Honorees who attended the reception were joined by Vicki LoPachin, MD, second row, left; Edgar M. Cullman, Jr., second row, second from right; and Burton P. Drayer, MD, Chief Executive Officer, Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice, third row, fourth from left.
Recipients of the 2018 Cullman Family Award for Excellence in Physician Communication were honored at a reception held Tuesday, October 30, at the Corporate Services Center. For the past three years, this annual award has honored Mount Sinai Health System physicians and advanced practice providers who demonstrate exceptional communication in clinical practice.
Recipients of this year’s award were ranked in the top one percent nationally in provider communication for 2017, as measured by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems patient experience survey. Of the 35 recipients, 12 have received the honor multiple times.
Making the presentations were Vicki LoPachin, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of the Mount Sinai Health System, along with Mount Sinai Trustees Edgar M. Cullman, Jr., and Susan R. Cullman. Dr. LoPachin said patients had used words such as “awesome,” “best,” “thoughtful,” and “excellent” when describing the honorees, adding: “As the Health System reinforces its goal of putting patients at the center of all that we do, we are proud that
you have been leading the way .”
The recipients of the 2018 Cullman Family Award for Excellence in Physician Communication
Aliza Ben-Zacharia, DrNP Tonia Kim, MD
Carolyn Brockington, MD Jason Kindt, DO
Rachel Brozinsky, MD Jason Kovacic, MD, PhD
Michael Buckstein, MD, PhD Stephen Krieger, MD
Jillian Capodice, MS, LAC Alefiyah Malbari, MD
Kelly Cassano, DO Stuart Morduchowitz, MD
Lori Croft, MD Thomas Nicosia, MD
Sandra Delapenha, Audiologist Lauren Peccoralo, MD, MPH
Christopher DiMaio, MD Kalmon Post, MD
David Dunkin, MD Elliott Rosch, MD
Lori Garjian, MD Kenneth Rosenzweig, MD
Sunil George, MD Prantik Saha, MD, MPH
Paul Ginelli, MD Vicki Shanker, MD
Thomas Goldman, DPM Rajesh Shenoy, MD
Marsha Gordon, MD Shubhika Srivastava, MBBS
Jessica Grant, MD Marla Stern, MD
Vishal Gupta, MD Paul Thodiyil, MD
Carolyn Iocolano, FNP-BC, PhD