The NewYork Weill Cornell Medical Center Alumni Council (CAC) held its annual awards dinner on Nov. 18 to honor distinguished housestaff and new members of the Medical Center Circle, and to present the 2010 Distinguished Achievement Award.
The Distinguished Achievement Award was first presented in 1982 and is currently awarded every two years to a physician who has spent at least two years as a house officer or faculty member at the Medical Center; has developed a distinguished career at another institution; and is a graduate of a Medical College other than Weill Cornell Medical College.
This year's recipient is Dr. Henri R. Ford, vice president and chief of surgery at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and vice dean of medical education, professor and vice chair for clinical affairs at Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.
The Distinguished Housestaff Awards are presented annually to residents or members of the housestaff from each department who have been nominated by their department chair and residency program director for all-around excellence. There were 23 award recipients this year. They are:
Distinguished Housestaff Award recipients
Mary Bing, M.D., Department of Emergency Medicine
Denise Chou, M.D., Department of Neurology & Neuroscience
Stanley D. Crittenden, M.D., Department of Transplantation Medicine
Benjamin J. Golas, M.D., Department of Surgery
Michael Paul Herman, M.D., Department of Urology
Sue Hong, M.D. Department of Pediatrics
Tara Lynn Huston, M.D., Department of Plastic Surgery
Deya N. Jourdy, M.D., Department of Otorhinolaryngology
Lindsay S. Lally, M.D., Department of Medicine
Jeffrey T. Loh, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology
Laura J. Meyer, M.D., Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
William Collins Nugent III, M.D., Housestaff Quality Council
Marnie Nussbaum, M.D., Department of Dermatology
Daniel Osei, M.D., Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Priti Patel, M.D., Department of Radiation Oncology
Rituparna Pati, M.D., M.P.H., Department of Public Health
Bradley B. Pua, M.D., Department of Radiology
Steven Philip Salvatore, M.D., Department of Pathology
Jonathan Shum, D.D.S., M.D., Department of Dentistry
Michelle Leigh Sirak, M.D., Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Michelle Janine Smith, M.D., Department of Neurological Surgery
Matthew M. Wessel, M.D., Department of Ophthalmology
Genevieve Yuen, M.D., Department of Psychiatry
New Medical Center Circle members (from left) Drs. Thomas W. Nash, Gregory S. LaTrenta, and Peter M. Odell
The Medical Center Circle is a group of Center Alumni Council members who have made a significant philanthropic commitment to the future of patient care, physician training and medical research at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center by making a gift or pledge of $25,000 or more. Five new members of the Medical Center Circle were recognized at this event. They are:
Gregory S. LaTrenta, M.D.
Jeffrey W. Milsom, M.D.
Thomas W. Nash, M.D.
Peter M. Odell, M.D.
David J. Wolf, M.D.
The Center Alumni Council was also pleased to announce the new Officers and Trustees of the CAC Board. They are:
From left, Drs. Farida Gadalla, CAC president elect 2010–2012; Herbert Pardes; Antonio M. Gotto Jr.; and Frank A. Chervenak, CAC president 2008–2010
Incoming Officers 2010–2012
President: Farida Gadalla, M.D.
Vice President: Eugene J. Nowak, M.D.
Secretary: Thomas A. Caputo, M.D.
Treasurer: Joseph T. Cooke, M.D.
Incoming Trustees 2010–2014
Jack D. Barchas, M.D. (second term)
Joan G. Jones, M.D.
Peter M. Odell, M.D.
Robert N. Troiano, M.D.
The CAC Board was pleased to acknowledge Dr. Frank Chervenak for his leadership as CAC President from 2008 to 2010.