Health Professionals Recruitment Exposure Program and Camp Phoenix Win 2014 Marcus M. Reidenberg Award in Community Service
Two student-run organizations at Weill Cornell Medical College were awarded Marcus M. Reidenberg Awards in Community Service last month in recognition of their outstanding service to New York City.
Camp Phoenix and the Health Professionals and Recruitment Exposure Program (HPREP) received their awards during a ceremony on June 5. The organizations' names were engraved on a plaque that hangs in the lobby of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Research and Education Building. Recipients of the annual award, named in honor of Dr. Marcus Reidenberg, professor of pharmacology, medicine and healthcare policy and research, are nominated and selected by medical students.
Camp Phoenix is a program for pediatric burn patients and their families and friends to share, heal and grow from their experiences. The camp offers both a restorative environment for patients and a rewarding opportunity for medical students.
"It's a great way to get involved and get to know the community beyond patient care and beyond the hospital," said Jaime Bernstein, Camp Phoenix co-coordinator and rising second-year medical student.
HPREP's mission is to address the underrepresentation of minority groups in medicine. The mentorship program exposes high school students to science-related activities and teaches them how to map out a career in healthcare.
"What receiving this award tells us is that we're doing something right," said Andrew Rivera, HPREP co-coordinator and rising second-year medical student.
Additional Awards and Honors
Psychiatry residents Drs. Seth Kleinerman, Adam Demner and Akshay Lohitsa won this year's MindGames competition, which took place on May 6. The MindGames are a Jeopardy-style competition hosted by the American Psychiatric Association that focuses on psychiatry and neurology, and the history of those fields. MindGames is open to all psychiatry residency programs in the United States and Canada.
Dr. Ravinder Mamtani, professor of healthcare policy and research (education), was appointed in January as the first chair of the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates' Advisory Committee of the Global Education in Medicine Exchange program. Dr. Mamtani has been a member of this committee for the past two years. The Global Education in Medical Exchange aims to facilitate and promote international exchange in medical education in order to improve health care around the world. Dr. Mamtani's new appointment recognizes his accomplishments in providing leadership in student affairs, public health education programs, curriculum development, international lectures and research contributions on medical education and global health.