Dr. John Laragh receiving the Lewis and Jack Rudin New York Prize for Medicine and Health.
Dr. John Laragh, professor of medicine in cardiothoracic surgery, was awarded the third annual Lewis and Jack Rudin New York Prize for Medicine and Health, bestowed by The Greater New York Hospital Association and The New York Academy of Medicine on December 14. The highly prestigious award recognizes Dr. Laragh's pioneering contributions to our understanding of the physiology of hypertension, and his instrumental role in furthering the modern theory of blood pressure as strongly involved with the kidneys, hormones and salt. The Lewis and Jack Rudin New York Prize for Medicine and Health was established to provide a forum for a distinguished member of the medical community to receive recognition from the New York health-care community, and to share his or her innovative research and strategies for addressing pressing health-care issues with researchers and clinicians in metropolitan New York.
From left: Howard Smith, chairman of the board, United Hospital Fund; Dr. Mark Callahan, chief, Division of Outcomes and Effectiveness Research, Weill Cornell Medical College; James Tallon Jr., president, United Hospital Fund; and Dr. Jo Ivey Boufford, director and chairman, distributing committee, United Hospital Fund.
Weill Cornell Medical College is the recipient of a $70,000 Health Care Improvement Grant from the United Hospital Fund, presented at an awards ceremony on November 29 in New York City. Dr. Mark Callahan, chief of the Division of Outcomes and Effectiveness Research in the Department of Public Health, accepted the award. The grant to Weill Cornell will be used for the promotion of more effective implementation of electronic health records by surveying physicians about their attitudes, expectations and experiences. The United Hospital Fund is a health-services research and philanthropic organization actively working to shape positive change in health care for the people of New York. Fund grants support model projects, sponsor research to analyze systemic problems, and foster innovative solutions.
Photo of Dr. Laragh courtesy of The New York Academy of Sciences. Photo from United Health Fund award ceremony by Janet Charles.