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UNC SOM is excited to announce the new Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) medical honor society inductees.\u00a0 AOA was founded in 1902 and is dedicated to the belief that we can improve care for all by recognizing high educational achievement, honoring gifted teaching, encouraging the development of leaders in academia and the community, supporting the ideals of humanism, and promoting service to others. <\/span><\/p>\n

Election to Alpha Omega Alpha signifies a lasting commitment to scholarship, leadership, professionalism, and service. Membership in the society confers recognition of someone\u2019s dedication to the profession and art of healing. UNC\u2019s chapter of AOA was founded in 1954 and is proud to induct new medical students, residents, fellows, faculty, and alumni into the chapter each year. We are excited to welcome the following people to the organization:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Students<\/b><\/div>\n
Bradley Lauck<\/div>\n
Rebecca Rubinstein<\/div>\n
Malek Mitchell<\/div>\n
Jocelyn Hunt<\/div>\n
Camara Wooten<\/div>\n
Kelly Carey-Ewend<\/div>\n
Megan Gaines<\/div>\n
Stefani Aleman<\/div>\n
Hannaneh Mirmozaffari<\/div>\n
Isabel Rodriguez<\/div>\n
Abel Miranda<\/div>\n
Nicole Ochandarena<\/div>\n
Aaron Williams<\/div>\n
Emma Spitz<\/div>\n
Moussa Shahoud<\/div>\n
Alexandra Nelson<\/div>\n
Yasemin Cole<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Residents\/Fellows<\/b><\/div>\n
Aana Amin<\/div>\n
Alexander Cruz Walm<\/div>\n
Alisa Suen-Wallach<\/div>\n
Andrew Vogel<\/div>\n
Anna Kenan<\/div>\n
Charis Royal<\/div>\n
Daniel Song<\/div>\n
Eric Stoutenberg<\/div>\n
Gurjot Ravi<\/div>\n
Gus Hendrick<\/div>\n
John Sweeney<\/div>\n
Jonathan Smith<\/div>\n
Kurt Auville<\/div>\n
Mackenzie Owen<\/div>\n
Maggie Crouse<\/div>\n
Megan Campany<\/div>\n
Natalie Wilson<\/div>\n
Nicole Knape<\/div>\n
Patrick Hazelrigg<\/div>\n
Rashmi Muthukkumar<\/div>\n
Rubie Villela<\/div>\n
Selena An<\/div>\n
Shivani Desai<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Faculty<\/b><\/div>\n
Daniel Whitesides, Psychiatry<\/div>\n
Gregory Scott Dean, Orthopedic Surgery<\/div>\n
Tamara Godfrey, General Medicine<\/div>\n
Winston Li, Psychiatry<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UNC SOM is excited to announce the new Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) medical honor society inductees.\u00a0 AOA was founded in 1902 and is dedicated to the belief that we can improve care for all by recognizing high educational achievement, honoring gifted teaching, encouraging the development of leaders in academia and the community, supporting the ideals … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103134,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n2026 Spring Alpha Omega Alpha Inductees - School of Medicine Intranet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/2026\/05\/2026-spring-alpha-omega-alpha-inductees\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2026 Spring Alpha Omega Alpha Inductees - 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