Rutgers Health and RWJBarnabas Health are pleased to announce the 2024 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 Robert Wood Johnson Medical School or 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 2024 honorees are:
Amanda Azer
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery
Saiaditya Badeti
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Pathology
Daniel A. Brenner
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Neurosurgery
Taylor Chiang
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: General Surgery
Emily Duffus
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
Michael Enich
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Family Medicine/Internal Medicine
Peter M. Filtes
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery
Pasquale Gencarelli Jr.
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery
Jeffrey Hanover
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Priyanshi Jain
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Bahar Javdan
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Dermatology
Michelle Jeffery
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: General Surgery
Karla Larios
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Kelsey M. Larkin
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Pediatrics
Erica R. Levin
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Pediatrics
Camden J. MacDowell
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology
Noran Metawea
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Family Medicine
Ethan Morrison
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Anesthesiology
Lucinalda Perez Sanchez
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Jeremy Michael Perrelle
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Antoine Saint-Victor
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: General Surgery/Cardiothoracic Surgery
Lianna Schwartz
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Priyanka Singh
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Internal Medicine/GI/Transplant Hepatology
Jacob Veliky
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Ophthalmology
Krystle Vera
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Yifan Zhang
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Dermatology