The Russell L. Holman Memorial Award is a Pathology Award given to a graduating senior who has selected pathology for a career, maintained a high GPA in all coursework and/or made contributions, such as enduring teaching materials, to pathology during medical school. The Holman Award is given each year at the pre-commencement ceremony.
Congratulations to Ryan Miller, MD, recipient of the 2026 Holman Award. Dr. Miller was presented with a plaque, and a check in the amount of $300 from the Louisiana Pathology Society.
Pictured, from left, are Gordon L. Love, MD, Pathology Chair and Department Head,
Ryan Miller, MD,
Ellen Connor, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology, and Grace Athas,
PhD,
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology
2025 Joshua Schwartzenburg
2024 Ardenne Martin
2023 Christopher Moroz, Jr.
2022 Annette Hebert
2021 Nikka Khorsandi
2020 Tomas Vanagunas
2019 Catherine Tucker
2018 Mary Green
2017 Estelle Oertling
2016 Adam Perricone
2015 Rebecca Pistorius
2014 Stephanie C. Moss
2013 Ellen E. Connor
2012 Ariana Beck
2011 Caroline Raasch Alquist
2010 Kelley W. Sherling
2009 Joseph P. Bergeron
2008 Amy Leigh Collinsworth
2007 Kirk W. Bourgeois
2006 Mandy F. O'Leary
2005 Armanda D. Tatsas
2004 Claudia Susan Cohn
2003 Katie Culotta
2002 Nancy J. Kang
2001 Elizabeth P. Berry
2000 Dana Troxclair
1999 Reade Alan Quinton
1998 Samatha A. Huber
1997 Kara Beth Marcantel
1996 Gregory N. Sossaman
1995 Michael D. Brown
1989 Michael T. Deavers
1984 Gault Townsend and Patti Richardson
1967 William P. Newman, III