Congratulations to the 2019 Richard C. Pugh Achievement Award Recipients! This award honors the top three percent of scores on the 2019 Qualifying Examination. Dr. Pugh was ABPD's Educational Measurement Consultant for 28 years, and retired in 1998.

2019 Richard C. Pugh Achievement Awardees

Anna Bak – New York, NY 
Yale—New Haven Children’s Hospital

Lauren Carlson – Chicago, IL 
Indiana University

Carol Caudill – Richmond, VA 
New York University, Langone

Minnimrat Dhillon – Seaside, CA 
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Annikka Frostad-Thomas – Gainesville, FL 
 University of Florida 

Tara Kennedy – West Melbourne
Victoria University of Manitoba

Kira Lee – La Canada, CA 
New York University, Langone

Tong Liu – Fort Myers, FL 
University of Toledo

Sarah Lukeman – Washington, DC 
Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center

Anthony Machani – Philadelphia, PA 
Temple University

Olutayo Odusanwo – Enfield, CT 
New York University, Langone

Ifeanyi Okoye – Brighton, MA 
Boston Univ. Goldman School of Dental Med.

Demi Pham – Belmont, CA 
New York University, Langone

Shreya Ruxmohan – Denver, CO 
Children’s Hospital of Colorado

Rena Sihra – Calgary, AB 
University of Manitoba

Chun Yin Wong – Houston, TX 
Temple University

Christina Youngerman – New York, NY 
New York Presbyterian/Columbia University

Nicole Youngers – Rochester, MN 
University of Iowa

Yi-Fan Zhang – Vestavia Hills, AL 
University of Alabama