The New York Academy of Medicine: Academy Fellows

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The Fellows of the New York Academy of Medicine embody the highest levels of achievement and leadership in the fields of medicine and health as well as science, social work, nursing, education, law and research.

Fellows are an elite group of physicians, academicians and other health professionals of the utmost distinction who, taken together comprise a body of knowledge, expertise and commitment that is the foundation of NYAM's strength. They are leaders in thought, action and vision who have dedicated their lives and careers to working to improve the health of the public.

NYAM Fellow Leslie Goldman, the founding Director of the Office of School Health Programs (OSHP), who has led NYAM’s efforts to promote education about health since 1981, left her position in June to transition into the next phase of her professional life as Senior Advisor to the President. More...

Under the innovative leadership of Ms. Goldman, NYAM has trained more than 40,000 elementary, middle and high school teachers in more than 1,400 New York City public schools and 2,000 schools nationwide; they in turn have taught more than 5 million young people how to be healthier and academically successful. By reaching outside of its own walls in New York City and through national dissemination of its curricular and teacher training programs, NYAM has made a tremendous impact on the lives of children and their families. We have helped them gain the knowledge and skills about nutrition, fitness, mental and emotional health, cardiovascular disease prevention, stress management, injury prevention, and asthma, among other topics, needed to make decisions to enhance their physical, emotional and social well-being. Click here for photos and more on Ms. Goldman.

NYAM Fellow and Trustee, Joseph Feczko, MD, has been reappointed to the British Government's Technology Strategy Board. More...

The TSB promotes and supports research and development. It supports the exploitation of science, technology and new ideas to benefit business, increase economic growth and improve the quality of life in the UK. It achieves this by delivering Government support to encourage business investment in technology and innovation across all sectors of the UK economy.

Congratulations to Sherry Glied, Obama Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services. More...

Dr. Glied, NYAM Fellow since 1999, is Professor and Chair in the Department of Health Policy and Management of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. She has extensive experience in health care financing and mental health policy research.

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Board Chairman Tom Morris Upon becoming Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The New York Academy of Medicine in January 2006, Thomas Q. Morris, MD, jumped full tilt into one of the most important endeavors that the Academy has pursued since 1990: the hunt for a new President. See All Fellow Profiles

Board of Trustees Chairman & Fellow Jack Barchas "It's been one of the great adventures of my life." So said Jack D. Barchas, MD, of his four years as Chairman of the Academy Board of Trustees, which drew to a close in December. Barchas was a trustee for eight years, the maximum permitted time. See All Fellow Profiles

NYAM Trustee & Fellow Ruby Hearn When Dr. Ruby Hearn was elected in 2004 as one of NYAM's six new Trustees, she had recently wrapped up a distinguished 25-year career at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the largest U.S. philanthropy dedicated to improving human health and healthcare. See All Fellow Profiles

NYAM Fellow Margaret Hamburg Dr Hamburg has been a Fellow of NYAM since 1991 and was honored in 2002 as the speaker for the Duncan Clark Lecture, an event spotlighting pertinent public health topics of the day. See All Fellow Profiles

NYAM Fellow William H. Helfand The connection between pharmaceutical history and art may be nebulous to those who don't much contemplate such things. But browse through the hundreds of medical and pharmaceutical prints and advertisements that NYAM Fellow William H. Helfand donated to the Rare Book Room and the link comes into sharp focus. See All Fellow Profiles

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