Medical Center Alumni Council Honors Dr. Joseph Cooke and Hospital Housestaff

Dr. Joseph Cooke receives the Outstanding Service Award

Dr. Joseph Cooke, associate professor of clinical medicine and associate professor of clinical public health, was awarded the 2007 Outstanding Service Award from the NewYork Weill Cornell Medical Center Alumni Council, the collegial association for health care professionals at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, at a celebration on Nov. 19, 2007. 


Also honored were 27 residents or members of the housestaff from each department at NewYork-Presbyerian/Weill Cornell:

 2008

Housestaff award recipients


Bijal Amin, M.D.
Department of Pathology

Elizabeth K. Arleo, M.D.
Department of Radiology

Veronica P. Carullo, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology

Mona Q. Cho, M.D.
Department of Public Health

Kevin J. Cross, M.D.
Department of Plastic Surgery

Stacey Franz, D.O.
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine

Sean Garvin, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology

Jeffrey P. Greenfield, M.D.
Department of Neurological Surgery

Yelena Havryliuk, M.D.
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Valaine B. Hewitt, M.D.
Department of Medicine

Erica H. Lee, M.D.
Department of Dermatology

Richard Leigh, M.D.
Department of Neurology & Neuroscience

Mira Lim, M.D.
Department of Ophthalmology

Carrie C. Lubitz, M.D.
Department of Surgery

Matthew B. Maas, M.D.
Department of Neurology & Neuroscience

Vicki L. Owczarzak, M.D.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology

Jason E. Portnof, D.M.D., M.D.
Department of Dentistry

William J. Robertson III, M.D.
Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Rajni Singh, D.O.
Department of Radiation Oncology

Brendon M. Stiles, M.D.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Dean J. Straff, M.D.
Department of Emergency Medicine

Justin Wahlstrom, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics

Allison B. Webber, M.D.
Department of Transplantation Medicine

Melanie Wilson-Taylor, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics

Jennifer H. Yang, M.D.
Department of Urology

Janice Zaleskas, M.D.
Department of Transplantation Medicine

Jessica Zonana, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry

The 15 founding members of the Medical Center Circle — Center Alumni Council members who have made a gift or pledge of $25,000 or more or a planned gift or bequest of $50,000 or more to the Medical Center — were also honored at the event. They are:

The founding members of the Medical Center Circle: Drs. Herbert Pardes, Michael J. Wolk, Harvey Klein, Carl F.W. Wolf, Isadore Rosenfeld, Antonio M. Gotto Jr., Mark W. Pasmantier and Gerald M. Loughlin.

The founding members of the Medical Center Circle honored at the dinner were (from left) Drs. Herbert Pardes, Michael J. Wolk, Harvey Klein, Carl F.W. Wolf, Isadore Rosenfeld, Antonio M. Gotto Jr., Mark W. Pasmantier and Gerald M. Loughlin.


Mark W. Pasmantier, M.D.
Isadore Rosenfeld, M.D.
Harvey Klein, M.D.
O. Wayne Isom, M.D.
Karl H. Krieger, M.D.
Gerald M. Loughlin, M.D.
Nasser K. Altorki, M.D.
Anthony J. Tortolani, M.D.
Michael J. Wolk, M.D.
Barry D. Brause, M.D.
Morton Coleman, M.D.
William Teich Greene
James P. Smith, M.D.
Menard M. Gertler, M.D.
Carl F.W. Wolf, M.D.

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