Dr. Robin S. Goland receives the Seymour Milstein Distinguished Service Award
Nearly three decades ago, Robin S. Goland, MD, the J. Merrill Eastman Professor of Clinical Diabetes at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Attending Physician at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, began one of the nation's most successful efforts to advance patient care, research, and education in the field of diabetes.
The Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City, which opened in October 1998 under the direction of Dr. Goland and her Co-director, Dr. Rudolph Leibel, combines premier family-centered patient care and education with world-class diabetes research programs. Today the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center is co-directed by Dr. Goland and Dr. Anthony Ferrante, and more than 1,200 patients with diabetes are seen monthly. The Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center patient population, now numbering more than 10,000 people, is extraordinarily diverse, including patients of all ages, ethnic backgrounds, and socioeconomic status.
The mission of the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center is to provide "the care until the cure." The clinical space is directly adjacent to research laboratories working on prevention, treatment, and ultimately, the cure of diabetes. Because of close collaboration between clinicians and investigators at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center, advances made at the research bench are made available to the patients as rapidly as possible. The Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center has one of the largest pediatric and adult type 1 diabetes clinical practices in the country. It is a leader in clinical diabetes research in children and adults. A major focus of Dr. Goland's work is on translational research and clinical trials, in adult and pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. She is a leader of many NIH and other multicenter clinical diabetes trials as well as on collaborative investigator-initiated translational research studies aimed, ultimately, at curing diabetes.
Dr. Goland received her BA from Harvard University and her MD from Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. She was a medical resident and Chief Resident at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center and did her Endocrinology Postdoctoral training at Columbia University. She has been on the medical school faculty at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons since 1987. Dr. Goland is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Riverview School in East Sandwich, Massachusetts and is a past medical advisory board member of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Congratulations to Dr. Goland on receiving the Seymour Milstein Distinguished Service Award for many years of hard work and dedication. Click here to view the Robin S. Goland, MD tribute video.