Awards and Honors: June 26, 2007

Posted 11:40 AM, June 26, 2007, by jaruiz

Melissa Enriquez, MD, was awarded the 2007 Norman Blank Award for the outstanding medical student in Radiology. The award was created in memory of longtime faculty member and Director of Admissions Norman Blank, MD. Faculty who worked with Enriquez were impressed by her "extraordinary organizational and communication skills, ambition, drive, and commitment to radiology" and "great leadership potential." Dr. Enriquez "single-handedly resurrected the moribund Radiology Interest Group at Stanford, served as its president, and organized several after hours events to familiarize medical students with the field of radiology." She also arranged for this group to receive funds from the Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU). Dr. Enriquez will graduate from the 2007 class of the Stanford Medical School on June 16. She matched at Harbor-University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center for a transitional year internship, and UCLA for a residency in diagnostic radiology. As award winner, she will receive a popular radiology textbook and a cash prize.