At an awards presentation on Oct. 30, Weill Cornell honored 229 staff and faculty who have reached milestones of service for 10 and 5 years.
Each of the honorees received a Certificate of Appreciation and a gift certificate presented by Dr. Gotto, dean of the Medical College, and Steven Rosalie, associate provost of the Medical College. Each honoree will select a gift from a special catalog.
Honorees
10 Years
Kwesi S. Ackon
Anna I.B. Adamo
Dena Almeida
Elizabeth L. Auchincloss, M.D.
Susan C. Ball, M.D.
David P. Balser
Teresa Baptiste
Vivienne C. Bennett
Iris Bernard
Ida V. Bigler
Linda J. Biondolillo
Carol L. Brook
Jochen Buck, M.D., Ph.D.
Marilyn Burman
Melissa Carbonell
Mirna Carbonell
Crystal Carey
Carmen Cebollero
Eugene Chan
Sunghee Cho, Ph.D.
Patricia H. Cuocci
Eugenia Curet
James A. Danella
Debra Diaz
Merdene E. Dunmore
Jacqueline M. Egan
Susan L. Faggiani
Pamela C. Fitzgerald
Tina L. Ford
Karen B. Green, M.D.
Cynthia L. Harden, M.D.
Karen S. Hart
Ben-Gary Harvey, M.D.
Syed A. Hoda, M.D., Ph.D.
Charleen A. Hollmann
Susan Jaeger
Melissa D. Katz, M.D.
Neil M. Khilnani, M.D.
Lucie E. Koppelman
Lillian M. Lavalle
Kevin McGrath
Patricia Mack, M.D.
Anita M. Margulies
Steven M. Markowitz, M.D.
Joyce C. Martinez
Shari R. Midoneck, M.D.
Robert J. Min, M.D.
Thalysia A. Moore
Estomih P. Mtui, M.D.
Anthony Murphy
Nanette M. Negron
Helen Nishiyama
Rose M. Pearce
Lewis L. Perin
Joseph P. Pierce, Ph.D.
Margaret Polaneczky, M.D.
James L. Rebeta, Ph.D.
Jeffrey B. Reich, M.D.
Joan Roseman
Khadeen A. Shaw
David J. Slotwiner, M.D.
William D. Sobel, M.D.
Lisa B. Sombrotto, M.D.
Jacqueline Sternberg
Casandra P. Stevens
Borislav Stojanov
J. Patrick Stuebgen, M.D.
Minerva Suarez
Rosario Tortorello
Carolyn R. Valentino
Maria Vazquez
Michael P. Wajnrajch, M.D.
Alan S. Weller, M.D.
Kangpu Xu, Ph.D.
Vivienne Bennett honored for 10 years of service
Ida Bigler honored for 10 years of service
James Danella honored for 10 years of service
Anita Margulies honored for 10 years of service
Dr. Estomih Mtui honored for 10 years of service
Cassandra Stevens honored for 10 years of service
5 Years
Daniel Acevedo
Sandra Acosta
Kimberly K. Agnello
Edith Agyekum
Carlos Alonso
Martha Amaya
Rebecca N. Baergen, M.D.
Nawan O. Bailey
Suzanne P. Baly
Aliceson Baptiste
Tonya Barbee-Ahmed
Parrin T. Barton, M.D.
Craig T. Basson, M.D., Ph.D.
Diego Bastidas
Kristen E. Bloom
Joy Bond
Matilde Bonilla
Susan B. Bostwick, M.D.
Kenneth M. Boyd
Martha L. Bulding
Mark L. Cannon, M.D.
Ann D. Carlson
David J. Christini, Ph.D.
Christopher Clemens, M.D.
Francine Collazo-Espinell
Daria Colombo, M.D.
Rosanna Contreras
Juan J. Cordero, M.D.
Kathleen Cullen
Fay DeLeon
Ami A. Deora
Celeste J. Diaz
Wanhong Ding, M.D.
Sudhir A. Diwan, M.D.
Aneleen F. Dizon
Dana I. Dobrescu, M.D.
Wolfgang Engelien
Silvia C. Finnemann, Ph.D.
Andrea Fisher, M.D.
Pearlia C. Fullard
Mitchell L. Gaynor, M.D.
Debra E. Gillers
Heather A. Goldman
Linnie M. Golightly, M.D.
Pedro M. Gonzalez
Antonio M. Gotto Jr., M.D.
Ann-Chris Grgas
Kenneth W. Griffin, Ph.D.
Yasmin V. Guerrero
Ruth Henrice
Marlene Hewitt
Glen M. Hirata
Sharon Hird, M.D.
Joan R. Hirschfeld
Hannah Hoang
Huiyun Hu
Frank M. Iacovone Jr., M.D.
Susan E. Inniss
Sei Iwai, M.D.
Grace M. Jacques
Amy Johnson
Lester Johnson
Clyde B. Jones III
Frances Jorr
Jesse Y. Jou
James R. Kahn, Esq.
Galina Kamenetsky
Stephen M. Kaminsky, Ph.D.
Sandip Kapur, M.D., Ph.D.
K. Craig Kent, M.D.
Dimitrios S. Kiosses, Ph.D.
Fern Klapper, Psy.D.
Lynne S. Koffler
Milorad Kojic, Ph.D.
Irina Korneeva
Ronald B. Kraft, M.D.
Paul B. Lane, Ph.D.
Davise H. Larone, Ph.D.
Granville Lawrence
Janet C. Lee
Lawrence W. Leung, Ph.D.
Zhongdong Li, Ph.D.
Xuanhui Sharron Lin, Ph.D.
Deborah Liotta
Wencheng Liu, Ph.D.
Veronica M. Lofaso, M.D.
Connie Luong
Beatrice A. Lynch
Mary Lynch
Margaret T. McEntee
Timothy E. McGraw, Ph.D.
Kevin McNamara
Jeipel M. Marquez-Cabrera
Anny Martinez-Payano
Diamela Matos
Frank J. Maurer
Anthony Medina
Sohela Q. Melgar
Katherine Michels, M.D.
Laura L. Milligan
Bernadette M. Mosellie
Omer G.A. Moussako
Masanori Nagata
Jennifer A. Nejame, M.D.
Amelia Ng
Katherine A. Osterweil
Adriana Padilla
Marylouise Patterson, M.D
Simon Paul, M.D.
Edyta C. Pirog
Lori D. Preston
Jianping Qiu, Ph.D.
Ronald D. Quinton
Erna A. Ramos
James Reedy
Edward Rodriguez
Irma Rosario
Ruth Rosenblatt, M.D.
Sheena Rumnit
Timothy A. Ryan, Ph.D.
Beate Schwer, Ph.D.
Jonathan B. Shammash, M.D.
Cynthia L. Shauger
Zhong-Ming Shi, M.D.
Miriam M. Singer
Patricia Singleton
Nancy A. Small
Duane M. Smith, M.D.
Leighton B. Smith, M.D.
Philip P. Stapleton, Ph.D.
Talaya S. Stevenson
Michelle Suarez
Sharada L. Truter, Ph.D.
Elgeta V. Tulloch
Aziz M. Ulug, Ph.D.
Gina Ulysse
Carlos M. Vaamonde, M.D.
Yvet Valentin
Shankar Vallabhajosula, Ph.D.
Madeline F. Vazquez, M.D.
Monell M. V. Vertus
Matthew J. Wallace
Chun Jie Wang
Emil H. Wassef, Ph.D.
Robert D. West
Cherie J. Wieland
Owen H. Williams
Michele D. Wilson
Lana R. Winter
Hao Wu, Ph.D.
Neda Yagan, M.D.
Zhaoping Yan
Rui Rong Yang
Kesheng Zhao, M.D.
Rocio Zito
Suzanne Baly honored for 5 years of service
Tonya Barbee-Ahmed honored for 5 years of service
Dr. Antonio Gotto, dean of the Medical College, honored for 5 years of service
James Kahn honored for 5 years of service
Dr. Jianping Qui honored for 5 years of service
James Reedy honored for 5 years of service
Edward Rodriguez honored for 5 years of service