Rochester Academy of Medicine
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of Annual Award citations given at the Annual Meeting
Albert David Kaiser Medal Recipient: Warren Glaser, M.D. Citation by Philip P. Bonanni, M.D. I've known Dr. Warren Glaser since 1973 when he was recruited as the Coordinator for Ambulatory Care in the Department of Medicine at Strong. Warren is from Brooklyn, New York, graduated from Columbia College, received his MD from Columbia in 1950, and then did a Navy Fellowship at Oakridge. From the mid-50s into the 70s, while at the Downstate Medical Center, he served as Medical Clinic Director and Associate Dean for Student Affairs. In Rochester, Dr. Glaser enjoyed several years as a housestaff group preceptor...both teaching and learning from residents. Many of today's practicing internists were influenced by Dr. Glaser. In the late 1970's Warren was awarded a Larry Kohn Teaching Fellowship. Dr. Glaser has served on the Board of Directors of the Empire State Peer Review Organization, Monroe Community Hospital, and the Rochester Primary Care Network. In 1983, he was President of the Rochester Academy of Medicine and in 1986, President of the Monroe County Medical Society. From 1987-1989, Dr. Glaser was President of the New York State 7th District Branch. Warren has also participated in Health Futures for Rochester, CTAAB, and the Rochester Area Hospital Corporation. In 1985, the American College of Physicians Laureate Award was presented to Dr. Glaser. He received a Citation of Merit from the Academy of Medicine in 2001, and the County Society's highest award, the Edward Mott Moore Award, in 2003. Importantly, even with these numerous honors, Dr. Glaser reports, "I'm at my best and do my best when I am one-on-one with patients," Warren practiced Internal Medicine in Rochester through 1991. He then served as Associate Medical Director of Preferred Care until 1996. He tried retiring in 1997, but there is just so much traveling and reading that one person can do. Sister Christine Wagner introduced Dr. Glaser to the St. Joseph's Neighborhood Health Center in 1996. He also met Sister Sheila Briody there. At the Health Center, Dr. Glaser found his niche. For 10 years his leadership and input, along with the good Sisters, has resulted in St. Joe's growing from 750 visits a year to 18,000 visits a year. With 1,400 patient encounters per month, The St. Joseph Neighborhood Health Center is a major source of medical care for the uninsured. Recipients of this excellent care are mostly victims of circumstances beyond their control. Dr. Glaser and his colleagues provide outstanding, compassionate medical care. They depend on volunteers, on medication samples, on used equipment, and on the contributions of the community. Dr. Glaser and those around him have made St. Joe's an example of what goodness can be done in a community. Success is not easily achievable without a strong partner. Warren and June Glaser have been married for 45 years. They have two lovely daughters, Lisa and Carla. Lisa is married, lives in Seattle and has a 6 year-old daughter, Rachel. To quote Dr, Glaser, "Rachel is a real character." She is the light of Warren's and June's eyes, and they are all looking forward to spending two weeks together this July – just Grandma, Grandpa, and Rachel. Warren's love of the outdoors is reflected in Lisa's not only being a triathlon athlete, but she is also a member of a Dragonboat racing crew. This crew is composed of cancer survivors, Lisa, herself, is 5 years' post-treated Hodgkins Disease. The Glaser's other daughter, Carla, also loves the outdoors. She has worked for the Forest Service, National Parks, and currently, working with the Health Department in New York City, is responsible for keeping check on the West Nile virus, as well as ensuring the safety, healthiness, and good taste of New York City's water. Several years ago when the Glasers were visiting Carla at her 4th floor apartment on Canal Street, they had difficulty contacting her. They knew she was in her apartment. The doorbell was not working, Carla wasn't answering her phone. The Glasers were concerned. Using his Brooklyn ingenuity, Dr. Glaser, all 6'4" of him, dressed in his business suit, did what any good father would do – he climbed the outside fire escape four flights to find his daughter with headphones on doing some paperwork. Dr. Glaser's "Spiderman caper" was witnessed by many native New Yorkers who saw it as "all in a day's work." Dr. Glaser's creativity is also reflected in a 1974 episode when he presented a paper at the Downstate Medical Center. He left the hospital complex late that day when it was dark. He did not realize that all doors automatically locked behind him. On this gloomy night, in an unsafe neighborhood, there was no taxicab in sight. Dr Glaser maintained a cool, calm approach. He walked around the hospital, entered the Emergency Department, was triaged to a phone, and a cab arrived which delivered him safely to the airport. Warren and June enjoy traveling. They have visited every continent in the world. They have enjoyed Antarctica, Cambodia, Australia, Viet Nam, Prague, Sicily, New Zealand... just to mention a few locales. Another of Warren's other interests is being a member of the Silver Foxes. This is not a country and western group. It is a group of retired men who enjoy the outdoors. They trim trees, mow lawns and keep the 35 miles of trails in the Town of Perinton clear for others to enjoy. In Dr. Glaser we have a man who is a dynamic proponent of quality care for everyone. Warren has inspiring family values; he enjoys the world and all it has to offer. Tonight, we honor Dr. Warren Glaser with the Academy of Medicine's highest award, the Albert David Kaiser Medal, which reads "Caring Physician, Respected Teacher, and True Humanitarian." ***********
Awards of Merit Recipients: William
A. Dolan, M.D. It is an honor and a privilege for me to give this citation about William A. Dolan, MD. Nancy Adams, Executive Director of the Monroe County Medical Society, and I felt that Bill was an excellent choice for the Rochester Academy of Medicine Award of Merit, and put together a letter of recommendation. We are delighted he was chosen. Bill is an orthopedic surgeon. I first met Bill while I was working at the Genesee Hospital, but I got to KNOW him when we were both working our way up the ladder at the Monroe County Medical Society in the mid 80's. Bill was President of the Monroe County Medical Society in 1985-6. I followed Bill as the president of the MCMS, and was always very grateful for his support and advice, particularly in regard to meetings with Howard Berman, and dealing with the RHN crisis, I then followed him to the Board of the Monroe Plan, and both of us have been on that Board ever since. Over the years I have watched Bill become more and more involved in the State Medical Society, and the AMA, and continue to serve his fellow physician in many, many ways. Over the last twenty years, he has been a tireless advocate for physicians and for excellent patient care. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree, magna cum laude, at St. Dunstan's University in Canada and received his MD with distinction from Dalhousie University also in Canada. Dolan was Chief Resident at Strong Memorial Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics from 1973-1974. He has served as a Lieutenant Commander in the US Navy. He is a Clinical Professor of Orthopedics at the University of Rochester. His main hospitals have been The Genesee Hospital and Rochester General Hospital. He became interested in the early 80's in advocating for seat belts, and ended up serving as the Chair of both the Monroe County Seatbelt Coalition, and the New York State Coalition, and was proud to see Governor Cuomo sign the Mandatory Seat Belt Law in 1985, which made NYS the first state to have one. After he was president of the Monroe County Medical Society, he became interested in working for organized physicians, and in our State Society, and gradually moved up the ladder to become the president of the Medical Society of the State of New York. He has also served on the New York delegation to the American Medical Association since 1987. Bill has continued his devotion to advocacy. Since 2001, he has served on the NYPORTS Council of the NYS DOH. This program deals with the reporting and prevention of errors in Hospitals. He was appointed to the Governor's Task Force on Quality, and the NYS Department of Health Task Force on Safety Guidelines for Office Based Surgery. He has also served on several other local health care Boards, including the Rochester Health Commission, RCIPA and the Preferred Health Network. Bill has served as a Peer Reviewer for the Journal of the American Medical Association, as a consultant to the Office of Professional Conduct of the State of New York and on the Medical Advisory Council of the Sidney Hillman Health Center of Rochester. Bill and his bride of 39 years, Brenda, are the parents of Dr. Jeannine Dolan, Carrie Lynn and Billy... and the proud grandparents of Addie. Dr. William Dolan is regarded by his colleagues as a mentor and friend. His energy, enthusiasm and intellect inspire everyone who has come to know him. He is an asset to his profession, his patients and our entire community and is most deserving of the Rochester Academy of Medicine Award of Merit.
Anthony
J. Leone, Jr., M.D. Dr. Anthony James Leone, Jr., MD was born on October 14, 1935 in Ithaca, NY, where he grew up and attended Cornell University and graduated in 1957. He went on to attend Albany Medical College, graduating in 1961 and completing his internship at Genesee Hospital in 1961--62. He served as a Flight Medical Officer in the U.S. Air Force from 1962-64. He then completed. his radiology residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1964-68. He practiced radiology at Genesee Hospital from 1968-81, where he developed and expanded the Nuclear Medicine program, which was the first in Rochester to have a commercial gamma camera. He expanded the special procedures program. and oversaw the building of a new department. He served as Director of the Department of Radiology from 1974-81. With partners Richard. Messura, MD, Paul Francis, MD, and Richard Koenemann, MD, Dr. Leone developed the Genesee Radiology Group, where he practiced. from 1981-95. The Genesee Radiology Group consisted of multiple outpatient offices and merged with Rochester Radiology in 2000. Dr. Leone pursues many other professional endeavors. He serves as Board Member, Publicity Chair, and Webmaster of the Rochester Academy of Medicine. He created and maintains the Academy website, www.raom.org. He also serves on the Publicity Committee for the Rochester Celiac Support Group. Dr. Leone and his wife, Norma, have written two weekly technology columns for the Shopping Bag newspaper for 13 years, and he created and maintains a website for the columns and reviews. For fun, Dr. Leone is a former sound technician and publicity photographer for the Genesee Figure Skating Club and publicity photographer for the Pittsford Community Lacrosse Association. He also likes to travel, ice skate, and cross-country ski with Norma and loves gadgets. Dr. Leone has been married for 48 years to Norma Leonardi Leone, who is a writer and book publisher and a publicist for a variety of organizations. They had two children: One living, Tony III, and also a daughter, Christina. Dr. and Mrs. Leone are grandparents to Jamie, Matthew, and Julianna. I have known Tony since 1981, when he gave me my first job, which lasted 25 years! Tim and I join to congratulate Tony for this well-deserved Award of Merit from the Academy of Medicine. Thank you.
Marshall
A. Lichtman, M.D. By definition the certificate that the Academy is awarding to Marshall Lichtman attests to an entitlement to commendation or esteem. The case for esteem can be weighed; it can be viewed, and can be biographically dissected. One has only to heft the 2,200 pages of the latest edition of Williams Hematology, for which Dr. Lichtman was the chief editor, to be impressed. The visual recognition is apparent in the hall depicting those who served as Deans of the University of Rochester Medical School and also on. the wall opposite the entrance of the Miner Library. But the deserving of this accolade is in the detail, and, in the case of Marshall Lichtman, the detail is awesome. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Buffalo Medical School, which subsequently designated him as a Distinguished Medical Alumnus, Dr. Lichtman arrived at the University of Rochester Medical Center in 1960 to begin his training in Internal Medicine and, harkening to the clarion of Geothe in Faust "Blood is a very special juice," hematology. With the exception of two years in the Public Health Service, he has remained in Rochester proving that inertia does not equate with inactivity. His academic career in this community has been multi-faceted and distinguished. After serving as Chief Resident in Medicine from 1965 to 1966, he was awarded a Special Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the National Institutes of Health and was named a Scholar of the Leukemia Society of America in 1969. In 1968, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Medicine and in 1970 Assistant Professor of Biophysics. Four years later, he was appointed Professor of Medicine and Biophysics. In 1.975 he was named Chief of the Hematology Unit, which had long been regarded as one of the gems of the institution. From 1979 to 1989, Dr. Lichtman was Dean for Academic Affairs and Research. From 1990 through 1995, he served as the University of Rochester School and Medicine and Dentistry's sixth Dean. He has served on the editorial board of five scientific journals and as editor-in-chief of Blood Cells, Molecules, and Disease and has authored over 230 scientific articles. His accomplishments have been recognized by election to the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the American Association of Physicians, and other scientific societies, and his designation as a Master of the American College of Physicians-all capped off by the Presidency of the American Society of Hematology. He has served societal issues on several advisory boards including the Hematology Study Section of the National Institutes of Health, the Division of Biological and Medical Research of the U.S. Navy, Chair of the Scientific Council and the board of Governors of the American Red Cross, and the Council for Graduate Medical Education of the State of New York. He is the Executive Vice President for Research of and Medical Affairs of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and retains his appointment as Professor of Medicine and Biophysics at the University of Rochester. One of the late doyens of Hematology, Dr. Max Wintrobe, edited a classic book that focused on the story, of discovery, people and disease in the field of hematology. He extrapolated the title Blood, Pure and Eloquent from a poem by the 17th century physician -poet John Donne. Marshall Lichtman, whose life has been embellished by his talented wife, Alice Jo, three daughters and sever grandchildren merits the same two adjectives of the book title "pure and eloquent."
Lawrence
F. Nazarian, M.D. Lawrence Nazarian graduated from Yale College in 1960 with a BA degree in English and from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 1964 with an MD degree. His pediatric residency training was at Strong Memorial Hospital and Yale-New Haven Hospital. He was a partner at the Panorama Pediatric Group for 35 years, leaving practice in 2004 to expand his role as a medical journal editor. Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, he has taught on the floors of the Golisano Children's Hospital, in the classroom, at medical centers around the country, and most often in his office. For 22 years, he provided a long-term continuity experience .for, fourth year medical students, and for 10 years taught pediatric residents in a similar 2-year rotation. Currently he serves as a preceptor in the Resident Continuity Clinic at Golisano Children's Hospital. He has authored a number of papers resulting from office-based research, as well as articles on practice management techniques and editorials on pediatric practice, and has edited a book that features 100 challenging clinical cases. Larry became Associate Editor of Pediatrics in Review in 1990, contributing the perspective of the practitioner and helping to create special features, such an "Index of Suspicion." He became Editor-in-Chief in January, 2005. He has served also as chairman of the PREP Advisory Group, which oversees the PREP program. as a whole. He was a member of the AAP's Provisional Committee for Quality Improvement and chaired the subcommittee that wrote the AAP's practice parameter on gastroenteritis. He served on the Workgroup on Education of the Pediatrician, a unit of the Future of Pediatric Education II project. Currently he serves on the AAP's PREP Advisory Committee and the Committee on Pediatric Education. Larry has received the Outstanding Clinical Faculty Teaching Award, chosen by the pediatric residents, eight times. In 2002, he received the National Community Pediatric Teaching Award from the Ambulatory Pediatric Association and in. 2003 the Gold Medal Award for teaching for faculty members at Rochester. Larry has also been active in church activities on the congregational and state levels and with community organizations that include the Boy Scouts of America, the James P. Wilmot Foundation for cancer research, Heritage Christian Home, the Browncroft Day Care Center, and the Medical Alumni Council of the University of Rochester. In 1999, he received the Friend of Young Children award from the Rochester Association for the Education of Young Children. He and his wife, Sharon, a retired internal medicine nurse serving as a patient advocate, have two eons and a daughter, three granddaughters, and five grandsons. Always a true gentleman, Larry has held the respect and admiration of his colleagues for over 35 years. He has also been known to paddle a canoe expertly, cook a mean breakfast, and convulse his fellow campers with laughter tolling jokes while on camping trips. Finally, he is capable of belting out a moving rendition of "The Great Pretender" by the Platters on special occasions. Truly a man for all seasons and a role model for all physicians, Larry is most deserving of this Academy's Award of Merit!
Louise
M. Slaughter, Congresswoman One of the most powerful women in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congresswoman Louise McIntosh Slaughter has achieved a significant level of leadership as the Ranking Member on the influential House Committee on Rules, making her the first woman from either political party to hold this position. A member of the House Democratic Leadership, she serves on the prestigious Democratic Steering & Policy Committee. In 2003, Rep. Slaughter was chosen to sit on the newly created Select Committee on Homeland Security, serving as the Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Rules and a member of the Subcommittee on Infrastructure and Border Security for two years. She is the Democratic Chair of two very prominent congressional caucuses: the Congressional Arts Caucus and the Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, and is the former Co-chair of the Congressional Women's Caucus. Rep. Slaughter's fight to secure funding for local projects was recognized by the Rochester Institute of Technology, when it named its Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies facility, "The Louise M. Slaughter Building." She has secured over $25 million for the development of the Rochester Harbor, in addition to millions of dollars for other economic development projects. In Buffalo and Niagara, she has brought in millions of dollars for community development projects at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, Hauptman-Woodward Institute, the Broadway Market, the Buffalo Hospice Center and the new Heart Center of Niagara, the Niagara Falls International Airport and Oak Orchard Harbor in Orleans County, to name just a few. Elected in 1986, Rep. Slaughter holds a Bachelor of Science degree (1951) in Microbiology and a Master of Science degree (1953) in Public Health from the University of Kentucky. Prior to entering Congress, she served in the New York State Assembly (1982-86) and the Monroe County (N.Y.) Legislature (1976-79); and as regional coordinator to then-Secretary of State Mario Cuomo (1976-78) and to then-Lt. Gov. Mario Cuomo (1979-82). A native of Harlan County, Kentucky, Congresswoman Slaughter has lived most of her life in Rochester's suburb of Fairport. She is married to Robert Slaughter and has three daughters and seven grandchildren. ********* |