Staff and faculty were honored for their service at the annual Service Awards, recognizing their years of commitment, dedication and work at Weill Cornell Medical College. Special events were held on October 26, 31, and November 1 to commemorate staff and faculty who have served Weill Cornell for 5, 10, 15 and 15-plus years. Dr. Antonio Gotto, dean of the Medical College; Dr. David Hajjar, dean of the Graduate School; and Steven Rosalie, associate provost for international initiatives and executive vice dean, presented each honoree with a certificate of appreciation and gift certificate.
Dr. Liebert Turner (Anesthesiology) — 45 years
Honorees
50 Years
Dana Charles Brooks, M.D.
45 Years
Richard T. Silver, M.D.
James P. Smith Jr., M.D.
Liebert Turner, M.D.
40 Years
Daniel R. Alonso, M.D.
Valerie Grubman
35 Years
John F. Clarkin, Ph.D.
Grace Gibson
Thomas King, M.D.
Susan McKeever
Valerie Mike, Ph.D.
Robert Millman, M.D.
Anne Moore, M.D.
Frank A. Petito, M.D.
William S. Schley, M.D.
Barbara Garrett (Finance) - 30 years
30 Years
Arthur J. Cooper, Ph.D.
William A. Frosch, M.D.
Barbara S. Garrett
Barbara E. Inturrisi
John Laragh, M.D.
Marcus Reidenberg, M.D.
Patricia D. Ryke
Michael H. Sacks, M.D.
25 Years
Nancy Bennett
Stephen J. Bright
Domenick J. Falcone, Ph.D.
Luz A. Frattini
Linda F. Gorel
Delia I. Gorga, Ph.D.
Clare A. Hochreiter, M.D.
Raymond Holloway
Ercelia A. Kersane
Alan Arden Kessler, M.D.
Jeannette C. Kimmer
George Lam
Evelyn Ludwig (Medicine) - 25 years
Evelyn M. Ludwig
Rosemerie Marion
Ingrid Moses
Lawrence G. Palmer, Ph.D.
Mark S. Pecker, M.D.
H. Jonathan Polan, M.D.
Scott Puccino
Mark Rondeau
Beverly A. Saunders
Rosemary Soave, M.D.
Edward C. Walsh
Alan M. Weinstein, M.D.
Roger W. Yurt, M.D.
20 Years
Francis Barany, Ph.D.
Alfredo Cabrera
Helen Casiano
Arlene Cochran
Joseph T. Cooke, M.D.
Erik Falck-Pedersen, Ph.D.
Cathy A. Ferrara
Frances H. Gillen
Carmen M. Harris
Barbara L. Hempstead, M.D., Ph.D.
James P. Hollenberg, M.D.
William K. Holloman, Ph.D.
Pavel Illner, M.D.
O. Wayne Isom, M.D.
Huvert W. Johnson
Valerie Johnson, M.D., Ph.D.
Antje E. Koller
Karl Krieger, M.D.
Sherie Lem
Henrietta W. Maier
Samuel J. Mann, M.D.
Wilfredo Martinez
George H. Meeker
Lydia Miroff
Andrew C. Nicholson, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Dr. Barbara Hempstead (Medicine) - 20 years
Kevin J. Pain
Shaun Pelton
Debra M. Price
Angela Rabbitts
Avner Reggev, M.D.
Nancy Rodriguez
Gail S. Ross, Ph.D.
Lucia P. Valderrama
Lori Van Houten
Jonathan Weil
Alan S. Yaillen
15 Years
Wendell Bobb
Ingrid Brown
Scott A. Campbell, Ph.D.
Daniel Catanzaro, Ph.D.
Amy Chadburn, M.D.
Louisa Charles
Sonia Chin
Abraham Chutorian, M.D.
Venanzio Diliberti
Eugene D. Distasi
Kathleen P. Dowd
Baoheng Du, M.D.
Thomas J. Fahey III, M.D.
Jeanette Gonzalez
Sandra A. Green
Sharon A. Harvey
Bridgette R. Horton
Thomas C. Horton
Diana Iglesias-Rivera
Gina L. Imperato
Arthur Jackson
Ewart Johnson
Alexander Jordan
Gloria Kao
Gregory Kerr, M.D.
Barry Kwan
Richard Lappin, M.D., Ph.D.
Kenneth H. Leckie
John P. Leonard, M.D.
Philip Shihua Li, M.D.
Ruth Lubelski, M.D.
Jennifer Marino
Clare A. McDonough
Hurdley H. McKenzie
Donna Modeste
Debbie Noguerol
Jihad Obeid, M.D.
Yvonne G. Oliver
Edmund Ortiz
Nydia Pagan-Arocho
Chandravati D. Patel
Ritaben M. Patel
Jean R. Policard
Charles Pollak, M.D.
Bharathi Raman, M.D.
Cynthia Stokes (Pathology) - 15 years
Suzanne Salamon
Myles Schiller, M.D.
Janis Schonholz
Sam Senturia, M.D.
Joanne Sirey, Ph.D.
Tammy S. Smith
Kenneth M. Stein, M.D.
Cynthia Stokes
Frances Thomas
Jeannette Torres
David Trost, M.D.
Luis E. Vargas
Pierre A. Voltaire
Judith Weingram, M.D.
Nga-Ching Wo
Karen Wong
Georgette Yandolino
10 Years
Craig R. Ariano
Jessica Arnau
Sandy M. Bailey
Xiaolei Y. Baran, M.D.
Alexander Birk, Ph.D.
Deidre C. Brown
M. Desmond Burke, M.D.
Camille E. Campbell
Roberto S. Capungcol
Karen B. Carter
Barbara E. Charlot
Ty J. Chicketano
Jen-Zen Chuang, Ph.D.
J. Eric Coleman
Marlene Corteguera
Clarissa C. Crabtree
William H. Cunningham
Sheryl T. Davis
Lanissa A. Davis
Donna M. DiMichele, M.D.
John P. Docherty, M.D.
Aurora A. Dogaru, M.D.
Donna Dolphin
Muc Chieu Du
Cyrus L. Dubose
Barry J. Duignan
M. Michael Eisenberg, M.D.
Susan Evans, Ph.D.
Oliver T. Fein, M.D.
Andrea M. Felton
Stephen J. Ferrando, M.D.
Joel D. Fraser
Julio Gerena
Stanley J. Goldsmith, M.D.
Stacey E. Goldstein
Daniel Gonzalez
Jacqueline L. Goulbourne
Gunnar K. Gouras, M.D.
Richard D. Granstein, M.D.
Dilcia O. Grenald
Sandra M. Hall-Ross, M.D.
Catherine Haran
Dr. Oliver Fein (Medicine and Public Health) - 10 years
Zhi-Ying He
Elizabeth A. Herrera
Yullie E. Holder
Zola Ivery
Erica C. Jones, M.D.
Suzanne C. Juras
Michael G. Kaplitt, M.D., Ph.D.
Ingrid W. Katan
Melissa I. Klein, Ph.D.
Antoinette R. Knight
Terry L. Knight
Albert I. Ko, M.D.
Anthony Labruna, M.D.
Sharon Lawless
Josephine A. Ledonne
Elenora L. Levin
Fenton Li
Sandra J. Lobo
Alita J. Lyons
Frederick R. Maxfield, Ph.D.
John McCauley
Gail F. McCue
Kathleen A. McDonald
Brenda Melendez
B. Robert Meyer, M.D.
Nahla Mohamed
Rozalia Mora
Dattatreyudu Nori, M.D.
Annette Ocasio
Yvette Oliver
Emette L. Payne
Elade Perez
Peter E. Petrella
Diptendu Sankar Rakshit, Ph.D.
Madeline Ramsey
Barbara L. Reissman
Maryanne Richardson
Elsa Rivera
Gail J. Roboz, M.D.
Maria E. Romero
Steven David Roth, M.D.
John Ruffing
M. Mendel Shemtov, M.D.
Helen A. Sheppard
Mark M. Souweidane, M.D.
Nitsana A. Spigland, M.D.
Michael W. Van Brackle
Lucinda Veeck Gosden
Maria G. Vogiatzi, M.D.
Jaclyn Van Lieu Vorenkamp, M.D.
Janet Weiner
Anthony Williams
Michael A. Wood
Stefan Worgall, M.D., Ph.D.
Yan Xia, M.D.
Zhen Ye
David A. Zackson, M.D.
Nikica Zaninovic
5 Years
Irina Abramova
Suchitra S. Acharya, M.D.
Diedra Adams
Raymond R. Adams
Grace O. Aderogba
Mark A. Albano
Mary R. Alexis
Mary L. Alvarez-Cabrera
William J. Ameres
William Ameres (Academic Affairs/Physician Assistant Program) - 5 years
Kimberly A. Amoroso
Melissa Amos
Ward Anthony
Shanik S. Ariano
Parbattie Arnold
Hazel-Ann G. Bailey
Lyudmila B. Baranova
David A. Berlin, M.D.
Palmer Q. Bessey, M.D.
Dorette Bethune
Mikhail B. Bogdanov, M.D., Ph.D.
Jenice Boney
Gary J. Bouchard, Ph.D.
Fadette Bradley
Risa S. Breckman
Christene A. Brissett
Alexandrina Brockington
Barbara Broni
Paige A. Butler
Peggyann Byfield
Ruth P. Cafaro
Karla Calderon
Mimma Cali
Brenda Caraballo
Roberto Caso
Jacqueline Castillo
Maria Rhea Celiz
Cassia S. Charles
Ancy Charlot
Xiaoai Chen, Ph.D.
Shu-Hua Cheng, Ph.D.
Igor Chernov
Janice Cheung
Maria Chiuchiolo, Ph.D.
Lynnor A. Chong
Paul J. Christos
Fatmate M. Corneh
Donna P. Cropper
Edgardo G. Cruz
Pamela J. Davis
Nadia De Jesus
Julissa De Los Santos
Melissa L. Dehner
Joseph Del Pizzo, M.D.
Parul Dhruva
Bettina Di Franco
Georgeann Di Gangi
Vanessa L. Dieguez
Lisa A. Dillon
Helen E. Douglas
Michele S. Drotman, M.D.
Mark E. Enright
Monica F. Fajardo
Joan A. Falciano
Carol A. Feliu
Andreia Figueiredo
Juan J.F. Fonts
Monet B. Ford
Rosalind J. Forse
John A. Fossella, Ph.D.
Gladys J. Frankel, Ph.D.
Tonya L. Galati
Michael T. Ganger
Patricia Ann Garcia
Gracy A. George
Carol Gibbs
Bernice Gilliam
Collis C.G. Glasgow
Gwendolyn H. Glass
Paula Goldstein
Peter A. Goldstein, M.D.
Ivette Gonzalez
Thomas A. Graves
Elizabeth A. Grill, Ph.D.
Ilaria Guasparri, Ph.D.
Audra Harrington
Natalie Harter
Harriet Hartofilis
Tanya S. Henry
Jeffrey Hernandez
Adrienne Heyward
Dena J. Higgs
Shanna Sykes Hill, M.D.
Steven Hockstein, M.D.
Donna Hoey-Ramos
Alison Holzberg
Felix R. Homberger, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Mun K. Hong, M.D.
Jian Zhu Huang
Nathaniel Hupert, M.D.
Sandra B. Hyde
Wanda L. Hyde
Diana Irizarry
Mark L. Israel
Remedios S. Jaber
Tamara D. Jachimowicz
Janine R. Jalac
Karlene A. Jones
Roslyn L. Jones
Venus Jones
Robin Kalish, M.D.
Rana Kaplan, M.D.
Jamie C. Ketas
Mahmoud Kiaei, Ph.D.
Klaus Kjaer-Pedersen, M.D.
Nataliya Kogelman
Mary T. Koval
Marc R. Krause
Joanna Krimizis
Shawn E. Kuhmann, Ph.D.
Christine Kwiatkowski
Cherie Jefferson Lawrence
Joong Won Lee, M.D.
Ka-Kin Lee
Ronald J. Lemise
Michael G. Lewin
Dina J. Lieser, M.D.
Jianguo Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Zaiwei Liu
Xiaojing Ma, Ph.D.
Gerard J. Marciano
Alexander R. Margulis, M.D.
Migdalia Martinez
Karen Matthew
Suzanne Mayo
Zahira McCarthy
Deirdre A. Mole
Kenol Monplaisir
John P. Moore, Ph.D.
Carolina Morales
Rosemary Mullings
Lorinel Munoz
Geetha Muthia
Trang T. Nguyen
Stanimira Ilieva Nikolova
Ericka Norton
Ellen A. O'Brien
Maureen C. O'Dwyer
Kutluk Oktay, M.D.
Kim E. Olson, M.D.
Martha Ortiz
James A. Osorio, M.D.
Wei Ou Yang, Ph.D.
Domenic F. Palazzolo
Jason Park
Roger Niles Pearse, M.D., Ph.D.
Elizabeth Perez
Natalie A. Perry
Sara Peters, M.D., Ph.D.
Tracey Phillips
Barbara L.J. Pifel
Arlene Provder
Renouka A. Ramnarine
Taasha Liza Ramsay
Lillian H. Reid
Jermaine J. Revels
Dolores T. Reynolds
Vivian E. Riffelmacher
Keith W. Roach, M.D.
Jeanette Rodriguez
Gail A. Ruesch
Marie Scalabrino
Diane B. Schoenthal
Herbert C. Schulberg, Ph.D.
Leon Scrimmager, M.D.
Surya V. Seshan, M.D.
Barry D. Shaktman, M.D.
Aarti Sharma, M.D.
Eugenia L. Siegler, M.D.
Sharmila Soobrian
Carolyn R. Steinberg, M.D.
Philip E. Stieg, M.D., Ph.D.
Nicola Stockhausen
Jeremy E. Stone, Ph.D.
Peggy Stukes
Lisa A. Stumpo
Guangzhi Sui, M.D.
Cephas P. Swamidoss, M.D.
Andrew H. Talal, M.D.
John C. Tam
Guan Hua Tan
Debra Taubel, M.D.
Alexis E. Te, M.D.
Thomas J. Templeton, Ph.D.
George E. Tijerino
Bruce E. Toman
Marta Torres
Luz Raquel Towner
Beatriz Valdez
Medea Y. Valdez
Maria E. Valencia
Joshua Vazquez
Laverne O. Walker
Marie A. Walsh
Yuming Wang
Suzanne Wenderoth, M.D.
Robert I. Westphalen, Ph.D.
Aaron Williams
Sonia Williams
Sonia M. Williams
Hilary Wilson
Franklin J. Wong, M.D.
Julie A. Wong
Antoinette Wright
April Wright
Jennifer K. Wright, M.D.
John C. Wright
Natalie E. Wright
Jenny Z. Xiang, M.D.
Baixin Zhu, M.D.
Yong Zhuang, Ph.D.
Photos by Amelia Panico.