The Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society held its induction ceremony on May 6. It was the 111th induction for the University of Nebraska Alpha Omega Alpha Chapter.
Prior to the evening banquet, nationally recognized leader in medical education David Fleming, MD, professor emeritus of medicine and director of the Center for Health Ethics at the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia, gave a noon presentation titled “Doctor, Please Help Me Die.”
Nate Anderson, MD, chair of the medical student selection committee, said it’s a tremendous honor to celebrate the newest inductees and award recipients.
“The AOA represents the highest standards of excellence, integrity and service in medicine and is the most prestigious national medical honor society in the United States. Each of these students has demonstrated remarkable commitment not only to academic achievement, but also to leadership, community engagement, service and research,” Dr. Anderson said. “We continue to be inspired by their accomplishments and are proud to recognize their well-deserved induction into this distinguished society.”
In addition to the induction, the following awards were presented:
Volunteer Clinical Faculty Award
- Robert Bonebrake, MD, maternal and fetal medicine, Nebraska Methodist Hospital
The AOA Grissom Award
- Jacob Denesia
Medical Student AOA Awards
- The AOA Clinical Excellence Award – Will Bruening
- The AOA Senior Scholar Award – Lauren Weis
- The AOA Senior Thesis Award – Jack Mordeson
- The Gerald Moore AOA Leadership Award – Kim Nguyen
Class of 2025 Student Inductees
- Jack Begley
- Will Bruening
- Jay Byrd
- Danielle Dircks
- Sophie Gart
- Madison Han
- Sarah Maki
- Mikayla McKee
- Jack Mordeson
- Ashlyn O’Leary
- Richard (Max) Regester
- Nathaniel Singh
- Jaime Yrastorza
(Class of 2025 students Kayley Anderson, Molly Antonson, Trevor Daubert, Jacob Denesia, Haley DeWitt, Joseph Kleinsmith, Kim Nguyen, Nam Nguyen, Jacob Owens, Jenny Song, Jainaha Srikumar, Kaitlyn Thompson, Lauren Weis, Currey Zalman were inducted in 2024)
Class of 2026 Student Inductees
- Mazie Atteberry
- Ryder Cuppett
- Courtney Doherty
- Emily Ehsan
- Anna Haggart
- Lauren Klingemann
- Shalmali Mirajkar
- Margarita Pipinos
- Jamal Salaymeh
- Keegan Schuchart
- Heidi Vieira
- Rebecca Williams
- Duncan Works
House Officer Nominees
- Jane Goodson, MD, anesthesiology
- Jeremy Payne, MD, anesthesiology
- Elizabeth Ternent-Rech, MD, anesthesiology
- Mark Ringle, MD, general surgery
- Audrey Lane, MD, internal medicine/pediatrics
- Pranav Renavikar, MBBS, surgical pathology
- Evan Symons, DO, pediatric hospital medicine
Chief Resident Nominees
- RemmyGrace Sass, MD, internal medicine
Faculty and Alumni Nominees
- Keely Buesing, MD, general surgery
- Wesley Zeger, DO, emergency medicine
- Andrea Zimmer, MD, internal medicine