ADIEM Award Recipients

Sheryl Heron, MD, MPH Legacy Award

• 2026 Recipient: Ava Pierce, MD
• 2025 Recipient: Robert M. Rodriguez, MD
• 2024 Recipient: Yvette Calderon, MD, MS
• 2023 Recipient: Sheryl Heron, MD, MPH
  

Outstanding Academician Award

• 2026 Recipient: John Purakal, MD, MS
• 2025 Recipient: Edgar Ordonez, MD, MPH
• 2024 Recipient: Dustin Williams, MD
• 2023 Recipient: Jeff Druck, MD
• 2019 Recipient: Audrey Bickel, MD
• 2018 Recipient: Alden Landry, MD, MPH
• 2017 Recipient: Marina Del Rios, MD
• 2016 Recipient: Ava Pierce, MD
  

Outstanding Early Career Academician Award

• 2026 Recipient: Jessica Faiz, MD, MS
• 2025 Recipient: Ana Castaneda-Guarderas, MD
• 2024 Recipient: Joshua Ellis, MD
  

Outstanding Future Academician Award

• 2026 Recipient: Caroline Raymond-King, MD
• 2025 Recipient: Natalie Hernandez, MD
• 2024 Recipient: Giovanni Rodriguez, MD
• 2023 Recipient: Mel Ebeling
• 2017 Recipient: Italo Brown, MD
• 2016 Recipient: Java Tunson, MD
  

Trainee Advocate for DEI Award

• 2026 Recipient: Mel Ebeling, MD
• 2025 Recipient: Lyolya Hovhannisyan, MD
  

Community Builder Award

• 2026 Recipient: Kendrick Kennedy, MD
• 2025 Recipient: Juliana Jaramillo, MD
  

Inclusive Excellence Award

• 2026 Recipient: Joshua Ellis, MD
• 2025 Recipient: Adedamola Ogunniyi, MD
  

Accessibility Advocate Award

• 2026 Recipient: Cori Poffenberger, MD
• 2025 Recipient: Jason Rotoli, MD
  

Visionary Early Career Award

• 2026 Recipients: Fahad Ali, MD, and Victor Cisneros, MD, MPH

Visionary Late Career Award

• 2026 Recipient: Latha Ganti, MD

RAMS Resident Education/Innovation Scholarship Awardee

• 2026 Recipient: William Mundo, MD, MPH