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:

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 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.