Summer 2024 E-News About and for Alumni
Student News
The White Coat Ceremony on Aug. 9 welcomed 139 members of the VP&S Class of 2028. Read more.
Read a recap of 2024 graduation here and a selection of stories about 2024 graduates here.
Student research was celebrated at an event in April. Read more.
More than 150 applicants accepted to VP&S visited campus in April to get a look at what they can expect if they enroll. Read more.
VP&S News
VP&S Dean Katrina Armstrong is now interim president of Columbia University, and Jim McKiernan’93 is now interim VP&S dean. Read more.
Diana and Roy Vagelos’54 have given $400 million to VP&S to support biomedical science research and education. Read more.
Ground was broken in May for a new research building. Read more.
Ali Gharavi was named chair of the Department of Medicine. Read more.
Herb Pardes, who served as dean of VP&S for 10 years in the 1990s, died in April. Read the dean’s announcement and the New York Times story.
Read more news in the CUIMC Newsroom: https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news
Of Historic Interest
Virginia Apgar’33 died 50 years ago, but her legacy is still going strong. Read more.
A Selection of Class Notes
The COPD Foundation honored Gerard Turino’48 on his 100th birthday. Read more.
Read a Miami newspaper story about brothers Lewis Elias’49 and Richard Elias’55.
Roy Vagelos’54 received an honorary degree in June from Dartmouth College. Read more.
Karen Antman’74 has decided to step down as dean of Boston University’s medical school. Read more.
Alan Benvenisty’78 received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Mount Sinai Faculty Council. Read more.
John Markowitz’82 is co-editor of a new section, “Focus on Psychotherapy,” in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Read more.
Frederick (Fritz) Ehlert’86 has been named associate dean for admissions at VP&S. Read more.
Terri Laufer’87 has been appointed to the scientific advisory board of Caribou Biosciences. Read more.
The contract research organization Rho has appointed Andrew Feigin’88 as chief medical officer. Read more.
EyePoint Pharmaceuticals appointed Allen Ho’88 to its scientific advisory board. Read more.
Eric Lazar’89 directs a new general surgery residency program at Valley Health System in New Jersey. Read more.
Todd Wider’90 has been appointed to the board of directors of Genenta Science. Read more.
Donald M. Lloyd-Jones’91 has been named director of the Framingham Center for Population and Prevention Science, principal investigator of the Framingham Heart Study, and chief of preventive medicine at Boston University’s medical school. Read more.
Read about the work being done by James McKiernan’93 to transform the clinical mission of VP&S.
Read an interview students at the University of Virginia conducted with Laura Boylan’94 as part of a course titled “Hidden Figures: Brain Science through Diversity.”
Navarra Rodriguez’97 was profiled as part of the Long Island Business News list of influencers in health care. Read more.
Marc Melcher’99 has been appointed chief of abdominal transplantation at Stanford Medicine. Read more.
Tiffany Svahn’00 is the Susan Desmond-Hellmann Medical Director of Oncology at John Muir Health. Read more.
Lauren H. Chung’01 PhD has been appointed to the board of directors of Genenta Science. Read more.
Szilárd Kiss’02 has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Adverum Biotechnologies. Read more.
Michelle Au’03 delivered the commencement address at Wellesley College in May. Read more.
John Pepen’09 joined the Commonwealth Health Physician Network’s surgical team in Pennsylvania. Read more.
Chris Lawton’12 was ordained as a Paulist priest in May. Read more.
Derek Smith’13 has joined Flagstaff Bone & Joint. Read more.
Simon Sung’13 has joined Fox Chase Cancer Center. Read more.
Natalia Biles’18 has joined a dermatology practice owned and operated by women in Maryland. Read more.
In Memoriam
Sharon Grundfest-Broniatowski’73
R. Alexander Blackwood’82 PhD/’83 MD
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