2025 Awards Ceremony

TCEP held its Annual Awards Ceremony on April 14 to recognize outstanding contributions of its members. Award recipients included:

Annual Research Forum winners

Medical Student Winner: Rochak Khatri; UTMB
Resident Winner: Ryan Johnson, MD, MPH; UTHealth Houston

Outstanding Volunteer Award – Jeff Pinnow, MD, FACEP
Committee Leadership Award – Rob Mohr Jr., MD
Michael Wainscott Legacy Award – Alexander Toppo, MD
James Hayes Legacy Award – Theresa Tran, MD, FACEP
President’s Award – Jill Sutton, CMP
Recognition of outgoing board members

Theresa Tran, MD, FACEP
Cassidy Lane, DO
Catherine Pivalizza

Outstanding Medical Student in EM

Levi Peppel, Baylor College of Medicine (Houston)
Brady Gunter, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine (Lubbock)
Bianca Augustain, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L Foster School of Medicine (El Paso)
Katherine Young, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (Fort Worth)
Evelyn Park, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (Houston)
Chris Connolly, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (Galveston)
Shannon Martinez, The Joe R. and Teres Lozano Long University of Texas School of Medicine San Antonio (San Antonio)
Elio Garcia Sosa, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine (Brownsville)
Nina Velasco Meer, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas)
Danielle Berninzoni, University of Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine (San Antonio)
Aqeeb Ali, Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (Conroe)
Kevin Chao, TCU School of Medicine (Fort Worth)
Iliana Oberkircher, University of Houston College of Medicine (Houston)

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