Lauren M. Armistead Award - Charleston Division

Established in 2008 by the Armistead and Prescott Families in memory of 2005 School of Medicine graduate, Lauren M. Armistead, MD. Dr. Armistead was a surgical resident at Charleston Area Medical Center/WVU Charleston Division at the time of her tragic death in a plane crash that killed her along with her parents and her sister.

The award is in recognition of a senior student from the Charleston campus who best exemplifies excellence in academics, excelence in interpersonal communication skills, a love of medicine, and the ability to experience life to the fullest outside of medicine.

Award Recipients

2023

Madeline Gerwig

2022

Katie Robinson

2021

Laurel Thomas

2020

Madison Eichstadt

2019

Breanna Durbin

2018

Nicole Belko

2017

Kennedy Wolfe

2016

Chelsea Knotts

2015

Julia McNeil

2014

Charlotte A. Bibbee

2013

Carli Williams

2012

Christine Lansdale Westfall

2011

Jennifer Lee Armbruster

2010

Macy Martinson

2009

Kelly J. Baldwin

Lauren Armistead, MD at the School of Medicine Investiture with uncle, Dean John Prescott, MD, and her father, Dr. Armistead.