Occupational Physicians Scholarship Fund

Helping to grow the field of Occupational and Environmental Medicine to top talent is OPSF's primary mission. Since 1988 the Scholarship Fund has awarded stipends to over 130 physicians in 28 ACGME-residency programs throughout the United States. Below is a listing of past and present OPSF scholarship awardees, designated by year and residency program.

Jeffrey Boswell MD
Residency at University of Texas
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1988
Board Certified OM

Michael Kosnett MD
Residency at University of California @ SF
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1988
Board Certified OM - 1992, IM - 1986

Judith Ludington-Heusner MD
Residency at University of Utah
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1988
Board Certified PM/OM-1991

John Spriegel MD
Residency at University of California @ Berkeley
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1988
Board Certified OM-1991, IM-1993

Steven St. Clair MD
Residency at Duke University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1988
Board Certified OM-1992

Sarah Royce MD
Residency at University of California @ SF
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1988, 1989
Board Certified OM-1990

Stephen Dawkins MD, MPH, BSHS FACOEM
Residency at Columbia University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1989
Board Certified OM-1994

Joel Kaufman MD, MPH
Residency at University of Washington
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1989
Board Certified OM - 1992, IM - 1990/Recert. 2000

Dennis Pocekay MD, MPH
Residency at University of California @ Davis
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1989
Board Certified OM, IM.

Brian Schwartz MD, MS
Residency at Johns Hopkins University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1989
Board Certified OM-1992

Carl Drew Brodkin MD
Residency at University of Washington
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1989, 1990
Board Certified OM-1994, IM-1987

Diane Liu MD
Residency at University of California @ SF
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1989, 1990
Board Certified OM-1984, IM-1988

Wayne Bosserman MD
Residency at Duke University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1990
Board Certified FM-1994

Thomas Ferguson MD, PhD
Residency at University of California @ Davis
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1990
Board certified IM-1991, OM-1992, Medical Toxicology

Caryl Shaver-Brailsford MD
Residency at University of Arizona
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1990
Board Certified OM-1992

Ann Broderick MD
Residency at University of Iowa
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1990, 1991

Kimberley Crocker-Pearson MD
Residency at Harvard University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1990, 1991
Board Certified OM - 1996, IM - 1990.

Clifford Mitchell MD
Residency at Johns Hopkins University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1990, 1991
Board Certified IM-1991, OM-1994.

Sean Muldoon MD, MPH
Residency at University of Pittsburgh
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1990, 1991
Board Certified IM-1990, OM-1992

Virginia Weaver MD
Residency at Johns Hopkins University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1990, 1991
Board Certified OM

Michael Busk MD, MPH
Residency at University of California @ SF
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1991
Board Certified OM-1993, IM

Kurt Hegmann MD
Residency at University of Utah
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1991
Board Certified IM, OM-1994

Sandra Mohr MD, MPH
Residency at Yale University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1991
Board Certified OM-1994

Mark Russi MD, MPH
Residency at Yale University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1991
Board Certified OM, IM.

David Shepperly MD, MHS
Residency at Columbia University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1991
Board Certified OM

Milton Dupuy MD
Residency at University of Michigan
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1991, 1992

Stephen Kales MD, MPH, FACP
Residency at Harvard University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1991, 1992
Board Certified IM-1992, OM - 1995

Lynn Pinkerton MD
Residency at University of Washington
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1991, 1992

Howard Jones MD
Residency at Columbia University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1992
Board Certified OM-1995

Michael Kennedy MD, MPH
Residency at Johns Hopkins University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1992

Jordan Rinker MD
Residency at University of California @ SF
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1992
Board Certified IM-1993, OM-1995.

Cynthia Schumacher MD
Residency at University of Washington
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1992
Board Certified OM - 1997, PM - 1997

Sandra Stratford MD
Residency at Mount Sinai SOM - NY
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1992
Board Certified IM-1995.

Thomas Allems MD
Residency at University of California @ SF
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1992, 1993
Board Certified IM - 1992, OM-1995.

David Berube MD, MPH, FACOEM
Residency at Yale University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1992, 1993
Board Certified OM-1995

Michael McGrail Jr., MD, MPH
Residency at Johns Hopkins University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1992, 1993
Board Certified OM, FP.

George Pappas DO
Residency at University of Washington
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1992, 1993
Board Certified, OM

Jane Barlow MD
Residency at Johns Hopkins University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1993
Board Certified - OM.

Amy Hopkins MD, MPH, PhD
Residency at Yale University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1993
Board Certified - IM 1992, OM.

Aprile Pittman-Gay MD
Residency at Emory University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1993

John Balbus MD, MPH
Residency at Johns Hopkins University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1993, 1994
Board Certified - IM, Preventive Medicine (OM)

Terry Hommel MD, MPH
Residency at University of Oklahoma
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1993, 1994

Timothy Lee MD, MS
Residency at University of Cincinnati
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1993, 1994
Board Certified, OM - 1996

Gina Solomon MD
Residency at Harvard University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1993, 1995
Board Certified - IM, OM.

Michelle Alphonse MD
Residency at Columbia University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1994

Stephen Born MD, MPH
Residency at University of California @ SF
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1994

Donald Christensen DO
Residency at University of Oklahoma
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1994

Sarah Jewell MD, MPH
Residency at University of California @ SF
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1994

Denise Agatep MD
Residency at University of Cincinnati
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1994, 1995

James Harris MD, MSPH
Residency at University of Colorado
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1994, 1995

Carla Huitt MD, MPH
Residency at Johns Hopkins University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1994, 1995
Board Certified OM-1998.

Janice Prudhomme D.O.
Residency at University of California @ SF
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1994, 1995
Board Certified IM - 1992

Michelle Smith-Jefferies MD, MPH
Residency at Johns Hopkins University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1994, 1995
Board Certified, IM - 1991, OM - 1997.

Craig Uejo MD, MPH
Residency at University of California @ Irvine
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1994, 1995

Clayton Cowl MD
Residency at University of Iowa
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1995
Board Certified - IM, PM (Occ), Pulmonary Diseases.

Annette David MD, MPH
Residency at Yale University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1995
Board Certified - IM, OM

Thomas Gassert MD
Residency at Harvard University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1995

Donald Rischitelli MD, JD, MPH
Residency at Johns Hopkins University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1995
Board Certified - OM

Rajiv Bhatia MD
Residency at University of California @ SF
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1995, 1996
Board Certified, IM - 1990

Lydia Boyd-Campbell MD
Residency at Columbia University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1996
Board Certified OM

Lisa Maier MD, MSPH
Residency at University of Colorado
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1996
Board Certified - Pulmonary, OM

Adam Seidner MD
Residency at University of Connecticut
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1996

Akshay Sood MD
Residency at Yale University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1996

Susan Bick MD
Residency at University of Washington
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1996, 1997

Rosa Coppolecchia DO
Residency at UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1996, 1997

Jim Kelaher MD, MPH
Residency at University of Texas
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1996, 1997
Board Certified - IM.

Jeffrey Kirschman MD
Residency at University of Cincinnati
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1996, 1997

Ulrike Luderer MD, PhD, MPH
Residency at University of Washington
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1996, 1997

Lynda Lombardo MD
Residency at West Virginia University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1997

John Scharf MD
Residency at University of South Florida
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1997

Ronald Dykeman MD
Residency at Harvard University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1997, 1998

Jeri Ellis MD, MPH
Residency at University of Oklahoma
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1997, 1998

Alton Greene MD, MPH
Residency at Johns Hopkins University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1997, 1998
Board Certified - OM, IM.

Eugenia Cheng MD
Residency at University of Illinois - Chicago
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1998

Evamaria Eskin MD
Residency at UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1998

Glenn Greene PhD, MD
Residency at UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1998

Peter Low MD, MS
Residency at University of California @ Irvine
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1998

Michael Levine MD
Residency at Johns Hopkins University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1998, 1999
Board Certified - IM.

Joseph Basinger MD
Residency at University of Oklahoma
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1999

Ekaterina Malievskaia MD, MSc
Residency at Mount Sinai SOM - NY
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1999
Board Certified - IM

Lee Okurowski MD
Residency at Harvard University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1999

Eddie Runde MD
Residency at St. Louis University
OPSF Scholarship Recipiet 1999

Valerie Ulene MD
Residency at University of Southern California
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1999
Board Certified - General PM

Ronda Whitley MD
Residency at Morristown Memorial Hospital - NJ
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1999

Thomas Ehni MD
Residency at University of Illinois - Chicago
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1999, 2000

Laura Gillis MD
Residency at Johns Hopkins University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1999, 2000

Christine Medora MD, MPH
Residency at UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1999, 2000
Board Certified - IM, 1999. OM - Pending in 11/01.

John Piacentino MD
Residency at Johns Hopkins University
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 1999, 2000

Craig Glazer MD
Residency at University of Colorado
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 2000
Board Certified, IM.

Robert Laumbach MD, MPH
Residency at UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 2000
Board Certified in Industrial Medicine

James McCluskey MD
Residency at University of South Florida
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 2000, 2001

Michelle Watters MD, PhD
Residency at University of Illinois - Chicago
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 2000, 2001

Iveta Dubravec MD, MBA
Residency at University of Utah
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 2000,2001

Paul Darby M.D., Ph.D.
Residency at University of Washington
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 2001

Melissa Frisch M.D.
Residency at Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 2001

Brian Johns M.D.
Residency at University of Iowa
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 2001, 2002

Karron Power M.D.
Residency at University of California at San Francisco
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 2001

Mark Taylor M.D.
Residency at University of Iowa
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 2001, 2002

Anthony Vita M.D.
Residency at Harvard School of Public Health
OPSF Scholarship Recipient 2001, 2002