UHF Gala 2022 Journal - Flipbook - Page 18
The Health Care Leadership Award
PREVIOUS HONOREES
New York’s Health Care Workforce
(2021),
for their courage, compassion, and commitment
during the COVID-19 pandemic
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. (2020),
for his personal leadership and TIAA’s special
commitment to the health care workforce
Steven R. Swartz (2019),
for his leadership and Hearst’s work to improve
health care through information and technology
Stanley Brezenoff (2018),
for his decades of commitment to New York as a
public official and hospital CEO
James H. Simons, PhD (2017),
for his visionary philanthropy to advance basic
scientific research
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD (2016),
for extraordinary work to build a health care system
that serves us all
Howard P. Milstein (2015),
for advancing clinical breakthroughs and
improvements in care delivery
Michael A. Stocker, MD (2014),
for transformative work in insurance and with
municipal hospitals
Peter W. May (2013),
for his transformative leadership of The Mount
Sinai Medical Center
Karen Davis (2012),
for leading public and private efforts to ensure highquality care for all
Frank A. Bennack, Jr. (2011),
for his visionary leadership and philanthropy to
improve health care
Kenneth E. Raske (2010),
for his skill, dedication, and impressive achievements
The Distinguished Community Service Award
PREVIOUS HONOREES
James S. and Merryl H. Tisch (2009),
for their commitment to clinical science and access
to high-quality care
Karen Washington (2021),
for her work as a champion of food sustainability
and community organizer for food justice
Anthony L. Watson (2008),
for his powerful voice for health care, and longtime
role in health insurance
Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa
(2020),
for Warby Parker’s project to provide underserved
New York City school children with free vision
screenings and glasses
Andrea Jung (2007),
for assisting underserved women in their fight
against breast cancer
Elizabeth J. McCormack (2012),
for her efforts to ensure that all those in need of
palliative care will receive the comfort and dignity it
can provide
Edgar Mandeville, MD (2011),
for his energy, skill, and commitment to his pivotal
role in shaping the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban
Health’s work to alleviate health disparities
Martin D. Payson (2006),
for his wisdom and clear vision for strengthening
health care
Lynne Holden, MD (2019),
For inspiring and equipping disadvantaged
and low-income students to become health care
professionals
Paula L. Root and Leon Root, MD (2010),
for her work with the Visiting Nurse Service of New
York and his founding of the Hospital for Special
Surgery’s Pediatric Outreach Program
John K. Castle (2005),
for his efforts, over 30 years, to ensure the best
health care for New Yorkers
Debra G. Perelman (2018),
for co-founding the Child Mind Institute to improve
treatment for childhood mental health disorders
Mathilde Krim, PhD (2004),
for mobilizing support for research and landmark
policies on AIDS
Robert Gore, MD (2017),
for his role as founder and executive director
of Kings Against Violence Initiative (KAVI),
a hospital-, school-, and community-based
intervention
J. Ira Harris (2009),
for creating a lifeline for countless children and
adolescents through the Harris Obesity Prevention
Effort (HOPE) at NYU Langone Medical Center
John J. Mack (2003),
for his distinguished service to health care
Morton P. Hyman (2002),
for his long-standing contributions to improving
health care in New York
William C. Steere, Jr. (2001),
for his extraordinary contributions to health care
Sanford I. Weill (2000),
for advancing biomedical research and medical
education in New York City
Jack and Lewis Rudin (1999),
for their far-reaching contributions to improving
health and health care
Maurice R. Greenberg (1998),
for outstanding contributions to health care
Scott B. Salmirs (2016),
for his bold and decisive action to increase organ
donation awareness and registration in the greater
New York area, as a founder of Donate Eight
Arnold P. Gold, MD (2015),
for advancing humanism in medicine by fostering
a culture of respect, dignity, and compassion for
patients in medical education and practice
Jennie L. DeScherer and
Richard K. DeScherer (2014),
for their outstanding leadership of the SLE Lupus
Foundation and the Lupus Research Institute
Tracy Reese (2013),
for her work, with the Council of Fashion Designers
of America and the New York City AIDS Fund,
in the continuing battle against HIV/AIDS
Rear Admiral Robert A. Rosen, NYNM
(Ret.) (2008),
for his extraordinary commitment to serving law
enforcement and military personnel and their families
through the creation of the Florence and Robert A.
Rosen Family Wellness Center at Northwell Health
Charles R. Bronfman (2007),
for his commitment to revolutionizing health care in
the 21st century through the creation of the Charles
R. Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine
Henry “Hank” Carter (2006),
for founding Wheelchair Charities, Inc., to fulfill
his mission of improving the quality of life of
physically challenged individuals
Rocco F. Andriola, Esq. (2005),
for his efforts to raise public awareness about, and
participation in, saving lives through organ donation
John D. Wren (2004),
for his efforts to improve health and wellness in the
diverse communities of Brooklyn
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