Kudos

At the 2004 MSSM Convocation, Barbara Murphy, M.D. (Nephrology), received the Irene and Arthur M. Fishberg Chair of Medicine, and Jacqueline Moline, M.D. (Community and Preventive Medicine), and Sandra Masur, Ph.D. (Opthalmology), received the Faculty Council Awards.

Terry Krulwich, Ph.D. (Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry), Professor, has received an unusual and distinctive honor. A research group (Yumoto et al., 2003, Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 53:1531) has given the name Bacillus krulwichiae to a newly isolated and described species of Bacillus that grows at extremely high alkalinity and can degrade certain toxic solvents. Alkaliphiles are Terry's specialty and the naming of a species after her is clear indication of the respect her colleagues have for her work. (11/03)

Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles, M.D. (Division of Clinical Immunology), was awarded the 2002 AAAAI Women Physician in Allergy (American Association of Asthma Allergy and Immunology prize ($20,000). Since May 15, 2003, she has been President of the Clinical Immunology Society. (06/03)

Rosanne M. Leipzig, M.D., Ph.D.(Geriatrics and Adult Development, Medicine, and Health Policy) received the Laureate Award from the American College of Physicians-New York Downstate Chapter. (06/03)

Sujana Chandrasekhar, M.D. (Otolaryngology), received Honorable Mention Award for her thesis, Intranasal Surfactant Treatment for Otitis Media. (06/03)

Beatriz Pogo, M.D. (Medicine and Microbiology), Professor. In the last year, she has been an invited speaker on Retroviruses in Human Breast Cancer at National Cancer Institute, University of Sydney, Australia, New York Academy of Sciences, St. Johns University, New York, and University of Pisa, Italy, as well as at MSSM (Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology and Department of Microbiology). Her contributions in the field of pox viruses led to the offers of directorships at bio-terrorism units at the NY State Health Department and NIH. We are happy that she has chosen to stay here. (04/03)

Annabel K. Wang, M.D. (Neurology), Assistant Professor. In the last year she was first author of two chapters, HIV-Related Neuropathies, and Myopathies and Autonomic Function. Testing in textbooks focused on Neuromuscular Function and Disorders. She also served as a reviewer on a Special Emphasis Panel for the NIH. (04/03)

Eileen Scigliano, M.D. (Medicine), Assistant Professor, earned the Student Council Teaching Award for the Second Year, for 2003. (04/03)

Susan Kaiser, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S. (Surgery), Assistant Professor; President of the Association of Women Surgeons, Member of Committee of the American College of Surgeons, working on OSCEs (Objective Structured Clinical Exams) to test the skills of first-year residents. Dr. Kaiser heads the Cancer Program at Jersey City Medical Center, is Associate Director of the Surgery Residency Program at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, and is Interim Chair, Department of Surgery, Jersey City Medical Center. She moderated the "Importance of mentors" panel at the Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons last October. (Arthur Aufses, M.D., was one of the distinguished speakers.) (04/03)

Sue M. Marcus, Ph.D. (Psychiatry and Biomathematics), Assistant Professor, recently recruited to MSSM, spoke on A Sensitivity Analysis for Subverting Randomized Trials at National Cancer Institute. She is a Scientific Advisor for NIMH Multi-site Trial: Treatment of Resistant Depression in Adolescents (TORDIA) Study. (04/03)

Deborah Marin, M.D. (Psychiatry), appointed Dean for Clinical Research and Executive VP for Strategic Development for Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Angela Diaz, M.D. (Pediatrics), appointed to chair the National Advisory Committee on Children and Terrorism.

Sandra Masur, Ph.D. (Ophthalmology), gave the Broadhurst Memorial Lecture at the Schepens Eye Institute of Harvard University. (01/03)

Andrea Gore, Ph.D. is Associate Professor University of Texas at Austin Division of Pharmacology/Toxicology, 1 University Station, A1915 Austin, TX 78712. (1/03)

Jane Sisk, Ph.D. (Health Policy), elected Member, Institute of Medicine.

Maria Padilla, M.D. (Pulmonary Medicine), left Mount Sinai to become Director, Advanced Lung Disease Program (and prospects of Lung Transplantation Program) at North Shore University Hospital.

Andrea Gore, Ph.D. (Neurobiology and Geriatrics and Adult Development) authored the book GnRH: The Master Molecule of Reproduction, published in April 2002 by Kluwer.

Sandra Masur, Ph.D. (Ophthalmology), received the American Association of Medical Colleges Women in Medicine Silver Achievement Award. The award honors women and men who have contributed substantially to the development of women in academic medicine.

Karen Zier, Ph.D. (Immunobiology), and Debby Marin, M.D. (Psychiatry), as well as former Mount Sinai faculty members Lynn Schnapp, M.D., and Gillian Small, Ph.D., finished the 2001 New York City Marathon.

Stephanie Seremetis, M.D. (Hematology), left Mount Sinai to become medical director of the BioPharmaceuticals Business Unit at Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in Princeton, NJ.

Margaret Baron, M.D., Ph.D. (Hematology, Gene and Cell Medicine, Oncological Sciences), became the Irene and Dr. Arthur M. Fishberg Professor of Medicine, and became a Member, Society of Clinical Investigation.

Angela Diaz, M.D. (Pediatrics), became the Jean C. and James W. Crystal Professor of Adult Development.

Danielle Laraque, M.D. (Pediatrics), became the Debra and Leon Black Professor of Pediatrics.

Rosanne M. Leipzig, M.D., Ph.D. (Geriatrics and Adult Development, Medicine, and Health Policy), became the Gerald and May Ellen Ritter Professor of Geriatrics and Adult Development.

Andrea Gore, Ph.D. (Neurobiology and Geriatrics and Adult Development), and Maria Diversé-Pierluissi, Ph.D. (Pharmacology), Llilana Ossowski, Ph.D. (Medical Oncology, Oncological Sciences), and Phyllis Shaw, Ph.D. (Anatomy and Functional Morphology), received the 2001 MSSM Faculty Council Awards for Academic Excellence.

Maria Padilla, M.D. (Pulmonary Medicine), was selected by the MSMC Community of Nurses as one of the Physicians of the Year (2000).

Angela Diaz, M.D. (Pediatrics), was featured on WCBS-TV program "Fulfilling the Dream" in March 2001, which honored the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King.

Sandra Masur, Ph.D. (Ophthalomology, Anatomy and Functional Morphology), promoted to Professor.

Angela Diaz, M.D. (Pediatrics), and Isabelle Germano, M.D. (Neurosurgery), were both profiled in New York Magazine's Best Doctors in New York, 2000.

Mary Klotman, M.D. (Infectious Diseases), New York Women's Agenda "Woman of the Future"

Elizabeth (Betsy) Cropper, Ph.D. (Molecular Physiology and Biophysics), promoted to Associate Professor.

Annabel Wang, M.D. (Neurology), chosen for Dean's support to attend the AAMC Junior Women Faculty program.

Mary (Miki) Rifkin, Ph.D. (Office of the Dean), appointed to the newly created position of Dean for Academic Affairs, Vice President, at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Susan Phillips (Office of the Dean), Senior Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Laurie B. Edelman, M.D. (Endocrinology) received the SmithKline Beecham Junior Faculty Award.

Diane Meier, M.D. (Geriatrics), received the Robert Wood Johnson award for Palliative care. MSSM will be coordinator (and leader) for U.S. in a new emphasis/effort.

Luz Claudio, Ph.D. (Community and Preventive Medicine), selected as one of three Outstanding Women Scientists in 1999 by The Association for Women in Science, New York Metropolitan Chapter.

Barbara Richardson, M.D. (Emergency Medicine), and three other colleagues received the 1999 Mount Sinai Physician of the Year Award.

Maria Padilla, M.D. (Pulmonary Disease), received the Saul Horwits Jr. Memorial Award.

Janet Cuttner, M.D. (Hematology), received a Jacobi Medallion.

Marilyn McGinnis, Ph.D. (Anatomy and Functional Morphology), was promoted to Professor. (That makes two women Professors with primary appointments in Basic Science!)

Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles, M.D. (Division of Clinical Immunology) was chosen for the Hall of Fame in New York Magazine's "The Best Doctors in New York, 1999"

Isabelle Germano, M.D., F.A.C.S. (Neurosurgery), was featured on two TV programs: WNET's "Parkinson's: Locked in a Failing Body" and ABC's Nightline in Prime Time, "Hope: A Case Study".