Awards

2008 Michael W. Dailey, MD FACEP
2009 Gary A. Johnson, MD FACEP
2010 Daniel G. Murphy, MD MBA FACEP, Dietrich Jehle, MD FACEP, Roger A. Barrowman, MD FACEP
2011 Neal E. Flomenbaum, MD FACEP
2012 Scott D. Weingart, MD RDMS FACEP
2013 Frederick M. Schiavone, MD FACEP
2014 Michael G. Guttenberg, DO FACEP, Joseph LaMantia, MD FACEP
2015 Isabel A. Barata, MD FACEP, Lynne D. Richardson, MD FACEP
2016 Saadia Akhtar, MD
2017 Gary S. Rudolph, MD FACEP, Bruce S. Ushkow, MD MS FACEP
2018 Arlene S. Chung, MD MACM, Moshe Weizberg, MD FACEP
2019 Christopher Fullagar, MD EMT-P FACEP, Dara Kass, MD FACEP
2020 Stuart G. Kessler, MD FACEP
2022 Laura Iavicoli, MD FACEP
2023 Joshua Lynch, DO FACEP
2024 Rahul Sharma, MD MBA FACEP

• Pioneering spirit and demonstrated career dedication to improve the specialty of emergency medicine and New York ACEP.
• Earned the respect of their professional peers.
• A New York ACEP member who has dedicated over 30 years of active service to the field of emergency medicine.
• Contributed to significant advancement of emergency medicine in the areas of patient care, quality of care, education, leadership and mentoring.
• Actively contributed to New York ACEP in the areas of service and leadership.
• Prior state and/or national, public or private recognition for service, patient care, quality, education or leadership.

2013 Stephan G. Lynn, MD FACEP
2016 Mark C. Henry, MD FACEP
2017 Lewis R. Goldfrank, MD FACEP
2018 John B. McCabe, MD FACEP
2020 Samuel F. Bosco, MD FACEP
2022 Richard M. Cantor, MD FACEP
2023 Vincent P. Verdile, MD FACEP
2024 Joel M. Bartfield, MD

This award recognizes Departments and Residency Programs demonstrating exemplary physician well-being through operations, social functions, diversification, equity, education and/or environment.

Assessed Departmental Categories

1. Departmental Vision Statement: Share your Department’s mission & vision statement as it pertains to physician wellness.

2. Mental Health & Emotional Well-Being: Share in detail what programs or systems your Department has in place to facilitate mental health and emotional well-being. Examples include: crisis team, peer support groups, pathways that physicians can take to seek confidential care.

3. Operational Processes: Highlight operational projects in place that help improve the clinical experience of being a physician. Examples include: the elimination of merit badge requirements (ACLS/ATLS), overlapping shifts, sick-call programs and scribes.

4. Diversity and Gender Equity: Share how the Department ensures equity among employees for opportunities. Examples include: transparent and equitable schedule of wages, new-parent friendly schedules and highlights of efforts to recruit for diverse faculty.

5. Environmental Provisions: Share how the work environment and protocols are safe and physician-centric. Examples include: how is physical safety a priority, quiet break rooms, easily accessible lactation room and space for uninterrupted work.

6. Faculty/Resident Community/Social: How does the Department foster a community? Examples include: regularly scheduled social events, group outings for academic development (journal clubs) and whether or not the Department has a wellness champion.

7. Education: What does the Department offer to support continued educational experiences for faculty? Examples include: faculty development programs, faculty-specific sim programs and annual review with chair.

8. Other: What other programs or projects are in place at the Department that should be highlighted?

Assessed Residency Categories

1. Residency Vision Statement: Share the residency mission & vision statement as it pertains to physician wellness.

2. Mental Health & Emotional Well-Being: Detail programs or systems in place to facilitate mental health and emotional well-being. Examples include: crisis team, peer support groups and pathways that physicians can take to seek confidential care.

3. Operational Processes: Highlight operational projects that help improve the clinical experience of being a resident physician. Examples include: conscientious scheduling (be precise), formalized breaks, overlapping shifts, sick-call programs, scribes, minimized scut-work, affordable, nearby-housing or parking and regular feedback with leadership/PDs.

4. Diversity and Gender Equity: Share how residency ensures equity among residents for opportunities. Examples include: transparent and equitable schedule of wages, new-parent friendly schedules and highlights of efforts to recruit for diverse residency.

5. Environmental Provisions: Share how the work environment and protocols are safe and physician-centric. Examples include: how is physical safety a priority, quiet breakrooms, easily accessible lactation room, space for uninterrupted work and laundry for scrubs or scrub machine.

6. Faculty/Resident Community/Social: How does the residency foster a community? Examples include: big-sibling programs, regularly scheduled social events, group outings for academic development (journal clubs) and whether or not the Department has a wellness champion.

7. Education: What does the Department offer to support continued educational experiences for residents? Examples include: sponsored travel to conferences, memberships to national organizations, opportunities for academic conference evaluations and functional feedback process.

8. Other: What other programs or projects are in place at the residency that should be highlighted.

2021 Departmental Recipients
Columbia University
Weill Cornell Medicine

2021 Residency Program Recipients
Maimonides Medical Center
Southside Hospital/Northwell Health

2023 Departmental Recipient
Mount Sinai Hospital

2023 Residency Program Recipients
Staten Island University Hospital

1994 Assemblyman Richard Gottfried; Senator Michael Tully
1996 Senator Stephan M. Saland
1997 Senator Kemp Hannon
1998 Assemblyman Alexander P. Grannis
1999 Senator James S. Alesi
2000 Senator James L. Seward
2001 Senator Joseph L. Bruno
2002 Governor George Pataki
2003 Senator Dale M. Volker
2004 Senator John J. Bonacic

2019 Robert Delagi, MA NREMT-P
2020 Michael T. McEvoy, PhD CCRN NRP
2022 Michael A. Redlener, MD FAEMS
2023 Brian Clemency, DO MBA FACEP FAEMS
2024 Michael T. Benenati, EMT-P

2019 Michael A. Granovsky, MD CPC FACEP
2023 JoAnne Tarantelli

2007 Sandra M. Schneider, MD FACEP
2008 John B. McCabe, MD FACEP
2009 Andrew E. Sama, MD FACEP
2016 G. Richard Braen, MD FACEP
2022 Andy S. Jagoda, MD FACEP

2020
Lifetime Researcher: Benjamin W. Friedman, MD MS FACEP
Established Researcher: Bernard P. Chang, MD PhD FACEP
Rising Star: Anthony E. Rosen, MD MPH

2021
Established Researcher: Jeffrey A Glassberg, MD MA FACEP
Rising Star Researcher: Michelle P Lin, MD MPH MS

2022
Established Researcher: Marc A Probst, MD MS FACEP
Rising Star Researcher: Lauren M Maloney, MD NRP FP-C NCEE

2023
Lifetime Researcher: Jeffrey Bazarian, MD MPH
Established Researcher: Ethan A. Cowan, MD MS FACEP
Rising Star Researcher: Ethan Abbott, DO MSCR FACEP

2024
Established Researcher: Alex Manini, MD MS
Rising Star Researcher: Utsha G. Khatri, MD MSHP and Dana Sacco, MD MSc

1994 Mark C. Henry, MD FACEP
1995 John B. McCabe, MD FACEP
1996 Robert Hoffman, MD FACEP
1997 Stephan G. Lynn, MD FACEP
1998 Jeffrey L. Margulies, MD FACEP
1999 Lewis Goldfrank, MD FACEP
2000 Robert W. Strauss, Jr., MD FACEP
2001 Peter Viccellio, MD FACEP
2002 Joel Gernsheimer, MD FACEP
2003 Samuel F. Bosco, MD FACEP
2004 Vincent P. Verdile, MD FACEP
2005 Andrew E. Sama, MD FACEP
2007 Theodore J. Gaeta, DO MPH FACEP
2009 Jerry R. Balentine, Jr., DO FACEP
2010 Mara McErlean, MD FACEP
2011 Andrew S. Jagoda, MD FACEP
2013 Gerard X. Brogan, Jr., MD FACEP
2015 Joel M. Bartfield, MD FACEP
2016 Richard M. Cantor, MD FAAP FACEP
2017 Daniel G. Murphy, MD MBA FACEP
2018 Kaushal H. Shah, MD FACEP
2019 Penelope C. Lema, MD FACEP
2020 Louise A. Prince, MD FACEP
2022 Brahim J. Ardolic, MD FACEP
2023 Brenna Farmer, MD MBA MS FACEP
2024 Jeremy Cushman, MD MS EMT-P FACEP FAEMS

Award Date January 2, 2026

Purpose This award was created to promote young physician leadership and to advance political action and advocacy physicians through attendance at the ACEP Leadership & Advocacy Conference in Washington, DC, April 27-29, 2025.

Eligibility

• Award is limited to individuals who have never attended the Leadership & Advocacy Conference.
• Young physician candidates must be within their first three years of practice.
• Resident candidates must be in good standing in an accredited residency program within New York State.
• Special consideration will be given to resident candidates planning to practice in New York State.

Award Maximum reimbursement $1,000 per recipient.

Number of Awards A total of three awards will be given for both categories.

Award Requirements The award recipients will attend the ACEP Leadership & Advocacy Conference in Washington, DC, the Leadership and Advocacy Essentials for Residents and Young Physicians session and stay through and participate in Senate/House visits with New York ACEP Leadership.

Selection Criteria The applicant should be able to demonstrate in their application their leadership potential and their interest in political action, advocacy, or leadership. The applicant’s desire to attend the conference should be clear, concise, and support a commitment to leadership and service as evidenced by their curriculum vitae or letter of recommendation. Applicants will be reviewed and screened by the Awards committee and recipients selected by the New York ACEP Board of Directors by majority vote.

2024 Young Physician Award Recipient
Samuel Sondheim, MD MBA

2024 Resident Award Recipients
Nicholas Cochran-Caggiano, MD MS
Shivam Shah, MD MS

2023 Resident Award Recipients
Joan Chou, MD
Vishnu Muppala, MD MPH
Shane Solger, MD

2022 Resident Award Recipients
Christopher Clifford, MD
Kessiena Gbenedio, MD
Sarah McCuskee, MD MPH

2021 Resident Award Recipients
Kaushal Khambhati, MD
Alicia Lu, MD
Dhaval Mehta, MD

2020 Resident Award Recipients
Kamini Doobay, MD
Diksha Mishra, MD
Sachin Santhakumar, MD

2019 Young Physician Award Recipient
Justin M. Fuehrer, DO FAWM

2019 Resident Award Recipients
Theodore Albright, MD
Suman J. Gupta, MD

2018 Young Physician Award Recipient
Vincent Calleo, MD

2018 Resident Award Recipient
Kathleen Y. Li, MD

2017 Young Physician Award Recipient
L. Carlos Zapata, MD, Nassau University Medical Center

2017 Resident Award Recipients
Saira Mehmood, MD, St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center
Matthew Merriman, MD, University of Rochester Medical Center

2016 Resident Award Recipients
Olu Akindutire, MD, SUNY Downstate/Kings County Hospital
Bonnie Brown, DO, SUNY Downstate/Kings County Hospital
Jean Sun, MD, Mount Sinai Health System

2015 Resident Award Recipients
Nupur Garg, MD, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Carlos A. Peñaherrera, MD, Staten Island University Hospital

2014 Resident Award Recipients
Shahram Ahari, MD MPH, University of Rochester
Brenda Oiyemhonlan, MD MHSA MPH, Kings County Hospital Center/ SUNY Downstate Medical Center

2014 Young Physician Award Recipient
Jennifer Pugh, MD MBA, SUNY at Buffalo

2013 Resident Award Recipients
Katherine M. Nacca, MD, SUNY Upstate
Jeffrey C. Moon, MPH MD, University of Rochester

2012 Resident Award Recipient
Vincent Roddy, MD, Mount Sinai Medical Center

2011 Resident Award Recipients
Brian T. Kloss, DO, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Enesha Cobb, MD, SUNY Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn

2010 Young Physician Award Recipient
Amy D. Leuthauser, MD, New York Medical College

2010 Resident Award Recipients
Jarone Lee, MD, St. Lukes Roosevelt
Peter V. Tilney, DO, Albany Medical Center

2023 New York ACEP Unsung Heroes of Emergency Medicine
2022 New York ACEP Unsung Heroes of Emergency Medicine
2021 New York ACEP Unsung Heroes of Emergency Medicine
2020 New York ACEP Unsung Heroes of Emergency Medicine