AOA Iota Chapter Hosts Annual Visiting Professor Lecture and Induction Ceremony

The New York Iota chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), the national medical honor society, welcomed Elliot Levine, M.D, as the Annual AOA Visiting Professor on April 2.

April 08, 2019
AOA Iota Chapter Group Headshot
AOA Iota Chapter Group Headshot

Dr. Levine, who is instructor of medicine and a physician at the Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation Center of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, specializes in advanced heart failure, transplant cardiology, clinical electrophysiology and nuclear cardiology. He  presented “If I Only Had a Heart,” covering the history of heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. Following Dr. Levine’s lecture, a dinner and ceremony were held to induct medical students from the Classes of 2019 and 2020 as well as faculty, residents and alumni into AOA.

Iota Chapter Councilor William H. Frishman, M.D., third from left, the Barbara and William Rosenthal Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine, professor of pharmacology, and the only AOA councilor who has served in two different medical schools and chapters—Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University and New York Medical College—welcomed guests of the evening. Dr. Frishman’s 41-year tenure as councilor is the longest in AOA’s history.

Photo: Members of the School of Medicine Class of 2019 and New York Iota chapter officers from left, Ariel Kwart, academic coordinator; Ami J. Trivedi, vice president; Caitlin Lozano, president; and Adele Shenoy, volunteer coordinator, were joined by Iota Chapter Councilor William H. Frishman, M.D., third from left, the Barbara and William Rosenthal Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine, professor of pharmacology; and Jerry L. Nadler, M.D., MACP, FAHA, FACE, third from right, dean of the School of Medicine.

New York Iota Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha 2019 Inductees

School of Medicine Class of 2019 Junior AOA Inductees

Benjamin Catanese

Justin Cole

Lauren Fink 

James Haigney

Joshua Hanau 

Kevin Kenney 

Ariel Kwart

Alexander Ladenheim

Tianci Liu

Caitlin Lozano

Adele Shenoy

Ami Trivedi

Nneamaka Ukatu

Alex Ward

 

School of Medicine Class of 2019 Senior AOA Inductees

Garret Aronson

Dylan Bennett   

Benjamin Biederman 

Alexandra Berardi 

Michael Fischer 

Adam Fish 

Zafar Gill  

Michelle Greenman  

Leah Harburg 

Siu-Yuan Huang

Joseph Kim

Molly Kobritz

Bronwyn Long

Taylor Maney

David Payne

Steven Shamah

Matthew Spano

Nickolas Srica

Brian Yost

Jorge Rojas Zamalloa

 

School of Medicine Class of 2020 Junior AOA Inductees

Eleanor Burstein

Dana Greene

Lauren Locke

Colby Madison 


Alumni Inductees

Joseph Giamelli, M.D. ’02
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, NYMC

Barbara O’Brien, M.D. ’98
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard Medical School

David Rose, M.D. ’73
Professor of Medicine, NYMC 

Faculty Inductees

David E. Asprinio, M.D.
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, NYMC

Naga Kanaparthy, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, NYMC

Elliot Levine, M.D.
Instructor of Medicine, NYMC

Pamela Ludmer, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, NYMC

Resident Teaching Awards

Joanna Blanco, M.D.
Internal Medicine Resident, NYMC

Hanjoo Lee, M.D.
Surgery Resident, NYMC

Mary Breige O’Donnell-Smith, M.D.
Pediatrics Resident, NYMC

Volunteer Clinical Faculty Award

George P. Liakeas, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine, NYMC

 

SOM Annual AOA Professor’s Lecture