Honored med students each got their start at Baylor

The staff at UT Southwestern Medical School noticed a trend when rounding up the winners of their annual student awards; an unusually high number had all done their undergraduate studies at the same school — Baylor.

Five Baylor alums were recognized by UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas with a variety of honors; click on each name below for a PDF of an article from the school’s paper about that student.

* Dr. Sara Lindsey (pictured) was awarded UT Southwestern Medical School’s Ho Din Award — the highest honor for a graduating medical student. She will remain in Dallas for a residency in radiology at Baylor Medical Center.

* Dr. Katie Vick received the school’s top family medicine award, the William F. Ross, M.D., Scholarship Award in Family Medicine, a $1,000 scholarship given to a graduating UT Southwestern Medical School student. She will serve her residency at the McLennan County Family Medicine Practice Center in Waco.

* Dr. Joseph Fitzwater won the 2008 Annelle M. Ahmed, M.D., Women’s Health Care Award, the school’s top women’s health honor. He is completing a general surgery residency in Lubbock  is completing his ob-gyn residency at Parkland Hospital in Dallas (sorry for the error; that’s his brother in Lubbock).

* Dr. Sarah Davis claimed UT Southwestern’s top neurology award, the 2008 American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Prize for Excellence in Neurology. She will be a resident at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

* Dr. Ben Brown is this year’s recipient of the Vanatta, Hesser, Schmalstieg Excellence in Tutoring Award. He will stay at UT Southwestern for his general surgery residency.

Sic ’em, Baylor doctors!