We continue to be wowed each year by the impressive photo contest submissions. A stunning array of talent was again on display in this year’s contest!
Selecting the winners was a challenge, but in the end, the following images came out on top in their respective categories:
Overall Winner
David Tart, MD – Retired dermatologist from Greensboro
“Dramatic Callanish Sunset”
Nature Category Winner
Karl Chiang, MD – Interventional radiologist from Greenville
“Winter Wonderland”
NC Category Winner
Demetri T. Poulis, MD, FACS – General surgeon from Nags Head
“Fishing Fleet, Oregon Inlet”
Travel Category Winner
Joel B. Miller, MD – Retired OB/GYN from Hickory
“Venice Grand Canal”
Wildlife Category Winner
Tony Huggins, MD – Anesthesiologist from Raleigh
“Sisters”
Congratulations and thank you to everyone who submitted!
Below is the complete list of results…
| David Tart, MD | Overall Winner | Dramatic Callanish Sunset |
| Karl Chiang, MD | Category Winner – Nature | Winter Wonderland |
| Demetri T. Poulis MD FACS | Category Winner – North Carolina | Fishing Fleet, Oregon Inlet |
| Joel B Miller, MD | Category Winner – Travel | Venice Grand Canal |
| Tony Huggins, MD | Category Winner – Wildlife | Sisters |
| Jeffrey Coston, DO, FASA | Finalist | Godafoss Waterfall |
| Steven Andrew Dingeldein, MD | Finalist | Atlantic Puffin |
| Rodger David Israel, MD, MHL | Finalist | Bear with the crooked nose |
| Kurt K. Lark, M.D. | Finalist | Foggy Sunrise |
| Pete Leuchtmann, MD | Finalist | Lower Antelope Canyon |
| Arnold Camacho Olegario, MD | Finalist | Dawn |
| Brian J. Sutton, MD | Finalist | Cliffs of Moher |
| Robert Yapundich, MD | Finalist | Curious Coyote |
| Sarah Atkins | Semi-Finalist | Joshua Tree Sunset |
| Charles H Classen Jr, MD | Semi-Finalist | Red Barn |
| Herb Clegg, MD | Semi-Finalist | Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse at dusk |
| Susan Lynne Evans, MD | Semi-Finalist | Madrid Nightlife |
| P. Mark Gallerani, MD | Semi-Finalist | Horned Grebe with ducklings |
| Lisa Gangarosa, MD | Semi-Finalist | Calliope and Clouds |
| John Goldfield, PA-C | Semi-Finalist | Secret Crater |
| Kathryn McConnell Greven, MD | Semi-Finalist | Transcendental |
| Jim Hill, M.Ed., PA-C Emeritus, DFAAPA | Semi-Finalist | Venturing Out |
| Julia Norem MD | Semi-Finalist | Sunset Holden Beach |
| Lourdes Pereda, MD | Semi-Finalist | Floral sunset at the sunflower farm |
| Leighton A. Raynor, MD | Semi-Finalist | Dry Falls |
| Donna Richardson, MD | Semi-Finalist | Bodega Bay, California |
| Nadine B. Skinner, MD, FAAFP | Semi-Finalist | Spring Mountain Sunset |
| Robert M. Varnell, MD | Semi-Finalist | Baby Humpback Whale Playing in the Sun |
| T. Rupert Ainsley, Jr. MD FACP | Honorable Mention | Hummingbird Hawk Moth |
| Yun L. Boylston, MD MBA | Honorable Mention | A Clear Night in Stari Grad |
| Tracy Eskra, MD | Honorable Mention | Dame de Fer |
| Stephen Ezzo, MD | Honorable Mention | I’ve waited 17 years to take this photo |
| Cynthia M. Gary, MPH, PA-C | Honorable Mention | Black is Beautiful! |
| Steven M. Genkins, M.D. (“Seadoc”) | Honorable Mention | “Komodo Dragon Beach Patrol” |
| Jane Girskis, PA-C | Honorable Mention | Spring Has Sprung |
| Lawrence Greenblatt, MD | Honorable Mention | Flying high above Patagonia |
| Richard M. Griffin, MD | Honorable Mention | “Hand Out” |
| H Slade Howell, MD | Honorable Mention | Mountain Stream After a Rain |
| Kurt Lauenstein, MD | Honorable Mention | hummingbird |
| Marion McCrary MD FACP FAMWA | Honorable Mention | Winter is Coming |
| Steven Mendelsohn, MD | Honorable Mention | Morning on the Blue Ridge Parkway |
| David Mertz MD | Honorable Mention | Over Alaska, endless beauty |
| Danna Park MD, FAAP, FACP | Honorable Mention | Azaleas after the rain |
| Vikas Patel, MD | Honorable Mention | Parisian Nightfall: The Glow of Sacré-Cœur |
| Katherine J. Pierce, M.D. | Honorable Mention | Reaching for the Sky |
| James Salisbury MD | Honorable Mention | ‘ALL ENDS WELL’ |
| Michael Wolff, MD | Honorable Mention | Sailing by the Pitons |
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