Honors & Awards

• 2023 Teacher of the Year, Dept of Graduate Medical Education. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, 05/2023
• 2022 Teacher of the Year, Dept of Graduate Medical Education. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, 05/2022
• 2021 Teacher of the Year, Outpatient. NYC Health + Hospitals / Kings County, 06/2021
• 2018 Teacher of the Year, Department of Medicine. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, 06/2018
• 2018 Teacher of the Year, Outpatient. NYC Health + Hospitals / Kings County, 06/2018
• 2008 Cor et Manus Citation for Service; Given for excellence in Leadership and Community Service . New York Medical College, 05/2008
• 2008 James Matthew Hagadus, M.D., Award; The James Matthew Hagadus, M.D., award honors the School of Medicine graduate who, in addition to exhibiting academic achievement, has demonstrated those special intangible qualities of compassion, sensitivity, intuition and independence of spirit and intellect that make a doctor “the good physician.”. New York Medical College, 05/2008
• 2008 William Cullen Bryant Award: Established by the Board of Trustees in honor of William Cullen Bryant, College founder and president of the Board of Trustees for ten years, this award is presented to a graduate who has achieved a distinguished academic record and has contributed outstanding service to the College community and student body. New York Medical College, 05/2008
• 2008 Award for Student Excellence in Public Health Practice (Honorable Mention). Association of the Schools of Public Health (ASPH), 02/2008

Affiliations

• Academy for Communication in Healthcare (ACH), Faculty & Certified Relationship-Centered Communication Facilitator, 08/2018 - present
• Society for General Internal Medicine (SGIM), Member, 07/2008 - present
• American College of Physicians (ACP), Member, 01/2005 - present

Community Partnership

• La Casita de la Salud: The NYMC Student-run Clinic; Co-Founder / Co-Director. 12/2004 - 06/2008