2023 Alumni Award Recipients
Congratulations to the 2023 Alumni Award honorees! The recipients will be recognized during this year's Alumni Reunion Weekend on Oct. 6-7, 2023.
Send your congrats to the recipients
KU School of Health Professions
Early Career Achievement in Health Professions Alumnus
Tommy Van Towle, DPT’12, MBA, BS’09
Outpatient Rehabilitation Manager
The University of Kansas Health System
Honorary Health Professions Alumna
Susan T. Jackson, PhD
Associate Professor Emerita
KU School of Health Professions
University of Kansas Medical Center
Distinguished Health Professions Alumnus
Scott Mattivi, BS’87
Chief Operations Officer
Pathology Watch
KU School of Medicine
Early Career Achievement in Medicine Alumna
Laurel B. Witt, MD’11, MPhil
Clerkship Director & Associate Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health
KU School of Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center
Honorary Medical Alumnus
Douglas A. Girod, MD, FACS
Chancellor, The University of Kansas
Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, KU School of Medicine
Distinguished Medical Alumnus
Louis H. Wetzel, MD’82
Professor of Radiology
KU School of Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center
KU School of Nursing
Early Career Achievement in Nursing Alumna
Rachel Melson, DNP’17, MS’15
Outreach Clinic Director
Swope Health
Honorary Nursing Alumni
Lucy M. Kollhoff, MS
Project Coordinator
Kansas Center for Rural Health
University of Kansas Medical Center
Michael E. Kollhoff, MS
Project Manager
KU Schools of Medicine & Nursing
University of Kansas Medical Center
Distinguished Nursing Alumna
Debra A. Travers, PhD, MSN, BSN’81
Faculty Emerita, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Associate Consulting Professor & MSN-Informatics Lead Faculty
Duke University School of Nursing