Ferrari Award for Academic Excellence in Pediatrics

The Ferrari's with 2014 recipient Zachary Garrett

This award was established by Nancy H. and Norman D. Ferrari III, MD in 1999 to honor the Morgantown based medical student who achieves the highest grade in the pediatric clerkship.

Dr. Ferrari has been a member of the Pediatric faculty since 1986, and served 13 years as the Pediatric Clerkship Director before stepping down to assume the role as Associate Dean for Student Services and Academic Progress. Dr.Ferrari also served the Department as Interim Chair from March 1998 to June 1999 and again from December 2002 until January 2006. He also served the School of Medicine as Interim Associate Vice President and Dean of Medicine for the Charleston Division Campus from July 2001 to September 2002.

Award Recipients

2024

Saim Rana
completing residency in Internal Medicine at West Virginia University

2023

Abigail Rosiello
completing a residency in OB/GYN at West Virginia University

2022

Daniel Berrebi
completing a residency in Dermatology at Emory University

2021

Noelle Lemons
completing a residency in Dermatology at Cleveland Clinic

2020

Emily Delany
completing a residency in Dermatology at Cleveland Clinic

2019

Gerald Rader
completing a residency in Psychiatry at Dartmouth University Medical Center

2018

Emily Witsberger
completing a residency in Ophthalmology at Mayo Clinic

2017

Sriganesh Sharma
completing a residency in General Surgery at University of Michigan

2016

Leslie Matthews
completing a residency in Anesthesiology at University of North Caroling Hospitals

2015

Brendan Cline
completing a residency in Radiology at Duke University School of Medicine

2014

Zachary D. Garrett
completing training in Internal Medicine at Ohio State University School of Medicine

2013

Hilary Miller
completing training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at University of Cincinnatti

2012

Catherine Polak
completing training in Pediatrics at UPMC - Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

2011

Brittani Kellin Ninness
completing training in Pediatrics and Hematology/Oncology at
UPMC - Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

2010

Sharon Maas
completed training in Family Medicine at Albany Medical College

2009

Michael E. Petrosky
completed training in Pediatrics at NEOCOM Akron Children's Hospital

2008

Anna Skold, MD
completed training in Internal Medicine at Emory Univeristy, Atlanta, GA

2007

Joel Bigley, MD
completed training in Urology at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

2006

S. Mitchell St. Clair, MD 
completed training in Internal Medicine at Duke University, Durham, NC and Cardiology at Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC

2005

Jamie Cost, MD
completed training in Otolaryngology at West Virginia University School of Medicine

2004

Cynthia Clark Clarkson, MD
completed training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at West Virginia University School of Medicine

2003

Lisa Haynie Wood, MD
completed training in Pediatrics at West Virginia University School of Medicine

2002

Michael Stickler, MD
completed training in Dermatology at University of Florida, Gainsville, FL

2001

Carter Kenamond, MD
completed training in Radiology at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

2000

Jennifer W. Aukerman, MD
completed training in Internal Medicine at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

1999

Timothy S. Wratchford, MD
completed training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at West Virginia University School of Medicine