Dean's Honors Day 2007

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2007

New York University School of Medicine

The Sixth Annual

A special convocation honored distinguished members of the faculty, along with the benefactors of endowed professorships. Faculty members were recognized for:

• Elevation to the rank of professor or associate professor
• Designation as department or institute chair
• Designation as the incumbent of an endowed professorship 
• Installation as scholars or fellows of the Master Scholars Program 

DEAN'S HONORS DAY
Tuesday, October 2, 2007, 5:00 p.m.

A special convocation to honor distinguished members of the faculty,
and the benefactors who support the academic mission

The Ruth and George Farkas Auditorium of Alumni Hall
New York University School of Medicine
550 First Avenue, New York City

RECEPTION FOLLOWING

Dafna Bar-Sagi, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Biochemistry

Aubrey C. Galloway, M.D.
Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Seymour Cohn Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Ruth Lehmann, Ph.D.
Director, Skirball Institute

HONORS IN RECOGNITION OF BEING NAMED TO AN ENDOWED CHAIR

Bruce N. Cronstein, M.D.
Dr. Paul R. Esserman Professor of Medicine

Robert M. Glickman, M.D. (Hon. '99)
Robert M. and Mary H. Glickman Professor of
Medicine and Gastroenterology

Rachel G. Klein, Ph.D.
Fascitelli Family Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Neal A. Lewin, M.D.
Druckenmiller Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine

Dolores Malaspina, M.D., M.Sci.P.H.
Anita Steckler and Joseph Steckler Professor of Psychiatry

Michele Pagano, M.D.
May Ellen and Gerald J. Ritter Professor of Oncology

Lawrence G. Smith, M.D. '76
Lawrence Scherr, Chief Medical Officer and Professorship of Medicine,
North Shore-LIJ Health System and NYU School of Medicine

HONORS IN RECOGNITION OF APPOINTMENT OR PROMOTION TO PROFESSOR, OR THE AWARDING OF TENURE

Jeffrey C. Allen, M.D.
Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology

Francine Blei, M.D.
Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery

Wei Dai, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Medicine

Keith S. Heller, M.D. '71
Department of Surgery

Karen Holopigian-Cahill, Ph.D.
Department of Ophthalmology

Harold W. Horowitz, M.D. '79
Department of Medicine

Joseph Levy, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics

Moosa Mohammadi, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology

David J. Myssiorek, M.D. '80
Department of Otolaryngology

Victor W. Nitti, M.D.
Department of Urology

Danny F. Reinberg, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry

Andrew D. Rosenberg, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology

Zehava Sadka Rosenberg, M.D.
Departments of Radiology and Orthopedic Surgery

Ronald J. Simon, MD
Department of Surgery

George D. Thurston, Sc.D.
Department of Environmental Medicine

Jessica E. Treisman, Ph.D.
Department of Cell Biology

Xue-Ru Wu, M.D.
Department of Urology

HONORS IN RECOGNITION OF APPOINTMENT OR PROMOTION TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, OR THE AWARDING OF TENURE

Jeffrey D. Ceci, Ph.D.
Department of Pathology

Rany Condos, M.D.
Department of Medicine

Colleen Cuddy, M.L.S.
Department of Medical Library

Susan M. DeSanti, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry

David S. Feldman, M.D.
Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Pediatrics

Wen-Biao Gan, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Neuroscience

Yulin Ge, M.D.
Department of Radiology

John G. Golfinos, M.D.
Departments of Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology

E. Jane Hubbard, Ph.D.
Department of Pathology

M. Matilda Inglese, M.D., Ph.D.
Departments of Radiology and Neurology

Glyn Johnson, Ph.D.
Department of Radiology

Suman Laal, Ph.D.
Department of Pathology

Michael Macari, M.D.
Department of Radiology

Jennifer H. Mieres, M.D.
Department of Medicine

Christine J. Ren Fielding, M.D.
Department of Surgery

Michael Schlame, M.D.
Departments of Anesthesiology and Cell Biology

David E. Seubert, M.D.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Daniel K. Sodickson, Ph.D., M.D.
Departments of Radiology and Physiology and Neuroscience

Derya Unutmaz, M.D.
Department of Microbiology

Beverly Y. Wang, M.D.
Departments of Otolaryngology and Pathology

Stephen M. Warren, M.D.
Department of Surgery

Angus C. Wilson, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology

Hans-Georg Wisniewski, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology

Lili Yamasaki, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology

HONORS IN RECOGNITION OF BEING NAMED DEAN'S ADVISORS, 2007

Lynn M. Buckvar-Keltz, M.D.('91)
Associate Dean for Student Affairs;
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Mark Hochberg, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Sandra Kammerman, M.D.('66)
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Melvin G. Rosenfeld, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology

David E. Seubert, M.D., M.B.A.
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

HONORS IN RECOGNITION OF BEING A MASTER TEACHER

Martin S. Nachbar M.D. '62
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Medicine;
Director Emeritus, Division of Educational Informatics

HONORS IN RECOGNITION OF BEING A MASTER CLINICIAN

Frank C. Spencer, M.D. (Hon.'99)
Professor of Surgery

HONORS IN RECOGNITION OF BEING A MASTER RESEARCHER

Rodolfo R. Llinás, M.D., Ph.D. (Hon.'03)
Chairman of the Department of Physiology and Neuroscience; Thomas and Suzanne Murphy Professor of Neuroscience

HONORS IN RECOGNITION OF BEING A MASTER RESEARCHER

David D. Sabatini, M.D., Ph.D.(Hon.'03)
Frederick L. Ehrman Professor and Chairman, Department of Cell Biology

HONORS IN RECOGNITION OF RECEIVING THE PRESIDENTIAL CITATION AND
HONORS IN RECOGNITION OF RECEIVING THE FIRST ANNUAL VALENTINE MOTT FOUNDERS AWARD

Joel E. Smilow, M.B.A.

HONORS IN RECOGNITION OF APPOINTMENT OR PROMOTION TO CLINICAL OR RESEARCH PROFESSOR

Robert J. Allen, M.D.
Department of Surgery

Michael E. Carey, M.D.
Department of Neurosurgery

Emerich S. Fiala, Ph.D.
Departments of Environmental Medicine

Joan T. Gold, M.D.
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine

Steven K. Hoge, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry

Neal A. Lewin, M.D.
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Medicine

Richard J. Mackool, M.D. '96
Department of Ophthalmology

Robert A. Maslansky, M.D.
Department of Medicine

Marguerite B. McDonald, M.D.
Department of Ophthalmology

John W. O'Grady, M.D.
Department of Medicine

Gerald Pitman, M.D.
Department of Surgery

Ira G. Rashbaum, M.D.
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine

Jacob Shani, M.D.
Department of Medicine

Rose Lynn Sherr, Ph.D.
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine

Laurence Sperber, M.D.
Department of Ophthalmology

Lewis P. Stolman, M.D.
Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology

Joe D. Watts, M.D.
Department of Otolaryngology

HONORS IN RECOGNITION OF APPOINTMENT OR PROMOTION TO CLINICAL OR RESEARCH

Associate Professor
Robert A. Altman, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology

Michael Bergman, M.D.
Department of Medicine

Henry R. Black, M.D. '67
Department of Medicine

Julianne M. Chase, Ph.D.
Department of Medicine

Scott C. Clark, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry

Neal L. Cohen, M.D. '70
Department of Psychiatry

Alan S. Elliot, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry

Elias Halac, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics

Kathirithamby Kathirithamby, M.B.,B.S.
Department of Anesthesiology

Tak W. Kwan, M.D.
Department of Medicine

Marta Maczaj, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry

Mitchell M. Marshall, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology

Janet A. Moy, M.D.
Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology

Souhel Najjar, M.D.
Department of Neurology

Molly E. Poag, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry

Arnold S. Prywes, M.D.
Department of Ophthalmology

Frank J. Schwab, M.D.
Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Jacob S. Scheinerman, M.D.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Gabrielle L. Shapiro, M.D.
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Bradley M. Sherman, M.D.
Department of Medicine

George J. Spessot, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology

David G. Sutin, M.B.,B.S.
Department of Medicine

Lynne D. Vales, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry

Joshua A. Young, M.D. '90
Department of Opht