Honors
Testimonial - Star of Hope Award
MEDICAL SCHOOL
AOA 1980
AOA 1981, Chapter President
Joseph C. Doans Memorial Prize - Most Outstanding Academic Average
John Franklin Huber Prize in Anatomy
Emanuel M. Weinberger award in Pulmonary Medicine
W. Emory Burnett Prize in Surgery
RESIDENCY
Johns Hopkins Department of Surgery Research Awards 1985, 1986
Baltimore Academy of Surgery Research Award 1986
FACULTY
National Award Recipient
Center of Excellence VA Medical System Cardiac Surgeon 2002
Selection as “Top Surgeon” Consumer’s Research Council of America
Most Distinguished Doctors 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Westchester, Fairfield County, New Canaan Darien, Westport, New York, Metro Area
Castle Connolly "Top Docs" in America 2011
ACS Star of Hope Award-2007
SCHOLARSHIP
The Practice of Transplant Administration, Transplant Management- Participant 2001
Cardiovascular Round Table, National Membership Meeting, The Advisory Board-Participant 2003
Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education Grant for “Skills for the New World of Healthcare”
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 2004
The Future of Healthcare, MBA elective course; American College of Physician Executives 2004
Physician Executive Leadership Program, New York-Presbyterian Healthcare July 2005
Physician Leadership Academy-The Advisory Board/Stamford Hospital 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011
1. Developing Complementary Competencies
2. Leadership Intensive
3. Drivers of Hospital and Health System Performance
4. Navigating Complex Problems
5. Clinical Capital Investing
6. Competitive Strategy
7. Leadership Through Vision
8. The High Performance OR
9. Drivers of Consumer Choice
10. Data driven departmental leadership
Lean Six Sigma Training
Stamford Hospital 2010
“Yellow Belt”
LEAN Executive Sponsor, Bronze Certificate
INTRAMURAL AND EXTRAMURAL GRANTS - FUNDED
“ELMR” - 50,000
Phase 2 Randomized, Multicenter study Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of Transmyocardial Revascularization by Xenon Chloride Excimer Laser Systems in Patients with Stable Angina.
Primary Investigator-UCSF 5/20/1998-10/1/1999
Research Evaluation and Allocation Committee -19,368.95
Role of gelatinases in Transplant-Associated Obliterative Bronchiolitis Coinvestigator-50%
6/1997-5/1998
California American Heart Association -$ 49,473
Ventricular Reduction Surgery PI Mark Ratcliffe,
Co-investigator 5%
UC Senate Grant $35,000
The role of mast cells in the progression of obiterative bronchiloitis in rat airway transplantation
NIH/NHLBI-1,000,000
Mechanisms of Mast Cell Apoptosis in Lung Allografts, PI Ken Fang, Pending
Coinvestigator-10%
WVU Research Development Grant - $10,590.45
The Role of Alpha-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone in Experimental Lung Transplantation and Obliterative Bronchiolitis. 3/28/03
Tracy Evans, MD Co-Investigator
Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education Scholarship - $2000.00.
Harvard Executive Course 3/2004