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Department of Urology
Awards
 Teacher of The Year
Master Teacher in Urology
Outstanding Clinical Performance by a Pre-Urology Resident
Highest Score by a SUNY Downstate Resident on the annual In-Service Examination of the American Urological Association
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Outstanding Clinical Performance Award
Outstanding Clinical Performance During GU Rotation by a Graduating Medical Student
F.C. Valentine Resident Essay Contest Winning Presentations
Murray Friedman Award Winning Presentation
SUNY Downstate Resident & Fellows Alumni Society Faculty Recognition Awards
SUNY Downstate Institution Wide Annual Research Day
Special Awards
SUNY Downstate GME Committee Resident Awards
TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD
This award was initiated by the graduating chief residents of 1998: Drs. Allen Chernoff, Eric Pachter and Joel Sherman. The award is selected by each year’s graduating chief residents and presented during the annual departmental graduation dinner-dance and awards ceremony.
June 1998 AIZID HASHMAT, MD
June 1999 MARK HOROWITZ, MD
June 2000 MARK HOROWITZ, MD
June 2001 MARK HOROWITZ, MD
June 2001 LLEWELLYN HYACINTHE, MD
June 2002 IVAN GRUNBERGER, MD
June 2003 MARK PLAWKER, MD
June 2004 PETER ALBERT, MD
June 2004 ADLEY RABOY, MD
June 2005 IVAN COLON, MD
June 2006 LLEWELLYN HYACINTHE, MD
June 2007 CIRIL GODEC, MD
June 2008 NICHOLAS KARANIKOLAS, MD
SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
“MASTER TEACHER IN UROLOGY”
This award is part of the Master Teachers Award Program created in 1985 by the Alumni Association of the SUNY Downstate Medical School. In order to qualify a nominee must have graduated from the SUNY Downstate Medical School or be an honorary alumnus. The award is presented to the recipient during the annual Alumni Association reunion weekend.
1997 MARC GOLDSTEIN, MD ’72
1998 KENNETH I. GLASSBERG, MD ’68
1999 RICHARD J. MACCHIA, MD ‘94H
2002 JOHN H. McGOVERN, MD ’52 (posthumously)
2003 LAWRENCE HAKIM, MD '88
2004 SCOTT ZEITLIN, MD '91
2006 ANDREW KIRSH, MD
2008 JACK MYDLO, MD
Outstanding Clinical Performance by a Pre-Urology Resident
The awardee is to be selected by consensus of the faculty of the Department of Surgery and presented to the awardee by the Department of Urology. The award, initiated by Dr. Macchia, is not to be given on an annual basis necessarily, but only when merited.
1995 MICHAEL SOLLIDAY, MD
1996 ROBERT WEINSTEIN, MD
1997 ROBERT WEINSTEIN, MD
1998 ANDREW COWDER, MD
1999 ELIECER KURZER, MD
2000 ELIECER KURZER, MD
2001 LEE SCHACHTER, MD
2001 ROBYN ROSENKOPF, MD
2002 MICHAEL FERRANDINO, MD
2002 ELAN SALZHAUER, MD
2003 JEFFREY BLITSTEIN, MD
2004 ANGELO DEROSALIA, MD
2004 ALEXANDER SOKOL, MD
2004 ARNOLD TEO, MD
2005 COURTNEY LEE, MD
2005 ALEXANDER SOKOL, MD
2006 ERVIN TEPER, MD
2006 JOSEPH FELICIANO, MD
2007 SOPHIA CHIU, MD
2007 BRIAN MARKS,MD
2008 JOHN SFAKIANOS, MD
Highest Score by a SUNY Downstate Resident on the annual In-Service Examination of the American Urological Association
This award is given each year to the physician who obtains the highest score amongst our residents.
1990 VICTOR NITTI, MD
1991 INDERJIT SINGH, MD
1992 DAVID KLEINERMAN, MD
1993 EVAN VAPNEK, MD
1994 EVAN VAPNEK, MD
1995 EVAN VAPNEK, MD
1996 EVAN VAPNEK, MD
1997 ROBERT WEINSTEIN,MD
1998 ROBERT WEINSTEIN, MD
1999 CHONG-MIN KIM, MD, Ph.D.
2000 CHONG MIN KIM, MD, Ph.D.
2001 JEFFREY DONOHOE, MD
2002 JEFFREY DONOHOE, MD
2003 NEIL GRAFSTEIN, MD
2004 ANGELO DEROSALIA, MD
2005 ELAN SALZHAUER, MD
2006 JOSEPH FELICIANO, MD
2007 ERVIN TEPER, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Outstanding Clinical Performance Award
Each year U2 urology residents rotate through the Department of Urology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. This award was initiated by Dr. Macchia who established the following criteria. The award is not an annual one, but presented only when merited. The awardee is selected by consensus opinion of the faculty of the Department of Urology at MSKCC and presented by the SUNY Downstate Department of Urology.
1997 MICHAEL SOLLIDAY, MD
2002 NICHOLAS KARANIKOLAS, MD
2003 ALEXANDER EPELBAUM, MD
2003 ROBYN ROSENKOPF, MD
2003 LEE SCHACHTER, MD
2004 BRENT YANKE, MD
2005 JEFFREY BLITSTEIN, MD
2005 MICHAEL FERRANDINO, MD
2005 ALEXANDER LIPYANSKY, MD
2006 ANGELO DEROSALIA, MD
2007 ALEXANDER SOKOL, MD
2008 JOSEPH FELICIANO, MD
OUTSTANDING CLINICAL PERFORMANCE DURING GU ROTATION BY A GRADUATING MEDICAL STUDENT
2000 NEIL GRAFSTEIN, MD
2000 IGOR SERGEYEV, MD
2000 RAJIV SAINI, MD
2001 JEFFREY BLITSTEIN, MD
2001 EVAN EISENBERG, MD
2001 PAUL MILHOUA, MD
2002 FELIX DAVELMAN, MD
2003 ALAN KUSAKABE, MD
2003 RAJESH G. LAUNGANI, MD
2005 ANTHONY CORCORAN
2006 KUMARAN SATHYAMOORTY
2007 MIRIAM HAREL, MD
2008 GINA CAMBARERI, MD
2008 KARMINA CHOI, MD
2008 KRISTINA WITTIG, MD
2008 CHARLES CHANG, MD
2008 JASON WOLF, MD
2008 DEREK PRABHARASUTH, MD
FC VALENTINE RESIDENTS ESSAY CONTEST
This contest is open to urology residents and pre-urology medical students for the 15 ACGME approved urology residency programs in the geographic area of the New York Section of the AUA. The event is co-sponsored by the New York Section of the AUA and the Section on Urology of the New York Academy of Medicine. Approximately 120 papers are submitted for consideration each year. The judges are selected from institutions outside of the New York-New Jersey area. The following residents presented prize winning papers:
1997 MICHAEL VOLPE, MD
2000 MICHAEL VOLPE, MD
2001 ELIECER KURZER, MD
2003 JEFFREY DONOHOE, MD
2003 NEIL GRAFSTEIN, MD
2003 ELIECER KURZER, MD
2004 ROBYN ROSENKOPF, MD
2004 LEE SCHACHTER, MD
2004 BRENT YANKE, MD
2005 ELAN SALZHAUER, MD
2007 JOSEPH FELICIANO, MD
MURRAY FRIEDMAN RESIDENT ESSAY CONTEST
This contest is established by the American College of Surgeons, Brooklyn and Long Island Chapter. It is open to all residents in approved residency training programs in all specialties in the geographic area of the Brooklyn-Long Island Chapter of the ACS. The following residents presented prize winning papers:
2001 KEVIN DIAMOND, MD
2004 NEIL GRAFSTEIN, MD
2004 ELAN SALZHAUER, MD
2005 LEE SCHACHTER, MD
2007 WILLIAM TRAN, MD
SUNY DOWNSTATE RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS ALUMNI SOCIETY
FACULTY RECOGNITION AWARDS
In 2002 SUNY Downstate initiated an alumni society for residents trained at this institution. In 2003 the organization was expanded to encompass fellows as well as residents and the society was renamed. Our graduating chief residents select the awardee for the Department of Urology.
2002 CIRIL GODEC, MD
2003 MARK B. IRWIN, MD
2004 IVAN GRUNBERGER, MD
2005 LLEWELLYN HYACINTHE, MD
2007 IVAN COLON, MD
2008 PAUL RUSSO, MD
2002
Chief Residents, Drs. Kevin Diamond, Rosalia Misseri, and Andrew Cowder with Faculty Awardee,
Dr. Ciril Godec, and Chairman, Dr. Richard J. Macchia.
2003
L-R, Sovrin Shah, MD, Ami Shah, MD, Chong Min Kim, MD, PhD, Dr. Macchia,
Jeffrey Donohoe, MD, Mrs. Donohoe, Faculty Awardee Mark Irwin, MD
2004
L-R, RJ Macchia, MD, Nicholas Karanikolas, MD, Steven Maislos, MD,
Faculty Awardee, Ivan Grunberger, MD
2005
L-R, RJ Macchia, MD, Llewelyn Hyacinthe, MD, Robyn Rosenkopf, MD,
Ivan Colon, MD, Alex Epelbaum, MD, Lee Schachter, MD
2007
L-R, A. Lipyansky, MD, N. Karanikolas, MD, M. Ferrandino, MD,
J. Blitstein, MD, Ivan Colon, MD (Faculty Awardee)
SUNY DOWNSTATE INSTITUTION WIDE ANNUAL RESEARCH DAY
Each year the institution hosts a research day for PhD candidates, MD students and clinical residents and fellows. The following students have won first place for presenting urology papers in the medical students division
1997 ARIEL HIRSCH
2002 KAVITA PATEL
2005 SHERMAN CHAN
SPECIAL AWARDS
Periodically the graduating chief residents recognize individuals inside or outside the department who have made special contributions to their education.
1999 JOSHUA BECKER, MD DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY
2000 KHALID BUTT, MD DIVISION OF TRANSPLANTATION, DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
2002 DALE DISTANT, MD DIVISION OF TRANSPLANTATION, DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
2005 JOEL SHEINFELD, MD VICE CHAIRMAN, FELLOWSHIP, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, MSKCC
2008 MARWAN ATALLAH, MD CLINICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, LICH
SUNY DOWNSTATE GME COMMITTEE RESIDENT AWARDS
In 2006 the institution wide GME Committee instituted a series of awards to be given to selected graduating residents from amongst all graduating residents in all departments who have excelled in the areas of academia, service, teaching, research. The following residents from our department have won one of these prestigious awards.
2006 NEIL GRAFSTEIN OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
2007 MICHAEL FERRANDINO OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
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