2026 Awards Ceremony
TCEP held its Annual Awards Ceremony on April 11 to recognize outstanding contributions of its members. Award recipients included:
- Michael Wainscott Legacy Award – Caitlyn Minutella, MD
- James Hayes Legacy Award – Robert Simonson, DO, FACEP
- President’s Award – Helen Greenberg
- Annual Research Forum winners
- Medical Student Winner: Madison Bachler; Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine (Lubbock)
- Resident Winner: Dharshana Krishnaprasadh, MD; Texas Tech University of Health Sciences Center – Lubbock
- Recognition of outgoing board members
- Jessica Best, MD, FACEP
- Ryan Johnson, MD
- Catherine Pivalizza
- Outstanding Medical Student in EM
- Katherine Asmis; Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L Foster School of Medicine at El Paso
- Nathaniel Bilby; The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
- Payton Cabrera; The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School
- Forrest Cruse; University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
- George Elmquist; The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Warren Friedrichs; The Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long University of Texas School of Medicine San Antonio
- Monica Hintz; Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine at Lubbock
- Sikandar Khan; University of Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine
- Emma Lakey; University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
- Landry Luker; Baylor College of Medicine
- Kyle Stitle; Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Amanda Wheeler; The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
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