Wayne State University School of Medicine employees were celebrated and honored for their years of service during the annual Service Recognition Program and luncheon.

The luncheon, held June 26 in the Scott Hall cafeteria, recognized 162 employees with a cumulative 2,955 years of service to the School of Medicine.

“This type of recognition is incredibly important,” said Valerie Parisi, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., acting dean of the school. “Just two or three weeks ago we opened the new Mazurek building, however, at the end of the day a facility doesn’t make a great workplace, it’s the people. The most important asset to the school, the university or any organization is its people. We are properly recognizing your incredible dedication of spirit and all the talents you bring to the school every day.”

Dean Parisi and Zirka Clark, manager of Human Resources for the school, called the employees forward to present them with certificates for their milestones. The employees who were recognized include:

10 Years Service
Gyula Acsadi, M.D., Ph.D., Pediatrics
Andre Alexander, Medical Software Systems
Linda Anderson, Psychiatry
Melody Andrews, Surgery
Eishi Asano, M.D., Ph.D., Pediatrics
Vivian Badalamenti, Research and Graduate Programs
Ann Bankowski, Cancer Institute
Kertia Black, M.D., Medical Academic and Student Programs
Boycho Boychev, Perinatology Research
George Brush, Ph.D., Cancer Institute
Jacob Burmeister, Ph.D., Radiation Oncology
Nedim Cakan, M.D., Pediatrics
Kimberly Campbell-Voytal, Ph.D., Family Medicine
Christina Caon, Neurology
Anita Chalasani, Pharmacology
Michele Cote, Ph.D., Cancer Institute
Valerie Davis, Cancer Institute
Deanna Dona, Research and Graduate Programs
Debra Driscoll, Obstetrics/Gynecology
Rana El-Jaroudi, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Lulu Farhana, Ph.D., Internal Medicine
Gerald Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics
Paul Finlayson, Ph.D., Otolaryngology
Shawn Fite, Orthopedic Surgery
Yubin Ge, Ph.D., Cancer Institute
Martha Hayward, Surgery
Hong-Qiang Heng, Ph.D., Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics
James Janisse, Ph.D., Family Medicine
Latonia Jointer, Anatomy
Brian Kilburn, Obstetrics/Gynecology
Richard Krugel, Ph.D., Orthopedic Surgery
Xiaohua Li, Ph.D., Pathology
LynnMarie Mango, Emergency Medicine
Saroj Mathupala, Ph.D., Neurosurgery
Brian McClatchey, Internal Medicine
Jennifer Mendez, Ph.D., Medical Academic and Student Programs
Angela Moore, Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics
Steven J. Ondersma, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Zhuo-Hua Pan, Ph.D., Anatomy
Graham Parker, Ph.D., Pediatrics
Charles Pelshaw, M.D., Pediatrics
K.M. Rahman, Ph.D., Pathology
Arun Rishi, Ph.D., Cancer Institute
Sureyya Savasan, M.D., Pediatrics
Ann Schwartz, Ph.D., Cancer Institute
Firdous Siddiqui, M.D., Internal Medicine
Ayman Soubani, M.D., Internal Medicine
Michael Tainsky, Ph.D., Cancer Institute
Thomas Theeck, Psychiatry
Dina Verbeem, Psychiatry
John Webber, M.D., Surgery
Elaine Weber, Pharmacology
Hong-Guang Wei, M.D., Pathology
Minghuan Yu, M.D., Ph.D., Surgery
Huamei Zhang, Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics

15 Years Service
Kathleen Abramczyk, Pediatrics
Gary Abrams, M.D., Ophthalmology
George Alangaden, M.D., Internal Medicine
Eric Ayers, M.D., Internal Medicine
Lisa Blackwell, Family Medicine
Diane Chugani, Ph.D., Pediatrics
Nicholas Davis, Ph.D., Pharmacology
Lorraine Demchak, Anatomy
Elaine Douglas, Psychiatry
Wei Du, Ph.D., Pediatrics
Juanita Fanto, Internal Medicine
Yvonne Friday, M.D., Pediatrics
Randall Gill, Ph.D., Immunology & Microbiology
Bernard Gonik, M.D., Obstetrics/Gynecology
John A. Kamholz, M.D., Ph.D., Neurology
Donald Kuhn, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Gloria Kuhn, D.O., Ph.D., Emergency Medicine
Jawana Lawhorn-Crews, Cancer Institute
Mei-Li Lee, Pediatrics
Tovonne Lucas, Pediatrics
Kenneth Maiese, M.D., Neurology
Bharati Mitra, Ph.D., Biochemistry
Silas Norman, M.D., Medical Academic and Student Programs
Karoline Suzanne Puder, M.D., Obstetrics/Gynecology
Graciela Rojas, M.D., Internal Medicine
Amy Roth, Pharmacology
Ann Santiago, Pharmacology
Tadeusz Scislo, M.D., Ph.D., Physiology
Michael Shy, M.D., Neurology
Rosemary Shy, M.D., Pediatrics
Dusanka Skundric, M.D., Ph.D., Neurology
Susan Smolinske, Pediatrics
Diane Snell, Internal Medicine
Jasloveleen Sohi, Neurology
Manuel Tancer, M.D., Psychiatry
Jeffrey Taub, M.D., Pediatrics
Alex Tselis, M.D., Ph.D., Neurology
James Tyburski, M.D., Surgery
Mary Vigelius-Slagh, Internal Medicine
Craig Watson, M.D., Ph.D., Neurology
Zhengxian Zhu, M.D., Psychiatry

20 Years Service
David Armant, Ph.D., Obstetrics/Gynecology
James Blessman, M.D., Family Medicine
Audrey Brown, Otolaryngology
Brenda Cannon, Research and Graduate Programs
Josephine Crawford, Pediatrics
Craig Giroux, Ph.D., Cancer Institute
Eti Gursel, M.D., Surgery
Matthew Jackson, Ph.D., Medical Academic and Student Programs
Chaesik Kim, Ophthalmology
Stephen Krawetz, Ph.D., Obstetrics/Gynecology
Patricia Lorusso, D.O., Internal Medicine
Mark McDermott, M.D., Ophthalmology
Kathleen Meert, M.D., Pediatrics
Lori Monia-Allen, Emergency Medicine
Donal O’Leary, Ph.D., Physiology
James Puklin, M.D., Ophthalmology
Dwanja Ray, Medicine Human Resources
Loretta Robichaud, Medical Academic and Student Programs
Michael Simon, M.D., Internal Medicine
Larry Stephenson, M.D., Surgery
Kerry Vistisen, Anatomy
Rona Wang, Perinatology Research
Robert Welch, M.D., Emergency Medicine
Rasheeda Zafar, Ph.D., Physiology

25 Years Service
Elizabeth Arnold, M.D., Internal Medicine
Ronald Barrett, Anatomy
Kathleen Borlas, Medical Software Systems
Pranatharthi Chandrasekar, M.D., Internal Medicine
Ben Chen, Ph.D., Internal Medicine
Zirka Clark, Medicine Human Resources
Gunter Deppe, M.D., Obstetrics/Gynecology
John Gordon, Medical Academic and Student Programs
Thomas Holland, Ph.D., Immunology & Microbiology
Mark Marunick, D.D.S., Otolaryngology
Milton Mutchnick, M.D., Internal Medicine
Anne Neale, Ph.D., Family Medicine
Karen Pilarski, Pediatrics
James Sondheimer, M.D., Internal Medicine
Frank Stasa, Medical Software Systems
Janet Watycha, Pathology

30 Years Service
Josephine Beaudette, Medicine Human Resources
Robert Burack, M.D., Internal Medicine
Lavoisier Cardozo, M.D., Internal Medicine
Marian Drescher, Ph.D., Otolaryngology
Jeri Gleichauf, Emergency Medicine
Linda McCraw, Physiology

35 Years Service
Pravit Cadnapaphornchai, M.D., Internal Medicine
Melvin Clay, Immunology & Microbiology
Lawrence Crane, M.D., Internal Medicine
David Evans, Ph.D., Biochemistry
Kenneth Honn, Ph.D., Pathology
Ja Esta Jones, Medical Academic & Student Programs
David Kessel, Ph.D., Pharmacology
Jeanne Lusher, M.D., Pediatrics
David Neumann, Medical Communications
John Rainey, M.D., Ph.D., Psychiatry
Anthony Sacco, Ph.D., Obstetrics/Gynecology
David Schneider, Ph.D., Pharmacology
Eugene Schoener, Ph.D., Pharmacology
Marappa Subramanian, Ph.D., D.V.M. Obstetrics/Gynecology
Roy Sundick, Ph.D., Immunology & Microbiology

40 Years Service
Richard E. Gallagher, Ph.D., Family Medicine
Margarita Palutke, M.D., Pathology
Jose Rafols, Ph.D., Anatomy
Choichi Sugawa, M.D., Surgery

45 Years Service
Rosemarie Kalajian, Anatomy