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The 2013-14 Pathology Farewell Reception and Dinner took place on June 11th at the UCLA Faculty Center. Once again, graduates were honored on a beautiful Southern California evening which began with hors d'oeuvres and an art exhibit featuring faculty, graduate and staff talent. Dinner and presentations followed, hosted by Department Chair, Dr. Jon Braun. This year's graduates and honorees were:

Cardiovascular Achievement Award (Presented by Dr. Michael Fishbein):
Gregory Fishbein

Housestaff Recognition Awards (Presented by Michael Kallen, David Lin, 
Jeffrey Petersen, and Vanda Farahmand):
Roy Baily Anatomic Pathology Technical Staff Teaching Award: Antonio Ruiz
Clinical Pathology Technical Staff Teaching Award: Shih-Mao Teng
Administrative Staff Appreciation Award: Mayra Contreras
Clinical Pathology Faculty Teaching Award: Dr. Stephen Lee
Roberta Nieberg Faculty Teaching Award in Anatomic Pathology: Dr. Sophia Apple

Resident Certificates & Acknowledgements (Presented by Drs. Charles Lassman and Alyssa Ziman):

Sue Chang
Gregory Fishbein
Lawrence Low
Eric Swanson
Dawn Ward

Post Junior Fellowship Certificate (Presented by Dr. Charles Lassman):

Brian Cone
Joshua Sifuentes
Cytopathology Fellowship Certificates (Presented by Dr. Sophia Apple):

Meenakshi Bhasin
Rachel Conrad
Dermatopathology Fellowship Certificates (Presented by Dr. Peter Sarantopoulos): 

Serge Alexanian
Beth Palla
Philip Scumpia
Jamie Zussman

Klaus Lewin GI/Liver Fellowship Certificates (Presented by Dr. Sarah Dry):

Dorina Gui
Michael Lee

Hematopathology Fellowship Certificates (Presented by Dr. Sheeja Pullarkat):

Matthew DeNicola
Eric Loo

Molecular Pathology Fellowship Certificate (Presented by Dr. Kingshuk Das):

Rina Kansal  

Neuropathology Fellowship Certificate (Presented by Dr. Negar Khanlou):

Keng-Chih "Kenny" Su

Surgical Pathology Fellowship Certificates 
(Presented by Drs. Sarah Dry, Jiaoti Huang, Charles Lassman and Scott Nelson):

Jamie Koo
Leila Langston
Ashhad Mahmood
Zhicheng Mo
Khaled Sarah
Roya Setarehshenas
Albert Su
Winnie Wu
SungEun "Stephanie" Yang

Transfusion Medicine Fellowship Certificate (Presented by Dr. Alyssa Ziman):

David Lin      

Clinical Microbiology Fellowship Certificates (Presented by Dr. Omai Garner):

Eszter Deak
Shelley Miller

Olive View Medical Center - Surgical Pathology Fellowship Certificates (Presented by Dr. Nora Ostrzega):

Tahereh "Maryam" Dadfarnia  

Housestaff Conference Attendance Awards (Presented by Dr. Eric Swanson)

PGY-4:
Eric Swanson

PGY-3:
Greg Fishbein
Shino Magaki

PGY-2:
Ramir Arcega
Vanda Farahmand*
Nam Ku

PGY-1:
Julie Huss
Jennifer Woo

* Attendance Champion