
2025 Alumni Award Recipients and Programming
Highlight Reel - 2025 UCSF Alumni Award Recipients
• Alumni Discovery Award - Anna B. Moscicki, MD, Clinical Fellow Alum • Alumni Early-Career Award - Kamena Kostova, PhD ’18 • Alumni Entrepreneur Award - Ken Song, MD ’00, Resident Alum • Alumni Humanitarian Service Award - Maria Lopez, PharmD ’01 • UCSF Lifetime Service Award - Michael V. Drake, MD ’75 • Alumni Philanthropic Impact Award - Douglas E. Cowden, DDS ’65 • Alumni Practitioner Award - Ronni Brown, DDS, MPH, Resident Alum and Colleen McEvoy, MSN ’06, NP • Dental Alumni Association Medal of Honor - Cynthia K. Brattesani, DDS ’89 • Graduate Division Alumni Association Alum of the Year - Shelley Chu, MD/PhD ’00 • UCSF/SFSU Graduate Program in Physical Therapy Alum of the Year - Benjamin Boyd, MSPT ’02, DPTSc ’08 • Medical Alumni Association Alum of the Year - Stephanie Chao, MD ’06 • Nursing Alumni Association Jane Norbeck Distinguished Service Award - Jian Zhang, MSN ’92, DNP • Pharmacy Alumni Association Alum of the Year - Sharon Youmans, PharmD ’85, MPH
Honorees Driving Discoveries:
• Graduate Division Alumni Association Alum of the Year - Shelley Chu, MD/PhD ’00
• Alumni Early-Career Award - Kamena Kostova, PhD ’18
• Alumni Discovery Award - Anna B. Moscicki, MD, Clinical Fellow Alum
• Alumni Entrepreneur Award - Ken Song, MD ’00, Resident Alum
Honorees Inspiring Change:
• UCSF/SFSU Graduate Program in Physical Therapy Alum of the Year - Benjamin Boyd, MSPT ’02, DPTSc ’08
• Alumni Practitioner Award - Ronni Brown, DDS, MPH, Resident Alum
• Medical Alumni Association Alum of the Year - Stephanie Chao, MD ’06
Honorees Leading Forward:
• Alumni Humanitarian Service Award - Maria Lopez, PharmD ’01
• Alumni Practitioner Award - Colleen McEvoy, MSN ’06, NP
• Nursing Alumni Association Jane Norbeck Distinguished Service Award - Jian Zhang, MSN ’92, DNP
Honorees Forging Pathways:
• Dental Alumni Association Medal of Honor - Cynthia K. Brattesani, DDS ’89
• Alumni Philanthropic Impact Award - Douglas E. Cowden, DDS ’65
• Pharmacy Alumni Association Alum of the Year - Sharon Youmans, PharmD ’85, MPH