komal Kumar | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Indiana University School of Medicine — Indianapolis, IN |
| Meghana Kumar | General Surgery | University of Missouri-Kansas City — Kansas City, MO |
| Rebecca Kurian | Internal Medicine | HCA Healthcare/Kansas City — Overland Park, KS |
| Sree Lanka | Internal Medicine | Tulane University School of Medicine — New Orleans, LA |
| Alex Luke | Neurology | University of Missouri-Kansas City — Kansas City, MO |
| Shafaa Mansoor | Neurology | University of Texas Medical School — Houston, TX |
| Thomas Mathews | Internal Medicine | University of Kansas School of Medicine — Kansas City, KS |
| Adiba Maisha Matin | Emergency Medicine | Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education — Rochester, MN |
| Shrushti Mehta | Pediatrics | Case Western/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center — Cleveland, OH |
| Vishal Mittal | Emergency Medicine | Cook County Health and Hospitals System — Chicago, IL |
| Adrianna Morse | Internal Medicine | Providence Health-St. Vincent — Portland, OR |
| Nina Muddasani | Anesthesiology | University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics — Iowa City, IA |
| Faith Mueller | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Zucker School of Medicine-Northwell North Shore Hospital/Long Island Jewish Medical Center — Great Neck, NY |
| Varsha Muthukumar | Internal Medicine | Baylor College of Medicine — Houston, TX |
| Isabella S. Nair | General Surgery | University of Missouri-Kansas City — Kansas City, MO |
| Saja Necibi | Psychiatry | University of Missouri-Kansas City/Center for Behavioral Medicine — Kansas City, MO |
| Brian Nwokeji | Psychiatry | Tulane University School of Medicine — New Orleans, LA |
| Ginikachukwu Osude |
Family Medicine | University of Texas at Austin-Dell Medical School — Austin, TX |
| Naleen Patel | Emergency Medicine | University of Missouri-Kansas City — Kansas City, MO |
| Prarthana Patel | Internal Medicine | Baylor College of Medicine — Houston, TX |
| Jacob Perera | Transitional Year | Mercy Hospital St. Louis — St. Louis, MO |
| Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education — Rochester, MN | |
| Ethan Peterson | Internal Medicine | HCA Healthcare/University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine — Brandon, FL |
| Shirene Philipose | Internal Medicine | University of Kansas School of Medicine — Kansas City, KS |
| John (Tony) Phillips | Family Medicine | University of Missouri-Kansas City — Kansas City, MO |
| Deanne Pisarkiewicz | Psychiatry | Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services — Grand Rapids, MI |
| Amudha Porchezhian | Family Medicine | Ventura County Medical Center — Ventura, CA |
| Akhil Pulumati | Internal Medicine | Rush University Medical Center — Chicago, IL |
| Rose Puthumana | Internal Medicine | University of Miami Jackson Health System — Miami, FL |
| Rawan Rajab | Internal Medicine | University of Missouri-Kansas City — Kansas City, MO |
| Karishma Raju | Internal Medicine | Indiana University School of Medicine — Indianapolis, IN |
| Hussain Rao | Internal Medicine-Preliminary | New York Medical College-Metropolitan Hospital Center — New York, NY |
| Ophthalmology | New York Medical College — Valhalla, NY | |
| Lyna Rehan | Anesthesiology | University of Kansas School of Medicine — Kansas City, KS |
| Kavelin Rumalla | Neurological Surgery | Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center — Phoenix, AZ |
| Abdullah Said | Plastic Surgery (Integrated) | Barnes-Jewish Hospital — St. Louis, MO |
| Alisha Shah | Anesthesiology | University of Florida College of Medicine Shands Hospital — Gainesville, FL |
| Binoy Shah | Internal Medicine | University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine — Reno, NV |
| Koral Shah | Internal Medicine | Barnes-Jewish Hospital — St. Louis, MO |
| Kunal Sutaria | Internal Medicine | University of Florida College of Medicine Shands Hospital — Gainesville, FL |
| Darya Tajfiroozeh | Pediatrics | Loma Linda University — Loma Linda, CA |
| Nicole Tamer | Internal Medicine-Preliminary | University of Missouri-Kansas City — Kansas City, MO |
| Radiology-Diagnostic | University of Missouri-Kansas City — Kansas City, MO | |
| Shveta Thakkar | Internal Medicine | Rush University Medical Center — Chicago, IL |
| Rashmi Thimmapuram | Internal Medicine | Baylor College of Medicine — Houston, TX |
| Siddhant Thukral | Surgery-Preliminary | Duke University Medical Center — Durham, NC |
| Interventional Radiology (Integrated) | Duke University Medical Center — Durham, NC | |
| Catherine Tran | Child Neurology | Children’s Mercy Hospital — Kansas City, MO |
| Taylor Tran | Obstetrics and Gynecology | University of Missouri-Kansas City — Kansas City, MO |
| Maggie Urschler | Pediatrics | St. Louis Children’s Hospital — St. Louis, MO |
| Debra Wekesa | Internal Medicine | University of Nebraska Medical Center — Omaha, NE |
| Sarah Wells | Emergency Medicine | University of Texas Southwestern Medical School — Dallas, TX |
| Brandon Wesche | Internal Medicine/Pediatrics | University of Minnesota Medical School — Minneapolis, MN |
| Andrew Williams | Internal Medicine-Preliminary | University of Missouri-Kansas City — Kansas City, MO |
| Neurology | Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education — Rochester, MN | |
| Claire Wolber | Family Medicine | University Hospitals — Columbia, MO |
| Alex Wu | Internal Medicine | HCA Healthcare/University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine — Oak Hill, FL |
| Kara Zweerink | Emergency Medicine | University of Missouri-Kansas City — Kansas City, MO |
Link to Match Day 2020 Event Page
School of Medicine 50th Anniversary
2021 White Coat Ceremony – August 7, 2021 – 2:00 P.M.
Dr. Reaner & Mr. Henry Shannon Lectureship in Minority Health
2022 Dr. Reaner & Mr. Henry Shannon Lectureship in Minority Health
“DEI Does Matter! Reflections by a URiM Graduate of the Inaugural Class”
Michael L. Weaver, M.D.
President, Mission Project KC
Chairperson, Critical Mass Gathering
Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine
UMKC School of Medicine
Friday, February 25, 2022 / Noon – 1 p.m.
Click here to view the 2021 Lecture
UMKC Health Sciences District Research Advisory Council Lecture Series
2022 UMKC Health Sciences District
Research Advisory Council Lectureship
“Oh Baby! Vaccine Preventable Diseases in Maternal-Infant Health”
Geeta Swamy, M.D.
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Associate Vice President for Research
Vice Dean for Scientific Integrity
Duke University
Friday, February 11, 2022 / Noon – 1 p.m.
Campus Location: School of Medicine – Theater A
Zoom is also available for this event:
Zoom Meeting URL: https://uhkc-org.zoom.us/j/97633269238
Meeting ID: 976 3326 9238
Passcode: None