Seated, from left: Sandra K. Masur, PhD, FASCB; Talia H. Swartz, MD, PhD, MSSM ’08, MSH ’13; Lakshmi A. Devi, PhD; Marta Filizola, PhD; Jessica R. Moise; Swan N. Thung, MD, FAASLD; and Kenneth Davis, MD, CEO of Mount Sinai Health System. Standing, from left: Patricia Kovatch; Ramon Parsons, MD, PhD; Bruce E. Sands, MD, MS; I. Michael Leitman, MD, FACS; Burton A. Cohen, MD, MSH ’79; and Dennis Charney, MD, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
The Mount Sinai Alumni Association and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai presented accomplished physicians, researchers, educators, and administrators with the 2023 Jacobi Medallion, one of Mount Sinai’s highest awards. The annual ceremony was held Wednesday, March 15 at the Plaza Hotel.
The recipients of the Jacobi Medallion have made exceptional contributions to the Mount Sinai Health System, Icahn Mount Sinai, the Mount Sinai Alumni Association, or the fields of medicine or biomedicine.
Burton A. Cohen, MD, MSH ’79
Radiologist, New York Medical Imaging Associates
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Lakshmi A. Devi, PhD
Mount Sinai Professor in Molecular Pharmacology
Professor, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, and Department of Psychiatry
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Marta Filizola, PhD
Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Sharon and Frederick Klingenstein/Nathan Kase, MD Professorship
Professor, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, and Windreich Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Patricia Kovatch
Dean for Scientific Computing and Data
Professor, Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, and Pharmacological Sciences
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
I. Michael Leitman, MD, FACS
Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Professor, Department of Surgery, and the Leni and Peter W. May Department of Medical Education
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Jessica R. Moise
Senior Associate Dean for Sponsored Programs, Grants and Contracts Officer
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Ramon Parsons, MD, PhD
Icahn Scholar
Director, The Tisch Cancer Institute and Mount Sinai Health System Tisch Cancer Center
Ward-Coleman Chair in Cancer Research
Professor and Chairman, Department of Oncological Sciences
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Bruce E. Sands, MD, MS
Dr. Burrill B. Crohn Professor of Medicine Professor
Professor and Chief, Dr. Henry D. Janowitz Division of Gastroenterology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Swan N. Thung, MD, FAASLD
Professor, Lillian and Henry M. Stratton-Hans Popper Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell-Based Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai