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Announcement July 15, 2026 4 mins read

Radiology Staff Awards, 2025-26

Congratulations to Our Exceptional Team Members.

STAR SPOT Awards

School of Medicine SPOT Awards recognize significant employee achievements and contributions for a specific project or task over a relatively short period of time with a prize of $1,500.

  • Mark Antonio
  • Janelle Arquiza
  • Arleen Bandarrae
  • Anne Bartoletti
  • Yelena Borodina
  • Katelyn Chooey
  • Janay Hansen
  • Connie Jang
  • Sora Kang
  • Cormac Kelderman
  • Shanil Kumar
  • Joey Kwong
  • Lorna Kwok
  • Annie Liu
  • Louise Magat
  • Elizabeth Milton
  • Emily Ng
  • Veronica Ng
  • Helen Ngo
  • Victoria Odson
  • Ma Lourdes Palad
  • Jocelyn Pulido
  • Isabelle Remick
  • Teresa Wise
  • Rebecca Wolfson
  • Natalie Wong
  • Sandria Wong
  • Selena Yan
  • Barbara Yip
  • Samira Zebarjadian
  • Jordan Zhu

STAR Achievement Award 

School of Medicine Achievement Awards recognize sustained, exceptional performance and significant contributions from an employee or team over an extended period of time. Contributions must reflect at least one of the Chancellor’s Goals and/or the UCSF PRIDE Values. Achievement Awards are administered through an SOM-wide process with selection committees that include staff, supervisory and faculty representation representing diverse functional areas. Prize amount is 10% of base salary, with a cap of $7,500.

Cathy Garzio Award

Nominees for the Cathy Garzio Award must exemplify excellent workplace ethics and values, while continuously improving our department and employee staff advancement and positive employee morale. Awardees consistently go above and beyond their duties to make the Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging a better workplace for all.

This year's winner, Stephanie Calangian, who has been with the Breast Imaging Division for about four years was recognized for her tremendous growth, serving as the admin lead for the Breast ImagingFellowship and handling multiple projects with enthusiasm and a uniquely positive attitude. Stephanie is known for her deep respect and compassion for her colleagues and her willingness to always lend a helping hand. 

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KUDOS Awards 

The KUDOS! Award is a quarterly UCSF Campus employee recognition program that awards employees who have gone the "extra mile" and performed "above and beyond his/her daily job responsibilities" with a $75 gift card.

July 2025

  • Gina Arnold
  • Angie Bybee
  • Stephanie Calangian
  • Vicky Chan
  • Christine Chan
  • Kristine Chooey
  • Jason Crane
  • Bo Fan
  • Chris Flores
  • Juliet Fockler
  • Mona Hasan
  • Tyler Iwamura
  • Kimberly Kallianos
  • Sora Kang
  • Yoo Jin Lee
  • Michael Leon
  • Meng Lian
  • Yajun Lin
  • Songling Liu
  • Briana Louie
  • Michael Mack
  • Ziba Mansoori
  • Alex Ng
  • Veronica Ng
  • Melody Newman
  • Helen Ngo
  • Jennifer O'Brien
  • Roberto Ochoa Jimenez
  • Melinda Parangan-Chu
  • An Phan
  • Tijana Popovic
  • Christine Sarmiento
  • Vanitha Sankaranarayanan
  • Jae Ho Sohn
  • Shravan Sridhar
  • Raymond Sze
  • Derek Sun
  • Cecille Vicencio
  • Margarita Watkins
  • Sandria Wong
  • Samira Zebarjadian
  • Anna Zheng

August 2025

  • Maryam Aodisho
  • Carmen Bedke
  • Monica Camacho
  • Caitlyn Farrell
  • Kevin Fok
  • Juliet Fockler
  • Jonathan Gutierrez
  • Francis Horan
  • Brad Kline
  • Briana Louie
  • Annie Liu
  • Michelle Mai
  • Melody Newman
  • Alexander Ng
  • Helen Ngo
  • Victoria Odson
  • Kevin Poon
  • Jenn Shao
  • Cresini Tabaranza-David
  • Cecille Vicencio
  • Maria Zaragoza Villanueva
  • Samira Zebarjadian
  • Marissa Szeto

September 2025

  • Julia Au
  • Janelle Arquiza
  • Carmen Bedke
  • Cindy Cheng
  • Gurjot Dhillon
  • Derek Flenniken
  • Andrea Fung
  • Elizabeth George
  • Suseela Gopikanth
  • Christopher Gong
  • Tyler Iwamura
  • Jackie Jay-Farmer
  • Nancy Leung
  • Janice Leung
  • Yi Li
  • Susan Lin
  • Mike Leon
  • Jennifer Mersich
  • Stephanie Murphy
  • Melody Newman
  • Alexander Ng
  • Christine Nguyen
  • Helen Ngo
  • Victoria Odson
  • Jamie Phung
  • Andreas Rauschecker
  • Hanh Ryan
  • Christine Sarmiento
  • Jenn Shao
  • Vinil N. Shah
  • Mayra Sustaita
  • Liana Tran
  • Jessica Tran-Pang
  • Sean Williams

October 2025

  • Arleen Bandarrae
  • Ankush Bajaj
  • Carmen Bedke
  • Lanya Tianhao Cai
  • Rosa Castellon
  • Andrew Chang
  • Cindy Cheng
  • Christina Chow
  • Duan Cung
  • Eric Davis
  • Evelyn Escobar
  • Bo Fan
  • Diana Flores
  • Madonna Galiendes
  • Mona Hasan
  • Lorel Hiramoto
  • Mike Hoff
  • Sean Kirklen
  • Bonnie Kung
  • Joey Kwong
  • Peder Larson
  • Pui Yee Law
  • Susan Lin
  • Michael Mack
  • Ziba Mansoori
  • Kevin McGill
  • Emily Ng
  • Kevin Nguyen
  • Rachel Nosheny
  • Victoria Odson
  • Melinda Parangan-Chu
  • An Phan
  • Jamie Phung
  • Tijana Popovic
  • Martin Rawlings-Fein
  • Dora Scott
  • Jenn Shao
  • Dorothy Shum
  • Avantika Sinha
  • Renuka Sriram
  • Shrav Sridhar
  • Dave Stewart
  • Lexi Tatem
  • Cecille Vicencio
  • Sandria Wong
  • Tina Won
  • Tina Yee
  • Samira Zebarjadian

November 2025

  • Maryam Aodisho
  • Carlo Arguelles Pelaez
  • Ellie Beheshtian
  • Luke Bonham
  • Yelena (Lena) Borodina
  • Stephanie Calangian
  • Camilo Campo
  • Timothy Chen
  • Katelyn Chooey
  • Christina Chow
  • Bo Fan
  • Cullen Fleming
  • Derek Flenniken
  • Kevin Fok
  • Madonna Galiendes
  • Janay Hansen
  • Mona Hasan
  • Hieu Huynh
  • Connie Jang
  • Lohith Kini
  • Pallav Kolli
  • Shanil Kumar
  • Winnie Kwang
  • Harrison Lee
  • Meng Lian
  • Yajun Lin
  • Shezhang Lin
  • Songling Liu
  • Jean Louie-Wong
  • Briana Louie
  • Ziba Mansoori
  • Mark McArthur
  • Armando Mendoza
  • Veronica Ng
  • Apple Palad
  • Nilufer Pashutanizadeh
  • Tijana Popovic
  • Jocelyn Pulido
  • Lorayne Rotairo
  • Vanitha Sankaranarayanan
  • Simon Schuster
  • Jenn Shao
  • Ali Tejani
  • Teresa Wise
  • Tina Won
  • Minerva Zhou

December 2025

  • Mark Antonio
  • Gina Arnold
  • Iola Augusto
  • Emma Bahroos
  • Beth Berrean
  • Jeff Block
  • Jaci Brown
  • Stephanie Calangian
  • Catherine Conti
  • Sunit Davda
  • Rachelle Durand
  • Andrea Fung
  • Suseela Gopikanth
  • Lisa Harris
  • Veronica Hevican
  • Maddie Hess
  • Connie Jang
  • Lorna Kwok
  • Rick Larsen
  • Briana Louie
  • Wendy Ma
  • Tom McElderry
  • Jenny Mersich
  • John Mongan
  • Christopher Murphy
  • Kevin Ng
  • Roman Noriega
  • Ma Lourdes Palad
  • An Phan
  • Allison Poon
  • Kevin Poon
  • Amy Pradhan
  • Jory Purvis
  • Vahid Ravanfar
  • Isabelle Remick
  • Sonam Shrestha
  • Bob Somers
  • Flora Stewart
  • Marissa Szeto
  • Wyatt Tellis
  • Michael Thompson
  • Liana Tran
  • Cecille Vicencio
  • Mabel Vigil
  • Kathryn Wold
  • Selena Yan
  • Araceli Zavala-Sheridan

January 2026

  • Jammie Aguilar
  • Mark Antonio
  • Kristine Chooey
  • Nicole Crenshaw
  • Corby Dale
  • Jeffrey Geiger
  • Suseela Gopikanth
  • Lorna Kwok
  • Hanmin Lee
  • Christine Nguyen
  • Helen Ngo
  • Roman Noriega
  • Victoria Odson
  • Jason Rouse
  • Vanitha Sankaranarayanan
  • Flora Stewart
  • Catherine Taylor
  • Carolyn Yu
  • Yichang Yin

February 2026

  • Rukayah Abdolcader
  • Umama Ali
  • Morly Ball
  • Steaven Campbell
  • Stephanie Calangian
  • Monica Camacho
  • Vicky Chan
  • Fade Chen
  • Cindy Cheng
  • Kristine Chooey
  • Catherine Conti
  • Robin Cumming
  • Derek Flenniken
  • Juliet Fockler
  • Andrea Fung
  • Rita Gaber
  • Janay Hansen
  • Lorel Hiramoto
  • Sienna Huang
  • Robin Ippisch
  • Lorna Kwok
  • Rachel Lee
  • Annie Liu
  • Veronica Ng
  • Melody Newman
  • Victoria Odsen
  • Elizabeth Odell
  • Melinda Parangan-Chu
  • Allison Poon
  • Martin Rawlings-Fein
  • Isabelle Remick
  • Sonam Shrestha
  • Dave Stewart
  • Mayra Sustaita
  • Michael Thompson
  • Liana Tran
  • Hue Tran-Oldham
  • Cecille Vicencio
  • Mabel Vigil
  • Christine Walston
  • Teresa Wise
  • Jocelyn Yang
  • Samira Zebarjadian
  • Marissa Szeto

March 2026

  • Maryam Aodisho
  • Priyanka Boddu
  • Andrew Chang
  • Vicky Chan
  • Sondra Cimini
  • Nikita Deshpande
  • Adam Diaz
  • Derek Flenniken
  • Juliet Fockler
  • Madonna Galiendes
  • Shital Gandhi
  • Adrienne Kormos
  • Alyssa Kirsch
  • Patrick Koon
  • Rachel Lee
  • Clifton Li
  • Songling Liu
  • Pei Ting (Annie) Liu
  • Larry Liu
  • Briana Louie
  • David Luth
  • Johanna Madjus
  • Rohil Malpani
  • Melanie Miller
  • John Morkos
  • Stephanie Murphy
  • Annie Liu
  • Allison Poon
  • Vahid Ravanfar
  • Ren Ramos
  • Christine Sarmiento
  • Juan Serrano
  • Mayra Sustaita
  • Rayburn Tang
  • Liana Tran
  • Claudio Trevino
  • Diana Truran
  • David Wilson
  • Sarah Yu

April 2026

  • Maryam Aodisho
  • Gina Arnold
  • Mark Antonio
  • Iola Augusto
  • Venus Barlas
  • Georgios Batsios
  • Carmen Bedke
  • Anil Bidkar
  • Angie Bybee
  • Stephanie Calangian
  • Christine Chan
  • Taylor Chung
  • Kristine Chooey
  • Katelyn Chooey
  • Kayla Cort
  • Robin Cumming
  • Duan Cung
  • Eric Davis
  • Biswajit Das
  • Devan Diwanji
  • Gurjot Dhillon
  • Kevin Fok
  • Lorel Hiramoto
  • Faye Hoang
  • Janay Hansen
  • Connie Jang
  • Aditya Jhajharia
  • Bamidele Kammen
  • Joey Kwong
  • Lorna Kwok
  • Ki Lai
  • Mike Leon
  • Briana Louie
  • Tracy Luks
  • Tom McElderry
  • Emily Ng
  • Veronica Ng
  • Elizabeth Odell
  • Ma Lourdes Palad
  • Tijana Popovic
  • Amy Pradhan
  • Pooja Prabhu
  • Jocelyn Pulido
  • Andreas Rauschecker
  • Martin Rawlings-Fein
  • Deb Reiter
  • Christine Sarmiento
  • Jenn Shao
  • Sonam Shrestha
  • Ramtin Talebi
  • Salvatore (Sam) Torrisi
  • Teresa Wise
  • Cecille Vicencio
  • Tamara Vasilkovska
  • Natalie Wong
  • Kathryn Wold
  • April Xing
  • Selena Yan
  • Yang Yang
  • Carolyn Yu
  • Marissa Szeto

May 2026

  • Maryam Aodisho
  • Sei Ahn
  • Janelle Arquiza
  • Yelena Borodina
  • Pratheek Bobba
  • Daniela Bermudez Garolera
  • Stephanie Calangian
  • Erika Cavallone
  • Vicky Chan
  • Christi Chow
  • Ronald Cohen
  • Robin Cumming
  • Kevin Fok
  • Madonna Galiendes
  • Annie Gregory
  • Theodore Jerdee
  • Bernard Landavazo
  • Rachel Lee
  • Yajun Li
  • Shezhang Lin
  • Briana Louie
  • Lorna Kwok
  • Simona Morochnik
  • Wendy Patton
  • Allison Poon
  • Hanh Ryan
  • Jenn Shao
  • Cecille Vicencio
  • Alexander Wai
  • Teresa Wise
  • Sandria Wong
  • Tina Won
  • Barbara Yip
  • Selena Yan
  • Jordan Zhu
  • Marissa Szeto

June 2026

  • Rukayah Abdolcader
  • Mark Antonio
  • Janelle Arquiza
  • Gina Arnold
  • Emma Bahroos
  • Anne Bartoletti
  • Fan Bo
  • Jessica Brown
  • Angie Bybee
  • Kristine Chooey
  • Romelyn Delos Santos
  • Shaun Dutta
  • Jonathan Gutierrez
  • Faye Hoang
  • Sienna Huang
  • Connie Jang
  • Janae Koger-Hunt
  • Christopher Lam
  • Rachel Lee
  • Janice Leung
  • Mike Leon
  • Kathleen Marsh
  • Malia Martinez
  • Shan McBurney-Lin
  • Adrian James Molina
  • Sean Murray
  • Christopher Newton
  • Kevin Nguyen
  • Jamie Phung
  • Martin Rawlings-Fein
  • Vahid Ravanfar
  • Hanh Ryan
  • Christine Sarmiento
  • Flora Stewart
  • Mayra Sustaita
  • Leo Sugrue
  • Liana Tran
  • Uriel Valencia
  • Maria Zaragoza Villanueva
  • Teresa Wise
  • Kathryn Wold
  • Natalie Wong
  • Sandria Wong
  • Tina Won
  • Carolyn Yu
  • Araceli Zavala-Sheridan
  • Samira Zebarjadian
  • Anna Zheng
  • Jordan Zhu