MONDAY, DECEMBER 9 TH
WELCOME
Welcome to the New York Academy of Medicine’s 177 TH Anniversary Discourse, Annual Awards &
Annual
Meeting of the Fellows.
We are pleased to welcome and induct our newest Fellows and Members. Tonight, they join a network of dedicated professionals committed to supporting NYAM’s vision of a world in which everyone has the opportunity to live a healthy life.
Joining us tonight as our discourse speaker is Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH,. An anesthesiologist by training, Dr. Ehrenfeld is Immediate Past President of the American Medical Association, a renowned researcher in surgical safety and patient outcomes, and a noted advocate for LGBTQ+ health equity. Dr. Ehrenfeld’s discourse “Intentional Innovation: Using Technology to Improve Health for All” will address the topic of “TechQuity”, the strategic development and deployment of technology in health care to achieve health equity.
Throughout tonight’s program, you will be hearing from this year’s Annual Award winners, Dr. Atul Gawande, Dr. Gary Gibbons, Dr. Robert Johnson, Dr. Linda Fried, Mr. Mark Kaplan, and Dr. David Vlahov. It is a privilege to honor these individuals and thank them for their outstanding contributions in the fields of medicine, health, and policy.
For 177 years, NYAM has remained steadfast in our commitment to addressing critical health and health equity issues, including new, modern challenges such as climate, health system sustainability, and work force readiness. The challenges we face are many, but together with our dedicated researchers, Fellows and Members, partners, and supporters we can meet these challenges and make an equitable future a reality in New York and beyond.
We are deeply grateful for our Fellows and Members who support this important work through membership, financial support, and dedication to advancing equity as healthcare practitioners, researchers, academics, policymakers, and more.
Congratulations to the 2024 Fellows and Members!
Welcome to the NYAM community!
WELCOME
Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP
Chair, Board of Trustees, The New York Academy of Medicine
STATE OF NYAM
Ann Kurth, PhD, CNM, MPH
President, The New York Academy of Medicine
ANNIVERSARY DISCOURSE
Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH
Immediate Past President, The American Medical Association
INDUCTION
OF NEW FELLOWS &
MEMBERS
Barbara A. Green, PhD
Chair, Fellows Committee on Admissions and Membership, The New York Academy of Medicine
RECOGNITION OF 30-YEAR FELLOWS
Dr. Wayne J. Riley
Chair, Board of Trustees, The New York Academy of Medicine
CLOSING REMARKS
Dr. Ann Kurth
President, The New York Academy of Medicine
RECEPTION
DISCOURSE SPEAKER
Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH
Immediate Past President, The American Medical Association
Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, was inaugurated as president of the American Medical Association in June 2023. He is a senior associate dean, tenured professor of anesthesiology and director of the “Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment” at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He was elected to the American Medical Association Board of Trustees in 2014.
Dr. Ehrenfeld divides his time among clinical practice, teaching, research and directing a $560-million statewide health philanthropy. He also has an appointment as an adjunct professor of anesthesiology and health policy at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., and as an adjunct professor of surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. Dr. Ehrenfeld is a consultant to the World Health Organization Digital Health Technical Advisory Group and previously served as co-chair of the Navy Surgeon General’s Taskforce on Personalized and Digital Medicine and as a special advisor to the 20th U.S. Surgeon General.
Dr. Ehrenfeld’s research, which focuses on understanding how information technology can improve surgical safety and patient outcomes, has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Department of Defense, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, and the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research. He currently serves on the National Academy of Medicine’s Health Policy Fellowships and Leadership Programs Advisory Committee.
His work has led to the publication of more than 275 peer-reviewed manuscripts. He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Medical Systems and has co-authored 22 clinical textbooks that have been translated into multiple languages. Dr. Ehrenfeld has received numerous awards for his research and is a recipient of several prestigious teaching awards. Upon his inauguration, Dr. Ehrenfeld made AMA history as the first openly gay president of the organization. For the past two decades, he has been a nationally recognized advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) individuals. In 2018, in recognition of his outstanding research contributions, he received the inaugural Sexual and Gender Minority Research Investigator Award from the director of the NIH.
Born in Wilmington, Del., Dr. Ehrenfeld is a graduate of Phillips Academy, Haverford College, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and the Harvard School of Public Health. He completed an internship in internal medicine, a residency in anesthesiology and a research informatics fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Boardcertified in both anesthesiology and clinical informatics, Dr. Ehrenfeld is a fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the American Medical Informatics Association.
A combat veteran who deployed to Afghanistan during both Operation Enduring Freedom and Resolute Support Mission, Dr. Ehrenfeld, for his work in capturing and supporting the lives of LGBTQ+ people, was recognized in 2015 with a White House News Photographers Association award and, in 2016, with an Emmy nomination. Dr. Ehrenfeld and his husband, Judd Taback, have two children.
ACADEMY MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTIONS IN HEALTH POLICY
Atul Gawande, MD
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development
Dr. Atul Gawande is the Assistant Administrator for Global Health at the U.S. Agency for International Development, where he oversees a bureau that manages more than $4 billion with a footprint of more than 900 staff committed to advancing equitable delivery of public health approaches around the world. The Bureau for Global Health focuses on work that improves lives everywhere—from preventing child and maternal deaths to controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic, combating infectious diseases, and preparing for future outbreaks.
Prior to joining the Biden-Harris Administration, he was a practicing surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and a professor at the Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is the founder and was the chair of Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health systems innovation, and of Lifebox, a nonprofit making surgery safer globally. From 2018-2020, he was also the CEO of Haven (an Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JP Morgan Chase healthcare venture). In addition, Atul was a longtime staff writer for The New Yorker magazine and has written four New York Times best-selling books: Complications, Better, The Checklist Manifesto, and Being Mortal.
ACADEMY MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTIONS IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE
Gary H. Gibbons, MD
Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Gary H. Gibbons, MD, is Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where he oversees the third largest institute at the NIH, with an annual budget of more than $3 billion and a staff of 917 federal employees.
NHLBI provides global leadership for research, training, and education programs to promote the prevention and treatment of heart, lung, and blood diseases and enhance the health of all individuals so that they can live longer and more fulfilling lives.
Dr. Gibbons provides leadership to advance several NIH initiatives including the NIH Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities and Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) initiative. Additionally, he provides strategic guidance and leadership to the Implementing a Maternal health and Pregnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) initiative and the new NIH Climate Change and Health Initiative.
Dr. Gibbons has made many scientific contributions in the fields of vascular biology, genomic medicine, and the pathogenesis of vascular diseases, receiving several patents for innovations derived from his research in these fields.
Dr. Gibbons earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Medical School. He completed his residency and cardiology fellowship at the Harvardaffiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Gibbons has been a
member of the faculty at Stanford University, Harvard Medical School, and Morehouse School of Medicine, where he served as the founding director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute.
Throughout his career, Dr. Gibbons has received numerous honors, including election to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences; selection as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Minority Faculty Development Awardee; selection as a Pew Foundation Biomedical Scholar; receipt of the American Heart Association (AHA) Research Achievement Award; and receipt of a Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (Sammie).
JOHN STEARNS MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTIONS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
Robert L. Johnson, MD, FAAP
Dean, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University
Robert L. Johnson, MD, FAAP is The Sharon and Joseph L. Muscarelle Endowed Dean, Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS). His clinical expertise and research focuses on adolescent physical and mental health, adolescent HIV, adolescent violence, adolescent sexuality, health equity and family strengthening. He Chairs the New Jersey Governor’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, the Newark Ryan White Planning Council, and the Board of Deacons at Union Baptist Church in Orange, N.J. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Vice Chair of the Community Prevention Task Force of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a former member of the Board of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education at the National Academies of Science. He has previously been the President of the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners, the Chair of the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Council on Graduate Medical Education, a member of the National Council of the National Institute of Mental Health, member of the NIH AIDS Research Council and member, Institute of Medicine, Health Care Services Board. Dr. Johnson received his BA from Alfred University in 1968 and his MD from the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ in 1972.
Dr. Johnson has become a well-recognized spokesperson for the adolescent and adolescent issues. He yearly addresses many local, state, national and international audiences and frequently appears on television and radio. He has published widely, and he conducts an active schedule of teaching, research and clinical practice at NJMS.
STEPHEN SMITH MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTIONS IN PUBLIC
HEALTH
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH
Dean, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH is Dean and DeLamar Professor of Public Health at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, where she is appointed Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine and serves as Senior Vice President for Columbia University Irving Medical Center. As Dean since 2008, Dr. Fried has led this century-old school to be a center for interdisciplinary research, with innovative programs to solve the complex 21st century challenges that confront the public’s health: from the necessity to create healthy longevity to pandemic prevention to the health impacts of climate change, prevention of maternal mortality and gun violence and opioid abuse, and much more, and securing of human rights to health. Dr. Fried is an internationally renowned population scientist who has created our understanding of the clinical syndrome of frailty and its etiology and prevention, and of the opportunities to prevent chronic diseases and disability. A world leader on the evidence of the necessity and opportunity for healthy longevity, she has created the critical goal of a re-envisioned and strong public health system that is essential to add health to our years, and the Third Demographic Dividend that could result.
Prior to 2008, she was the Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology and of the Center on Aging and Health at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. An elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and twice-elected to its governing council, Dr. Fried was also the elected 2016-17 President of the Association of American Physicians. She is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, most recently the 2019 Alma Dea Morani MD Renaissance Woman Award, the 2023 NAM Rall Medal and the Association of American Physicians’ Kober Award. In 2023, she was named by France to be a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor.
ACADEMY PLAQUE FOR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO THE ACADEMY
Mark Kaplan
Former NYAM Trustee
Mark N. Kaplan has been a member of Skadden’s Capital Markets Group for nearly 45 years. He has represented clients in a wide variety of matters, including negotiated mergers, acquisitions and leveraged buyouts, and public and private securities offerings.
Mr. Kaplan’s work encompasses a wide range of industries including defense, energy, finance, retail and fashion. He has represented clients such as DRS Technologies, Inc. in its acquisition by Finmeccanica S.p.A.; 390 West End Associates LLC in its sale of the Apthorp apartment building in Manhattan; Energy Answers Corporation in the sale of its subsidiary, EAC Operations, Inc., to Covanta Holding Corporation; and Pantone, Inc. in its acquisition by X-Rite Incorporated.
Before joining Skadden, Mr. Kaplan spent two years serving as president and chief operating officer of Engelhard Minerals & Chemicals Corporation and seven years as president and chief executive officer of Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc.
ACADEMY PLAQUE FOR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO THE ACADEMY
David Vlahov, PhD, RN, FAAN
Editor-in-Chief,
The Journal of Urban Health
Dr. Vlahov is Professor at the Yale School of Nursing and Professor of Epidemiology- Microbial Diseases at the Yale School of Public Health. Prior to this, Dr. Vlahov served as Dean and Professor at the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing and earlier was Senior Vice President for Research, Director of the Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies at the New York Academy of Medicine. He was the Co-Director of the National Program Office for two Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s programs: Evidence for Action and Health and Society Scholars. Earlier, he was a Professor of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His primary area of focus has been on urban health, infectious diseases, substance use and mental health. He led the ALIVE study in Baltimore that recruited and followed 3,000 persons who inject drugs to study the natural and then the treated history of HIV infection. Analyses from the study provided key information for HIV prevention and treatment; for this, NIH recognized his worked with a MERIT Award. His work was influential in providing empirical evidence to pass harm reduction legislation. His studies in Baltimore, Harlem and the Bronx served as a platform for subsequent individual, community and policy level intervention studies and advocacy. He has led community based participatory research to address social determinants of health, contributed new knowledge to promote health equity.
Dr. Vlahov is editor of the Journal of Urban Health, has edited four books, published over 700 scholarly papers, (H-index: 148). Her served as Founding President of the International Society for Urban Health and was on the New York City Board of Health. He was on the Strategic Planning Workgroup for the National Institute of Nursing Research and is a member of the National Academy of Medicine.
NYAM BOARD CHAIR
Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP
Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP, is the 17 TH president of the Brooklyn-based SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, where he also holds tenured professorships in internal medicine, health policy, and management. Dr. Riley joined the NYAM Board of Trustees in 2017 and was elected Chair in October 2020. Prior to joining SUNY Downstate in 2017, Dr. Riley served as clinical professor of medicine and adjunct professor of health policy and management at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management and its School of Medicine. Before that, Dr. Riley served from 2007 to 2013 with distinction as the 10th president, chief executive officer, and professor of medicine at historic Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. An academic and primary care general internist, Dr. Riley has more than 25 years of progressively senior executive-level management, policy, and leadership experiences in academic medicine, patient care, research administration, academic health center administration, healthcare management, health policy, biotechnology, the corporate sector, government service, advocacy, and organized medicine.
Ann Kurth, PhD, RN, CNM, MPH NYAM PRESIDENT
Ann Kurth, PhD, RN, CNM, MPH, President of The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), is a leader with a lifelong passion to improve health for all.
Dr. Kurth is the first epidemiologist president in NYAM’s 177year history of advancing healthier and longer lives for everyone. Dr. Kurth previously served as Dean of the Yale School of Nursing, and Professor, epidemiology of microbial diseases at Yale School of Public Health.
Dr. Kurth’s research has focused on HIV, reproductive health, and health system strengthening, in the context of pandemics, climate change and other stresses. Her science has been funded by the NIH, Gates Foundation, UNAIDS, CDC, HRSA, and others, for studies in the US and internationally. Dr. Kurth has published over 250 peerreviewed articles, chapters, and monographs. She served on the US Preventive Services Task Force which sets screening guidelines for the US, and she currently co-chairs the National Academy of Medicine Board on Global Health, and the Age-Friendly NYC Commission; and is a member of Governor Hochul’s NYS Commission on the Future of Health Care. Dr. Kurth is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Medicine, of the American Academy of Nursing, and of the American College of Nurse-Midwives.
NYAM CHAIR, FELLOWS COMMITTEE ON ADMISSIONS & MEMBERSHIP
Barbara Green, PhD
Barbara A. Green is Senior Vice President, Office of the President, Greater New York Hospital Association. In this capacity, she assists in the coordination and support of activities and initiatives of the Office of the President, including operations, policy/advocacy, and administration. Previously, Dr. Green served in a variety of roles at GNYHA, including Senior Vice President, GNYHA Ventures, Inc., the business arm of the Greater New York Hospital Association; Executive Director of the Greater New York Hospital Foundation, Inc.; and GNYHA’s Director of Public Affairs and Education. Prior to joining GNYHA, she served as Special Assistant to the Executive Director, Bellevue Hospital Center; Professional Staff Member of the U.S. Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee (staff of former U.S. Senator Jacob K. Javits); and Director of Educational Programs, American Group Practice Association (now called AMGA). Dr. Green currently serves as Chair, Board of Directors, Public Health Solutions, Inc.; Member, Board of Trustees, CGFNS International, Inc. and Chair, Advisory Board, CGFNS International’s Alliance for Ethical International Recruitment Practices; and Member, Board of Trustees, New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) and Chair of the NYAM Committee on Admission and Membership. Dr. Green has served on numerous Federal and State commissions and advisory panels focusing primarily on health care workforce development; is a NYAM Fellow; and holds a Bachelor’s degree from Bradley University (Peoria, IL), a Master’s degree from American University (Washington, D.C.), and a Ph.D. from New York University (New York City).
FELLOWS 2024
Gail Adman, RN, BSN, MPH
Andrew Agbaje, PhD, MD, MPH, FESC, FAHA
Debra Albert, DNP, MBA, NEA-BC
Kinta Alexander, DrPH, MS, MPH, BA, CIC
Angela Amar, PhD, MSN, BSN, RN, ANEF, FAAN
Nivee Amin, MD, MHS, FACC
Laura Kierol Andrews, BSN, MSN, PhD, ACNP-BC
Caroline Apovian, MD
Jacob Appel, MD, JD, MPH, MPhil, MFA, FAPA, HEC-C
Steven Austad, PhD
Caroline Austin-Mattison, DNP, RN, FNP-BC
Nicole Avena, PhD
Cynthia Ayres, PhD, RN, FNAP
Gloria Bachmann, MMS, MD
Komal Bajaj, MD, MS-HPEd
Justin Bala-Hampton, DNP, MPH, MHA, RN, AGACNP-BC, AOCNP
Veronica Barcelona, PhD, MSN, RN, PHNA-BC
Kamila Barnes, DNP, RN, FNP-C, FADLN
Nir Barzilai, MD
Eric Bates, MBA, BSN, RN, CENP
Martin Binks, PhD, MBA, FTOS, FESPM
Pamela Bolton, MHS, MBA
Kathryn Bowles, PhD, MSN, BSN, FAAN, FACMI
Kelseanne Breder, PhD, MHS, RN, AGPCNP-BC
Mary Ann Camilleri, JD, BSN, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, FFNMRCSI
Lawrence Cheskin, MD, FACP, FTOS
James Choi, MD, DMD, FACS
Yvette Conley, PhD, FAAN
MaryAnn Connor, MSN, RN, NI-BC, CPHIMS, FAMIA, FHIMSS
Aimee Dannaoui, MSN, RN, NE-BC, CAPA
AnnaMaria DeSalva, BA
Nikhil Dhurandhar, LCEH, MS, PhD, FTOS
Kathleen Parisien Dory, MA, BSN, BA, RN
Patricia Mae Doykos, PhD
Creighton Drury, BA, JD
Azita Emami, PhD, MSN, FAAN, RNT, RN
Marcus Escobedo, MPA, BA, BS
Miriam Ford, PhD, FNP-BC
Seana Friedman, DNP, MSN, MBA, FNP, RN
Pablito Roberto Gahol, MBA, MPA, MMAS, MSS, BSN, RN
Claudia Garcenot, MSN, MSH, BSN, RN
Lauren Ghazal, PhD, FNP-BC
David Glass, MD
Melody Goodman, PhD
Jeffrey Gordon, MD
Catharine Grimes, MBA
Jeremy Greene, MD, PhD, FACP
Mark Guelfguat, DO
John Guidry, PhD
Dana Gurvitch, MD
Orhan Hakli, DNP, FNP-C
Christopher Hanley, PharmD, RPh
Christa Hartch, BSN, MSN, PhD, RN, FNP-C
Joseph Helman, DMD, FIBCSOMS, FRSM, FACOMS
Debra Herbenick, PhD, MPH, CSE
Derek Huffman, PhD
Joanne Iennaco, PhD, MSN, BSN, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, FFNMRCSI
Heather Mary Isola, MPAS, PA-C
Alanna Kavanaugh, EdD, FNP-BC, MS, CCRN
M.N.V. Ravi Kumar, PhD, FNAI, FRSE, MAE, FEUARSC, FAIMBE, FAAAS, FAAPS, FCRS, FRSC
Mary Keown, MD, MPH, FAAP
Carl Kirton, DNP, RN, MBA, ANP, FAAN
Preet Kukreja, MBA, MHA
Yzette Lanier, PhD
Dan Larhammar, PhD
J’Adore Larosa-Mattis, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
Beth Latimer, DNP, GNP, CHSE
Carol Lee, MD
Hsien-Chang Lin, PhD, FAAHB
Christine Mahoney, DNP, RN, AGACNP-BC, NEA-BC, CCRN
Richard Marlink, MD
Sara Mathew, BE, MHA, FACHE
Alex Morozov, MD, PhD
Susan Moscou, PhD, MSN, MPH
Jack Needleman, PhD, FAAN
Jonathan Perlin, MD, PhD, MSHA, MACP, FACMI
Colette Phipps, LMSW, CDP
Jana Preis, MD, MPH
Chantal Pyram-Vincent, MD, MPH, FASA
Meghan Reading Turchioe, PhD, MPH, RN, FAHA
Samuel Kelton Roberts, PhD
Miriam Rodriguez, PhD
Kattiria Rosario-Gonzalez, PhD, RN
Meghan Reading Turchioe, PhD, MPH, RN, FAHA
Jennifer Ross Majumdar, PhD, CRNA
Tatiana Sadak, PhD, PMHNP, MAH, ARNP, RN, FAAN
Tina Sadarangani, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, GNP-BC
Cynthia Elizabeth Samuel, BSN, MS, PhD, CSN-NJ, FNASN
David Schwebel, PhD
Erica Sciarra, PhD, DNP, A-GNP-C, CNE
Dong-Chul Seo, PhD, FAAHB
Manan Shah, MBA, MPAP
Chad Shearer, JD, MHA
Marie-Pierre St-Onge, PhD
Siobhan Sundel, DNP, GNP-BC, ANP
Aluem Tark, PhD, MS, BSN, FNP-BC, RN, CHPN
Jasmine Travers, PhD, MHS, RN, AGPCNP-BC
Linda Valentino, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Shellye Vardaman, PhD, RN, MEDSURG-BC, NEA-BC, CNE
Renu Abraham Varughese, PhD, MPhil, MS, RN
Luis Viarin, JD, ESQ
Ornesha A. Watson, PharmD, MS
Wendy Wilcox, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG
Marion Yates, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CCRN
Lily Zhou, MPA
MEMBERS 2024
Khushbu Balsara, DDS, MPH
Benjamín González, BA
Robert A. Guida, MD, PC
Karyn Haynes, MSN, AGACNP-BC, PCCN, TCRN, CCRN-CSC, NREMT
Sindy Louisma, MPA
Wendy Zhao, MSN, RN, CNE, GERO-BC, MEDSURG-BC
STUDENT MEMBERS 2024
Poshan Dahal, MA
JaMor Hairston, MS, CPHIMS, PMP, LSSBB
Carla McNulty, MSN, FNP-BC
Emery Monnig, BS
Brian Morreale, MSc
Shiv Nadkarni, MD, MA
Mohammed Adnan Sheerazi, MBBS, MPH, CMA
Darshani Singh, MS, RN, AGCNS-BC, CEN
Catherine Nickitas Tallman, MSW
Alison Marie Yelsma, BSPH, CHE
30-YEAR FELLOWS 2024
Judith Ahronheim, MD
Cynthia Ambres, MD
Mitchell Blutt, MD
Pamela Bolton, MHS, MBA
Anthony Clemendor, MD, FACOG, FACOG
Barry Coller, MD
Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAAN
Karen Hein, MD
Herbert A. Hochman, MD
Frank W. Iacobellis, MD
Stacey A. Moriates, DrPH
Henry Sidney Pohl, MD
Richard B. Rosen, MD
Peter N. Schlegel, MD
Patricia J. Volland, MSW, MBA
Carolyn L. Westhoff, MD
Connie Ann Zuckerman, JD
IN MEMORIAM
Sigurd H. Ackerman
Burton Angrist
Stanley Blaugrund
Ronald Carr
Charles Joseph Fahey
Andew P. Ferry
Melvin Julius Goldberg
Carla Job
Saul Kaplan
S. Sheldon Katz
Gabriel Koz
Bok Y. Lee
Maurice Luntz
Carl Olsson
Herbert Pardes
Henry Pritzker
Richard Saphir
Joseph Schein
Jerome Siegel
Raymond M. Simon
Edward Nelson Smolar
Berish Strauch
James R. Tallon Jr.
Mark Wagar
Marc Weksler
S. Anthony Wolfe
Ivan Bodis-Wollner
BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2024
Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP | Chair
President, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
John Damonti, MSW | Vice-Chair
Retired President, Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation
Retired Vice President, Corporate Philanthropy & Patient Assistance, Bristol Myers Squibb Company
Gil Addo
SVP, Specialty Care Solutions, CVS Health
Nesa Amamoo
Partner, Real Estate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Charles N. Bertolami, DDS, DMedSc
Herman Robert Fox Dean, New York University College of Dentistry
Natalia Cineas, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Senior Vice President & Chief Nurse Executive, NYC Health + Hospitals
Martine Ferland
Retired Chief Executive Officer, Mercer
Retired Vice Chair, Marsh McLennan
Jim Flynn, MS | Board Chair Emeritus
Managing Partner, Deerfield Management Company, LP
Elsa-Grace V. Giardina, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FACP
Professor of Medicine, Irving Medical Center, Columbia University
Professor of Medicine, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
Director, Center for Women’s Health in Cardiology, Columbia University
Barbara A. Green, PhD | Ex officio*
Senior Vice President, Office of the President, Greater New York Hospital Association
*Representative of the Committee on Admissions and Membership
Leslie A. Hayes, MD, FAAP | Ex officio
Deputy Commissioner, Divison of Family & Child Health, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Ann Kurth, PhD, CNM, MPH
President, The New York Academy of Medicine
Dennis A. Mitchell, DDS, MPH
Senior Advisor to the President on Inclusion and Belonging, Columbia University
Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement, Columbia University
Professor of Dental Medicine, Irving Medical Center, Columbia University
Jacqueline Moline, MD
Vice President, Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology and Prevention, Northwell Health
Chair, Occupational Medicine, North Shore University Hospital
Beth Oliver, DNP, RN, FAAN
Chief Nurse Executive and SVP, Cardiac Services, Mount Sinai Health System
Andrew D. Racine, MD, PhD
System Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Montefiore Health System
Executive Director, Montefiore Medical Group
Elena Rios, MD, MSPH, MACP
President, National Hispanic Health Foundation
Marie-Laure Romney, MD, MBA
Senior VP and COO, NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital
Janis Smith-Gomez, MBA
Retired Vice President, Global Brand Experience, Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices
Paul P. Tanico, JD
Managing Principal, CastleRock Management
Jannine Versi, MBA
Co-Founder and CEO, Elektra Health
Tonya Walker, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, Employee Health, Netflix
Mark S. Weiss
Executive Vice Chairman, Cushman & Wakefield
Agnesine (Nesa) Amamoo NEW TRUSTEE
Nesa Amamoo’s practice focuses on a range of matters related to real estate, real estate finance and private equity. Ms. Amamoo’s notable transactions include her representation of Las Vegas Sands in connection with the sale of the Venetian and Palazzo integrated resorts and representing Las Vegas Sands in connection with its pursuit of a downstate New York gaming license and its proposed development of an integrated resort and casino in Long Island, New York. Ms. Amamoo represented the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in its $13 billion plan to redesign John F. Kennedy International Airport. She also has advised clients in connection with joint venture matters and in the acquisition, financing, development and disposition of office buildings and hotels, including SL Green Realty, LNR Property and André Balazs.
In the area of real estate finance, she has represented real estate companies and financial institutions, including Deutsche Bank, and borrowers in the origination and sale of a wide range of debt instruments, such as traditional mortgage loans, securitized real estate loans, singleand multi-tiered mezzanine loans, construction loans and unsecured revolving credit facilities. With respect to private equity, Ms. Amamoo has advised sponsor and investor clients in the formation, operation and capitalization of a broad range of U.S. and offshore private funds, and related financing, acquisition and disposition transactions, including BlackRock, DigitalBridge, Inc., RREEF America, Fortress Investment Group, Dune Capital, AREA Property Partners and Fir Tree Capital.
Ms. Amamoo is active in pro bono work, representing, among others, nonprofit organization The Eye-Care Foundation, Inc. in general corporate matters, as well as individuals subjected to excess force in seeking recompense. She also serves as a member of the advisory board of the Skadden Foundation.
In recognition of her work, Ms. Amamoo was named a Dealmaker of the Year by the New York Law Journal and repeatedly selected as one of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Dealmakers in America. She also was honored as one of GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum’s 2023 Women of Influence and previously as one of its 50 Under 40, in addition to being named a Real Estate MVP by Law360 and one of Crain’s New York Business’ 2022 Notable Women in Law and Rising Stars in Real Estate. She also has been named as an Empire State Counsel Honoree by the New York State Bar Association.
NEW TRUSTEE
Dennis A. Mitchell
Dennis A. Mitchell is Senior Advisor to the President on Inclusion and Belonging, Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement at Columbia University, and Professor of Dental Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. Mitchell, who joined the Columbia faculty in 1991, has led student and faculty diversity efforts at the College of Dental Medicine since 2004 and faculty diversity efforts in the Office of the Provost since 2014. He has also played a lead role spearheading university-wide anti-racism efforts. Mitchell joined the Columbia faculty in 1991 after completing his general dentistry residency training at Harlem Hospital, a Columbia University affiliate. At a time when the HIV/AIDS and crack cocaine epidemics were sweeping New York City, Mitchell advanced research on the oral manifestations of HIV in people of color and women, and also examined a cohort of injecting drug users at Harlem Hospital. A New England Journal of Medicine article about treatment of periodontal disease and the risk of preterm birth, which emerged from his research, has been cited 744 times and received the American Academy of Periodontology Clinical Research Award for the year’s outstanding paper with direct relevance to clinical practice in 2007. Decades later, scholars still cite this groundbreaking work. Committed to improving clinical dental practice in Harlem and upper Manhattan, Interim Provost Mitchell co-created and launched the Community DentCare Network, which provides screenings and dental services to underserved patients regardless of ability to pay. Community DentCare is now responsible for over 20,000 patient visits annually.
In 2004, Dr. Mitchell became the first diversity-focused dean at a U.S. dental school, where he led efforts to increase the proportion of historically underrepresented students in each incoming dental class from 3% to 20%. He also led several student pathways programs
designed to diversify the health professions more broadly which received external funding exceeding $15 million. He was Columbia’s Institutional PI for the Minority Dental Faculty Development Program, funded by the ADEA/W.K. Kellogg Foundation; Co-PI for Columbia’s Summer Health Professions Education Program, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; and for the CDC-funded Summer Public Health Scholars Program. Together, these programs bring over 125 underrepresented scholars to Columbia annually.
In his role as Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement, he oversees the $295 million ongoing commitment to enhance faculty diversity, the creation and enhancement of faculty development and support resources, and programs to develop pathways to the professoriate.
Mitchell is a national leader in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in the academy, and among his many leadership roles, he served on the board of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education from 2018-2023 and is a Founding Executive Committee member of the Faculty Advancement Network. He also served as coleader of the Columbia University/CUIMC participation in the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment.
Mitchell has been widely recognized for his contributions to the fields of public health and dental medicine. Most recently, he was named a Fellow in the American College of Dentists and received the American Dental Education Association Distinguished Service Award in 2022; and in 2021, he was named Fellow in the Academy of Community and Public Health Service at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
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Jacqueline Moline, MD
Jacqueline Moline, MD, works with Northwell Health leadership to develop initiatives aimed at promoting and engaging health and wellness for Northwell’s workforce as well as the community at large. She is also developing a population health and epidemiology research program.
Before joining Northwell, Dr. Moline was vice chair and associate professor in the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, as well as associate professor of internal medicine. She served as the director of Mount Sinai’s Clinical Center of Excellence within the World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program, which has diagnosed and treated thousands of World Trade Center responders in the New York metropolitan area and across the United States.
Board certified in internal medicine and occupational medicine, Dr. Moline serves on the editorial boards of several journals on industrial, occupational and environmental medicine. She is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and the New York Academy of Medicine. Dr. Moline’s professional affiliations also include membership in the American Medical Women’s Association and the American Public Health Association.
Dr. Moline received her medical degree from the University of ChicagoPritzker School of Medicine and a Master of Science degree in community medicine from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She completed a residency in internal medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital, and an occupational and environmental medicine residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center.
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Andrew Racine, MD, PhD
Andrew D. Racine, MD, PhD is the System Senior Vice-President and Chief Medical Officer of the Montefiore Health System and Executive Director of the Montefiore Medical Group. He holds appointments as Professor of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM) and was previously a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) in Manhattan. Dr. Racine received his M.D. and Ph.D. in economics from New York University as a National Research Service Award scholar from 1975-1983. He subsequently trained in pediatrics at the Boston Children’s Hospital before returning to New York City to serve for six years on the faculty of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons after which time he was recruited to join the Einstein/Montefiore system. His research collaborations at the NBER have involved the impact of a variety of public health programs on child health outcomes. He has also been heavily involved in child health advocacy at the national level with the American Academy of Pediatrics and served on the AAP’s national Committee on Child Health Financing and Chair of the National Task Force of Poverty and Child Health. He was recently appointed to the Board of Trustees of the NBER.
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Tonya Walker, MD, MPH
Tonya Walker’s first love was public health, and it’s that passion that has guided her into a variety of unique jobs in emergency medicine. She has served as the first Chief Medical Officer and Director of Employee Health at Netflix since November 2020. She uses her past training in emergency medicine, public health, and occupational medicine to care for the global Netflix teams that power one of the largest streaming services in the entertainment industry, developing protocols needed for staffers to work safely in a variety of countries to meet evolving COVID regulations. She consults on employee benefit packages, medical leaves of absences, travel, and workers compensation cases. Her team also works on workplace wellness and resilience initiatives for employees. Prior to joining Netflix, she was the head of medical and occupational health for Unilever North America. Dr. Walker earned her BA and MD from The Johns Hopkins University and graduated with an MPH in General Public Health from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. She has clinical experience as an emergency physician, practicing in New York City.nis aut acepreror ma quiaspe id essit ilibuscient.
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Mark S. Weiss
Mark S. Weiss is an Executive Vice Chairman and member of Cushman & Wakefield’s Global Advisory Board. He is universally regarded as a leading commercial broker/advisor/tactician within the real estate industry. His range of experience and expertise includes successfully completing some of the City’s most noteworthy and complex transactions in leasing, sales, and development. With 39 years of experience in commercial real estate, Mr. Weiss has completed more than 3,000 transactions comprising a broad range of sizes, scope, and innovation. Mark is also a published author, having written an acclaimed book on the impact of breast cancer on the spouse of the patient.
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