Newswise — At its 2005 Convocation ceremony Mount Sinai School of Medicine honored some of the nation's foremost physicians and scientists. Three Mount Sinai Faculty members were named to endowed professorial chairs in recognition of their exceptional achievements. In addition to the awarding of the endowed chairs, four Dr. Harold and Golden Research awards were presented to junior faculty and four Faculty Council Awards for Academic Excellence were conferred.
This year's ceremony was held: Thursday, September 22, 2005 at 5:00 PM at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Honorees were:Jonathan S. Bromberg, MD, PhDAlfred and Florence Gross Professor of Surgery The multiplicity of Dr. Bromberg's roles—Professor of Surgery, Gene and Cell Medicine, and Immunobiology; Surgical Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation; Surgical Director, Transplantation Research; and Surgeon-in-Chief and Clinical Director, Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute—reflects an exceptional combination of research prowess, clinical expertise, and administrative skill. A renowned leader in his field, Dr. Bromberg graduated summa cum laude in biology from Harvard, earning his MD and PhD degrees from Harvard, as well. His postgraduate and postdoctoral training encompassed a research position at the ICRF Tumor Immunology Unit of University College, London; an internship, residency and chief residency in general surgery at the University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals in Seattle; a position as coinvestigator of genetic markers at the University of Washington and Virginia Mason Research Center; and a transplantation fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. He joined Mount Sinai in 1999.
Simon Daefler, MD, PhDDr. Arthur M. Fishberg Professor of MedicineSimon Daefler, MD, PhD applies his exceptional training in clinical research to address some of the most pressing issues in global health. His research is providing new insights into how pathogens such as Salmonella " a threat in many areas of the world " and Francisella " a potential agent for bioterrorism " survive in host cells. The goal of his work is to open new areas for exploration leading to novel therapeutics. After earning his MD and PhD at the University of Cologne in Germany, Dr. Daefler went on to residency in internal medicine at Bellevue Hospital Center of New York University School of Medicine. He completed a fellowship in infectious disease at Harvard Medical School, and then did a postdoctoral fellowship at Rockefeller University, working with Nobel Laureate Dr. Günter Blobel and supported by a Howard Hughes Physician Scientist Award. He spent five years at the University of Texas Southwestern as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Microbiology and then joined the Mount Sinai faculty in 2005 as Assistant Professor of Medicine.
David Muller, MD The Marietta and Charles C. Morchand Chair in Medical Education. Recently named Dean for Medical Education, Dr. Muller has already earned his place as an inspirational, beloved leader—one who not only fosters the highest ideals of the profession of medicine, but also models those ideals in his own practice. As a physician, he has focused on providing health care to the underserved, co-founding--for the homebound poor and elderly— the award-winning Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program, now the largest service of its kind in the country. Dr. Muller, who received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine, completed his medical residency and chief residency at Mount Sinai, joining the faculty of the division of general internal medicine in 1996. He is a member of The American College of Physicians, American Academy of Home Care Physicians, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Physicians for a National Health Program, and myriad other professional associations, as well as a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine.
Dr. Harold and Golden Research AwardGwendalyn Randolph, PhDDr. Randolph earned her PhD from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and then conducted postdoctoral studies at Cornell University Medical Center and The Rockefeller University. She was an Instructor at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and then joined the Mount Sinai faculty in 2000. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Gene and Cell Medicine.
Eyal Shemesh, MDAfter earning his MD from Hadassah Medical School of Hebrew University in Israel, Dr. Shemesh completed a one-year rotating internship at Beilison Medical Center in Israel. He then served as a medical officer in the Israeli Defense Forces for five years before coming to Mount Sinai for the Triple-Board Residency Training Program in Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He joined the Mount Sinai faculty in 2000 and is currently Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics.
E. Brady Trexler, PhDAfter earning his PhD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Trexler pursued postdoctoral training at the University of Texas Health Science Center. He joined the Mount Sinai faculty in 2004 and is currently Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology.
Thomas A. Ullman, MDAfter earning his MD from Cornell University Medical College, Dr. Ullman completed residency training at The New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center. While a post-doctoral fellow at Yale University School of Medicine he completed the didactic curriculum of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and went to the Mayo Clinic for advanced training in inflammatory bowel diseases. He joined the Mount Sinai faculty in 1999 and is currently Assistant Professor of Medicine.
Faculty Council Awards for Academic Excellence Peter M. Som, MDDr. Som first came to Mount Sinai as an intern after earning his MD from New York University School of Medicine. He then completed a radiology residency. He served 2 years in the US Army before joining the Mount Sinai faculty in 1973. He is currently a Professor of Radiology, Otolaryngology and Radiation Oncology.
Jay C. Unkeless, PhDAfter earning his PhD from Rockefeller University, Dr. Unkeless went on to postdoctoral studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He returned to Rockefeller University where he rose to the level of Associate Professor and then joined the Mount Sinai faculty in 1986. He is currently a Professor of Immunobiology.
Dianne Duffey, MDDr. Duffey earned her MD from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and then completed residency at the University of California, Los Angeles. She completed a two year research fellowship at the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communications Disorders and a clinical fellowship in Head and Neck Surgery and Microvascular Reconstruction at the University of Pennsylvania. After her training, she joined the faculty of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and then, in 2001, she came to Mount Sinai School of Medicine and is currently an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology and Assistant Professor of Oncological Sciences.
John A. Martignetti, MD, PhDDr. Martignetti earned both his MD and PhD from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and then completed residency and a fellowship in human genetics at Mount Sinai. In 1998, he joined the Mount Sinai faculty and he is currently an Assistant Professor of Human Genetics, Pediatrics and Oncological Sciences as well as Assistant Director of the DNA Sequencing and Genotyping Core.
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