NYMC Hosted the 12th Annual Paul K. Woolf, M.D., Pediatric Trainee Research Day

Symposium Highlights New and Innovative Biomedical Research

May 30, 2023
NYMC faculty members with the winners of the Paul K. Woolf, M.D., Pediatric Trainee Research Day
From left: Lance Parton, M.D. ’80, FAAP, Hannah Sampath, M.D., Edmund F. La Gamma, M.D. ’76, Nina DeBenedictis M.D., Morgan Anderson-Crannage, Ph.D. candidate, Mitchell S. Cairo, M.D., Yanling Liao, Ph.D., Michael H. Gewitz, M.D.

The Department of Pediatrics hosted the 12th Annual Paul K. Woolf, M.D., Pediatric Trainee Research Day on May 17 to highlight innovative research in pediatrics. The event is named after the late Paul K. Woolf, M.D., School of Medicine senior associate dean for Westchester Medical Center and associate professor of pediatrics, who passed away in 2010 and was instrumental in developing the pediatric cardiovascular program at New York Medical College and Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center. Mitchell S. Cairo, M.D., third from right, professor of pediatrics, medicine, pathology, microbiology and immunology and cell biology and anatomy, and associate chair of pediatrics, and Michael H. Gewitz, M.D., right, professor and vice chair of pediatrics, congratulated the winners.

Best Translational Research Abstract

Hannah Sampath, M.D., second from left
Mentor: Lance Parton, M.D. ’80, FAAP, left, professor of pediatrics and associate professor of anesthesiology and obstetrics and gynecology 

Best Clinical Research Abstract

Nina DeBenedictis M.D., fourth from left
Mentor: Edmund F. La Gamma, M.D. ’76, third from left, professor of pediatrics and biochemistry and molecular biology

Best Basic Research Abstract

Morgan Anderson-Crannage, Ph.D. candidate, fourth from right
Mentor: Yanling Liao, Ph.D., second from right, clinical assistant professor of pediatrics