School of Medicine Awards

Aesculpius Award Recipients

AWARD DATE RECIPIENT DEPARTMENT
2024 Roderick A. Go, MD Dept. of Medicine
2023 Getu Teressa, MD Dept. of Medicine
2022 Eva Svoboda, MD Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2021 Kaveh Sadigh, MD Dept. of Medicine
2019 Maribeth Chitkara, MD Dept. of Pediatrics
  Susan Lane, MD Dept. of Medicine
2018 Adeeb Yacoub Dept. of Psychiatry
  Lloyd D. Lense, MD Dept. of Medicine
2017 Sahar Ahmad, MD Dept. of Medicine – SUNY SB
  Lynn Hallarman, MD Dept. of Medicine – SUNY SB
  Douglas Katz, MD Dept. of Radiology – Winthrop
2016 Dan M. Barlev, MD, MS Dept of Radiology - Winthrop UH
2015 Mersema Abate, MD Dept of Nephrology - SUNY SB
2014 Lisa Strano-Paul, MD Dept of Internal Medicine - SUNY SB
2013 Janet Hearing, PhD Dept of Microbiology - SUNY SB
2012 Iris A. Granek, MD, MS Department of Preventive Medicine - SUNY SB
2011 Richard J. Scriven, MD Department of Pulmonary - SUNY SB
  Peggy A. Seidman, MD Department of Anesthesiology - SUNY SB
2010 David B. Cohen, MD Department of Emergency Medicine - Peconic Bay
  Feroza Daroowalla, MD, MPH Department of Medicine - SUNY SB
  Michael Pearl, MD Department of OB/GYN - SUNY SB
  Roy T. Steigbigel, MD Department of Infectious Diseases - SUNY SB
2009 Harold Carlson, MD Department of Endocrinology - SUNY SB
  Susan Larson, PhD Department of Anatomical Science - SUNY SB
2008 Howard B. Fleit, PhD Department of Pathology - SUNY SB
  Todd R. Griffin, MD Department of OB/GYN - SUNY SB
  Paul S. Richman, MD Department of Pulmonary Diseases - SUNY SB
2007 Mary F. Kritzer, PhD Department of Neurobiology & Behavior - SUNY SB
  Thomas O’Riordan, MD Department of Medicine - SUNY SB
  Thomas A. Wilson, MD Department of Pediatrics - SUNY SB
2006 Laura Fochtmann, MD Department of Psychiatry - SUNY SB
  Sivamainthan Vithiananthan, MD Department of Surgery, Winthrop - SUNY SB
  Stephen Vitkun, MD, MBA, PhD Department of Anesthesiology - SUNY SB
2005 Joy E. Schabel, MD Department of Anesthesiology - SUNY SB
  Andrew Wackett, MD Department of Emergency Medicine - SUNY SB
2004 Paul Fisher, MD Department of Radiology - SUNY SB
  Martin Leibowitz, MD Department of Medicine - SUNY SB
  Peter Morelli, MD Department of Pediatrics - SUNY SB
  John Ricotta, MD Department of Surgery - SUNY SB
2003 Daniel Baram, MD Department of Medicine - SUNY SB
  Mark Corapi, MD Department of Medicine - Winthrop UH
  Rahman Pourmand, MD Dept of Neurology - SUNY SB
  Asa Viccellio, MD Dept of Emergency Medicine-SUNY SB
2002 Latha Chandran, MD, MPH Department of Pediatrics - SUNY SB
  Peter J. Halperin, MD Department of Psychiatry - SUNY SB
2001 Michael Ammazzalorso, MD Department of Medicine - Winthrop UH
  Joanne Holland, MD Medical Service - VAMC Northport
  Robin McFee, DO, MPH Department of Preventive Medicine - SUNY SB
2000 John Coulehan, MD, MPH Department of Preventive Medicine - SUNY SB
  Ralph K. Della Ratta, MD Department of Medicine-Winthrop UH
  Joseph Sorrento, MD Department of Surgery - SUNY SB, VAMC-Northport
1999 Fadi Z. El Baba, MD Department of Ophthalmology - SUNY SB
  Elaine G. Hearney, MD Medical Service - VAMC Northport
  Bruce Horowitz, MD Department of Medicine - Winthrop UH
1998 John Chumas, MD Department of Pathology - SUNY SB
(Good Samaritan Hospital, West Islip, NY)
  Peter Ells, MD Department of Medicine - SUNY SB
  Edward Weissman, MD Medical Service - VAMC Northport
1997 Mark Graber, MD Medical Service - VAMC Northport
  Philip Kane, MD Department of Pathology - SUNY SB
  Sidonie Morrison, PhD Departmentof Medicine - SUNY SB
  Nancy Peress, MD Department of Pathology - SUNY SB
  David Williams, PhD Department of Pharmacology - SUNY SB
1996 David Krause, PhD Department of Anatomical Sciences - SUNY SB
  Nancy Levine, MD Department of Family Medicine - SUNY SB
(Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA)
  George Newman, MD Department of Neurology - SUNY SB
  Ephraim Zackson, MD Winthrop UH
1995 Roger Cameron, PhD Department of Physiology & Biophysics - SUNY SB
  Brigette Demes, PhD Department of Anatomical Sciences - SUNY SB
  Adam Hurewitz, MD Department of Medicine - Winthrop UH
  David Tompkins, MD Department of Medicine - SUNY SB
  Mohammed Zarrabi, MD Department of Medicine - SUNY SB
1994 Richard Barnett, MD Department of Medicine - SUNY SB
  Burke Cunha, MD Department of Medicine - Winthrop UH
  William Jungers, PhD Department of Anatomical Sciences - SUNY SB
  Howard Mofenson, MD Winthrop UH (Retired)
  Roberta Seidman, MD Department of Pathology - SUNY SB
1993 Evan Geller, MD St. Charles Hospital
  S. Ali Khan, MD Department of Urology - SUNY SB
  Frederick Miller, MD Department of Pathology - SUNY SB
  Jack Stern, PhD Department of Anatomical Sciences - SUNY SB
  Peter Williams, JD, PhD Department of Preventive Medicine - SUNYSB

Early Career Research Award Recipients

AWARD DATE RECIPIENT DEPARTMENT
2024 Helen Hsieh, MD, PhD Dept. of Surgery - SUNY SB
  Sima Mofakham, PhD Dept. of Neurosurgery - SUNY SB
2023 Hwan Kim, PhD Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology - SUNY SB
2022 Dongyan Tan, PhD Department of Pharmacology - SUNY SB
  Pawan Kumar, PhD Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology - SUNY SB
2021 Joshua Plotkin, PhD Department of Neurobiology and Behavior - SUNY SB
2019 Brian S. Sheridan, PhD Department of Microbiology and Immunology - SUNY SB
2018 Chia-Hsin Chan, PhD Department of Pharmacology - SUNY SB
2017 Sean Clouston, PhD Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine - SUNY SB
2016 Markus A. Seeliger, PhD Department of Pharmacology - SUNY SB
2015 Gerardo Mackenzie, PhD Department Preventive Medicine Division - SUNY SB
2014 Sunita Bhaduri-McIntosh, MD, PhD

Department of Pediatrics - SUNY SB

 

Excellence In Clinical Service Award Recipients

AWARD DATE RECIPIENT DEPARTMENT
2024 Alpa Desai, MD Dept. of Medicine - SUNY SB
2023 Henry Tannous, MD Dept. of Surgery - SUNY SB
2022 Marina Charitou, MD Dept. of Medicine - SUNY SB
2021 John Ferretti, MD Department of Radiology - SUNY SB
2019 Catherine Kier, MD, FAAP, FCCP, DABSM, AE-C Department of Pediatrics - SUNY SB
2018 Rachel Boykan, MD Department of Pediatrics - SUNY SB
2017 Hal Skopicki, MD, PhD Stony Brook Heart Institute - SUNY SB
2016 Anupama Chawla, MD, DCH Department of Pediatrics - SUNY SB
2015 Daryn Moller, MD Department of Anesthesiology - SUNY SB
  Donna Heinemann, MD Department of Internal Medicine - SUNY SB
2014 Suzanne D. Fields, MD Department of Internal Medicine - SUNY SB
  Michael Pearl, MD Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology

 

Excellence In Clinical Practice in the Community Award Recipients

AWARD DATE RECIPIENT DEPARTMENT
2024 Anshu Singh, MD Dept. of Medical Services, LI State Veterans Home

 

Excellence In Faculty Mentoring Award Recipients

AWARD DATE RECIPIENT DEPARTMENT
2024 Bettina Fries, MD Dept. of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) - SUNY SB
2023 Sandeep Mallipattu, MD Dept. of Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension) - SUNY SB
2022 Elinor Schoenfeld, PhD Dept. of  Family, Population and Preventive Medicine - SUNY SB
2021 Clinton Rubin, PhD Department of Biomedical Engineering - SUNY SB
2019 Holly Colognato, PhD Department of Pharmacology - SUNY SB
2018 Jack Fuhrer, MD Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine - SUNY SB
  Susmita Pati, MD, MPH Department of Pediatrics - SUNY SB
2017 Aurora Pryor, MD Department of Surgery - SUNY SB
2016 Barbara D. Nemesure, PhD Preventive Medicine Division - SUNY SB
2015 Michael Frohman, MD, PhD Department of Pharmacology - SUNY SB
2014 Jorge L. Benach, PhD Department of Department of Microbiology - SUNY SB

 

Faculty Citizenship Award Recipients

AWARD DATE RECIPIENT DEPARTMENT
2018 Honorable Judge Arthur M. Diamond, J.S.C. Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine - SUNY SB
2017 Janet Fischel, PhD Department of Pediatrics - SUNY SB
2016 Mary Kritzer, PhD Department of Neurobiology & Behavior - SUNY SB

 

Faculty Leadership Award Recipients

AWARD DATE RECIPIENT DEPARTMENT
2021 Jennie Williams, PhD Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine - SUNY SB
2018 Iris Granek, MD, MS Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine - SUNY SB
2017 Moisés Eisenberg, PhD Department of Pharmacology - SUNY SB
2016 Howard Fleit, PhD Department of Pathology - SUNY SB

 

Senior Research Excellence Award Recipients

AWARD DATE RECIPIENT DEPARTMENT
2024 Hyunjin Kim, PhD Dept. of Pharmacological Sciences
2023 Joshua Dubnau, PhD Dept. of Anesthesiology
  Markus Seeliger, PhD Dept. of Pharmacological Sciences
2022 Elliott Bennett-Guerrero, MD Dept. of Anesthesiology
  Alan Turner, PhD Dept. of Anatomical Sciences
2021 Congwu Du, PhD Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
2019 Christine DeLorenzo, PhD Dept. of Psychiatry/Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
  Maureen O’Leary, PhD Dept. of Anatomical Sciences
2018 Maurizio Del Poeta, MD  
  Alfredo Fontanini, MD, PhD  
2017 Sharon Nachman, MD  
2016 Orlando D. Schärer, PhD  
2015 Thomas A. Rosenquist, PhD  
  Adan Aguirre, PhD  
2014 Ellen Li, MD, PhD  
  Robert P. Gersch, PhD  

Leonard Tow Humanism Award Recipients

AWARD DATE RECIPIENT DEPARTMENT
2024 Kerim Odekon, MD Department of Medicine
2023 Grace Natalie La Torre, MD Department of Medicine
2021 Rina Meyer, MD Department of Pediatrics
2019 Lisa Strano-Paul, MD, FACP Department of Internal Medicine
2018 Andrew H. Lane, MD Department of Pediatrics
2017 Richard Joseph Scriven, MD Department of Surgery
2016 No nominations this year  
2015 Richard Bronson, MD Department of OB/GYN - SUNY SB
2014 Leslie Quinn, MD Dept of Pediatrics - SUNY SB
2012 Catherine Nicastri, MD Department of Internal Medicine - SUNY SB
2011 William Wertheim, MD Department of Internal Medicine - SUNY SB
2010 Jedan Phillips, MD Department of Family Medicine - Peconic Bay
2009 Aleander Dagum, MD Department of Surgery - SUNY SB
2008 Daniel Yellon, MD  
2007 Catherine Kier, MD Department of Pediatrics - SUNY SB
2006 William Lawson, MD Division of Cardiology - SUNY SB
2005 Margaret Parker, MD Department of Pediatrics - SUNY SB
2004 David Tompkins, MD  
2003 Latha Chandran, MD, MPH Department of Pediatrics - SUNY SB
2002 Peter Morelli, MD Department of Pediatrics - SUNY SB
2001 Gail Cohan, MD  
2000 Martin Liebowitz, MD Department of Internal Medicine
1998 Harr Fritts, Jr, MD  

Excellence in Student Mentoring Award

AWARD DATE RECIPIENT DEPARTMENT
2024 Lisa Strano-Paul, MD Dept. of Medicine
2023 Cordia Beverley, MD Dept. of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine
2022 Kamal Buttar, MD Dept. of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine
  Uchechi Oddiri, MD Dept. of Pediatrics
2021 Kevin Zacharoff, MD Dept. of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine

Excellence in Student Mentoring at an Affiliate Site Award

AWARD DATE RECIPIENT DEPARTMENT
2024 Bushra Wazed, MD Dept. of Medicine, Northport VA Medical Center

Excellence in Resident/Fellow Mentoring Award

AWARD DATE RECIPIENT DEPARTMENT
2024 Lisa Fisher, MD Dept. of Medicine, Northport VA Medical Center
  Lovedhi Aggarwal, MD Dept. of Family, Population, and Preventive Medicine
2023 Jason Kim, MD Dept. of Urology
2021 Smadar Kort, MD Dept. of Medicine

Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award

AWARD DATE RECIPIENT DEPARTMENT
2024 Markus Seeliger, PhD Department of Pharmacological Sciences
2023 Jessica Seeliger, PhD Department of Pharmacological Sciences
2021 Miguel Garcia-Diaz, MD Department of Pharmacological Sciences