Awards  2008
Dr. Allendorf Awarded 2nd Annual Forde Grant
The annual $10,000 Kenneth A. Forde Surgical Research Grant was awarded to John Allendorf, MD, for research directed at pancreatic cancer and entitled, "RAGE signaling and pancreatic cancer tumorigenesis."
Dr. Chabot is 2008 Attending Physician of the Year
John A. Chabot, MD, was selected 2008 Attending Physician of the Year by the Nursing Service of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
2008-2009 Startup Grant Recipients Named
The Department of Surgery startup grants are awarded to a team of an attending mentor and a junior investigator who can be a resident, fellow or medical student.
The grants are intended to lead to external funding.
Results of the most successful of these investigations are presented during the Residents' Research Competition each spring.
2008-09 startup grant recipients are as follows:
| Junior Investigator | Mentor |
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| Mary Jo Haley, MD | Jessica Kandel, MD |
| Joseph Dinorcia, MD | John Allendorf, MD |
| Jeffery W. Gander, MD | Darrell Yamashiro, MD, PhD |
| Omotinuwe Adepoju, MD | June Wu, MD |
| Jason Rolls, MD | James Guarrera, MD |
| Alexander Iribarne, MD | Craig R. Smith, MD |
| Daniel Wang, MD | Henry Spotnitz, MD |
| Adam Griesemer, MD | Lloyd Ratner, MD |
| Alejandro Ruiz-Elizalde, MD | Robert Cowles, MD |
| Fahad Aziz | William B. Inabnet, MD |
| Benjamin Wei, MD | Mehmet Oz, MD |
| Sara Cohen | Matthew Bacchetta, MD, MBA, MA |
| Peter Pak | Yoshifumi Naka, MD |
| Gabriela Magda, BS | Faisal Cheema, MD |
| Berhane Worku | Michael Argenziano, MD |
| Karly Kaplan, MD | Christine Hsu Rohde, MD |
| Ronald Joseph Shonkwiler, MD | Jeffrey Zitsman, MD |
| Magali Sutton | Mark Ginsburg, MD |
| Mansoor Mehmood | Allan Stewart, MD |
| Brian Housman | Matt Williams, MD |
| Edo Paz, BS | Joshua Sonett, MD |
Dr. Guarrera Receives HRSA Support for Organ Preservation Work
James Guarrera, MD, received a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant for $746K to continue his work in liver preservation.
Dr. Amory is Black Enterprise 2008 Leading Doctors
Dr. Spencer Amory was among twelve NewYork-Presbyterian physicians included in Black Enterprise magazine's 2008 list of "America's Leading Doctors."
2008 Resident Research Competition
Dr. Jason Fisher wins first prize in seventeenth Surgery Residents' Research Competition, Dr. David I. Sternberg takes second
The 17th Resident's Research Competition was held in the Faculty Club on the morning of May 22nd, 2008.
There were 10 seven-minute presentations.
Members of the Department of Surgery Research Committee and Leadership group and guest judges David Hirsh, PhD, and Robert Kass, PhD, scored the presentations.
Prize winners are as follows:
- Jason Fisher, MD/Jessica Kandel, MD:
Combined Cyclooxygenase-2 and VEGF Inhibition Disrupts Tumor Vascular Architecture and Suppresses Metastasis by Altering a Lung Metastasis Gene Signature
- David I. Sternberg, MD/Joshua Sonett, MD:
Blockade of Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Product (RAGE) Attenuates Pulmonary Reperfusion Injury
- T. Alexander Quinn, MS/Henry M. Spotnitz, MD:
The Method of Steepest Ascent Reduces the Time for Biventricular Pacing Optimization
- Marc Richmond, MD/Henry M. Spotnitz, MD:
Combined Inhibition of Sodium-Hydrogen Exchange and Xanthine Oxidase Preserves Ventricular Function after Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Acutely Cyanotic Immature Porcine Hearts
2008 AAP Salzberg Mentorship Award Goes to Dr. Altman
Dr. Peter Altman is this year's recipient of the Arnold M. Salzberg Mentorship Award, which is given annually the American Academy of Pediatrics in recognition of a pediatric surgeon who has distinguished him/herself as a mentor of pediatric surgical trainees.
The Division of Surgical Science in the Department of Surgery of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, which has been studying the biological pathways of degeneration in the human body for nearly 15 years, has recently received more than $8M from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to study age-related cardiovascular disease.
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