The Robert F. Furchgott Society

Message From The Society President

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Richard J. Macchia, MD
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor
Chairman, Department of Urology

I am proud to be a member of the Robert F. Furchgott Society and am honored to be the Society’s President.

Dr. Alfred Stracher began the Society in 2005 to acknowledge the contributions Dr. Furchgott made to our medical center. As you know, the Society supports the School of Graduate Studies by honoring a graduating PhD student for excellence in research. It also provides stipends for clinical fellows and postdoctoral basic science fellows to facilitate their attendance at scientific meetings. In the past year, the Society provided awards to 2 postdoctoral fellows and one graduating doctoral student laboratory, in recognition of their outstanding research achievements. Our inaguaral Visiting Professorship lecture was delivered by Dr. Harold Varmus, Nobel Laureate and CEO of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, in 2007.

Our plans for academic year 2008 include continuing the annual Visiting Professorship and Lecture at which we will announce this year's recipients of the Robert F. Furchgott Fellowship Award and the Robert F. Furchgott Award for Excellence in Research . We will also continue to co- host lectureships and other events with The Robert F. Furchgott Center for Neural and Behavioral Science.