Seated from left: Samuel Márquez, PhD, FAAA; Sally Claridge, PhD, ISMMS ’24; Craig L. Katz, MD, MSH ’96; Roopa Kohli-Seth, MD, FCCP, FACP, MSH ’00; Scott Gottlieb, MD, MSSM ’99, MSH ’02; George B. Wanna, MD, MHCM, FACS, MSH ’08; Ebby Elahi, MD, FACS, MSSM ’96, MSH ’00; Talia H. Swartz, MD, PhD, MSSM ’06 ’08, MSH ’10, ’13; Standing from left: Larry Attia, MD, SLR ’93 ’95; Timothy Friedmann, MD, MSH ’23 ’24; Kurian Thomas, MD, SLR ’94; Brendan G. Carr, MD, MA, MS, Chief Executive Officer of the Mount Sinai Health System; Dennis Charney, MD, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Mark A. Rubin, MD, MSSM ’88, MSH ’89; Rory M.C. Abrams, MD, MSH ’19 ’20; Alexis Colvin, MD, MSSM ’02; Mary O’Sullivan, MD, SLR ’78; Not pictured: Laura P. Gelfman, MD, MPH, MSSM ‘07 ‘14, MSH ’11; Bachir Taouli, MD, MHA.
The Mount Sinai Alumni Awards Ceremony recently celebrated Mount Sinai and St. Luke’s-Roosevelt alumni and students who have made extraordinary contributions to the medical field and to the Mount Sinai community. Fourteen alumni received Alumni Awards.
The event was held Tuesday, September 17, at the New York Academy of Medicine. About 200 faculty, staff, and honored guests in attendance. Click here to read the program and click here to see more photos.
The Alumni Award Recipients are:
The Mount Sinai Alumni Leadership Award: Sally Claridge, PhD, ISMMS ’24
Sally Claridge, PhD, received her PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Integrating her laboratory and computational experience, her research focused on developing a functional genomics pipeline for precision oncology in the lab of Benjamin D. Hopkins, PhD.
The Mount Sinai Alumni Leadership Award: Timothy Friedmann, MD, MSH ’23 ‘24
Timothy Friedmann, MD, is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Icahn Mount Sinai. He is also an Assistant Program Director for the residency program in Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System.
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Distinguished Young Physician of the Year: Rory M.C. Abrams, MD, MSH ’19 ’20
Rory M. C. Abrams, MD, MSH ’19 ’20, is Assistant Professor of Neurology, Mount Sinai Health System, and an attending physician in the Department of Neurology at Mount Sinai West, Mount Sinai Morningside, and The Mount Sinai Hospital.
The Jeffrey T. Laitman, PhD Award for Achievement in Medical Education: Samuel Márquez, PhD, FAAA
Samuel Márquez, PhD, FAAA, is the Co-Discipline Director of Anatomy in the College of Medicine, Director of Gross Anatomy for the School of Health Professions, and Professor in the departments of Cell Biology and Otolaryngology at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.
The Mount Sinai Graduate School Alumni Award: Laura P. Gelfman, MD, MPH, MSSM ‘07 ‘14, MSH ‘11
Laura P. Gelfman, MD, MPH, is Vice Chair, Quality and Clinical Innovation, for the Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Mount Sinai Heath System, and Professor in the Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Icahn Mount Sinai.
The Mount Sinai Master Clinician Award: George B. Wanna, MD, MHCM, FACS, MSH ’08
George B. Wanna, MD, MHCM, FACS, holds dual professorships in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Neurosurgery at Icahn Mount Sinai. He is also Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the Chief of the Division of Otology-Neuro-Otology and Skull Base Surgery, and the Chair of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.
The Mount Sinai Alumni Special Recognition Award: Scott Gottlieb, MD, MSSM ’99, MSH ’02
Scott Gottlieb, MD, is a physician and served as the 23rd Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and a partner at the venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates.
The Mount Sinai Alumni Special Recognition Award: Roopa Kohli-Seth, MD, FCCP, FACP, MSH ’00
Roopa Kohli-Seth, MD, FCCP, FACP, is Director of the Institute for Critical Care Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, and a Professor in the Department of Surgery at Icahn Mount Sinai.
The Terry Ann Krulwich Physician-Scientist Alumni Award: Talia H. Swartz, MD, PhD, MSSM ’06 ’08, MSH ’10, ’13
Talia H. Swartz, MD, PhD, is Senior Associate Dean for MD-PhD Education, Director of the Medical Scientist Training Program, and Director of Graduate Research and Education at The Center for Antiracism in Practice at Icahn Mount Sinai.
The Dr. Sidney Grossman Distinguished Humanitarian Award: Craig L. Katz, MD, MSH ’96
Craig L. Katz, MD, is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Medical Education, and System Design and Global Health at Icahn Mount Sinai. He is the founding director of the Mount Sinai Program in Global Mental Health.
The J. Lester Gabrilove Award: Bachir Taouli, MD, MHA
Bachir Taouli, MD, MHA, is a Professor of Radiology in the Abdominal Imaging/Body MRI Section of the Department of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology, in addition to the BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute at Icahn Mount Sinai.
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Distinguished Alumni Award: Mary O’Sullivan, MD, SLR ’78
For more than three decades, Mary O’Sullivan, MD, served as Director of the Chest Clinic, the largest medical subspecialty clinic at Mount Sinai Morningside.
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Distinguished Alumni Award: Kurian Thomas, MD, SLR ’94
Kurian Thomas, MD, is Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Icahn Mount Sinai and has been at the heart of the Division of Anesthesia at Mount Sinai Morningside (formerly St. Luke’s Hospital) for more than 30 years.
The Saul Horowitz, Jr. Memorial Award: Mark A. Rubin, MD, MSSM ’88, MSH ’89
Mark A. Rubin, MD, is Founding Director of the Bern Center for Precision Medicine and Director of the Department for BioMedical Research at the University of Bern in Switzerland.