Meet 2024 Award Recipient
Liam Ross Butler
Liam came to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai from the University of Maryland, where he majored in Physiology and Neurobiology. While there, he volunteered at multiple summer camps for unique pediatric populations, including Dragonfly Forest and Camp Kesem and worked as a medical assistant during his gap year. He entered the MD program in 2020.
While at Icahn, Liam co-led the NEXUS course Preseason Pediatrics and the Pediatrics Interest Group. He also participated in MedDOCS as a student mentor and the East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership, the ISMMS student-run free clinic (EHHOP) as a Senior Clinician. He served as a teaching assistant for multiple pre-clinical courses including Anatomy, Molecular/Cellular/Genetics, Physiology, and the Art and Science of Medicine and won an award for Excellence in Teaching. Liam also published eleven articles in peer-reviewed journals and was first author for three of those articles.
Liam would like to thank his family, friends, and the many faculty members at Sinai who have made his medical education a rewarding experience and assisted him on his journey to a career in pediatrics.
Liam will graduate with his MD degree and continue his residency training in Pediatrics at the Naval Medical Center San Diego.