The New York Academy of Medicine has a long tradition of recognizing excellence in achievements in medicine and public health with distinguished awards and funding of new research, fellowships, and lectureships through the generosity of donors who established endowed funds. In 2014, the Academy distributed more than $350,000 in research fellowships and student grants. We are honored to acknowledge the Academy’s 2014 award, grant, fellowship, and lectureship recipients.
Lectureships
Lectureships
The Academy is proud to host an annual series of named lectures and awards to honor individuals who have made significant contributions in the fields of urology, dermatology, pediatrics, psychiatry, neurology, mental hygiene, cardiology, and clinical practice. Academy lectureships, some of which date back to the early 20th century, are supported through generous endowment gifts. Individuals are selected by expert panels of their peers.
Robert Berenson, MD
Institute Fellow, Urban Institute
“Provider Consolidation”
Amy Paller, MD
Walter J. Hamlin Chair and Professor of Dermatology, Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine
“Update on Genetic Skin Disorders and Their Management”
Heather Varughese John, MD, PhD
Yale University
“Who is Dr. X? Physicians in Training and the Mass-Market Memoir”
Hilary Aquino, PhD
Assistant Professor of History, Albright College
“’Making Public Health Contagious’ – The Life and Career of Leona Baumgartner, MD, PhD”
Fredric L. Coe, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago
“Pathogenesis and Treatment of Idiopathic Hypercalciuria and Calcium Nephrolithiasis”
Gerald H. Jordan, MD, FACS, FAAP, FRCS
“Lessons Learned: Cockpit to OR”
Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM
Director, Yale-New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE)
“Is Hospitalization Toxic to Patients and Does it Cause a Post-Hospital Syndrome? Time to Rethink the Hospital Experience”
Nahum J. Winer was a respected research and clinical cardiologist. Along with his distinguished work for the New York County and New York State Medical Societies, the staff of Lenox Hill Hospital, and other organizations including the AMA and the New York Cardiological Society, he served as an officer of the The New York Academy of Medicine for many years. His colleagues and patients remember him as an enthusiastic researcher and dedicated physician. His family has created this lectureship in celebration of his many contributions to medicine.
Research Fellowships
Research Fellowships
The Academy offers a range of research fellowships to experienced physicians and investigators to support the advancement of biomedical research, health care studies, health care delivery, and scholarly research in the history of medicine and public health.
Padriac O’Malley, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
“Development of Novel Diagnostic Imaging Applications for Prostate Cancer”
Kanwal Farooqi, MD
Mount Sinai Medical Center
“Creation and Validation of Low Cost 3D Cardiac Models from MRI in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease”
Student Grants
Student Grants
The Academy’s student grants and fellowships allow medical students the opportunity to gain direct, hands-on experience in a high-quality research environment. Each student conducts a summer research project under the direction of an established senior investigator at a top institution. The experience prepares them to move on to more intensive research commitments as their careers develop.
Alice Zhang
University of Maryland Medical School of Research
“Disadvantage, Trauma, and Emotional Regulation in Children: the Role of Families in Moderating Physiological Stress Responses”
Anna Chang
The City College of the City University of New York, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Information
“Assessment of Access to Resources for Healthy Diet and Physical Activity in an Urban Community Health Center Population”
Elizabeth Ackley & Amulya Iyer
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
“Sexual, Reproductive and Preventive Needs of Young Men in La Romana”
Nicholas Hutchings
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
“Identifying Risk Factors for Fragility Fractures among Elderly Armenians: Initiating Treatment and Prevention Strategies”
Stephanie Baker
Georgia Regents University
“Identifying Perceived Needs and Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening in Peruvian Women”
Christopher Ryan
Weill Cornell Medical College
“Retrospective Evaluation of Role of Hormonal Manipulation on Bone Age in Children and Adolescents with Klinefelter Syndrome”
Michael Goltzman
New York Medical College
“TERT Promoter Mutations as Putative Biomarkers of Urothelial Carcinoma”
Sarah Abramson
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
“Facilitators and Barriers to Treating Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer – Frontline Urologists’ Views”
Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School
“The Effect of Sirt1 on Cardiac Phenotype in High Fat Diet Treated Mice”
Li-Wei Chang
Columbia University
“Developing an Algorithm for Classifying Tissue Types in Myocardial Images Obtained by Optical Coherence Tomography”
Sarah Marks
University of Michigan Medical School
“Cigarette Smoke Regulation of Cholesterol Transport in Atherosclerosis”
Johanna Andrews
Hofstra University
“Searching for a More Comprehensive Approach to the Delivery of Services for the Food Insecure in Nassau County”
Scott Jelinek
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
“A Retrospective Study of Superficially Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anus (SISCCA)”
Kylie Kang
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
“The Influence of Health Disparities in Radiation Therapy Decision-making for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer”
Leslie Maness
Boston University School of Medicine
“Medication Dosing Errors: Exploring the Roles of Parent Health Literacy and Limited English Proficiency”
Pliceliany Perez
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
“Smoking Prevalance and Readiness to Quit in Washington Heights-Inwood”
Alex Sheen
Columbia University College of Dental Medicine
“The Role of Oral Health in Emerging High Performance Health Systems”