Honors, Awards & Promotions

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William L. Carroll, M.D.
William L. Carroll, M.D., the Julie and Edward J. Minskoff Professor of Pediatrics and Director, Stephen D. Hassenfeld Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, has been promoted to Deputy Director of Clinical Research at the NYU Cancer Institute. Dr. Carroll sits on the NCI Subcommittee A—Cancer Centers. He is a nationally recognized translational researcher in the field of pediatric leukemias, and he directs clinical trials in acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common childhood cancer, for the Children’s Oncology Group.

Prior to joining NYU, Dr. Carroll was the Deputy Director of the Huntsman Cancer Center at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He earned an M.D. from the University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine and completed his pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati.

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Kimberly Glassman, M.A., R.N.
Kimberly Glassman, M.A., R.N., has been appointed Vice President of Nursing Operations for NYU Hospitals Center. Glassman began her nursing career as a diploma graduate of the Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing in Boston. She completed her B.S.N. at Hunter College and her M.A. in Nursing Administration at NYU, where she expects to graduate with her Ph.D. in Research and Theory Development in Nursing in 2006.

After joining NYU as a staff nurse in the ICU, she rose to Head Nurse in the CCU/MICU. She was promoted to Clinical Director of Medicine, Director of the Cooperative Care Program, the first Director of the Case Management and Clinical Pathway Program (later the Director of Care Management), and the first Director of Nursing for Oncology Services. Glassman is intimately involved in patient and family education, from her experiences in Cooperative Care to the advanced programs now being introduced for cancer patients. A scientific member of the Institutional Board of Research Associates in the School of Medicine, she has helped to strengthen the role of research nurses at the NYU Cancer Institute.

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Patrick J. Kelly, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Patrick J. Kelly, M.D., F.A.C.S., the Joseph Ransohoff Professor of Neurosurgery and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery, was awarded the Spiegel and Wycis Medal by the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. The award is presented once every four years to senior neurosurgeons who have made significant contributions to the field. Dr. Kelly was honored for his development of computer-assisted image-guided neurosurgery, which has been used at NYU since 1993. The award is named for two pioneering neurosurgeons, Earnest Spiegel and Henry Wycis, who in 1947 became the first to perform a human stereotactic neurosurgical operation.

Susan K. Logan, Ph.D.
Susan K. Logan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Urology and Pharmacology, has been awarded a $720,000 research scholar four-year grant from the American Cancer Society. Dr. Logan is using specialized antibodies to learn how the androgen receptor, a steroid hormone receptor that binds androgen within human cells, turns genes on or off in prostate cells, potentially leading to novel ways to inhibit prostate cancer cell growth.

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Lynn D. Odell, M.S.
Lynn D. Odell has been appointed Vice Dean for Communications and Public Affairs, NYU School of Medicine, and Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs, NYU Hospitals Center. She previously served as Interim Director of the Office of Communications and Public Affairs. These newly created positions reflect the strategic importance of communications, public affairs, marketing, and advertising at NYU Medical Center.

A 20-year veteran of the Medical Center, Odell will be responsible for both the day-to-day and long-range challenges and opportunities involved in developing and implementing communications strategies for press, publications, marketing, and public affairs operations. She will play a key role in guiding the Medical Center’s publications—especially its flagship publications, NYU Physician and News & Views. Odell earned a B.S. in Education from Wheelock College and an M.S. in Administration from Pace University.

Harvey Pass, M.D.
Harvey Pass, M.D., has been appointed Professor and Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Director of the Thoracic Oncology Program at the NYU Cancer Institute. He w600e and develop the thoracic surgery program at Tisch Hospital, Bellevue Hospital, and the VA Hospital. Prior to joining NYU, Dr. Pass was Professor of Surgery and Oncology at Wayne State University School of Medicine and Chief of Thoracic Oncology at its Karmanos Cancer Institute. From 1986 to 1996, he was Senior Investigator and Head of Thoracic Oncology for the Surgery Branch of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md.

Dr. Pass received his M.D. from Duke University School of Medicine, and then completed surgical residencies at Duke, University of Mississippi Medical Center, and Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine. Dr. Pass is internationally recognized for his work in the treatment of lung cancer and mesothelioma, and is on the board of directors of the Lung Cancer Alliance. He is Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation.

Daniel Shine, M.D.
Daniel Shine, M.D., has been appointed to the full-time position of Chief of the Medical Service of Tisch Hospital. Prior to his arrival at NYU, Dr. Shine was Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, N.J., and Associate Professor of Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine. Previously, he was Director of Medicine at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Bronx, N.Y., and Vice Chairman of the Department of Medicine at New York Medical College. A graduate of the Georgetown University School of Medicine, he did his residency training in Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Dr. Shine earned two fellowships: one in Clinical Pharmacology at Harvard and one in Medicine at The Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston.

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Michael Weitzman, M.D.
Michael Weitzman, M.D., has been appointed Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics, effective January 1, 2006. He will also hold the title of the Pat and John Rosenwald Professor of Pediatrics. Dr. Weitzman replaces Benard P. Dreyer, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, who served as Interim Chairman.

One of our nation’s foremost pediatricians, Dr. Weitzman is widely respected for his tireless work to protect children against such environmental hazards as second-hand smoke and lead exposure. He comes to NYU from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, where he was Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine and of Pediatrics, and Director of the Division of General Pediatrics,
and Pediatrician in Chief at Rochester General Hospital.

Dr. Weitzman earned his medical degree from the State University of New York, Upstate University College of Medicine, in Syracuse. He remained at SUNY Upstate for his internship and residency (in pediatrics), ultimately serving as chief resident. A prolific researcher, he is Executive Director of the Center for Child Health Research, a national research institute created by the American Academy of Pediatrics and located at the University of Rochester.