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Alumni Association - College of Medicine

Alumni Association Award Recipients

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Each year alumni of distinction are honored at the Annual Awards Ceremony held during the Alumni Reunion weekend. Listed here are the awards that are presented and the recipients for 2011.

Please note that awards are usually given to people in the five-year classes. This year it would be given to the classes ending in a two (2) or a seven (7).

Pascal J. Imperato, MD '62
Chairman Awards Committee

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Award Recipients for 2011 Alumni Reunion

MASTER TEACHER AWARDS

William Dock, MD Award in Medicine
Frank W. Di Pillo, MD '56
Edgar Lichstein, MD '61

Morris Glass, MD '25 Award in Gynecologic Oncology
Katherine Economos, MD '86

Award in Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology
Salvatore S. Volpe, MD '86

Louis M. Hellman, MD Award in Obstetrics-Gynecology
Jerome Yankowitz, MD '86
Donald M. Zarou, MD '61

Richard C. Troutman, MD Award - Ophthalmology
Iris R. Slater, MD '61
Monica M. Dweck, MD '86

William A. Console, MD Award in Psychiatry
Ruth L. Fuller, MD '61
Sheldon Zimberg, MD '61

Phillip E. Lear, MD Award in Surgery
Noel H. Kleppel, MD '56

Harry Z. Mellins, MD Award in Radiology
Theodore R. Smith, MD '61

George Liberman, MD Award in Family Practice
Kevin T. Custis, MD '96

Preventive Medicine Award
Ira Lubell, MD '61

Richard L. Day, MD Award in Pediatrics
Jeffrey M. Birnbaum, MD '86

Jean R. Oliver, MD Award in Pathology
Howard D. Dorfman, MD '51

Alumni Service Award
Yale Rosen, MD '61

OTHER AWARDS OF DISTINCTION

Honorary Alumni
John Kral, MD
John Lewis, MD, PhD
Ian L. Taylor, MD, PhD

Benjamin Zohn, MD '25 Service Award
Michael A. Ferragamo, MD '61

Distinguished Alumni Achievement Research Award
Allan R. Dunn, MD '61

Clarence & Mary Dennis
Steven M. Kaner, MD '76

Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Harold M. Maurer, MD '61
Stanley A. Plotkin, MD '56

Lifetime Achievement Award
Michael Katz, MD '56

Clark - Curran Award in Medical Administration
Richard J. Macchia, MD '94

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS

Special Recognition in Dermatology
Estelle I. Young, MD '71

Special Recognition in Critical Care Medicine
Susan M. Talbert, MD '86
Patricia A. O' Neil, MD '86

Special Recognition in Neurological & Spinal Surgery
James W. Melisi, MD '86

Special Recognition in Bio Ethics
Seymour Glick, MD '55

Special Recognition in Neurology
Lisa R. Merlin, MD '86

Special Recognition in Physical Medicine & Rehab
Stanley J. Myers, MD '61

Special Recognition in Orthopedic Surgery
William H. Montgomery, MD '86

Special Recognition in Neonatology
Andrew M. Steele, MD '76

Special Recognition in Anesthesiology
Michael Mendeszoon, MD '86