Congratulations to the 2026 Outstanding Physician Colleague Award Recipients!

Congratulations to all 90 nominees and 11 recipient physicians of the 2026 third annual Outstanding Physician Colleague Award. All were nominated by their peers, and the award recognizes the deeply valued efforts of HMFP, Longwood Specialty Physicians, and Physician Performance physicians who have gone above and beyond in support of a colleague to offer guidance, encouragement, or assistance, during a time of personal or professional need.

2026 Recipients

(L-R, pictured with Alexa B. Kimball, MD, MPH, HMFP President & CEO, center): Khadija Chaudrey, MD; Amanda Livingston, MD; Tyler J. Peck, MD; Debra Shapiro, MD; Huma Farid, MD; Rong Guan, MD; Stephen R. Odom II, MD; Ameeka Pannu, MD; Julius J. Yang, MD, PhD; Mimi Yum, MD; and Elizabeth S. Norian, MD.

 

Left, Khadija Chaudrey, MD, and Alexa Kimball, MD, MPH

 

Left, Amanda Livingston, MD

 

Left, Tyler Peck, MD

 

Left, Debra Shapiro, MD

 

Left, Huma Farid, MD

 

Left, Rong Guan, MD

 

Left, Stephen Odom, II, MD

 

Left, Ameeka Pannu, MD

 

Left, Julius Yang, MD, PhD

 

Left, Mimi Yum, MD

 

Left, Elizabeth Norian, MD

 

Left, Deb Schoenthaler, Executive Director, Physician Performance

 

Tyler Peck, MD (second from right) and colleagues

 

Ameeka Pannu, MD, (second from left) and colleagues

 

2026 Nominees 

Anesthesia

Jonathan Erdman, MD

Ameeka Pannu, MD

Emergency Medicine

Evan Leventhal, MD

Daniel Shaw, MD

Medicine

Bassima Abdallah, MD

Harry Anastopoulos, MD

Neal Biddick, MD

Virginia Brady, MD

Kenneth Chen, MD

Kirsten Courtade, MD

Christopher Dennis, MD

Kelly Downey, MD

Ghania El Akiki, MD

Loryn Feinberg, MD

Eli Gelfand, MD

Katharine Germansky, MD

Elizabeth Housman, MD

Joby Jacob, MD

Marisa Jupiter, MD

Zahir Kanjee-Khoja, MD

Mahathi Komaragiri, MD

Joseph Li, MD

Julia Lindenberg, MD

Catherine Matthys, MD

Noah Minor, MD

Sudipta Mohanty, MD

Alexander Morales, MD

Elizabeth Norian, MD

Tyler Peck, MD

Dominic Pennachio, MD

Douglas Pleskow, MD

Loren Rabinowitz, MD

Eileen Reynolds, MD

Maria Rosasco, MD

Rohan Sen, MD

Sunil Sheth, MD

Erin Truitt, MD

Anita Vanka, MD

Nioke Wright, MD

Julius Yang, MD

Jonathan Yeh, MD

Peter Zimetbaum, MD

Neonatology

Dara Brodsky, MD

Emily Whitesel, MD

Neurology

Alexandra Hovaguimian, MD

Ludy Shih, MD

Alexandra Stillman, MD

Jonah Zuflacht, MD

OB/GYN

Katharyn Atkins, MD

Samantha DeAndrade, MD

Joseph Dottino, MD

Huma Farid, MD

Leslie Garrett, MD

Megha Gupta, MD

Roger Lefevre, MD

Orthopedics

Paul Appleton, MD

Joseph DeAngelis, MD

Arriyan Dowlatshahi, MD

Pathology

Michiya Nishino, MD

Psychiatry

MacKenzie Brigham, MD

Cristinel Coconcea, MD

Rohn Friedman, MD

Pamela Peck, PsyD

Anton Pesok, MD

Katiuska Ramirez, MD

Danilo Rojas-Velasquez, MD

John Torous, MD

Surgery

Peter Chang, MD

Sidharta Gangadharan, MD

Benjamin James, MD

Tara Kent, MD

David Lee, MD

Elizabeth Mittendorf, MD

Stephen Odom, MD

Efstathios Papavassiliou, MD

Lars Stangenberg, MD

Kai Swenson, MD

Nurhan Torun, MD

Vincenzo Villani, MD