29 UB Students Named to National Premedical Honor Society

By Sue Wuetcher

Release Date: May 22, 2001 This content is archived.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Twenty-nine students at the University at Buffalo have been inducted into the Iota Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta, the premedical honor society.

They are:

AMHERST: Atul Jain and Kristen Latona

BAYSIDE: Alan Tang

BROOKLYN: Orlando Encarnacion

CATTARAUGUS: Kathryn Wheel

CHEEKTOWAGA: Kelly Skerrett

CLACKAMAS, OR: Tracy Bolsinger

DAYTON, NJ: Shital Patel

GRAND ISLAND: Amber Anderson and Sukhpal Mangat

LIVERPOOL: Aubri Burke

LOCKPORT: Todd Daigler

MANHATTAN: Edward Chen

ORCHARD PARK: Paul Lester

OSSINING: Andrew Ekelund

PLAINVIEW: William Goldenberg

SANDUSKY, OH: Amy Wilber

SEAFORD: Darren Bazini

SENECA FALLS: Salvatore Zavarella

SINGAPORE: Grace Wong

TONAWANDA: Inna Rozov

WEBSTER: Yelizaveta Lekakh

WEST SENECA: Kassondra Grzankowski

WILLIAMSVILLE: Jenna Giles, Kerry Higgins, Thomas Sang-Kyu Lee, Elizabeth Lagowski and Elyssa Pohl

YORKTOWN: Howard Korn

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29 UB Students Named to National Premedical Honor Society

By Sue Wuetcher

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