Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences and RWJBarnabas Health are pleased to announce the 2023 Rutgers Rising Star scholars.
Honorees are recognized for their academic achievement, excellence in discovery, innovation and entrepreneurship, and commitment to our community. Rising Star scholars must be a student of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School or Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Awardees who match into a Rutgers Health-sponsored residency or fellowship will receive $20,000 annually at the completion of their first year, and up to nine years after for each year they remain employed by Rutgers or RWJBarnabas Health.
The 2023 honorees are:
Alexa Altchek
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Pediatrics
Residency: Boston Children’s Hospital
Rosemary Behmer Hansen
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Psychiatry
Residency: Ohio State University
Susanna Betti
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Ellen Margaret Cahill
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Urology
Residency: Yale New Haven Hospital
Taylor Corsi
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: General Surgery
Residency: Yale New Haven Hospital
Robert Louis DalCortivo
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery
Residency: New Jersey Medical School
Zoee D'Costa
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Residency: UCLA Medical Center
Jared Alexander Escobar
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Emergency Medicine
Residency: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Zhuojun Guo
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Ophthalmology
Residency: University of Arkansas
Catherine Henckel
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Family Medicine
Residency: Greater Lawrence Family Health Center
Matthew Henderson
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Ophthalmology
Residency: Cleveland Clinic-Cole Eye Institute
Mustafa Jaffry
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Ophthalmology
Residency: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Michael Francis Levidy
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery
Residency: Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Allison Murawski
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Residency: Duke University Medical Center
Alejandro Pando
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Neurological Surgery
Residency: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Daniella Portal
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Urology
Residency: Georgetown University Hospital
Fady Soliman
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgery
Residency: New York Prebyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center
Jennifer Kho Su
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Residency: Harvard Spaulding Rehab Hospital
Siri Uppuluri
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Ophthalmology
Residency: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Devin P. Vasoya
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital