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Daniel K. Roberts Society

Graduates of the KU School of Medicine-Wichita OB-GYN residency program are inducted into the Daniel K. Roberts Society during the annual residency program graduation ceremony. A physician becomes eligible for membership at the completion of a KUSM-W Obstetrics & Gynecology residency at Wesley Medical Center, in the City of Wichita, State of Kansas. The society promotes excellence in research, education and the practice of obstetrics and gynecology.

profile photo of Dr. Daniel K. RobertsAbout Daniel K. Roberts

Daniel K. Roberts, M.D., Ph.D., was the first chairman of the KUSM-W Obstetrics & Gynecology program. He emphasized the importance of conducting research and promoting scholarly activity, as well as being a skilled clinician. Reminders of Dr. Roberts' commitment to research and women's health can be seen in the establishment of the Roberts Distinguished Professorship Fund, the Daniel K. Roberts Society, the Daniel K. Roberts Medical Student Award for Excellence in Women's Health Care, and the Daniel K. Roberts Center for Research, which was established at KU School of Medicine-Wichita. The official title of the chairman of the department is Daniel K. Roberts professor and chair. Dr. Roberts served as the chair of the department from 1972-1994.

Society Members (listed by graduation year)

1975
Douglas V. Horbelt, M.D., Charter Member
Bernard Adami, M.D., Charter Member, Texas
Robert W. Kelly, M.D.

1976
Terrence Kuhlmann, M.D.
Darrel Neuschafer, M.D., Kansas

1977
Michael D. Bates, M.D.
Carl Christman, M.D., Kansas
Charles White, M.D.
J.G. Kendrick, M.D., Honorary Member
Jerome S. Menaker, M.D., Honorary Member
Bobby W. Webster

1978
Edmond Feuille, M.D., Kansas
Gerald Keesling, M.D., Nebraska

1979
John Evans, M.D., Kansas
James A. Joki, M.D., Washington
Gene Stohs, M.D., Nebraska

1980
Gene Huebner, M.D., Texas
Travis Stembridge, M.D.

1981
Michael Brown, M.D., California
Byron Cline M.D., Kansas
Arthur DeHart, M.D., Kansas
Patrick S. Dunlap, M.D.

1982
Debra Placek, M.D., Nebraska
Robert Young, M.D., Missouri
Creighton Edwards, M.D., Honorary Member, Texas
Robert Franklin, M.D., Honorary Member

1983
James Delmore, M.D., Professor Emeritus, Kansas
Lonnie Dwain Doyle, M.D.
Douglas Douthit, M.D.
Scott Gray, M.D., Nebraska
Daran Jensen, M.D., Kansas
Susan Tewel, M.D.

1984
Rick Bauer, M.D.
David Doyle, M.D., Oklahoma
William Randal Jones, M.D., Texas
Douglas James Thompson, M.D., New Mexico
Patrick Williamson, M.D., Texas
Charles T. Allred, M.D., Associate Member, Kansas
Douglas R. Gwinn, M.D., Associate Member, Washington

1985
David Grainger, M.D., MPH, Kansas
John Montgomery, M.D., Texas
Craig Towers, M.D., Tennesee
Patricia Wyatt-Harris, M.D., Kansas

1986
William R. Black, M.D., Missouri
Larry Clark, M.D., Colorado
Charles Shutt, M.D., Wisconsin
Steve Zielke, M.D., Kansas

1987
Randle Corfman, M.D., Ph.D., Minnesota
Martin Jones, M.D., Oklahoma
Laura Kenny, M.D., Missouri
Nancy Salisbury, M.D., Oregon
Michael Stevens, M.D., Alabama

1988
James Hinshaw, M.D., Minnesota
Jeffery Knox, M.D., Kansas
Richard Meisel, M.D.
Debra Messamore, M.D., Kansas
Margaret O'Hara, M.D., Kansas
Brigitte Miller, M.D., Honorary Member, North Carolina

1989
Andrew Cook, M.D., Colorado
Kenneth Trimmer, M.D., Texas
Stephen Riddel, M.D., Oklahoma

1990
Clifford Depew, M.D., Kansas
Marci Eck, M.D., Kansas
Victoria Kindel, M.D., Kansas
Timothy Neff, M.D.
Scott Roberts, M.D., M.S., Texas

1991
Timothy Leeds, M.D., Iowa
Kevin Miller, M.D., Kansas
Daniel L. Steward, M.D.
Keith Wenda, M.D., Minnesota

1992
James Gorman, M.D., Arkansas
Michael Jessup, M.D.
Donald Kratz, M.D., Missouri
Teressa McHenry, M.D., Oklahoma
Curtis Richardson, M.D., Missouri

1993
Robyn Alley-Hay, M.D.
David Duke, M.D.
Mark Leahy, M.D.
Robert Michael Moore, M.D., New York
Loraine (Lori) Nolla, M.D., Missouri

1994
Michael Bianco, M.D., Nebraska
Jeffrey J. Galvan, M.D., Illinois
Michael S. Hay, M.D., Montana
Ann Hentzen-Page, M.D., Kansas
Darin Sparkman, M.D., Oklahoma

1995
Abraham Alecozay, M.D., Ph.D., Texas
Hanan Kathy Gaumer, M.D., Kansas
Brenda Harkins, M.D., Texas
Tam Le, M.D., California
Gregory Stamps, M.D., Missouri

1996
Kent Bradley, M.D., Kansas
Mark Lobaugh, M.D., Texas
Phillip Moreano, M.D., Kansas
Lesa Mulligan, M.D., Oklahoma
Carla Williams, M.D., Wisconsin

1997
Teresa Craddock, M.D., Kansas
Lucinda Hayden, M.D., Missouri
Lee Hodny, M.D., Kansas
Kathryn Sawchak, M.D., Kansas
Ted Arjav Shah, M.D., Florida

1998
Darren Lehnert, M.D., Missouri
Dawne Lowden, M.D., Kansas
Andrew Malany, M.D., Montana
Christine Riley, M.D., Indiana
Yen Tran, M.D., Oklahoma

1999
Robert J. Casper, M.D., Iowa
Joel Fort, M.D., Kansas
Kurt Kauffman, M.D., Kansas
Steven Priddle, M.D., Kansas

2000
Jaimie Deraney, M.D., Minnesota
Thalia Lopez, M.D., Kansas
Lewis Meline, M.D., Washington
Larry Smith, M.D., Washington
Deborah Woodard, M.D., Illinois
Nolla Bupp, Honorary Member

2001
Traci DeSplinter, M.D., Texas
Paul Lansdowne, M.D., Texas
James Manuele, M.D., Tennessee
Lisa Pazdernik, M.D., Kansas
James Whiddon, M.D., Kansas

2002
Tracy Elliott, M.D., Texas
Benjamin Harris, M.D., Georgia
Travis Klingler, M.D., Wyoming
Denise Slusher, M.D., Colorado
Gema Simmons, M.D., Nebraska

2003
Troy Drewitz, M.D., Louisiana
Michael Jackson, M.D., Oklahoma
Daphne Lashbrook, M.D., Oklahoma
Allison Taylor, M.D., Oklahoma
Tiffany Von Wald, M.D., South Dakota

2004
Lori Hubbard, M.D., Oklahoma
Janey Maki, M.D., Kansas
Kimberlee McKay, M.D., South Dakota
Sheila Parekh, M.D., Texas
Laura Tatpati, M.D., Kansas

2005
Margaret Chu, M.D., California
Robert Sterling, M.D., Oklahoma
Maria Palmquist, M.D., Idaho
Shara Young Hern, M.D., Florida

2006
Kinde Aguilar, M.D., Oklahoma
Elise Chu, M.D., Colorado
Brenda Kallemeyn, M.D., South Dakota
Andrea Cobb, M.D., Virginia
Anna Stork-Fury, D.O., Kansas

2007
Mark Carlson, M.D., Nebraska
Elizabeth Cox, M.D., Kansas
Darren Farley, M.D., Kansas
Zachary Kuhlmann, D.O., Kansas
Emily Webb, M.D., Kansas

2008
Jo Choudhry, M.D., Texas
Brooke Grizzell, M.D., Kansas
Timothy Hoskins, M.D., Kansas
Matthew Voth, M.D., Kansas
Michael Wolfe, M.D., Kansas
Leah Brantley, M.D., Kansas

2009
Christopher Graber, M.D., Kansas
Melissa Hague, M.D., Kansas
Miranda Pray-Dede, M.D., South Dakota
Molly Uhing, M.D., South Dakota

2010
Aldon Corle, M.D., Oklahoma
Kerri Hild, M.D., Kansas
Hilary Rainbolt, M.D., Kansas
Jillian Stalling, M.D., Indiana

2011
Andrea Fullerton, M.D., Kansas
Jennifer Hill, M.D., Nebraska
Angela Holdeman, M.D., Kansas
Ellen Hopper, M.D., South Dakota
Elda Perales, M.D., Florida

2012
Kari Hamlin, M.D., Kansas
Alexandria Reyes, D.O., Florida
Ashley Robbins, M.D., Kansas
S. Kyle Thompson, D.O., Missouri
Jewelia Wagner, M.D., Minnesota

2013
Janna Chibry, M.D., Kansas
Susan Cooper-Morphew, M.D., Illinois
Melissa Hodge, M.D., Kansas
Stefanie Kempke, M.D., Kansas
Laura Whisler, M.D., Kansas

2014
Larissa Bennis, M.D., South Dakota
Jamie Gustafson, M.D., Nebraska
Kristin Harkins, M.D., Nebraska
Meggan Linck, M.D., Nebraska
Jackson Sobbing, M.D., Kansas

2015
Dawn Boender, M.D., South Dakota
Tamara Jacobson, M.D., North Dakota
Amy Lueking, M.D., South Dakota
Annabel Mancillas, M.D., Kansas
Jamie Peregrine, M.D., Kansas
Bruce Bammel, M.D., Honorary Member, Kansas
Gerard Bassell, M.D., Honorary Member
Lueke Lueken, M.D., Honorary Member
Jacqueline Morgan, M.D., Honorary Member, Kansas
Randall Morgan, M.D., Honorary Member
Rhea Rogers, M.D., Honorary Member, Kansas
Bruce Tjaden, D.O., Honorary Member, Illinois

2016
Taylor Bertschy, D.O., Kansas
Melinda Bron, M.D., Colorado
Benjamin Klug, D.O., Nebraska
Lauren O'Brien, M.D., South Dakota
Locke Uppendahl, M.D., Kansas

2017
Abigail Brubaker, D.O., Colorado
Evan Schwenk, D.O., California
Angela Strang, M.D., North Dakota
Rachel Wykes (Bender), M.D., Florida
Janet Eddy, M.D., Utah

2018
Blaine Campbell, D.O., Indiana
Lauren Christman, D.O., Tennessee
Anna Haring, M.D., New York
Tessa Winterton, M.D., Montana
Thomas Greaves, M.D., Kansas

2019
Claire Groskurth, M.D., Michigan
Claire Markham, M.D., Nebraska
Holly Montgomery, M.D., Kansas
Maggie Woods, M.D., Kansas

2020
Darrah Berck, M.D., Missouri
Maria Kolojeski, D.O., Minnesota
Rachel Marohl, M.D., North Dakota
Nicholas Raasch, D.O., Kansas
Sara Schaenzer, M.D., Iowa

2021
Carla Burford, M.D., Kansas
Alexandra Meloccaro, M.D., Kansas
Jordan Meyer, M.D., Kansas
Charis Noteboom, M.D., Kansas
Kristen Giefer, M.D., Kansas

2022
Laura Birkholtz, D.O., Kansas
Rachna Gulati, D.O., Illinois
Chandler Kasuske, M.D., Iowa
Jessica Kieffer, M.D., Kansas
Taryn Schuknecht, D.O., Kansas

2023
Sara Fiene, M.D., Utah
Mariah Jones-Greif, M.D., Kansas
Shauna Lindstedt Easterday, M.D., Kansas
Elizabeth Melton-Mendoza, M.D., Maryland
Renae Stede, D.O., Colorado

2024

Jacqueline Beverlin, D.O., Kansas
Mackenzie Dikeman, M.D., Kansas
Lucy Lehoczky, M.D., Missouri
Katelyn Twist, M.D., Kansas

Dr. Shauna Easterday is inducted into the society by Dr. Carl Christman and Dr. Zachary Kuhlmann

Dr. Lucy Lehoczky, who graduated in June 2024, was inducted into the Daniel K. Roberts Society by Dr. Carl Christman, Class of 1977, and Dr. Zachary Kuhlmann, Class of 2007. (File photo)

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