In a formal ceremony held on October 14, 2024, at the University of Vermont’s Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine, Michelle Sowden, DO, was invested as the inaugural holder of the Department of Surgery's Green and Gold Professorship of Surgical Oncology. She is also the Clinical Director of Surgical Oncology at the University of Vermont Medical Center. Dr. Sowden has guided dozens of medical students, residents, and undergraduate students in her role as a mentor. She has received several research awards and grants, including her most recent work as a co-investigator on an NCI-funded R01 grant to develop a risk prediction model for the upgrade of high-risk benign breast lesions diagnosed via needle biopsy. Click here to read more about the celebration.