2024 MD, PhD, Dual Degree Commencement Program (Spanish)

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ESCUELA DE MEDICINA ICAHN DE MOUNT SINAI

GRADUACIÓN DE 2024

VIERNES 10 DE MAYO

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ESCUELA DE MEDICINA ICAHN DE MOUNT SINAI

CEREMONIA DE GRADUACIÓN

VIERNES 10 DE MAYO DE 2024

9:00 A. M.

DAVID GEFFEN HALL LINCOLN CENTER CIUDAD DE NUEVA YORK

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PROGRAMA DE GRADUACIÓN

MÚSICA PROCESIONAL

Interpretada por Annie Chang

Clase ISMMS de 2026

Joshua Mathew

Clase ISMMS de 2026

Rebecca Rosenzweig

Clase ISMMS de 2027

CORTEJO ACADÉMICO

GRAN MARISCAL

Staci Leisman, MD, FASN

Directora, Programa de Estudios Preclínicos

Profesora, Departamento de Medicina Samuel Bronfman y Departamento de Educación Médica Leni y Peter W. May

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

MARISCALES DEL CORTEJO

Stephanie Autenrieth

Decana Asociada Sénior de Servicios de Inscripción

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

Arjana Habili

Coordinadora de Programas, Asuntos Curriculares y Administración de Programas

Escuela de Posgrado de Ciencias Biomédicas

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

Michael Herscher, MD

Codirector, Curso de Arte y Ciencia de la Medicina

Profesor adjunto, Departamento de Medicina Samuel Bronfman

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

Horatio (Teddy) Holzer, MD

Director, Programa Clínico

Profesor adjunto, Departamento de Medicina Samuel Bronfman

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

Ann-Gel S. Palermo, DrPH, MPH

Decana adjunta principal de Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusión

Profesora adjunta, Departamento de Educación Médica Leni y Peter W. May

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

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Roland Pinzon

Director de Programas

Máster en Ciencias de Datos Biomédicos y máster en Ciencias Biomédicas

Escuela de Posgrado de Ciencias Biomédicas

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

Cristian Rosario

Director de Programas

Programas de doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas y Neurociencias

Escuela de Posgrado de Ciencias Biomédicas

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

Stephanie L. Wolfe, PhD

Directora de Programa, Programa de Educación en Investigación Clínica

Escuela de Posgrado de Ciencias Biomédicas

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

ORDEN DEL CORTEJO

Candidatos a títulos

Grupo de la tribuna

Se pide a los invitados que permanezcan sentados durante la Procesión.

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PROGRAMA DE GRADUACIÓN

PRESIDE

Dennis S. Charney, MD

Decanos Anne y Joel Ehrenkranz

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

Presidente de Asuntos Académicos

Mount Sinai Health System

SALUDOS

Brendan Carr, MD, MA, MS

Director ejecutivo

Mount Sinai Health System

Richard A. Friedman

Copresidente, Consejos de Administración

Mount Sinai Health System

DISCURSO DE GRADUACIÓN

Kenneth L. Davis, MD

Vicepresidente ejecutivo, Junta Directiva de Mount Sinai Health System

ORADOR ESTUDIANTE DE DOCTORADO

Sally Elizabeth Claridge

ESTUDIANTE ORADOR MD

Candida Marie Camacho Damian

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OTORGAMIENTO DE TÍTULOS HONORÍFICOS

DOCTOR EN HUMANIDADES

Kenneth L. Davis, MD

Vicepresidente ejecutivo, Junta Directiva de Mount Sinai Health System

Persona que cita

Dennis S. Charney, MD

Decanos Anne y Joel Ehrenkranz, Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai Presidente de Asuntos Académicos

Mount Sinai Health System

Kenneth L. Davis, MD, vicepresidente ejecutivo de la Junta Directiva de Mount Sinai Health System, es ampliamente reconocido como un líder visionario que guio a la institución en una trayectoria de crecimiento espectacular. El Dr. Davis se desempeñó como director ejecutivo de Mount Sinai Health System y su predecesor de 2003 a 2023. Fue nombrado presidente y director ejecutivo de Mount Sinai en 2003, cuando él y Peter W. May, entonces presidente de las Juntas Directivas, iniciaron lo que ha sido caracterizado como una de las mayores reestructuraciones financieras en la medicina académica, y expandieron la institución tanto en alcance como en ambición hacia una nueva era de innovación en investigación colaborativa, educación y atención clínica.

En 2013, Mount Sinai Health System se formó mediante la combinación de The Mount Sinai Medical Center y Continuum Health Partners, y se convirtió en uno de los mayores sistemas sin fines de lucro del país, hoy con ingresos de $11,000 millones; 45,000 empleados; 8 hospitales, la Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai; la Escuela de Enfermería Mount Sinai Phillips y más de 410 consultorios ambulatorios en los cinco distritos de Nueva York, Westchester, Long Island y Florida. El Dr. Davis dirigió una campaña filantrópica que alcanzó su objetivo de $1,600 millones, incluida una donación de casi $200 millones de Carl C. Icahn, un antiguo partidario y fideicomisario en cuyo honor se rebautizó la facultad de medicina de Mount Sinai en 2012, y de la familia Hess, que aportó más de 250 millones de dólares.

El Dr. Davis es consultado con frecuencia por funcionarios públicos, líderes de opinión y periodistas de televisión y prensa escrita sobre temas de ciencia, medicina y atención médica. Trabajó con altos funcionarios del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de EE. UU. para ayudar a dar forma a la política de pagos federales, y publica sus propios artículos de opinión sobre liderazgo intelectual en publicaciones nacionales y locales. Animó a su equipo de liderazgo a hablar también en sus campos de especialización. Es un orador frecuente en el Aspen Ideas Festival y ha sido miembro del consejo directivo del Aspen Institute desde 2014.

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El Dr. Davis asistió a la Escuela de Medicina Mount Sinai y recibió el Premio Harold Elster Memorial Award al mayor rendimiento académico en la segunda promoción de la escuela. Después de completar una residencia en psiquiatría y una beca en farmacología en el Centro Médico de la Universidad de Stanford, el Dr. Davis ganó un premio de desarrollo profesional de la Administración de Veteranos para realizar investigaciones sobre mecanismos colinérgicos en enfermedades neuropsiquiátricas. Al unirse a Mount Sinai, se convirtió en jefe de psiquiatría en el Centro Médico de la Administración de Veteranos (VA) del Bronx. Lanzó el programa de investigación de Mount Sinai sobre la biología de la esquizofrenia y la terapéutica de la enfermedad de Alzheimer.

El Dr. Davis presidió durante 15 años el Departamento de Psiquiatría de Mount Sinai. Fue el primer director de muchas de las entidades de investigación de la institución, incluido el Centro de Investigación de la Enfermedad de Alzheimer financiado por los Institutos Nacionales de Salud (National Institutes of Health, NIH) de Mount Sinai, el Centro de Investigación Biológica de Esquizofrenia en el Centro Médico de Asuntos de Veteranos del Bronx, el Centro de Neurociencia Silvio Conte para estudiar esquizofrenia y el Centro de Investigación y Tratamiento del Autismo Seaver. Además, recibió de los NIH una de las primeras y mayores subvenciones para proyectos de investigación sobre la enfermedad de Alzheimer.

El trabajo pionero del Dr. Davis en la investigación de la enfermedad de Alzheimer abrió nuevas vías en el alivio de los síntomas y provocó la aprobación de la primera generación de medicamentos para tratar la enfermedad de Alzheimer, y revolucionó el diseño de los ensayos clínicos de Alzheimer desarrollando la Escala de Evaluación de la Enfermedad de Alzheimer, la medida más popular utilizada para caracterizar las disfunciones conductuales no cognitivas y cognitivas que manifiestan los pacientes de Alzheimer. Las investigaciones del Dr. Davis, que incluyen más de 500 artículos publicados en revistas especializadas, dieron lugar a la aprobación de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (Food and Drug Administration, FDA) de tres de los cuatro primeros medicamentos aprobados para la enfermedad de Alzheimer. Sus trabajos sobre la esquizofrenia permitieron comprender mejor la función de la mielinización, la sustancia blanca y los oligodendrocitos en la fisiopatología de la esquizofrenia, lo que abrió una vía totalmente nueva de ver y estudiar esta enfermedad. Este trabajo, considerado revolucionario hace solo unos años, ha sido ampliamente replicado desde entonces.

Además de su función como director ejecutivo, el Dr. Davis se desempeñó como decano de la Escuela de Medicina Mount Sinai de 2003 a 2007. Fue presidente del Colegio Estadounidense de Neuropsicofarmacología en 2006 y recibió, entre otros, los Premios Joel Elkes Research Award, Daniel H. Efron Research Award y Paul Hoch Distinguished Service Award. La Asociación Estadounidense de Psiquiatría ha premiado el trabajo del Dr. Davis, y, en 2002, fue elegido miembro del Instituto de Medicina de la Academia Estadounidense de Ciencias. Entre sus numerosos galardones y premios, se encuentran el George H. W. Bush ’48 Lifetime of Leadership Award 2009 de la Universidad de Yale, un honor que se concede a los exalumnos deportistas de Yale que logran avances significativos en sus profesiones, el premio al desarrollo profesional de la VA y el Premio A. E. Bennett de la Sociedad de Psiquiatría Biológica.

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OTORGAMIENTO DE TÍTULOS HONORÍFICOS

DOCTOR EN CIENCIAS

Charles M. Rice, PhD

Profesor y director

Laboratorio de Virología y Enfermedades Infecciosas

Universidad Rockefeller

Persona que cita

Ana Fernandez-Sesma, PhD

Profesora y jefa del Departamento de Microbiología

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

Charles M. Rice, PhD, es titular de la Cátedra Maurice R. y Corinne P. Greenberg de Virología de la Universidad Rockefeller, donde también dirige el Laboratorio de Virología y Enfermedades Infecciosas. Es uno de los virólogos más prestigiosos del mundo y una figura destacada en la investigación de los miembros de los Flaviviridae, incluido el virus de la hepatitis C (VHC). Es el ganador del Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 2020.

Millones de personas en todo el mundo están infectadas por los virus de la hepatitis C o la hepatitis B, que causan cáncer de hígado e insuficiencia hepática. Mientras tanto, otros virus ARN, como el Zika, la fiebre amarilla, el dengue, la chikungunya y el coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, causan una importante morbilidad y mortalidad. El Dr. Rice y su equipo de laboratorio se han propuesto cambiar esta situación.

El Dr. Rice y su equipo trabajan para comprender la replicación del virus y las respuestas inmunitarias innatas que limitan la infección, y también están desarrollando nuevos cultivos in vitro y modelos animales (incluido el primer clon molecular infeccioso del virus VHC, una herramienta fundamental para futuros estudios) para comprender mejor la replicación del VHC y evaluar la eficacia antivírica con el fin de facilitar la investigación de este importante patógeno humano. Este y otros trabajos han sido fundamentales para el desarrollo de medicamentos antivirales que ahora se utilizan ampliamente para curar el VHC. Dado que la vacuna sigue siendo muy necesaria, el grupo del Dr. Rice ha creado el primer modelo de ratón inmunocompetente de infección por hepacivirus, lo que allana el camino hacia el desarrollo de vacunas y estudios sobre el cáncer de hígado asociado al hepacivirus.

El grupo del Dr. Rice también está utilizando sus modelos de ratón con hígado humano y los nuevos métodos de cultivo in vitro para estudiar el virus de la hepatitis B (VHB), causante de cirrosis, así como de cáncer de hígado que suele ser resistente al tratamiento curativo. El trabajo del Dr. Rice revela nuevas estrategias para atacar los puntos débiles del virus y sigue desarrollando nuevas tecnologías, como los cultivos en 3D y derivados de células madre pluripotentes inducidas, para estudiar el VHB, el VHC y otros virus. También utilizan sus modelos de ratón con hígado humano para estudiar el rol de la alimentación y la genética humana en el desarrollo de causas no infecciosas de enfermedad hepática.

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Otros trabajos del laboratorio de Rice se han centrado en virus de interés sanitario mundial, como el dengue, la fiebre amarilla, el Zika, la chikungunya y los coronavirus. El laboratorio también investiga los mecanismos de atenuación de la vacuna contra la fiebre amarilla y las causas genéticas humanas de enfermedades raras pero graves que pueden aparecer después de la vacunación.

El Dr. Rice obtuvo su licenciatura de la Universidad de California Davis en 1974 y su doctorado del Instituto de Tecnología de California en 1981. De 1986 a 2000, el Dr. Rice fue miembro del cuerpo docente de la Universidad de Washington en St. Louis.

El Dr. Rice es coautor de más de 500 artículos en el campo de la virología, revisor de numerosas revistas, expresidente de la Sociedad Estadounidense de Virología, miembro de la Asociación Estadounidense para el Avance de la Ciencia y de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias y la Academia Nacional de Medicina de Estados Unidos. Además del Premio Nobel, ha recibido muchos otros premios y distinciones, como los Premios M.W. Beijernick, Dautrebande, Robert Koch, InBev Baillet- atour y el Premio Lasker-DeBakey de Investigación Médica Clínica.

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OTORGAMIENTO DE TÍTULOS HONORÍFICOS

DOCTORA EN CIENCIAS

Alice Y. Ting, PhD

Profesora de Genética, Biología, y por cortesía, Química Universidad de Stanford

Persona que cita

Eric J. Nestler, MD, PHD

Director, Friedman Brain Institute

Decano de Asuntos Académicos y Científicos

Profesor de la Familia Nash, Departamento de Neurociencias de la Familia Nash

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

Director científico

Mount Sinai Health System

Alice Y. Ting, PhD, es una química estadounidense nacida en Taiwán y profesora de Genética, Biología y, por cortesía, Química en la Universidad de Stanford. El trabajo de la Dra. Ting investiga y aclara las redes moleculares y celulares, y está ampliando nuestra comprensión de las señales en las mitocondrias y en el cerebro de los mamíferos, ha llevado al desarrollo de medicamentos que salvan vidas y ha sido la base de cientos de estudios de investigación importantes y pioneros sobre salud humana. Es investigadora del Chan Zuckerberg Biohub y miembro de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias.

El laboratorio de la Dra. Ting en la Universidad de Stanford desarrolla tecnologías moleculares para mejorar el estudio de eventos bioquímicos en células y neuronas vivas. Fue pionera en el “etiquetado de proximidad” para mapear proteomas, transcriptomas e interactomas con precisión nanométrica en células vivas y animales, lo que, por primera vez, permitió a los científicos comprender cómo las proteínas y el ARN se organizan en el espacio y el tiempo para dar lugar a la función de los orgánulos y las máquinas moleculares que ejecutan complejos procesos biológicos. Diseñó enzimas, como APEX y TurboID, que han permitido a los científicos mapear proteomas espaciales, transcriptomas e interactomas con precisión nanométrica. Han aplicado con éxito este método para mapear los proteomas de orgánulos sin membrana, diseccionar complejos proteicos transitorios y crear un mapa espacial del transcriptoma humano.

Además, la Dra. Ting y su equipo han desarrollado tecnologías escalables de registro molecular unicelular, incluidos integradores de calcio y registradores transcripcionales de interacciones proteína-proteína, que han dado lugar a descubrimientos como el de un nuevo tipo de célula estriatal involucrada en el comportamiento de evitación. Las contribuciones de la Dra. Ting también incluyen ligasas fluoróforas, estreptavidina monovalente, pequeños puntos cuánticos monovalentes y etiquetas proteínicas codificadas genéticamente para microscopía electrónica. Han desarrollado métodos de marcado fluorescente de proteínas celulares, mapeo espacial de proteomas y transcriptomas celulares, así como registro molecular de picos de calcio en el ARN de células vivas.

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Las tecnologías que la Dra. Ting y su equipo han desarrollado utilizan las capacidades de la ingeniería de proteínas, la evolución dirigida, la síntesis química, la proteómica y el diseño computacional de proteínas. Con un interés de larga data en la neurociencia y las mitocondrias, la Dra. Ting y su laboratorio se esfuerzan por aplicar sus tecnologías basadas en la química para visualizar, estudiar y manipular moléculas, vías y circuitos que son fundamentales para el funcionamiento de las mitocondrias y el cerebro.

La Dra. Ting, una profesora y mentora dedicada, ha trabajado con decenas de exalumnos de doctorado y becarios posdoctorales, muchos de los cuales ahora son líderes en biotecnología y farmacia. Formó parte del Comité de Diversidad del MIT durante más de ocho años, donde trabajó para contrarrestar el sesgo inconsciente en la contratación de profesores y en la implementación de apoyo flexible para el cuidado de niños para profesores, posdoctorados y estudiantes. Es reconocida por fomentar un entorno de capacitación seguro, solidario, inclusivo, imparcial y riguroso para su equipo interdisciplinario de aprendices de diversos orígenes.

La Dra. Ting nació en Taiwán y emigró a Estados Unidos cuando tenía tres años. Creció en Texas y asistió a la Academia de Matemáticas y Ciencias de Texas (Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, TAMS). Obtuvo su licenciatura en Química de la Universidad de Harvard en 1996 trabajando con el Premio Nobel E.J. Corey, y su doctorado en la Universidad de California, Berkeley, en 2000, en colaboración con Peter G. Schultz. La Dra. Ting completó su beca posdoctoral en la Universidad de California en San Diego con el Premio Nobel de 2008 Roger Y. Tsien.

Entre los numerosos premios y galardones de la Dra. Ting, figuran el NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, el ACS Arthur Cope Scholar Award, el McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award, el Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry, el TR35 Award, y el Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.

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OTORGAMIENTO DE TÍTULOS HONORÍFICOS

DOCTOR EN CIENCIAS

Feng Zhang, PhD

Investigador, Instituto Médico Howard Hughes

Miembro principal, Instituto Broad del Instituto de Tecnología de Massachusetts e Investigador de Harvard, Instituto McGovern para la Investigación del Cerebro, MIT

Profesor de Neurociencia James y Patricia Poitras, MIT

Departamentos de Ciencias Cognitivas y del Cerebro e Ingeniería Biológica, MIT

Persona que cita

Alexander Charney, MD, PhD

Profesor adjunto, Departamentos de Psiquiatría y Genética y Ciencias Genómicas

Codirector, Instituto Charles Bronfman de Medicina Personalizada

Director ejecutivo del Centro Blau

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

Feng Zhang, PhD, es un biólogo molecular centrado en desarrollar y aplicar tecnologías moleculares novedosas para estudiar y mejorar la salud humana. Considerado uno de los científicos biológicos más inventivos del mundo, los estudios del Dr. Zhang exploran la diversidad biológica con el objetivo de comprender la naturaleza, y descubrir sistemas y procesos dentro de la naturaleza que pueden aprovecharse mediante la bioingeniería.

El Dr. Zhang desempeñó una función crítica en el desarrollo de dos tecnologías moleculares revolucionarias: la optogenética, que permite a los investigadores controlar las neuronas con luz para conocer mejor el funcionamiento del cerebro, y la edición genética basada en CRISPR-Cas9, que permite a los investigadores realizar cambios precisos en el ADN de células vivas. Él y su equipo han adaptado otros muchos sistemas CRISPR para utilizarlos como herramientas de ingeniería genómica y transcriptómica, además de desarrollar una serie de aplicaciones de los sistemas CRISPR, entre ellas, el cribado genómico de alto rendimiento, la inserción de genes y la detección de ácidos nucleicos.

En 2023, se aprobó la primera terapia basada en CRISPR, Casgevy, para el tratamiento de la anemia falciforme, y hay muchos ensayos clínicos en curso para probar otras terapias basadas en CRISPR. Además del uso terapéutico, las herramientas de su laboratorio, que es famoso por poner a disposición de todos, también se utilizan ampliamente para acelerar la investigación básica, así como en otras aplicaciones biotecnológicas. El objetivo a largo plazo del Dr. Zhang es desarrollar nuevas estrategias terapéuticas para enfermedades complejas sin un único cambio genético subyacente. Abordar las enfermedades cerebrales, específicamente, ha sido un objetivo desde la universidad, cuando vio a amigos que padecían enfermedades mentales graves.

El Dr. Zhang nació en China y emigró a Estados Unidos en 1993, a la edad de 11 años. Obtuvo su licenciatura en Química y Física de la Universidad de Harvard y su doctorado en Química de la Universidad de Stanford.

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El Dr. Zhang es miembro titular del Instituto Broad, investigador del Instituto McGovern para la Investigación del Cerebro, profesor de Neurociencia James y Patricia Poitras en el MIT e investigador médico Howard Hughes. También es miembro de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias, la Academia Nacional de Medicina y la Academia Estadounidense de las Artes y las Ciencias, así como de la Academia Nacional de Inventores.

Ha recibido numerosos premios, entre ellos, el Premio Internacional Gairdner de Canadá, el Premio Tang, el Premio Nacional Blavatnik para Jóvenes Científicos, el Premio del Centro Médico Albany en Medicina e Investigación Biomédica, el Premio Lemelson-MIT, el Premio de Ciencias Médicas Keio y el Premio Lounsbery. También recibió premios a la innovación tecnológica de las fundaciones Paul G. Allen Family, McKnight, New York Stem Cell y Damon Runyon.

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OTORGAMIENTO DE TÍTULOS

JURAMENTO DE CANDIDATOS A DOCTORADO Y PRESENTACIÓN DE CANDIDATOS A TÍTULOS

Basil G. Hanss, PhD

Decano asociado principal de Asuntos Estudiantiles y Posdoctorales

Decano asociado de Bienestar y Resiliencia de la Escuela de Posgrado

Escuela de Posgrado de Ciencias Biomédicas

Profesor adjunto, Departamento de Medicina Samuel Bronfman

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

ENCAPUCHAMIENTO DE CANDIDATOS A TÍTULOS

DOCTOR EN CIENCIAS BIOMÉDICAS Y NEUROCIENCIAS

Matthew J. O’Connell, PhD

Decano adjunto principal de Programas de Doctorado

Escuela de Posgrado de Ciencias Biomédicas

Profesor, Departamento de Ciencias Oncológicas

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

DOCTORA EN INVESTIGACIÓN CLÍNICA

Janice L. Gabrilove, MD, FACP

Profesora de Medicina de James F. Holland

Directora adjunta, Educación y Capacitación, The Tisch Cancer Institute

Directora, Programas de Educación sobre Investigación Clínica

Codirectora, Programa de Liderazgo y Capacitación en Investigación Orientada al Paciente

Escuela de Posgrado de Ciencias Biomédicas

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

DOCTORADO

Asesores de tesis

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OTORGAMIENTO DE TÍTULOS

JURAMENTO DE CANDIDATOS A TÍTULOS MÉDICOS

Rachel Solomon, MD

Directora, Centro de Salud Estudiantil

Profesora adjunta, Departamento de Educación Médica Leni y Peter W. May y Departamento de Medicina Samuel Bronfman

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

PRESENTACIÓN DE CANDIDATOS A TÍTULOS

Tara K. Cunningham, EdD, MS

Decana adjunta principal de Asuntos Estudiantiles

Profesora adjunta, Departamento de Educación Médica Leni y Peter W. May

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

ENCAPUCHAMIENTO DE CANDIDATOS A TÍTULOS

DOBLE TITULACIÓN: DOCTORA EN MEDICINA Y DOCTORA EN FILOSOFÍA (MD/PHD)

Talia H. Swartz, MD, PhD

Directora, Programa de Capacitación de Científicos Médicos

Decana adjunta sénior de Educación MD-PhD

Profesora adjunta, Departamento de Medicina Samuel Bronfman

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

DOBLE TITULACIÓN: DOCTOR EN MEDICINA Y MÁSTER EN SALUD PÚBLICA (MD/MPH)

Nils Hennig, MD, PhD, MPH

Director, Máster del Programa de Salud Pública

Profesor adjunto, Departamento de Medicina Ambiental y Salud Pública y Departamento de Pediatría Jack y Lucy Clark

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

DOBLE TITULACIÓN: DOCTOR EN MEDICINA Y MÁSTER EN INVESTIGACIÓN CLÍNICA (MD/MSCR)

Janice L. Gabrilove, MD, FACP

Profesora de Medicina de James F. Holland

Directora adjunta, Educación y Capacitación, The Tisch Cancer Institute

Directora, Programas de Educación sobre Investigación Clínica

Codirectora, Programa de Liderazgo y Capacitación en Investigación Orientada al Paciente

Escuela de Posgrado de Ciencias Biomédicas

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

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DOCTORA EN MEDICINA

Valerie Parkas, MD

Decana adjunta principal de Admisiones y Reclutamiento

Profesora, Departamento Leni y Peter W. May de Educación Médica y Departamento de Medicina Samuel Bronfman

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

Rainier P. Soriano, MD

Decano adjunto principal de Asuntos Curriculares

Profesora, Departamento Leni y Peter W. May de Educación Médica y Departamento de Geriatría y Medicina Paliativa de Brookdale

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

ENTREGA DE DIPLOMAS

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Marta Filizola, PhD

Decana, Escuela de Posgrado de Ciencias Biomédicas

Profesora y MD de Sharon & Frederick A. Klingenstein-Nathan G. Kase

Departamento de Ciencias Farmacológicas

Departamento de Neurociencias de la Familia Nash

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

David C. Thomas, MD, MHPE

Decano de Educación Médica

Presidente, Departamento de Educación Médica Leni y Peter May

Profesora, Departamento de Medicina Samuel Bronfman y Departamento de Rehabilitación y Rendimiento Humano

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

Persona que asiste

Alexis Colvin, MD

Decano asociado sénior de Asuntos de Exalumnos

Profesor, Departamento de Ortopedia

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD

Director, Friedman Brain Institute

Decano de Asuntos Académicos y Científicos

Profesor de la Familia Nash, Departamento de Neurociencias de la Familia Nash

Escuela de Medicina Icahn de Mount Sinai

Director científico

Mount Sinai Health System

HIMNO DE FIN DE OFICIO

Se pide a los invitados que permanezcan sentados durante el himno de fin de oficio.

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CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND NEUROSCIENCE

Dissertation Advisors

Bremy Alburquerque

Genetic basis of emerging antibiotic resistance during clinical treatment

Songhee Back

Exploring the role of p53 dependent transcriptional repression

Sarah M. Banker

Aberrant Neural Computations of Social Interaction in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Harm van Bakel, PhD Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences

James Manfredi, PhD Department of Oncological Sciences

Jennifer Foss-Feig, PhD Department of Psychiatry

Daniela Schiller, PhD Department of Psychiatry

Xiaosi Gu, PhD Department of Psychiatry

James Keith Carter^

Distinct Contributions of Protocadherin 7 in Chronic Liver Disease and Liver Cancer

Andrew T. Chan

Region-specific microglial responses to peripheral influenza infection

Daniel M. Charytonowicz^

Integrated Computational Analysis of Cancer Cell Plasticity: Merging Machine Learning, Accelerated Computing, and Large-Scale Data Synthesis for Translational Insights into Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Sally Elizabeth Claridge

Development of a functional genomics pipeline for precision oncology

Scott Friedman, MD Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Anne Schaefer, MD, PhD Department of Psychiatry

Robert Sebra, PhD Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences

Zhen-Qiang Pan, PhD Department of Oncological Sciences

Benjamin Hopkins, PhD Department of Physiology and Biophysics Weill Cornell Medical College

^ MD/PhD

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CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND NEUROSCIENCE

Dissertation Advisors

Evan Cody

Memory B cell longevity in mice requires surface expression of Decay Accelerating Factor

Phillip Cohen^

Virology at Single Cell Resolution: Challenges and Opportunities for Single Cell RNA Sequencing in Studies of Viral Infection

Anisha Cooke

Investigating ATRX In Frame Fusions in Neuroblastoma cell states

Alanna Cameron Cote

Computational approaches to gene expression regulation in health and disease

Winston Hirschler Cuddleston

Adenosine-to-inosine RNA editing in the brain: developmental dynamics, cellular specificity, and cis-genetic regulation

Donald Doanman^

Single Cell Analysis of Acute and Latent HIV Infection using Novel Reporter Systems

Zhe Dong

Development and dissemination of novel open-source Miniscope technology

David Dominguez-Sola, MD, PhD Department of Oncological Sciences

Peter Heeger, MD

Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Brad Rosenberg, MD, PhD Department of Microbiology

Emily Bernstein, PhD Department of Oncological Sciences

Alexander Charney, MD, PhD Department of Psychiatry

Laura Huckins, PhD Department of Psychiatry Yale University School of Medicine

Towfique Raj, PhD Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

Benjamin Chen, MD, PhD

Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Denise Cai, PhD Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

^ MD/PhD

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Susie Feng

Progressive spatial memory deficits and circuit dysfunction in a mouse model of chronic temporal lobe epilepsy

Michael Brian Fernando

Cell-type-specific functional impact of rare neurexin-1 genetic deletions

Dissertation Advisors

Tristan Shuman, PhD Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

Jennifer Megan Fredericks

Chemogenetic modulation of amygdala-ventrolateral prefrontal cortex communication in probabilistic reinforcement reward learning

Justin Frere^

Leveraging the golden hamster model of respiratory SARS-CoV-2 infection to define short- and long-term consequences of disease

Amy L Frick

The VGF Protein in the Neuroendocrine Hypothalamus

Paul Slesinger, PhD Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

Kristen Brennand, PhD Department of Psychiatry Yale University School of Medicine

Peter Rudebeck, PhD Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

Rollie Fitzgerald Hampton II^

Structure and Function of Pancreatic Neural Circuitry in Obesity and Diabetes using Mouse Models

Alicia Ho

Regional expression of secreted WNT inhibitors regulates hair follicle patterning and regenerative activity

^ MD/PhD

Jean Lim, PhD Department of Microbiology

Benjamin tenOever, PhD Department of Microbiology

Stephen Salton, MD, PhD Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

Scott Russo, PhD Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

Sarah Stanley, MBBCh, PhD Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Sarah Millar, PhD Department of Cell, Developmental & Regenerative Biology

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CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND NEUROSCIENCE

Dissertation Advisors

Michael Horesh^

Gain-of-Function Variants in JAK1 cause Autoimmunity, Atopy, Colitis, and/or Dermatitis (JAACD Syndrome)

DeAnalisa Jones^

Modeling the ultrastructural features of ventricular cardiomyocytes: Implications for Ca2+ signaling in heart failure

Kaustubh Kulkarni^

A Computational Psychiatry Approach Toward Momentary Craving

Rachel Levantovsky^

Advances in understanding IBD pathogenesis across populations via multimodal data integration

Michael B. Leventhal

“Developmental mismatch” as a driver of social deficits induced by juvenile social isolation

Lora E. Liharska

Identification of molecular relationships between living and postmortem brain tissue

Katherine E. Lindblad

Notch1 Activation Induces a Sexually Dimorphic Immune Evasion Program in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Abigail Lubin

From drug to death: mechanistic insight into teriflunomide-induced cell death after PTEN loss

^ MD/PhD

Dusan Bogunovic, PhD Department of Oncological Sciences

Eric Sobie, PhD Department of Pharmacological Sciences

Xiaosi Gu, PhD Department of Psychiatry

Daniela Schiller, PhD Department of Psychiatry

Judy Cho, MD

Lillian and Henry M. Stratton-Hans Popper Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell-Based Medicine

Hirofumi Morishita, MD, PhD Department of Psychiatry

Alexander Charney, MD, PhD Department of Psychiatry

Amaya Lujambio Goizueta, PhD Department of Oncological Sciences

Ramon Parsons, MD, PhD Department of Oncological Sciences

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Louise Malle^

Down syndrome: a paradox of immune suppression and autoimmunity

Valerie J. Marallano

Investigating the Effects of Hypoxia on the Tumor Biology of Glioblastoma

Katherine Meckel

Interrogating Potential Roles of the Gut Microbiome in Modulating CocaineInduced Plasticity

David T. Melnekoff

Using genomics for patient stratification, treatment prediction, and understanding determinants of CAR T-Cell Therapy response in Multiple Myeloma

Angelica M. Minier-Toribio

Multilevel Signaling of ApproachAvoidance Decisions Sensitive to Stress & Drug Insults

Jarvier Nadir Mohammed

Investigating mechanisms of BAX activation and its pharmacological modulation within the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis

Temidayo Orederu

Neural Processing of Fear and its Role in PTSD: From Basic to Naturalistic Approaches

Aster Quinby Perkins

Decision-making in the context of multiattribute options

Dissertation Advisors

Dusan Bogunovic, PhD Department of Oncological Sciences

Roland Friedel, PhD Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

Drew Kiraly, MD, PhD Department of Psychiatry

Samir Parekh, MD Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Eric Nestler, MD, PhD Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

Jerry Chipuk, PhD Department of Oncological Sciences

Daniela Schiller, PhD Department of Psychiatry

Erin Rich, MD, PhD Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

^ MD/PhD

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CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND NEUROSCIENCE

Dissertation Advisors

Luisanna Victoria Pia

Spatial Functional Genomics of Ovarian Cancer

Amara Luisa Plaza-Jennings^

Cell-type-specific 3D genomic and transcriptomic alterations in the HIVinfected human brain

Tamar Plitt

Cooperation among genotoxic bacteria accelerates tumorigenesis in a mouse model of colon carcinogenesis

Samuel Powell^

Identification and Functional Characterization of Neuronal SubtypeSpecific 3D Genome Structures Mapping to Schizophrenia Risk Loci

Brian Brown, PhD Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences

Schahram Akbarian, PhD Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences

Jeremiah Faith, PhD Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences

Schahram Akbarian, MD, PhD Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences

Kristen Brennand, PhD Department of Psychiatry Yale University School of Medicine

Gabrielle Price^

5-ALA-Mediated Photodynamic Therapy in Combination with MEK inhibitors for the Treatment of H3K27-Mutated Diffuse Midline Glioma

Taylor K. Pullinger

Intra- and Inter-Individual Cardiomyocyte

Heterogeneity Impacts Arrhythmia Risk

Richard Quintana Feliciano

Targeting Burkholderia cenocepacia DNA adenine methyltransferases

Tanni Rahman

Molecular mechanisms underlying impulsivity and heroin self-administration in an animal model of depression

^ MD/PhD

Constantinos Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD Department of Neurosurgery

Dolores Hambardzumyan, PhD, MBA Department of Oncological Sciences

Eric Sobie, PhD Department of Pharmacological Sciences

Aneel Aggarwal, PhD Department of Pharmacological Sciences

Yasmin Hurd, PhD Department of Pharmacological Sciences

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Rohana Ramalingam

The Regulation of DNA Double Stranded Break End Resection

Kayla Retallick-Townsley

Dynamic regulation of psychiatric risk loci in neurons

Dissertation Advisors

Matthew O'Connell, PhD Department of Oncological Sciences

Alison Goate, DPhil Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences

Laura Huckins, PhD Department of Psychiatry

Yale University School of Medicine

Kristin Brennand, PhD Department of Psychiatry

Yale University School of Medicine

Dan Fu Ruan

Understanding the heterogeneity of alloreactive natural killer cell function in kidney transplantation

Christie Bao Thu Ryba^

Altered transcription factor dynamics in PBAF-deficient melanoma

Matthew Schafer

Mapping the social landscape

Megan Catherine Schwarz

Development of a novel SARS-CoV-2 antigen-specific T cell assay & Exploring the role of PRDM15 in hepatocellular carcinoma

Carina Pek Jean Seah^

Common genetic variants impact molecular stress response in the brain

Amir Horowitz, PhD Department of Oncological Sciences

Emily Bernstein, PhD Department of Oncological Sciences

Daniela Schiller, PhD Department of Psychiatry

Ernesto Guccione, PhD Department of Oncological Sciences

Laura Huckins, PhD Department of Psychiatry

Yale University School of Medicine

Kristen Brennand, PhD Department of Psychiatry

Yale University School of Medicine

^ MD/PhD

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CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND NEUROSCIENCE

Dissertation Advisors

Randal Alexander Serafini^

Studies on Epigenetic and Transcriptional Regulation of Peripheral Nerve Injury in Mesocorticolimbic Circuitry

Joseph Simon IV

Integration of social information in the frontal cortex during decision-making in rhesus macaques

Camille Spencer-Salmon^

Dynamical foundations of task-related computations

Matthew Paul Spindler^

Defining Innate Immune Responses to the Human Gut Microbiota from Phylum to Strains

Lauren Stalbow^

A genotype first approach to diabetes

Christian Stevens^

Viruses are the Best Cell Biologists: Viral Engineering to Deliver Gene Editing Tools and Interrogate SARS-CoV-2 Entry

Andrew Frank Stewart

Identification and characterization of substrates of postsynaptic protein dopaminylation

Hayley J. Strasburger

Mechanisms of microglia-mediated regulation of striatal neuron activity

Venetia Zachariou, PhD Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

Talia Swartz, MD, PhD

Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Erin Rich, MD, PhD Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

Kanaka Rajan, PhD Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

Jeremiah Faith, PhD Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences

Ruth Loos, PhD Department of Environmental Medicine & Public Health

Benhur Lee, MD Department of Microbiology

Ian Maze, PhD Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

Anne Schaefer, MD, PhD Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

^ MD/PhD

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Emily May Teichman

Multimodal Targeting of Neuronal HCN Channels for Antidepressant Drug Discovery

Denis Torre

Investigating transcriptome dynamics in early mammalian development

Dissertation Advisors

Jian Jin, PhD Department of Pharmacological Sciences

Carole Morel, PhD Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

Paul Slesinger, PhD Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

Ernesto Guccione, PhD Department of Oncological Sciences

Robert Sebra, PhD Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences

Michelle Tran^

Dissecting Innate Immune Mechanisms of Resistance to Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Bladder Cancer

Skyler Andrew Uhl

Cellular conflicts between RNA virus and host biology

Nina Bhardwaj, MD, PhD

Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Jean Lim, PhD Department of Microbiology

Benjamin tenOever, PhD Department of Microbiology

Camille Cassiopeia Van Neste^

Advances in Bioreactor Design and Multi-Dimensional Analysis for Assessing Maturation Phenotype of Human Engineered Cardiac Tissues

Ethan Christopher Veit

Evolutionary analysis of mammalian STAT2 susceptibility to flavivirus NS5 antagonism: lessons in virus-host conflicts, pathways to resistance, and constraints on host evolution

^ MD/PhD

Kevin Costa, PhD Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Matthew Evans, PhD Department of Microbiology

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CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND NEUROSCIENCE

Dissertation Advisors

Julia Velez

Discovery and characterization of novel lysine methyltransferase-targeting PROTAC degraders

Yang Xu

Therapeutic Modulation of Endothelialto-Mesenchymal Transition in Vascular Pathobiology

Jian Jin, PhD Department of Pharmacological Sciences

Hannah Elizabeth Young

Intrinsic contexts influence genetic regulation of gene expression in the frontal cortex

Yosif Zaki

Aversive experience drives offline ensemble reactivation to link memories across days

Nicole Zatorski^

Integrating machine learning and protein structural features to predict drug toxicity

Zachary Robert Zeisler

A comparative analysis of amygdala anatomy and physiology in mice, macaques, and man

Kevin Costa, PhD Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Jason Kovacic, MD, PhD Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Paul O'Reilly, PhD Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences

Laura Huckins, PhD Department of Psychiatry Yale University School of Medicine

Denise Cai, PhD Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

Avner Schlessinger, PhD Department of Pharmacological Sciences

Peter Rudebeck, PhD Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

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^
MD/PhD

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND NEUROSCIENCE

Dissertation Advisors

William Zhao^

Cellular and spatial map of lung adenocarcinoma reveals TP53associated tissue remodeling

Gregory Zilberg

Atypical Mechanisms of Activation of Understudied Aminergic G ProteinCoupled Receptors

Alexander Tsankov, PhD Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences

Daniel Wacker, PhD Department of Pharmacological Sciences

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN CLINICAL RESEARCH

Dissertation Advisors

Adolfo Sebastian Aleman

Determinants of immune responses following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in Multiple Myeloma

Doaa Alsaleh

Long-Term Outcomes After Multiple Vessel Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Comparison Between Multiple Arterial Versus Single Arterial Grafting in Patients with Major Comorbid Conditions

Anas Hasan A. Alzahrani

Optimal interventional approach in ischemic cardiomyopathy for patients with multivessel coronary artery disease

Samir Parekh, MD

Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Natalia Egorova, PhD, MPH Department of Population Health Science and Policy

Turner Baker

A Novel Surgical Device to Deliver Focal Hypothermia following Minimally Invasive Surgery for Intracranial Hemorrhage

Natalia Egorova, PhD, MPH Department of Population Health Science and Policy

Shinobu Itagaki, MD, MSc Department of Cardiovascular Surgery

Christopher Kellner, MD Department of Neurosurgery

Anthony Costa, PhD Department of Neurosurgery

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CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN CLINICAL RESEARCH

Dissertation Advisors

Tina Chen

Extracellular Vesicles and Particles (EVPs) from Tissue Microenvironment and Matching Biofluids as exRNA Biomarkers for Liquid-biopsy Applications

Jia Li

Examine the trajectory of health-related quality of life and cognitive ability, and the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among COVID-19 patients: longitudinal and cross sectional studies

Weixin Li

Physical Activity, Cognitive Function, and Dementia among Older Adults in the US: Cross-sectional, Systematic Review, and Modeling Studies

Carlos Cordon-Carlo, MD, PhD Lillian and Henry M. Stratton-Hans Popper Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell-Based Medicine

Navneet Dogra, PhD Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences

Minal Kale, MD Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Liangyuan Hu, PhD Department of Biostatistics Rutgers School of Public Health

Bian Liu, PhD Department of Population Health Science and Policy

Yan Li, PhD Department of Population Health Science and Policy

Ning Ma

Environmental toxins are important risk factors for liver fibrosis: Focus on African Americans in general U.S. population and Members of the Mount Sinai World Trade Center General Responders

Andrea Branch, PhD Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

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CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES

DOCTOR OF MEDICINE

Ava Jeanette Adler

Sofia Ahsanuddin

Muhammad Mujtaba Ali*

David William Allely

Lily Anne Ardente

Illya Aronskyy

Amina Avril

Arman Ryan Azad

Bryana Devlin Banashefski

Joshua David Barlow

Rebecca Beatrice Baron

Nestor Javier Bedoya

Caroline Maisie Benson

Suzannah Leigh Bergstein

Daniel D. Bu*

Liam Ross Butler

James Keith Carter^

Zakaria M. Chakrani

Danielle Chaluts

Michael Chang

Logan Daniel Cho

Brennan Chu

Elizabeth Mowry Clifton

Paige Elizabeth Cloonan

Phillip Cohen^

Yhan Emid Colon Iban

Tyler J. D'ovidio

Dante Ghassan Dahabreh

Candida Marie Camacho Damian

Alexander Samuel Dash*

Calista Lynda Dominy

Jonathan Tyler Dullea

Annalise Klára Eger

Nicola Ann Feldman

James Harrison Fleming

Miriam Frisch**

Mariely Garcia

Jennifer Katharine Gates

Jack Emil Geduldig

Kyle Monroe Gibson*

Shivee Gilja

Anisha Mahalya Gogerly-Moragoda

Rachel Gita Gologorsky

Miguel Enrique Gomez

Shouri Venkata Gottiparthi

Kevin Michael Griffee**

Aliza Savin Gross

Benjamin David Gross

Philip Henson

Gabrielle Isabella Hernaiz-De Jesus

Michael Matthew Herrera

Skylar Michelle Hess

Eugene Ivan Hrabarchuk

Sidra Zeba Ibad

Suvruta Srisayi Iruvanti

Yonatan Israel

Suraj Kevin Jaladanki

Jillian Henry Keegan

Rebecca Lilli Kellner

Calla Kim Khilnani

Sonia Gita Khurana

Spencer Harrison Kiehm*

Madeline Heejae Kim*

Krsna Kim Kothari

Arvind Kumar*

Colin David Lamb

Patrick Nils Lasowski

Riva P. Letchinger*

Micah Levy

Thomas Morgan Li

Helen Liu

Isabel Cristina Lopera

Christine Alexis Lopez

Adam Lupicki †

Louise Malle^

Naoum Fares Marayati

Christina Lauren Marshall

Lily McCarthy

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* MD/MSCR ** MD/MPH ^ MD/PhD
Posthumous Degree

CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES

DOCTOR OF MEDICINE

Stephen Edward McCroskery

Paulos Mengsteab

James H. Meyers

Alexandra Mills

Sarah Anne Nathaniel

Ted Nnamno Obi

Tonia Omotola Ogundipe

Oge C. Onuh

Benjamin Henry Oseroff

Yeji Park

Bhavana Niranjan Patil

Megan Elizabeth Paul

Charlotte Rose Pierce

Nicholas Louca Pitaro

Amara Luisa Plaza-Jennings^

Samuel Powell^

Addison Quinones

Vignesh Rajasekaran

Emma Maud Reford

Rishab Rajan Revankar

Harley Lauren Roberts

Andrew John Rosowicz

Christina Paulina Rossitto

Nikita Roy

Christie Bao Thu Ryba^

Mia Malak Saade

Julian Sackey

Nathaniel Locke Saffran

Jay R. Sanghvi

Remington Runnfeldt

Schuemann Schneider

Dawi Shin

Francesca Marie Silvestri

Zay Friedman Smolar

Matthew Paul Spindler^

Jason Benjamin Storch

Daniela Ines Suarez-Rebling

Sweta Sudhir

Shumayl Syed

Justin Evan Tang

Shelly Siyuan Teng*

Serena Ravi Tolani

Connor Andrew Tukel

Claire Ufongene

Stephanie Ureña

Camille Cassiopeia Van Neste^

Roshan Pravinkumar Vasoya

Amey Vrudhula

Brett Stephen Weingart

Christopher Andrew White

Amber Tiffany Wolf

Emily Ling Xu

Brandon Yeshoua

Stephanie Ying

Stephen Yoffie

Dave Mina Youssef

Alexis Lynn Zachem

2024 COMMENCEMENT
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GRADUATION ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

MEDICAL SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

BURTON DRAYER PRIZE IN RADIOLOGY AND BIOMEDICAL IMAGING

Benjamin David Gross

DR. HAROLD LAMPORT BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH PRIZE

Sofia Ahsanuddin

IRWIN GELERNT, MD, AWARD FOR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY

Nestor Javier Bedoya

PORTAL THESIS AWARD IN CLINICAL RESEARCH

Alexander Samuel Dash

THE LEONARD TOW HUMANISM IN MEDICINE STUDENT AWARD

Candida Marie Camacho Damian

Emily Ling Xu

USPHS PHYSICIANS PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH AWARD

Krishna Patel

MEDICAL EDUCATION AWARDS

BARRY STIMMEL AWARD FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION

Nestor Javier Bedoya

DR. DAVID K. MCDONOGH AWARD FOR DIVERSITY IN MEDICAL EDUCATION

Ted Nnamno Obi

HAROLD ELSTER MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR CLINICAL ACUMEN

Suvruta Srisayi Iruvanti

JAMES FELT AWARD FOR THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL AND RACIAL JUSTICE

Emily Ling Xu

THE JUDITH AND NATHAN G. KASE, M.D. PRIZES FOR OUTSTANDING GRADUATING FLEXMED STUDENTS IN BIOMEDICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCES

Rebecca Lilli Kellner

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GRADUATION ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

THE JUDITH AND NATHAN G. KASE, M.D. PRIZES FOR OUTSTANDING GRADUATING FLEXMED STUDENTS IN HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Amber Tiffany Wolf

PATRICIA LEVINSON AWARD FOR THE ADVANCEMENT AND INCLUSION OF WOMEN IN MEDICINE

Danielle Chaluts

MEDICAL SCHOOL ACADEMIC AWARDS

DR. ALAN F. GUTTMACHER OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY PRIZE

Alexandra Mills

DR. HOWARD RAPPAPORT PEDIATRIC AWARD

Liam Ross Butler

DR. JOSEPH R. JAGUST ANESTHESIOLOGY AWARD

Dawi Shin

DR. M. RALPH KAUFMAN PSYCHIATRY PRIZE

Candida Marie Camacho Damian

Tonia Omotola Ogundipe

DR. MORRIS B. BENDER AWARD IN CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

Emily Ling Xu

GEORGE JAMES EPIDEMIOLOGY AWARD

Kevin Michael Griffee

JEFFREY MODELL CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY PRIZE

Louise Malle

MRS. DAVID A. DREILING SURGERY PRIZE IN MEMORY OF HER MOTHER, FLORENCE L. OPPENHEIMER

Ava Jeanette Adler

STEVEN B. TAMARIN, MD, MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FAMILY MEDICINE

Harley Lauren Roberts

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THE BARRY COLLER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CLINICAL MEDICINE

Jonathan Tyler Dullea

THE MILTON C. ENGEL, MD, AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN GERIATRIC MEDICINE

Krsna Kim Kothari

Emily Ling Xu

GRADUATE SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN IN SCIENCE

Michelle Tran

THE ARTHUR CEDERBAUM MENTORING BY A GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD

Angelica M. Minier-Toribio

Megan Catherine Schwarz

AWARD FOR SCIENCE ADVOCACY

Michael Brian Fernando

EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH

Miriam Frisch

THE SERVICE TO THE MEDICAL SCIENTIST

TRAINING PROGRAM (MSTP) AWARD

Jakleen Lee

Adam Marks

THE MIKI RIFKIN GRADUATE SCHOOL SERVICE AWARD

Emily May Teichman

SOCIAL AND RADICAL JUSTICE AWARD TO A GRADUATE STUDENT

Kayla Retallick-Townsley

THE TERRY ANN KRULWICH DOCTORAL DISSERTATION PRIZE

Carina Pek Jean Seah

Denis Torre

2024 COMMENCEMENT
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MD CLASS OF 2024 DISTINCTIONS

GOLD HUMANISM HONOR SOCIETY

Amina Avril

Zakaria M. Chakrani

Paige Elizabeth Cloonan

Candida Marie Camacho Damian

Christopher DeVita

Anisha Mahalya Gogerly-Moragoda

Skylar Michelle Hess

Suvruta Srisayi Iruvanti

Yonatan Israel

Carly Kaplan

Micah Levy

Elizabeth Magill

Simran Malhotra

Naoum Fares Marayati

Yeji Park

Krishna Patel

Adriana Pero

Addison Quinones

Jeanette Rios

Remington Runnfeldt

Schuemann Schneider

Daniela Ines Suarez-Rebling

Sweta Sudhir

Stephanie Ureña

Emily Ling Xu

DISTINCTION IN COMMUNITY SERVICE-GLOBAL HEALTH

Miriam Frisch

Suvruta Srisayi Iruvanti

Calla Kim Khilnani

Sonia Gita Khurana

Krsna Kim Kothari

Christine Alexis Lopez

Naoum Fares Marayati

DISTINCTION IN RESEARCH

Sofia Ahsanuddin

Muhammad Mujtaba Ali

Illya Aronskyy

Bryana Devlin Banashefski

Joshua David Barlow

Rebecca Beatrice Baron

Suzannah Leigh Bergstein

Daniel D. Bu

James Keith Carter

Zakaria M. Chakrani

Logan Daniel Cho

Dante Ghassan Dahabreh

Alexander Samuel Dash

Calista Lynda Dominy

Jonathan Tyler Dullea

Shivee Gilja

Rachel Gita Gologorsky

Aliza Savin Gross

Benjamin David Gross

Eugene Ivan Hrabarchuk

Alexandra Mills

Ted Nnamno Obi

Bhavana Niranjan Patil

Megan Elizabeth Paul

Samuel Powell

Daniela Ines Suarez-Rebling

Emily Ling Xu

Sonia Gita Khurana

Madeline Heejae Kim

Arvind Kumar

Micah Levy

Helen Liu

Louise Malle

Lily McCarthy

James Henry Meyers

Oge C. Onuh

Benjamin Henry Oseroff

Megan Elizabeth Paul

Nicholas Louca Pitaro

Amara Luisa Plaza-Jennings

Samuel Powell

Addison Quinones

Rishab Rajan Revankar

Andrew John Rosowicz

Christina Paulina Rossitto

Nikita Roy

Christie Bao Thu Ryba

2024 COMMENCEMENT
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Mia Malak Saade

Dawi Shin

Francesca Marie Silvestri

Matthew Paul Spindler

Justin Evan Tang

Claire Ufongene

DISTINCTION IN MEDICAL EDUCATION

Dante Ghassan Dahabreh

Nicola Ann Feldman

Calla Kim Khilnani

Megan Elizabeth Paul

Amey Vrudhula

Christopher Andrew White

Emily Ling Xu

Stephen Yoffie

Dave Mina Youssef

Samuel Powell

Francesca Marie Silvestri

Emily Ling Xu

2024 COMMENCEMENT
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GRADUATE SCHOOL LIST OF AWARDS AND PRIZES

DISTINCTION IN RESEARCH

Adolfo Sebastian Aleman

Doaa Alsaleh

Anas Hasan A. Alzahrani

Songhee Back

Turner Baker

Tina Chen

Sally Elizabeth Claridge

Winston Hirschler Cuddleston

Zhe Dong

Michael Brian Fernando

Jennifer Megan Fredericks

Jia Li

Lora E. Liharska

Katherine E. Lindblad

Katherine Meckel

David T. Melnekoff

Jarvier Nadir Mohammed

Ning Ma

Aster Quinby Perkins

Tamar Plitt

Richard Quintana Feliciano

Rohana Ramalingam

Kayla Retallick-Townsley

Dan Fu Ruan

Matthew Schafer

Megan Catherine Schwarz

Joseph Simon IV

Andrew Frank Stewart

Denis Torre

Julia Velez

Yang Xu

Yosif Zaki

Zachary Robert Zeisler

Gregory Zilberg

RESEARCH AWARDS

RUTH L. KIRSCHSTEIN NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD (NRSA/NIH)

Daniel Charytonowicz, 2021-2024

Donald Doanman, 2021-2023

Rollie Hampton, 2021-2024

DeAnalisa Jones, 2022-2024

Rachel Levantovsky, 2021-2024

Gabrielle Price, 2023-2024

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Christie Ryba, 2020-2024

Carina Seah, 2023-2024

Matthew Spindler, 2021

Lauren Stalbow, 2021-2024

Michelle Tran, 2022-2024

Nicole Zatorski, 2022

SEAVER GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP AWARD

Sarah M. Banker, 2021-2023

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Andrew Frank Stewart, 2018-2019

HHMI GILLIAM FELLOWSHIP

Michael Brian Fernando, 2021-2024

TERRY ANN KRULWICH DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AWARD

Denis Torre, 2024

TRAVEL AWARDS

SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE CONFERENCE

Michael Brian Fernando, 2021

Angelica M. Minier-Toribio, 2022

Emily May Teichman, 2022

Yosif Zaki, 2022

KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA

Katherine E. Lindblad, 2022

CSHL BIOLOGY OF CANCER

Katherine E. Lindblad, 2021

BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING

Taylor K. Pullinger, 2021

NYAS FRONTIERS IN CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY

Katherine E. Lindblad, 2021, 2022, 2024

INTERNATIONAL BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE SOCIETY

Angelica M. Minier-Toribio, 2020-2021

SOCIAL AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE SOCIETY (SANS)

Joseph Simon IV, 2023

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GRADUATE SCHOOL LIST OF AWARDS AND PRIZES

VIRUS-HOST INTERACTION SYMPOSIUM

Ethan Christopher Veit, 2021, 2022

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY CONFERENCE

Michael Brian Fernando, 2023

FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETIES

Kayla Rafellick-Townsley, 2022

GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE

Winston Hirschler Cuddleston, 2023

Taylor K. Pullinger 2023

Yosif Zaki, 2024

NOGLSTP OUT TO INNOVATE CAREER DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

Winston Hirschler Cuddleston, 2023

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR VIROLOGY, 2022

Ethan Christopher Veit, 2022, 2023

AATS ANNUAL MEETING, BOSTON

Doaa Alsaleh, 2022

WELLCOME TRUST CONNECTING SCIENCE - GENOMICS OF BRAIN DISORDERS

Kayla Rafellick-Townsley, 2023

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR HUMAN GENETICS

Winston Hirschler Cuddleston, 2023

STUDENT COUNCIL AWARDS

AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE

Taylor K. Pullinger, 2020

Joseph Simon IV, 2021

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ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI DEPARTMENT CHAIRS

David H. Adams, MD

Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Professor and System Chair, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Joshua B. Bederson, MD

Leonard I. Malis, MD/Corinne and Joseph Graber Professor of Neurosurgery and System Chair, Department of Neurosurgery

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Neil S. Calman, MD

Professor and System Chair, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Jonathan A. Cohen, DVM, MS, DACLAM

Associate Professor and Director, Center for Comparative Medicine and Surgery

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Carlos Cordon-Cardo, MD, PhD

Irene Heinz Given and John LaPorte Given Professor of Pathology and System Chair, Lillian and Henry M. Stratton-Hans Popper Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell-Based Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Ana Fernandez-Sesma, PhD

Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology

Mount Sinai Professor of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Raja M. Flores, MD

Steven and Ann Ames Professor in Thoracic Surgery and System Chair, Department of Thoracic Surgery

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Thomas J. Fuchs, DrSc

Director of the Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Health at Mount Sinai

Dean for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human Health

Program Director of Computational Pathology, Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell-Based Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI DEPARTMENT CHAIRS

Leesa Galatz, MD

Mount Sinai Professor in Orthopaedics and System Chair, Leni and Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Annetine C. Gelijns, PhD

Edmond A. Guggenheim Professor of Health Policy and Chair, Department of Population Health Science and Policy

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Eric M. Genden, MD

Dr. Isidore Friesner Professor and System Chair

Department of Otolaryngology

Director, Ear Institute

Director, Mount Sinai Head and Neck Institute

Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Alison Goate, D.Phil

Jean C. and James W. Crystal Professor and Chair, Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences

Director, Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer’s Disease

Professor of Neuroscience

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Emma Guttman-Yassky, MD, PhD

Waldman Chair of Dermatology and System Chair, The Kimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Joseph Herrera, DO

Dr. Lucy G. Moses Professorship in Rehabilitation Medicine and System Chair, Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

René Kahn, MD, PhD

Esther and Joseph Klingenstein Professor and System Chair, Department of Psychiatry

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Paul J. Kenny, PhD

Chair, Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

Director, Drug Discovery Institute

Ward-Coleman Chair in Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Monica Kraft, MD

System Chair, Department of Medicine

Murray M. Rosenberg Professor of Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Andrew Leibowitz, MD

Mount Sinai Professor in Perioperative Care and System Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Michael L. Marin, MD

The Julius H. Jacobson, II, MD Chair in Vascular Surgery and System Chair, The Ruth J. & Maxwell Hauser and Harriet & Arthur H. Aufses, Jr., MD

Department of Surgery

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Surgeon-In-Chief

Mount Sinai Health System

Jolion McGreevy, MD

Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Miriam Merad, MD, PhD

Chair, Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy

Mount Sinai Professor in Cancer Immunology

Director, Precision Immunology Institute

Dean for Translational Research and Therapeutic Innovation

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Marek Mlodzik, PhD

Lillian and Henry M. Stratton Professor and Chair, Department of Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Biology

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

R. Sean Morrison, MD

Ellen and Howard C. Katz Chair in Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine and System Chair, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

Director, The Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Judy Lee Moy, DMD

Assistant Professor and Chair, Department of Dentistry

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI DEPARTMENT CHAIRS

Ramon E. Parsons, MD, PhD

Ward-Coleman Chair in Cancer Research and Chair, Department of Oncological Sciences

Director, The Tisch Cancer Institute

Dean for Cancer Research

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Elisa Port, MD, FACS

Chief of Breast Surgery

Mount Sinai Health System

Director, Dubin Breast Center

Director of the Center of Excellence for Breast Cancer

The Tisch Cancer Institute

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Neil M. Rofsky, MD, MHA, FACR

Professor and System Chair, Department of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology

Dr. Charles M. and Marilyn Newman Professor of Radiology

Senior Associate Dean of Wellness and Coaching

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Kenneth Rosenzweig, MD

Professor and System Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Lisa M. Satlin, MD

Herbert H. Lehman Professor of Pediatrics and System Chair, Jack and Lucy Clark Department of Pediatrics

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Joanne L. Stone, MD

Professor and System Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science

Ellen and Howard C. Katz Chair in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Ashutosh Tewari, MD

Kyung Hyun Kim, MD Chair in Urology and System Chair, Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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David C. Thomas, MD, MHPE

Dean for Medical Education

Chair, Leni and Peter May Department of Medical Education

Professor, Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

James C. Tsai, MD, MBA

Delafield-Rodgers Professor of Ophthalmology and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

President, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai

Barbara G. Vickrey, MD, MPH

Henry P. and Georgette Goldschmidt Professor in Neurology and System Chair, Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Rachel Vreeman, MD, MS

Professor and Chair, Department of Global Health and Health Systems Design Director, The Arnhold Institute for Global Health

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Robert Wright, MD, MPH

Ethel H. Wise Professor of Community Medicine and Chair, Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science Co-Director, Mount Sinai Institute for Exposomic Research

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Ming-Ming Zhou, PhD

Dr. Harold and Golden Lamport Professorship in Physiology and Biophysics and Chair, Department of Pharmacological Sciences

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI

INSTITUTE DIRECTORS

Emilia Bagiella, PhD

Co-Director, Institute for Transformative Clinical Trials

Director, The Center for Biostatistics

Department of Population Health Science and Policy

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH

Professor, Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Director of Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital

Dr. Valentin Fuster Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Susan Bressman, MD

Director, The Mirken Family Clinical Neuroscience Institute

Professor, Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Brian Brown, PhD

Director, Icahn Genomics Institute

Associate Director, The Precision Immunology Institute

Vice Chair, Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy

Mount Sinai Professor of Genetic Engineering

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Alexander Charney, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Genetics and Genomic Sciences

Co-Director, Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine

Executive Director of the Blau Center

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Roy Cohen, MD

Director, Primary Care Institute

Associate Professor, Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Linda V. Decherrie, MD

Director, Institute for Care Innovations at Home

Professor, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Douglas Dieterich, MD

Director, Institute for Liver Medicine

Professor, Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Michal A. Elovitz, MD

Mount Sinai Professor of Women's Health Research

Dean, Women's Health Research

Founding Director, Women's Biomedical Research Institute

Raquel and Jaime Glinkski Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Zahi A. Fayad, PhD

Director, Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Institute

Dr. Lucy G. Moses Professorship in Medical Imaging and Bioengineering

Department of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Sander S. Florman, MD

Director, Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute

Charles Miller, MD Professor of Surgery, Ruth J. & Maxwell Hauser and Harriet & Arthur H. Aufses, Jr., MD, Department of Surgery

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Scott Friedman, MD

Dean for Collaborative Research and Partnerships

Irene and Dr. Arthur M. Fishberg Professor of Medicine

Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Director, Institute for Liver Research

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Thomas J. Fuchs, DrSc

Director of the Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Health at Mount Sinai

Dean for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human Health

Program Director of Computational Pathology, Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell-Based Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD

Physician-in-Chief, The Mount Sinai Hospital

President, Mount Sinai Heart

Richard Gorlin, M.D. Heart Research Foundation Professor of Cardiology

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Adolfo García-Sastre, PhD

Director, Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute

Irene and Dr. Arthur M. Fishberg Professor of Medicine

Professor, Department of Microbiology

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI INSTITUTE DIRECTORS

Bruce D. Gelb, MD

Director, Mindich Child Health and Development Institute

Gogel Family Professor of the Child Health and Development Institute, Jack and Lucy Clark Department of Pediatrics

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Eric Genden, MD

Dr. Isidore Friesner Professor and System Chair

Department of Otolaryngology

Director, Ear Institute

Director, Mount Sinai Head and Neck Institute

Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Carol Horowitz, MD, MPH

Dean for Gender Equity in Science and Medicine

Director, Institute for Health Equity Research

Professor, Department of Population Health Science and Policy

Icahn school of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Yasmin Hurd, PhD

Director, Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai

Ward-Coleman Chair in Translational Neuroscience

Professor, Nash Family Department of Neuroscience and Department of Psychiatry

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Reena Karani, MD, MHPE

Director, Institute for Medical Education

Professor, Leni and Peter W. May Department of Medical Education

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Eimear Kenny, PhD

Director, Institute for Genomic Health

Mount Sinai Professor of Genomic Health

Professor, Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Paul J. Kenny, PhD

Chair, Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

Director, Drug Discovery Institute

Ward-Coleman Chair in Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Roopa Kohli-Seth, MD

Director, Institute for Critical Care Medicine

Mount Sinai Health System

Professor, The Ruth J. & Maxwell Hauser and Harriet & Arthur H. Aufses, Jr., MD

Department of Surgery

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Madhu Mazumdar, PhD

Director, Institute for Health Care Delivery Science

Professor, Department of Population Health Science and Policy

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Miriam Merad, MD, PhD

Chair, Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy

Mount Sinai Professor in Cancer Immunology

Director, Precision Immunology Institute

Dean for Translational Research and Therapeutic Innovation

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Sarah Millar, PhD

Director, Black Family Stem Cell Institute

Director, Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Dean for Basic Science

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Alan Moskowitz, MD

Co-Director, Institute for Transformative Clinical Trials

Professor, Department of Population Health Science and Policy

Co-Director, International Center for Health Outcomes and Innovation Research (InCHOIR)

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

R. Sean Morrison, MD

Ellen and Howard C. Katz Chair in Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine and System Chair, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

Director, The Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Michael Mullen, MD

Director, Mount Sinai Institute for Advanced Medicine

Professor, Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI

INSTITUTE DIRECTORS

David Muller, MD

Director, Institute for Equity and Justice in Health Sciences Education

Marietta and Charles C. Morchand Chair in Medical Education

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Girish N Nadkarni, MD, MPH

Chief, Division of Data-Driven and Digital Medicine (D3M)

Co-Director, Mount Sinai Clinical Intelligence Center (MSCIC)

Co-Director, Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine

The Irene and Dr. Arthur Fishberg Endowed Professor of Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD

Nash Family Professor of Neuroscience

Director, Friedman Brain Institute

Dean for Academic and Scientific Affairs

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Chief Scientific Officer

Mount Sinai Health System

Ramon E. Parsons, MD, PhD

Ward-Coleman Chair in Cancer Research and

Chair, Department of Oncological Sciences

Director, The Tisch Cancer Institute

Dean for Cancer Research

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Louis Pasquale, MD

Director, Eye and Vision Research Institute

Professor, Department of Ophthalmology

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Charles Powell, MD, MBA

Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mount Sinai-National Jewish Health

Respiratory Institute

Florette and Ernst Rosenfeld and Joseph Solomon Professor of Medicine

Janice and Coleman Rabin Professorship in Pulmonary Medicine

Professor, Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Lynne Richardson, MD

Co-Director, Institute for Health Equity Research

Icahn school of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Leslee Shaw, PhD

System Vice Chair of Research

Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Science

Director, Blavatnik Family Women’s Health Research Institute

Professor, Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine; Department of Population Health Science and Policy and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology andReproductive Science

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Scott Sicherer, MD

Director, Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute and the Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe

Professor of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Chief, Division of Allergy and Immunology,

Jack and Lucy Clark Department of Pediatrics

Medical Director, Clinical Research Unit

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Albert Siu, MD

Director, Institute for Care Innovations at Home

Professor, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Andrew Stewart, MD

Director, Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Institute

Irene and Dr. Arthur M. Fishberg Professor of Medicine, Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Filip Swirski, PhD

Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute

Professor, Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Emanuela Taioli, MD, PhD

Director, Institute for Translational Epidemiology

Professor, Department of Population Health Science and Policy and Thoracic Surgery

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Ronald Tamler, MD, PhD

Director, Clinical Diabetes Institute

Professor, Department of Medicine, Endocriniology, Diabetes and Bone Diseases

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Director, Digital Health Implementation

Mount Sinai Health System

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ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI INSTITUTE DIRECTORS

Rachel Vreeman, MD, MS

Director, Arnhold Institute for Global Health Professor and Chair, Department of Global Health and Health System Design Professor, Jack and Lucy Clark Department of Pediatrics Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Robert Wright, MD, MPH

Ethel H. Wise Professor of Community Medicine and Chair, Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science

Co-Director, Mount Sinai Institute for Exposomic Research

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Rosalind Wright, MD

Dean for Public Health Chair, Department of Public Health

Director, ConduITS

Founding Director, Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Consortium

Co-Director, Institute for Climate Change, Environmental Health, and Exposomics

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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THE MOUNT SINAI

COMBINED BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Mount Sinai Health System, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Mount Sinai Hospitals Group, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Morningside, Mount Sinai West, The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, and South Nassau Communities Hospital

CO-CHAIRMEN

Richard A. Friedman

James S. Tisch

CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

Peter W. May

EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIRMAN

Kenneth L. Davis, MD

Andrew M. Alper

Glenn R. August

Frank J. Bisignano

Leon D. Black

Jeff T. Blau

Thomas R. Block

Anthony Cancellieri

Gerald J. Cardinale

Edith W. Cooper

Henry Cornell

James W. Crystal

Jean C. Crystal

Edgar M. Cullman, Jr.

Susan R. Cullman

Bonnie M. Davis, MD

Eva Andersson Dubin, MD

Glenn Dubin

Joel S. Ehrenkranz

Joseph J. Fennessy

Eric J. Friedman

Robert Friedman

Raquel K. Gilinski

Arne Glimcher

Donald J. Gogel

Scott Gottlieb, MD

Kimberley D. Harris

John B. Hess

Steven Hochberg

Nathan Hoffman

Amaziah Howell

Carl C. Icahn

Gail Golden Icahn

Hamilton E. James

Brad S. Karp

James L. Kempner

Thomas L. Kempner, Jr.

Michael Klein

Henry R. Kravis

Eric S. Lane

John A. Levin

Anton Levy

Marc S. Lipschultz

Daniel S. Loeb

Dina Powell McCormick

Kenneth B. Mehlman

Eric Mindich

Michael Minikes

Joshua Nash

James Neary

Daniel Neff

Nnamdi Okike

Lee Olesky

Peter R. Orszag

Doug I. Ostrover

Zibby Owens

Lewis C. Pell

Joel I. Picket

Joseph J. Plumeri

Carolyn Rowan

Judith O. Rubin

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The Honorable Robert E. Rubin

Joshua Ruch

Eric M. Ruttenberg

Alejandro Santo Domingo

The Honorable Andrew M. Saul

Robert F. Savage, Jr.

Amy Schulman

Stephen L. Schwartz

Adam Shapiro

EX OFFICIOS

Michael S. Gross

Vicki Gross

PHYSICIAN REPRESENTATIVES

Stelios Koutsoumbelis, MD

Theresa A. Mack, MD

Kenneth Rosenzweig, MD

EMERITUS TRUSTEES

Bonnie Abrams

Charles R. Bronfman

Jane Friedman

Jerome R. Goldstein

Richard A. Goldstein

Judah Gribetz

George J. Grumbach, Jr.

Merrill M. Halpern

Lawrence S. Huntington

Joan Solotar

Thomas W. Strauss

The Honorable William C. Thompson, Jr.

Eric Waldman

David E. Wheadon, MD

David Windreich

William H. Wright II

Michael J. Zimmerman

Daniel Katz, MD

Joanna Sirulnick

Madeline R. Schaberg, MD

Robert “Red” Schiller, MD

Lewis P. Jones

Ellen P. Katz

Stanley Komaroff

Jo Carole Lauder

Eugene Mercy, Jr.

Joan Sarnoff

Edie Schur

John S. Winkleman

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ACADEMIC REGALIA

The caps and gowns worn by the participants in today’s Commencement exercises are patterned after the attire of scholars in the Middle Ages, when a warm gown and hood were needed for study in unheated buildings. While European institutions continue to show great diversity in their academic costume, an Intercollegiate Commission met in 1895 to standardize the style and color for robes and hoods to be worn at colleges and universities of the United States. Since then the costume code has been revised and clarified several times by the American Council on Education, most recently in 1986. The governing force, however, is tradition tracing back to the academic symbols of the Middle Ages.

Black gowns were originally recommended for all degrees at all institutions, with the style of the gown denoting the degree: pointed sleeves for Bachelor’s, long closed sleeves for Master’s, and full, round sleeves for the Doctor’s degrees. In addition, the Doctor’s gown was to be faced in black velvet down the front and with three bars of the same velvet across the sleeves. Some universities have begun to adopt more colorful robes. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai robe is blue; other colors currently in use are violet for New York University, slate gray for Columbia, crimson for Harvard, blue for Yale.

Much information is represented by the colors of hoods worn by holders of doctoral and master’s degrees. The colors of the interior lining of the hood are those of the institution from which the degree was earned. The hood is bordered in velvet in a color that signifies the discipline of the degree: In the case of the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree, the dark blue color is used to represent the mastery of the discipline of learning and scholarship in any field and is not intended to solely represent the field of philosophy.

Members of the Board of Trustees at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai wear a specially designed costume.

Arts, Letters, Humanities

Business

Dentistry

Education

Law

Library Science

Medicine

Nursing

Philosophy

Public Administration

Public Health

Science

Social Work

Veterinary Science

White

Light Brown

Lilac

Light Blue

Purple

Lemon Yellow

Green

Apricot

Dark Blue

Peacock Blue

Salmon Pink

Golden Yellow

Citron Yellow

Gray

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JURAMENTO DE CANDIDATOS AL DOCTORADO

Con mi título de doctor en filosofía, me comprometo voluntariamente a mantener los más altos niveles de integridad, profesionalismo, estudio y honor.

Llevaré a cabo mis esfuerzos profesionales y de investigación con honestidad y objetividad.

Aplicaré los más altos estándares de rigor y respeto para la generación y la aplicación del conocimiento, y reconoceré plenamente las contribuciones de los demás.

No permitiré que la ambición o el beneficio económico obnubile mi criterio o mi toma de decisiones ni que cause daño a la sociedad o a los sujetos de la investigación.

Me embarcaré en la promoción del conocimiento a través de la interacción y la colaboración respetuosas con mis colegas y la comunidad, sin prejuicios ni exclusiones.

Seré un modelo y utilizaré mis habilidades para inspirar, orientar y empoderar a las generaciones futuras inculcándoles los más altos principios de comportamiento ético.

Como lo atestiguan todos los presentes hoy, y en la tradición de los Graduados que me precedieron, afirmo defender estos principios rectores..

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JURAMENTO DE LOS CANDIDATOS AL TÍTULO DE MÉDICO

JURAMENTO HIPOCRÁTICO, VERSIÓN MODERNA (MODIFICADA)

Juro cumplir, con la mayor capacidad y criterio posibles, el siguiente compromiso:

Respetaré los logros científicos ganados con esfuerzo de aquellos médicos en cuyos pasos camino y con gusto compartiré tal conocimiento como propio con los que han de seguir.

Aplicaré, en beneficio de mis pacientes, todas las medidas que sean necesarias evitando el sobretratamiento y el nihilismo terapéutico.

Recordaré que tanto la medicina como la ciencia son un arte, y que la calidez, la compasión y la comprensión pueden pesar más que el bisturí del cirujano o el medicamento del farmacéutico.

No me avergonzaré de decir “no lo sé” ni dudaré en consultar a mis colegas cuando las habilidades de otro sean necesarias para la recuperación del paciente.

Respetaré la privacidad de mis pacientes porque sus problemas no son para que el mundo los sepa. Especialmente, debo tener cuidado con asuntos de vida o muerte. Si tengo la oportunidad de salvar una vida, me sentiré agradecido. Pero es también posible que esté en mis manos asistir a una vida que termina; debo enfrentarme a esta enorme responsabilidad con gran humildad y conciencia de mi propia fragilidad.

Recordaré que no trato una gráfica de fiebre o un crecimiento canceroso, sino a un ser humano enfermo cuya enfermedad puede afectar a su familia y a su estabilidad económica. Si cuidaré de manera adecuada a los enfermos, mi responsabilidad incluye estos problemas relacionados.

Evitaré enfermedades siempre que pueda, ya que es preferible prevenir que curar.

No permitiré que consideraciones de edad, enfermedad o discapacidad, credo, origen étnico, género, nacionalidad, afiliación política, raza, orientación sexual, posición social o cualquier otro factor puedan intervenir entre mi deber y mi paciente.

Recordaré que sigo siendo un miembro de la sociedad con obligaciones especiales para con todos mis semejantes.

Actuaré como agente de cambio social luchando contra la desigualdad y la injusticia. Considero que este activismo es parte integral de la profesión de los médicos.

Cultivaré el bienestar y las identidades individuales mías y de mis colegas reconociendo que esto afecta la atención que brindamos a nuestros pacientes.

Y, por eso, es con optimismo y amor por la humanidad que me esfuerzo por encarnar estos ideales y hacer avanzar el campo de la medicina.

Escrito en 1964 por Louis Lasagna, Decano Académico de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Tufts y adaptado por la Comunidad de Aprendizaje de la Dra. Alli Gault

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HONOR YOUR GRADUATE

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Congratulations, Jenn! I'm so proud of you and your hard work and dedication to becoming a doctor.

I know you'll be of tremendous service to others, and I can't wait to see you move into this next phase of your career.

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After years of dedication, the day is here!

DR. AVA ADLER

Music to our ears!

We couldn't be prouder!

LOVE, YOUR PEOPLE

Dr. Alexandra Mills

Ali, we are so proud of you and your success.

LOVE, MOM, DAD & NICOLE
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Congratulations Tonia! We love you and are so proud of you!

Congratulations Jack! So proud!

ALL OUR LOVEYOUR FAM XO

Congratulations, Dr. Philip Henson!

LOVE, MOM AND DAD

Congratulations to Christina P. Rossitto, MD!

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Proud of our doctor—a dreamer & healer.

We <3 U. FER 4-ever.

Christine Congrats on your MD! We are proud of you!

Dani, your empathy will better the lives of many.

TE AMAMOS

Congrats Dr. Dullea We are so proud of you! .

LOVE, YOUR COUSINS

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Dr. Caroline Benson sounds rather great! We love you lots.

Dear Brandon, So proud of you Dr. Yeshoua!

LOVE, MOM, DAD & FAMILY

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Congratulations, Class of 2024!

The Alumni Relations and Development team warmly welcomes the Class of 2024 to our vibrant alumni community. As you transition into alumni status, follow these steps to stay connected to Icahn Mount Sinai and our office:

1. Update Your Contact Information: Keep us informed about your whereabouts and endeavors.

2. Claim Your MSSM Lifetime Email Account: Ensure you don't miss out on important communications by claiming your Gmail-based account by April 30, 2025.

3. Join the LinkedIn Group: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Alumni

4. Join Mount Sinai Connect: Explore mentorship opportunities and connect with fellow alumni and current students.

For more information, contact Denise Dilley, Director of Alumni Relations: Denise.Dilley@mountsinai.org

Your story is just beginning, and we're excited to be a part of it! As you prepare to step into the next chapter of your professional journey, the Mount Sinai Alumni Network stands ready to support you every step of the way.

Wishing you a future of success, The Alumni Relations and Development Team

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