Fellows News and Activities

The Council on Social Work Education presented Volland, MSW, MBA, with the 2012 Distinguished Recent Contributions in Social Work Education Award for her work in revolutionizing social work education and field practice with older adults. Recognizing the urgent need for social workers trained to work with older adults, she founded the Social Work Leadership Institute (SWLI) at the New York Academy of Medicine. SWLI has advanced social work’s capacity to improve the lives of older adults and their families through field education and leadership development.

The New York Academy of Medicine welcomed 70 new Fellows, nine Members, 44 Associate Members, nine Student Members and one Honorary Fellow during its Annual Meeting on November 8, 2012 at NYAM. The meeting was followed by the 165th Annual Discourse and Awards presentation.

NYAM Trustee and Fellow Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor and dean of the Bouve College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University, was recently named chair of the prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellows program.

NYAM Fellow Dr. Carmen Ortiz Hendricks was recently appointed the Dorothy and David I. Schachne Dean of the Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University in New York City.

NYAM Fellow Dr. Jeffrey Levine’s photographic exhibit entitled Aging Across America has received a generous grant from the MetLife Foundation to subsidize a U.S.-based tour.

For more than two decades, NYAM Fellow Dr. Ani Kalayjian has been on a journey of healing through forgiveness and meaning. She has devoted her life to studying the impact of trauma, and helping others heal so that they can reach a state of wholeness.

NYAM Fellow R. Richard Leinhardt, MD, FACS was recently recognized by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg for his work as part of the World Trade Center Medical Working Group, which Bloomberg convened in 2007 to review the latest medical research on potential health effects of the WTC attacks.

Spine surgeon Patrick F. O’Leary, MD, a member of The New York Academy of Medicine, received the Lifetime Achievement Award at Hospital for Special Surgery's 29th Annual Tribute Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City.

Tom Harrison, Jack and Susan Rudin honored for their efforts to promote public health during NYAM’s 18th Annual Gala

Japan has honored Dr. William L. Holzemer, a Fellow of The New York Academy of Medicine and dean of the College of Nursing at Rutgers-Newark, with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, one of the nation’s highest civilian honors, for his outstanding contributions to the development of nursing science and the education of nursing professionals in Japan.

NYAM Fellow Dr. David G. Nathan, MD of Cambridge, Mass., Robert A. Stranahan Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and president emeritus of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, received an honorary doctor of science degree at Clarkson University's 119th Commencement on May 12.

Dr. Edward (Ted) Shortliffe, President and CEO of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), will be stepping down from his current position and joining NYAM as a Scholar in Residence.

On March 1, the NYAM Section on Health Care Delivery presented a panel discussion on the Community Benefit standard, the legal standard for determining whether a nonprofit hospital is exempt from federal income tax.

On February 22, the NYAM Section on the History of Medicine and Public Health presented the second annual NYAM History Night meeting, featuring short talks on topics in the history of medicine and public health presented by four accomplished health care professionals.

We mourn the loss of NYAM Fellow and former Trustee Margaret E. Mahoney, a pioneer in the field of health care philanthropy.

NYAM Fellow Dr. Ani Kalayjian recently spoke about her new book, Forgiveness and Reconciliation, as part of NYAM's Author Night series. The book addresses forgiveness and reconciliation as coping mechanisms to move beyond the negative effects of trauma on individuals, couples, families, and communities.

On November 9, NYAM hosted the Annual Meeting of the Fellows and the 164th Anniversary Discourse and Awards, honoring distinguished contributions in medicine and public health and featuring discourse speaker Susan Dentzer, Editor-in-Chief of Health Affairs.

NYAM and The Royal Society of Medicine recently presented their Annual Joint Symposium with the theme of “Promoting Health in Aging.” The event brought together clinical health professionals, researchers, and policy makers to focus on important determinants of health in older persons.

NYAM Fellows Dr. Norman Orentreich and his son, Dr. David S. Orentreich, not only excel in the practice of medicine; they continually strive to improve the lives of their patients through ongoing and rigorous academic and clinical research.

Terry T. Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, Vice Chairman of the NYAM Board of Trustees, was appointed Dean at Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University.

Long-time NYAM Fellow and Malloch Rare Book Room volunteer Dr. Luigia Norsa, known to all as Gigi, died on June, 20, 2011.

Jeffrey S. Borer, MD, the 1974 recipient of NYAM’s Glorney-Raisbeck Fellowship in the Medical Sciences, credits the experience as valuable in launching his successful career in cardiovascular medicine. “Without it, I wouldn’t be where I am today,” he told the guests at the annual recognition luncheon for NYAM’s John Stearns Legacy Society on June 6.

On May 24, 2011 more than 125 Fellows and other interested professionals gathered for a full day symposium sponsored by the NYAM Sections on Health Care Delivery, Social Work and Psychiatry, NYAM Nursing SIG and The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation.

A cohort of 56 students from eight middle and high schools in four boroughs completed a successful school year as NYAM Junior Fellows on May 24, marking the occasion with a Research Poster Session and Culmination Ceremony at NYAM. 

NYAM President Jo Ivey Boufford, MD, received an honorary degree and delivered the commencement address at Pace University on May 22, 2011.

NYAM lost a true friend and colleague following the passing of Alfred Freedman, MD, a Fellow for 55 years and an accomplished leader in the field of psychiatry.

NYAM received a generous multi-year grant of $250,000 to establish the Alison Norris Nephrology Section.

US Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius named NYAM Fellow Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, as new National Coordinator for Health Information Technology effective April 8, 2011.

On April 13, more than 40 students in NYAM’s Junior Fellows class of 2011 attended a special Global Public Health Career Seminar at NYAM designed to introduce them to public health initiatives in Africa and to focus on the important skill of communications. The event featured guest speakers John Damonti, President of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, and Jill Dosik, President of CGI Health.

On April 12, NYAM’s Section on Evidence Based Health Care hosted a panel discussion on the challenges associated with translating medical research into language journalists can understand and relay to the reading or viewing audience.