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<strong>Albert</strong> <strong>Einstein</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong> yeshiva university<br />

2009– 2010 <strong>AnnuAl</strong> <strong>REpoRt</strong><br />

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2<br />

“At Yeshiva University,<br />

we must reaffirm<br />

the aspiration <strong>of</strong> an<br />

integrated life; an<br />

aspiration for a life<br />

<strong>of</strong> values, ideals and<br />

meaning. We must<br />

focus our efforts on<br />

determining not what<br />

we can take from the<br />

world, but what we can<br />

contribute to it.”<br />

– RiChARd M. JoEl<br />

president, Yeshiva university<br />

<strong>Albert</strong> <strong>Einstein</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong> is at the<br />

forefront <strong>of</strong> bridging divides: between laboratory<br />

breakthroughs and innovative therapies, between<br />

disease and health, between lack <strong>of</strong> care and<br />

compassionate care—all in the interest <strong>of</strong><br />

preventing illness and promoting healing.<br />

science to medicine<br />

bridging the divide<br />

Letter from the dean 10<br />

Letter from the Chair 11<br />

bridging the Cardiovascular divide 12<br />

bridging the translational divide 18<br />

bridging the health-Care divide in the bronx 32<br />

bridging the Student-to-M.d. divide 38<br />

bridging the global health-Care divide 44<br />

bridging the Practitioner-researcher divide 52<br />

Our Supporters 58<br />

On the COver: Left, naomi Maria assists in the einstein laboratory <strong>of</strong> John S. Condeelis, Ph.d.;<br />

right, Leo Lopez, M.d., works with a young heart patient at the Children’s hospital at Montefiore.


A new liver can mean the difference between imminent<br />

death and decades more <strong>of</strong> life. Accurately predicting that<br />

breast cancer will not spread could spare women treatment<br />

that is costly, exhausting and unnecessary. Understanding<br />

how cells die during heart attacks and their aftermath can<br />

reveal strategies for keeping cells alive. einstein researchers<br />

are identifying new ways to combat disease and improve<br />

health by turning laboratory discoveries into new treatments<br />

for patients in our community and throughout the world.<br />

BecAUse We Are<br />

Milan Kinkhabwala, M.d., is chief <strong>of</strong><br />

transplantation at Montefiore Medical<br />

Center, the university hospital<br />

and Academic Medical Center for<br />

<strong>Einstein</strong>. Bronx patients may soon<br />

benefit from an alternative to liver<br />

transplants known as cell therapy.<br />

it involves injecting stem cells or<br />

healthy liver cells to replace damaged<br />

liver tissue. Cell therapy pioneer<br />

Sanjeev Gupta, M.d., the Eleazar and<br />

Feige Reicher Chair in translational<br />

<strong>Medicine</strong> at <strong>Einstein</strong>, predicts that it<br />

will be done here in the near future.<br />

mAking A difference.<br />

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from diabetes to drug addiction, daunting health<br />

challenges confront Bronx residents, many <strong>of</strong> whom are<br />

poor and medically underserved. <strong>Albert</strong> einstein college<br />

<strong>of</strong> medicine—the borough’s only medical school—takes<br />

its responsibility to be a good neighbor seriously. from a<br />

new and comprehensive cancer prevention program to an<br />

innovative effort that recruits minority students for health-<br />

care careers, einstein is serving the Bronx community in<br />

many different ways.<br />

BecAUse it is<br />

Bronx resident ismael Santos with<br />

his twin 16-year-old daughters,<br />

Janine, left, and Janice, who have<br />

cerebral palsy. the family has<br />

received treatment and support<br />

at the Children’s Evaluation and<br />

Rehabilitation Center on the<br />

<strong>Einstein</strong> campus since the girls<br />

were 6 months old. “We’ve had<br />

the same team <strong>of</strong> excellent doctors<br />

all these years,” says Mr. Santos.<br />

“All the therapies my daughters<br />

need are here.”<br />

oUr home.<br />

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Beyond our neighborhood and nation, people are suffering<br />

from diseases that are treatable or preventable. einstein<br />

scientists partner with colleagues and institutions world-<br />

wide to alleviate this suffering and improve lives. one <strong>of</strong><br />

these einstein initiatives is in Uganda, where children are<br />

succumbing to malnutrition diabetes, a lethal and little-<br />

understood disease. other einstein clinicians are working<br />

on better ways to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis and to<br />

prevent the transmission <strong>of</strong> Aids.<br />

BecAUse it is<br />

the photo at right was taken last<br />

August in Kampala, uganda, during<br />

a two-and-a-half–day diabetes<br />

conference organized by <strong>Einstein</strong>’s<br />

Meredith A. hawkins, M.d. the<br />

<strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong> sponsors<br />

numerous initiatives worldwide,<br />

including clinical and research<br />

programs in Argentina, Bangladesh,<br />

Brazil, Ethiopia, Guatemala, india,<br />

nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa,<br />

uganda and Vietnam.<br />

oUr mission.<br />

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What will health care in the United states look like 10 or 20<br />

years from now? Will all Americans have access to the care<br />

they need? Will breakthroughs minimize the death toll from<br />

heart disease and cancer? the answers aren’t known, but the<br />

students and scientists who will influence them are right here<br />

on the einstein campus. As they look to the future, they will<br />

also be grounded in the traditions—compassion, collegiality,<br />

humanism and the zealous pursuit <strong>of</strong> knowledge—that have<br />

made einstein a premier institution where leadership in<br />

medical education and research advances go hand in hand.<br />

BecAUse We Are<br />

Cara Chrisman, a graduate student<br />

who assists in the lab <strong>of</strong> Arturo<br />

Casadevall, M.d., ph.d., the leo<br />

and Julia Forchheimer pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />

<strong>of</strong> Microbiology & immunology,<br />

will graduate this spring. She may<br />

then pursue a postdoctoral degree<br />

or go into scientific policy-making<br />

or science writing—all doors that<br />

are open to her thanks to her<br />

<strong>Einstein</strong> education. Cara also serves<br />

in several student government<br />

organizations and has received the<br />

Graduate Student Council’s Student<br />

Service Award.<br />

the fUtUre.<br />

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10<br />

LetterS frOM<br />

ALLen m. spiegeL, m.d.<br />

the mAriLYn And<br />

stAnLeY m. kAtz deAn<br />

the deAn<br />

“in theory, there is no difference between theory and<br />

practice. in practice, there is.”<br />

– YoGi BERRA<br />

in the quote above, the legendary Yankee catcher was probably distinguishing<br />

between the advice <strong>of</strong>fered to a hitter by his batting coach and<br />

the batter’s actual experience trying to hit a 95-mile-per-hour fastball. As it<br />

turns out, Yogi’s aphorism aptly describes what is known as the translational<br />

block: the divide between obtaining meaningful laboratory findings and<br />

putting them into practice in the “real world.” this year’s Annual report is<br />

all about bridging that divide.<br />

robust and sustained support for research is critically important,<br />

enabling investigators to make discoveries that address the many unmet<br />

challenges in medicine. But research results alone do not translate<br />

into improved health. for example, completion <strong>of</strong> the human genome<br />

sequence in 2000, while certainly a landmark achievement, will not by itself<br />

usher in an era <strong>of</strong> genomic, personalized medicine. Likewise, meaningful<br />

health-care reform, by which i mean achieving universal access to quality<br />

care at an affordable and sustainable cost, will not by itself eliminate health<br />

disparities in our own country, much less resolve the global health problem<br />

<strong>of</strong> neglected diseases.<br />

Bridging the divide between research and practice requires new ways <strong>of</strong><br />

teaching our students to practice the medicine <strong>of</strong> the future and new ways<br />

<strong>of</strong> training the clinical investigators who move research results from the lab<br />

to the clinic. overcoming health disparities and addressing global health<br />

challenges require new models for community-based research and care,<br />

locally in our own Bronx neighborhoods and globally in developing countries.<br />

translating research results into new methods <strong>of</strong> diagnosing, treating<br />

and preventing disease—and then merging those advances into routine<br />

practice—requires new types <strong>of</strong> research partnerships among basic scientists,<br />

epidemiologists, clinical investigators and community practitioners.<br />

this year’s Annual report clearly illustrates the many ways in which<br />

einstein is successfully bridging the divide in each <strong>of</strong> these areas. einstein<br />

faculty and students can take pride in the significant accomplishments<br />

described in these pages. to our many supporters—members <strong>of</strong> the<br />

einstein Board <strong>of</strong> overseers, our alumni, foundations, corporations, our<br />

Women’s and men’s divisions, and our many other donors who recognize<br />

einstein’s unique commitment to scientific excellence and humanism—<br />

i <strong>of</strong>fer sincere gratitude.<br />

Allen m. spiegel, m.d.<br />

the marilyn and stanley m. katz dean<br />

the chAir<br />

When i became chairperson <strong>of</strong> the Board <strong>of</strong> overseers <strong>of</strong> <strong>Albert</strong> einstein<br />

college <strong>of</strong> medicine in 2007, i was very excited about the vision projected<br />

by our (then) new dean, Allen spiegel, and the goals that he, together with<br />

the einstein faculty and administration, set for the medical school.<br />

two and a half years later, this team has achieved several key goals and<br />

is on course to accomplish many others. they range from exciting new<br />

research in areas such as heart disease and cancer, to the recruitment <strong>of</strong><br />

new faculty, to the expansion <strong>of</strong> einstein’s work overseas—all described<br />

in this Annual report. i think i can speak for the entire Board <strong>of</strong> overseers<br />

when i say that we are all thrilled and proud to be part <strong>of</strong> the einstein<br />

community.<br />

from the time einstein was created, the brilliance, dedication and<br />

collegiality <strong>of</strong> its faculty have been legendary. now these scientists are<br />

pressing forward, intent on seeing their discoveries result in the cure or<br />

elimination <strong>of</strong> diseases that besiege us all. Always a giant in basic research,<br />

einstein continues to develop new ways to translate its findings to meet<br />

challenges to the health <strong>of</strong> people across the globe.<br />

einstein has long been a leader in medical education and insists on<br />

providing the latest and most timely training to make today’s medical<br />

students the compassionate and expert physicians <strong>of</strong> the future. our<br />

students gain a wealth <strong>of</strong> experience serving the health needs <strong>of</strong> people<br />

from myriad backgrounds in the Bronx and new York city, as well as in<br />

underserved areas in many countries around the world.<br />

einstein’s continued excellence in research and education is possible<br />

thanks to the philanthropic investments <strong>of</strong> our friends and alumni. on<br />

behalf <strong>of</strong> the entire einstein community and our dedicated Board <strong>of</strong><br />

overseers, let me express our most sincere appreciation to everyone<br />

whose generosity makes the mission <strong>of</strong> einstein possible.<br />

sincerely,<br />

ruth L. gottesman, ed.d.<br />

chair, einstein Board <strong>of</strong> overseers<br />

rUth L. gottesmAn, ed.d.<br />

chAir, einstein<br />

BoArd <strong>of</strong> overseers<br />

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BRidGinG thE cArdiovAscULAr divide<br />

“heart” is at the center <strong>of</strong> the einstein motto,<br />

“science at the heart <strong>of</strong> medicine.” now,<br />

heart research is the focus <strong>of</strong> the new Wilf<br />

family Cardiovascular research institute,<br />

made possible by a generous gift from a<br />

distinguished philanthropic family with a<br />

talent for teamwork.<br />

einstein researchers have traditionally tackled<br />

medicine’s toughest challenges, and cardiovascular<br />

disease certainly qualifies: it’s the world’s leading<br />

cause <strong>of</strong> death. over the years, einstein has generated<br />

landmark advances in cardiovascular research. recently,<br />

a multidisciplinary team <strong>of</strong> cardiovascular experts led<br />

by richard n. kitsis, m.d., the dr. gerald and myra<br />

WilF tEAM SpiRit CREAtES A nEW hoME FoR<br />

CARdioVASCulAR RESEARCh At EinStEin<br />

partners in advancing cardiovascular research, left to<br />

right: Jonathan Wilf and fiancée Rachel Goodman,<br />

Audrey Wilf, Richard n. Kitsis, M.d., Joseph Wilf, dean<br />

Allen M. Spiegel, M.d., Zygmunt “Zygi” Wilf, Elizabeth<br />

dorros pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> cardiovascular disease, has built<br />

collaboration—key to many successful enterprises and<br />

Wilf, leonard Wilf and Mark Wilf, at the <strong>Einstein</strong> Faculty<br />

on that strong foundation.<br />

a hallmark <strong>of</strong> medical research at einstein—has played<br />

Club, october 12, 2009.<br />

And now, thanks to a $10 million gift from einstein<br />

a pivotal role in the life <strong>of</strong> einstein overseer zygmunt<br />

overseer zygmunt Wilf and his family, dr. kitsis will<br />

“zygi” Wilf. mr. Wilf hails from a family <strong>of</strong> leading<br />

expand the ranks <strong>of</strong> einstein’s already stellar cardio-<br />

new York–area philanthropists.<br />

zygi Wilf’s philanthropic vision. they explain, in part,<br />

vascular research team. the Wilfs’ remarkable gift<br />

“i learned from my dad and my Uncle harry that his family’s decision to donate $10 million to establish<br />

will establish the Wilf family cardiovascular research<br />

philanthropy allows our family to use our time and the Wilf family cardiovascular research institute<br />

institute at einstein—and greatly help in closing<br />

resources to help those in need,” explains mr. Wilf, at einstein.<br />

the gap between cardiovascular disease and<br />

who is an active supporter <strong>of</strong> numerous Jewish and Born in germany in 1950, zygi Wilf emigrated to<br />

cardiovascular health.<br />

other charitable organizations.<br />

the United states in the early 1950s with his parents,<br />

einstein experts at the new institute will work to<br />

in 2003, mr. Wilf and his wife, Audrey, became Joseph and elizabeth Wilf, both holocaust survivors.<br />

understand, prevent and treat heart attack, stroke,<br />

Benefactors <strong>of</strong> <strong>Albert</strong> einstein college <strong>of</strong> medicine. the family settled in new Jersey.<br />

heart failure, hypertension, arrhythmias, sudden cardiac<br />

that same year, mr. Wilf joined einstein’s Board <strong>of</strong><br />

mr. Wilf learned about teamwork early in life by<br />

death, congenital heart disease and many other condi-<br />

overseers and now serves as a vice chairperson. watching his father and his late uncle, harry Wilf,<br />

tions affecting the heart and blood vessels. the investi-<br />

“my involvement with the medical school is extremely build—virtually from the ground up—a highly successgators<br />

will probe why heart disease is not the same for<br />

rewarding,” he says. “it helps me understand how our ful real estate development business, garden homes<br />

women as for men. they’ll explore how the heart and<br />

family’s support can advance einstein’s mission—to and garden commercial properties. After briefly prac-<br />

blood vessels are affected by obesity, atherosclerosis,<br />

improve human health through medical research and ticing law, zygi Wilf joined the family business. he is<br />

high cholesterol and abnormal blood lipids. And they’ll<br />

discovery. it’s very fulfilling to know we can make now president <strong>of</strong> garden commercial properties.<br />

study areas <strong>of</strong> great promise such as cardiac stem cells,<br />

a difference.”<br />

An avid sports fan, mr. Wilf fulfilled a childhood<br />

which may one day help replace heart muscle cells that<br />

his zest for life and for taking on tough challenges, dream in 2005 when he became a principal owner <strong>of</strong><br />

die during heart attacks and heart failure.<br />

along with lessons learned from his family about the the minnesota vikings football team, leading a group<br />

this vitally important new institute at einstein would<br />

value <strong>of</strong> hard work, perseverance and the Jewish <strong>of</strong> investors that includes his brother, mark, and his<br />

not have been possible without mr. Wilf, a leading supporter<br />

<strong>of</strong> the college <strong>of</strong> medicine who is well versed in<br />

the art <strong>of</strong> team building.<br />

tenet <strong>of</strong> tikkun olam (“repair <strong>of</strong> the world”)—all drive cousin Leonard Wilf. soon after he assumed ownership<br />

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Zygi Wilf with Minnesota Vikings star defensive end<br />

Jared Allen (photo courtesy <strong>of</strong> Minnesota Vikings).<br />

“medical research can be slow and<br />

painstaking, and it requires great<br />

resolve and tenacity to be successful.<br />

collaboration with others and the<br />

support <strong>of</strong> an exceptional partner<br />

and quintessential team builder like<br />

zygi Wilf can be indispensable.”<br />

–RiChARd n. KitSiS, M.d.<br />

the dr. Gerald and Myra dorros pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />

<strong>of</strong> Cardiovascular disease<br />

director, Wilf Family Cardiovascular<br />

Research institute<br />

<strong>of</strong> the vikings, a New York Times story noted that<br />

he “won over fans and players by swiftly addressing<br />

significant issues.”<br />

”the owner has to be there for the players and<br />

for the staff, and it’s important they see you have the<br />

passion for what they’re doing,” said mr. Wilf in<br />

describing his role with the vikings.<br />

the same holds true for mr. Wilf’s role as an<br />

investor in einstein. his family’s gift will have a significant<br />

impact on advancing cardiovascular research at<br />

the college <strong>of</strong> medicine, and he has great respect for<br />

the researchers carrying it out, chief among them<br />

richard n. kitsis, m.d.<br />

ChooSinG thE diRECtoR<br />

dr. kitsis, the einstein physician-scientist tapped to<br />

become director <strong>of</strong> the new Wilf family cardiovascular<br />

research institute, is eminently qualified for the job. A<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essor in the departments <strong>of</strong> medicine (cardiology)<br />

and cell biology, dr. kitsis is an internationally recognized<br />

expert on cell death. he came to einstein in 1989<br />

as a postdoctoral fellow in microbiology & immunology<br />

following clinical training in internal medicine and<br />

cardiology. dr. kitsis was formally invested as director<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Wilf family cardiovascular research institute at<br />

einstein’s Academic convocation in october 2009.<br />

to devote his time to developing and leading the<br />

new institute, dr. kitsis chose to step down as chief <strong>of</strong><br />

cardiology at einstein and montefiore medical center.<br />

he has begun hiring for the cardiovascular institute,<br />

which ultimately will be staffed by more than 40 physicians<br />

and researchers.<br />

BuildinG thE tEAM<br />

einstein has a long tradition <strong>of</strong> excellence in<br />

cardiovascular research. Among the giants in the field<br />

who have worked at the college <strong>of</strong> medicine was the<br />

late edmund h. sonnenblick, m.d., chief <strong>of</strong> the division<br />

<strong>of</strong> cardiology from 1975 to 1996. dr. sonnenblick<br />

launched modern cardiology when he recognized that<br />

the heart is a muscle and behaves like one; his research<br />

also helped lead the way to angiotensin-converting<br />

enzyme (Ace) inhibitors—one <strong>of</strong> the main classes <strong>of</strong><br />

antihypertensive drugs.<br />

one <strong>of</strong> dr. sonnenblick’s colleagues, Leslie A.<br />

Leinwand, ph.d., a molecular biologist at einstein in the<br />

1980s and early 1990s and a pr<strong>of</strong>essor in the departments<br />

<strong>of</strong> microbiology & immunology, genetics and<br />

medicine, was a founder <strong>of</strong> the field <strong>of</strong> molecular cardiology—the<br />

cornerstone <strong>of</strong> basic cardiovascular research<br />

today. dr. kitsis’ desire to pursue cardiovascular<br />

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research was sparked by the work <strong>of</strong> dr. Leinwand,<br />

who became his mentor.<br />

not surprisingly, the Wilf family cardiovascular<br />

research institute will be home to clinicians who<br />

specialize in heart problems—pediatric cardiologists<br />

and cardiothoracic surgeons, for example. But in<br />

addition, there will be scientists from the 11 basic<br />

science departments at einstein as well as specialists in<br />

medical areas including endocrinology, radiology and<br />

nuclear medicine. population scientists will be recruited<br />

from the department <strong>of</strong> epidemiology & population<br />

health at einstein.<br />

“We’ll be working on understanding, diagnosing<br />

and treating cardiovascular disease from a broad perspective,”<br />

says dr. kitsis. he notes that heart disease,<br />

stroke and other cardiovascular problems can result<br />

from defects, deficits and faulty connections affecting<br />

many different organs, tissues and cells. to understand<br />

these problems requires contributions from a diverse<br />

group <strong>of</strong> basic scientists, clinical scientists and population<br />

scientists.<br />

CultiVAtinG A CollABoRAtiVE<br />

RESEARCh EnViRonMEnt<br />

the Wilf family cardiovascular research institute will<br />

emphasize interdisciplinary programs—a growing<br />

trend in biomedicine. “the tradition <strong>of</strong> collaboration<br />

at einstein is extraordinary, and we’d like to further<br />

the most basic decision that any cell can make is to<br />

divide, differentiate or die. dr. Kitsis’ laboratory studies<br />

how and why cells die and how cell death influences<br />

health and disease. At left, Richard n. Kitsis, M.d.,<br />

and cardiology fellow lina Restrepo, M.d.<br />

expand it to help translate research into clinical practice,”<br />

says dr. kitsis. “As institute director, i will be<br />

making sure that researchers and clinicians from different<br />

specialties cross paths and cross-pollinate. in time,<br />

i expect they’ll reach out to one another on their own.<br />

Just imagine the multiplicative effects we can achieve!”<br />

in addition to carrying out his duties as director, dr.<br />

kitsis will continue his own research. “i am interested<br />

in the most fundamental mechanisms that determine<br />

if a cell lives or dies,” he says. Why this “morbid<br />

obsession,” as Allen m. spiegel, m.d., the marilyn<br />

and stanley m. katz dean, humorously described it<br />

when honoring dr. kitsis at convocation? “Because<br />

understanding how to keep cells alive requires that we<br />

understand the mechanisms through which cells die,”<br />

says dr. kitsis.<br />

one form <strong>of</strong> cell death, called apoptosis, has<br />

already been widely explored and is largely understood.<br />

it turns out that other, poorly understood celldeath<br />

processes are operating as well. “We are trying<br />

to create a ‘wiring diagram’ to explain how these<br />

various death processes integrate,” dr. kitsis says.<br />

he notes that cell death processes have important<br />

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the institute will support research into congenital<br />

cardiovascular defects. At right, daphne t. hsu, M.d.,<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essor in the department <strong>of</strong> pediatrics at <strong>Einstein</strong><br />

and codirector <strong>of</strong> the pediatric heart Center at<br />

the Children’s hospital at Montefiore, tends to a<br />

young heart patient.<br />

implications, ranging from normal life processes to<br />

heart attacks, stroke, cancer and diabetes. “A true<br />

understanding <strong>of</strong> this fundamental area <strong>of</strong> biology<br />

will tell us a lot about ourselves and how we evolved,”<br />

says dr. kitsis. “moreover, this information will probably<br />

provide opportunities to devise new therapies<br />

for the most common and lethal diseases.<br />

“sometimes even a modest advance may be <strong>of</strong><br />

great help to an individual who is suffering,” he adds.<br />

the ultimate goal <strong>of</strong> the Wilf family cardiovascular<br />

research institute, he says, is “to translate biological<br />

understanding into novel treatments to relieve<br />

suffering and improve health.”<br />

gifts such as the Wilf family’s, says dean spiegel,<br />

“allow einstein faculty to go forward doing the work<br />

they love, that they are passionate about and that<br />

will benefit the community and the world.”<br />

A uniQuE And EnduRinG RElAtionShip<br />

for nearly 40 years, the name Wilf has been closely<br />

linked with that <strong>of</strong> Yeshiva University. the University’s<br />

main campus bears the name <strong>of</strong> this distinguished<br />

philanthropic family, which for decades has been a<br />

pillar <strong>of</strong> the Jewish community from new York to israel<br />

and beyond. Joseph Wilf, the family’s patriarch, and<br />

his son zygi are longtime members <strong>of</strong> the YU Board<br />

<strong>of</strong> trustees.<br />

now entering its third generation <strong>of</strong> support for<br />

YU, this singular clan proudly embodies the American<br />

dream. Joseph Wilf, his wife, elizabeth, and his<br />

brother, harry, survived the holocaust, transplanted<br />

themselves in America and went on to create a<br />

thriving business. each phase <strong>of</strong> their odyssey was<br />

guided by their strongly held values: love <strong>of</strong> family,<br />

passionate commitment to strengthening the Jewish<br />

community and concern for humanity.<br />

they identified Yeshiva University as the perfect<br />

conduit to give expression to their values and began<br />

investing in scholarships to support the development<br />

<strong>of</strong> new generations <strong>of</strong> Jewish leaders. thus began<br />

the special relationship between the Wilf family and<br />

the first American Jewish university. the family long<br />

ago attained Benefactor status at the University for<br />

its distinguished support; the University named its<br />

Washington heights campus the Wilf campus in 2002,<br />

in recognition <strong>of</strong> the family’s philanthropic leadership.<br />

in 2007, Joseph Wilf, together with other Wilf family<br />

members and YU staff, began to consider ways to build<br />

on the Wilf-Yeshiva partnership. After careful study and<br />

evaluation by zygi Wilf, the family determined that<br />

einstein—the first medical school in America established<br />

under Jewish auspices—would be an appropriate<br />

new focus for its philanthropy.<br />

two years later, in 2009, the Wilf family announced<br />

its most recent commitment: $25 million to Yeshiva<br />

University, <strong>of</strong> which $15 million was designated for YU<br />

undergraduate scholarships and $10 million to establish<br />

the Wilf family cardiovascular research institute<br />

at einstein.<br />

the Wilf family’s extraordinary gift is a testament to<br />

the vision and foresight <strong>of</strong> Joseph Wilf and his loved<br />

ones, and to the special bond that exists between a<br />

remarkable family and the institution whose mission<br />

they have embraced as their own.<br />

“success, whether in business, in sports<br />

or in medical research, usually doesn’t<br />

happen without teamwork. it takes a<br />

dedicated team to make important<br />

medical discoveries. the Wilf family’s<br />

relationship to einstein is more than a<br />

partnership—we’re playing on the same<br />

team. together, we’re going to achieve<br />

great things.”<br />

– ZYGMunt ”ZYGi“ WilF<br />

<strong>Einstein</strong> overseer and Benefactor<br />

needs retouching:<br />

Allen M. Spiegel, M.d., the Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz<br />

dean, presents Zygi Wilf with a plaque recognizing the<br />

Wilf family and their gift establishing the Wilf Family<br />

Cardiovascular Research institute at <strong>Einstein</strong>. “thanks to<br />

the extraordinary vision and generosity <strong>of</strong> Zygi Wilf and<br />

his family, <strong>Einstein</strong> will have a new institute targeting the<br />

number-one killer <strong>of</strong> Americans,” says dean Spiegel.<br />

left - 125 / right - 403 + 135 side<br />

“the Wilf family is a shining example <strong>of</strong> Yu’s mission to<br />

ennoble and enable,” says Yeshiva university president<br />

Richard M. Joel, pictured here with Zygi Wilf. ”Quietly<br />

performing their good deeds under the radar, never<br />

seeking publicity, the Wilfs have had a pr<strong>of</strong>ound impact<br />

on the growth and development <strong>of</strong> the university and on<br />

the advancement <strong>of</strong> the Jewish people and humanity.”<br />

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BRidGinG thE trAnsLAtionAL divide<br />

typically, many years elapse before laboratory<br />

findings culminate in useful therapies. the aim<br />

<strong>of</strong> translational research is to shorten that time<br />

lag—to build bridges between basic and clinical<br />

research that will speed knowledge “from<br />

bench to bedside.” All across the einstein<br />

campus, translational research collaborations<br />

are paving the way for new therapies that<br />

will benefit patients as quickly as possible.<br />

it starts right here, on the einstein campus: A physicianscientist<br />

finds that transplanted liver cells survive longer<br />

when pretreated with a certain drug, or a researcher<br />

observes cancer cells moving from tumors to blood<br />

vessels for the first time. But from there, where?<br />

At einstein, such basic research findings are fasttracked<br />

from the lab and onto a developmental speedway<br />

that transforms them into diagnostic tests or<br />

therapies to improve human health. this emphasis on<br />

moving from science to medicine is what translational<br />

medicine is all about. “every advance in medical care<br />

that you’ve ever heard <strong>of</strong>—all <strong>of</strong> the important steps<br />

in treating heart disease, cancer, diabetes and other<br />

major medical challenges—came from basic research in<br />

places like einstein,” says harry shamoon, m.d., associate<br />

dean for clinical and translational research and director<br />

<strong>of</strong> the einstein-montefiore institute for clinical and<br />

translational research (ictr).<br />

it usually takes a team effort to shepherd a basic<br />

research discovery all the way to clinical practice.<br />

fortunately, collegiality and collaboration—two traditional<br />

strengths at einstein—have resulted in a number<br />

<strong>of</strong> translational medicine success stories.<br />

EinStEin’S CoMMitMEnt to<br />

tRAnSlAtionAl MEdiCinE<br />

the college <strong>of</strong> medicine has reached some notable<br />

benchmarks in translational medicine in the past<br />

decade.<br />

2001: renowned investment fund manager<br />

michael f. price committed $25 million to help establish<br />

a state-<strong>of</strong>-the-art center for genetic and translational<br />

medicine at einstein.<br />

2006: Allen m. spiegel, m.d., became einstein’s<br />

marilyn and stanley m. katz dean after a distinguished<br />

career at the national institutes <strong>of</strong> health (nih), where<br />

translational research is strongly encouraged.<br />

2007: dean spiegel issued the strategic research<br />

plan, which made translational research at einstein<br />

a priority: “Basic science research remains the main<br />

engine for discovery and innovation,” the dean wrote<br />

in his introduction to the plan, “but translation <strong>of</strong> basic<br />

science discoveries to benefit human health is critical if<br />

the public’s investment in research is to be sustained.”<br />

2008: the michael f. price center for genetic<br />

and translational medicine/harold and muriel Block<br />

research pavilion was formally dedicated, and the nih<br />

granted a coveted clinical and translational science<br />

Award to einstein and to montefiore medical center.<br />

the five-year, $24 million grant supported the new<br />

ictr. “researchers and clinicians don’t necessarily<br />

Biochemist Matthew levy, ph.d., left, and endocrinologist<br />

daniel Stein, M.d., center, entered a collaborative<br />

relationship when iCtR director harry Shamoon, M.d.,<br />

suggested they pool their expertise. dr. Stein’s knowledge<br />

<strong>of</strong> thyroid tumor biology and dr. levy’s skill with<br />

aptamers, the nucleic-acid equivalent <strong>of</strong> antibodies, will<br />

form the basis <strong>of</strong> a new thyroid cancer test.<br />

speak the same language,” said dr. shamoon. the<br />

ictr’s mandate was to act as matchmaker, bringing<br />

together people who could catalyze each other’s work.<br />

2009: dean spiegel signed an affiliation agreement<br />

with steven m. safyer, m.d., president and<br />

chief executive <strong>of</strong>ficer <strong>of</strong> montefiore, ensuring that<br />

the research partnership between the two institutions,<br />

dating from the 1960s, would continue for the<br />

next decade. “By combining einstein’s strengths in<br />

translational research and technical expertise with<br />

montefiore’s stellar reputation in patient care and clinical<br />

investigation, the agreement helps to ensure that<br />

collaborations will flow smoothly,” said dean spiegel.<br />

in addition, said dr. shamoon, “faculty members can<br />

now see the scientific expertise and research projects<br />

available at einstein in real time on our website [www.<br />

einstein.yu.edu/erp]. this <strong>of</strong>fers investigators an easy<br />

way to make research connections.”<br />

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<strong>Einstein</strong> Chairperson Emeritus Burton p. Resnick, right, and Judith Resnick with John S. Condeelis, ph.d.<br />

collaborating<br />

to combat cancer<br />

Burton and Judith resnick’s major gifts have played a vital<br />

role in important medical advances at einstein—past,<br />

present and future.<br />

Cancer. dr. condeelis, inaugural holder <strong>of</strong> the Judith<br />

and Burton p. resnick chair in translational research, is an<br />

internationally recognized microscopist and cell biologist.<br />

dr. condeelis’ pioneering investigations into the way cancer<br />

spreads hold major implications for cancer treatment. (see<br />

pages 21-22 to learn more about dr. condeelis and his work.)<br />

Alzheimer’s disease. A research team led by peter<br />

davies, ph.d., the Judith and Burton p. resnick pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong><br />

Alzheimer’s disease research, identified a key missing protein<br />

in the brains <strong>of</strong> Alzheimer’s patients—a breakthrough that has<br />

influenced all subsequent Alzheimer’s disease research.<br />

Leukemia. the Judith and Burton p. resnick chair in cell<br />

Biology is currently held by Arthur skoultchi, ph.d., chair and<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essor in the department <strong>of</strong> cell biology. dr. skoultchi has<br />

identified a gene that causes red blood cells to stop developing<br />

and to multiply uncontrollably. his work could lead to new<br />

therapies for the treatment and prevention <strong>of</strong> leukemia.<br />

dEtECtinG BREASt CAnCER’S SpREAd<br />

A few years ago, John s. condeelis, ph.d., codirector<br />

<strong>of</strong> einstein’s gruss Lipper Biophotonics center, was<br />

looking at his laser-illuminated videos <strong>of</strong> living breast<br />

tumor tissue when he observed something amazing:<br />

cancer metastasis in action. cells from the tumor were<br />

on the move, migrating toward clumps <strong>of</strong> white cells,<br />

known as macrophages, perched on blood vessels. the<br />

macrophages seemed to be luring the motile tumor<br />

cells toward them.<br />

in metastasis, cancer cells spread from the primary<br />

tumor and travel in the bloodstream to other parts <strong>of</strong><br />

the body, where they develop into secondary tumors.<br />

this phase <strong>of</strong> cancer is arguably the most crucial, since<br />

metastasis is what usually kills cancer patients. But to<br />

actually witness metastasis was unprecedented.<br />

“people had never seen cancer cells move to blood<br />

vessels before,” says dr. condeelis, a breast cancer<br />

researcher who is pr<strong>of</strong>essor and cochair in the department<br />

<strong>of</strong> anatomy and structural biology.<br />

the microscopic region where blood vessels, tumor<br />

cells and macrophages interact is called “the tumor<br />

microenvironment.” the notion that this microenvironment<br />

spawns metastasis was recently called “the hottest<br />

idea in cancer research.” in their pioneering microenvironment<br />

research, dr. condeelis and his team are<br />

deciphering the chemical signals that transform stationary<br />

tumor cells into motile metastatic killers. they hope<br />

to develop therapies for blocking those signals so that<br />

metastasis can be prevented or halted.<br />

pARtnERinG With diStinGuiShEd<br />

EinStEin BEnEFACtoRS<br />

in 2009, dr. condeelis’ groundbreaking studies were<br />

brought to the attention <strong>of</strong> Judith and Burton p. resnick,<br />

longtime Benefactors <strong>of</strong> the college <strong>of</strong> medicine.<br />

the resnicks are deeply committed to einstein.<br />

mr. resnick served with great distinction as chairman <strong>of</strong><br />

the einstein Board <strong>of</strong> overseers for 18 years and is now<br />

actively involved as chairperson emeritus. mrs. resnick<br />

has long been a leading member <strong>of</strong> einstein’s national<br />

Women’s division.<br />

the couple were so impressed with dr. condeelis’<br />

work that they established the Judith and Burton p.<br />

resnick chair in translational research at the college <strong>of</strong><br />

medicine. on october 12, 2009, the resnicks took part<br />

in the Academic convocation held on einstein’s Jack<br />

and pearl resnick campus, during which dr. condeelis<br />

was invested as the inaugural holder <strong>of</strong> the new chair.<br />

using an advanced imaging system like the one shown<br />

above in his laboratory, dr. Condeelis was able to see<br />

cancer metastasis occurring in living tissue.<br />

“through their steadfast leadership<br />

and philanthropic vision, Burt and<br />

Judy resnick have helped set the<br />

stage for groundbreaking scientific<br />

discovery at einstein.”<br />

– AllEn M. SpiEGEl, M.d.<br />

the Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz dean<br />

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22<br />

thE BREASt CAnCER RESEARCh<br />

FoundAtion<br />

the Breast Cancer Research Foundation<br />

has contributed $732,554 to support three<br />

separate studies in breast cancer research<br />

being conducted by: Rachel hazan, ph.d.,<br />

associate pr<strong>of</strong>essor, department <strong>of</strong> pathology;<br />

thomas Rohan, M.d., ph.d., pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />

and chair, department <strong>of</strong> epidemiology &<br />

population health; and Susan Band horwitz,<br />

ph.d., the Rose C. Falkenstein pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong><br />

Cancer Research and distinguished pr<strong>of</strong>essor,<br />

departments <strong>of</strong> molecular pharmacology<br />

and <strong>of</strong> cell biology, and haley Mcdaid, ph.d.,<br />

assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor, department <strong>of</strong> medicine.<br />

GABRiEllE’S AnGEl FoundAtion<br />

FoR CAnCER RESEARCh<br />

the Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer<br />

Research (formerly the G&p Foundation for<br />

Cancer Research) has committed $225,000<br />

to help fund the research <strong>of</strong> Amit Kumar<br />

Verma, M.B., B.S., into myelodysplastic<br />

syndrome, a disease <strong>of</strong> the bone marrow<br />

that is increasingly common in older people<br />

and <strong>of</strong>ten leads to leukemia. dr. Verma is an<br />

associate pr<strong>of</strong>essor, department <strong>of</strong> medicine.<br />

SuSAn G. KoMEn FoR thE CuRE<br />

A grant <strong>of</strong> $180,000 from Susan G. Komen<br />

for the Cure will support the work <strong>of</strong> nancy<br />

Carrasco, M.d., on a novel approach to breast<br />

cancer treatment that combines radioiodide<br />

and pyruvate. dr. Carrasco is a pr<strong>of</strong>essor in<br />

the department <strong>of</strong> molecular pharmacology.<br />

MARY KAY ASh ChARitABlE<br />

FoundAtion<br />

the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation has<br />

pledged $100,000 to support the work <strong>of</strong><br />

Ekaterina dadachova, ph.d., the Sylvia and<br />

Robert S. olnick Faculty Scholar in Cancer<br />

Research. dr. dadachova is exploring radiolabeled<br />

antibodies as a novel approach to<br />

treating cervical cancer. Collaborating with<br />

dr. dadachova in these studies is Arturo<br />

Casadevall, M.d., ph.d., the leo and Julia<br />

Forchheimer pr<strong>of</strong>essor and chair, department<br />

<strong>of</strong> microbiology & immunology.<br />

“We’re fortunate to live in an era <strong>of</strong> medical<br />

advances that our parents could only dream about,”<br />

observes mr. resnick. “Judy and i are interested in<br />

results. After meeting with dr. condeelis and learning<br />

firsthand about the rapid progress he and his<br />

team are making in shedding light on metastasis, we<br />

were convinced. We decided to help ensure that the<br />

resources are there to keep the momentum going for<br />

dr. condeelis and for future einstein investigators.”<br />

pREdiCtinG thE SpREAd oF BREASt CAnCER<br />

As his research progressed, dr. condeelis found evidence<br />

for what he called a tumor microenvironment<br />

for metastasis, or tmem, a location where three types<br />

<strong>of</strong> cells are present: endothelial cells (which form the<br />

inner lining <strong>of</strong> blood vessels); perivascular macrophages<br />

(a type <strong>of</strong> immune cell found near blood vessels); and<br />

tumor cells that produce a protein called mena (which<br />

enhances a cancer cell’s invasiveness).<br />

the more tmems in a tumor specimen, dr.<br />

condeelis predicted, the greater the likelihood that<br />

metastasis would occur. his prediction was confirmed<br />

in a study published in the April 2009 issue <strong>of</strong> Clinical<br />

Cancer Research.<br />

in this study, dr. condeelis collaborated with pathologists<br />

at newYork-presbyterian hospital in examining<br />

60 breast tissue biopsy samples: 30 from patients with<br />

advanced metastatic cancer and 30 from patients with<br />

localized breast cancer. the researchers had developed<br />

a tissue test that used dye-carrying antibodies to<br />

stain all three cellular components <strong>of</strong> a tmem, thereby<br />

revealing the presence and density <strong>of</strong> tmems in<br />

the samples.<br />

the resulting immunostains were evaluated by two<br />

pathologists who were not aware <strong>of</strong> the patients’ clinical<br />

outcomes. their analysis confirmed that tmem density<br />

was significantly higher in patients who had developed<br />

metastatic cancer than in those who had localized<br />

disease.<br />

“tmem is the first marker that reliably predicts<br />

whether a tumor is likely to metastasize,” says dr.<br />

condeelis. he notes that the test could rule out<br />

exhausting and expensive chemotherapy or radiation<br />

for women whose tumors are not destined to metastasize,<br />

and could save the lives <strong>of</strong> other women by<br />

correctly identifying metastatic disease. dr. condeelis<br />

and his colleagues are now working on a blood test that<br />

would measure the same markers and that might be<br />

available in five years.<br />

new Women’s division<br />

initiative supports research<br />

in Women’s cancers<br />

the national Women’s division <strong>of</strong> <strong>Albert</strong> einstein<br />

college <strong>of</strong> medicine has launched a fundraising<br />

initiative to support research on women’s health and<br />

cancers. the division seeks to raise $3 million over<br />

the next three years for cutting-edge basic and translational<br />

studies focusing on cancers that specifically<br />

affect women, including breast cancer and gynecological<br />

(ovarian, cervical and uterine) cancers.<br />

Leading scientists from virtually all disciplines and<br />

academic departments at einstein who are members<br />

<strong>of</strong> the <strong>Albert</strong> einstein cancer center are conducting<br />

the collaborative research studies that will benefit from<br />

the new initiative. Under the leadership <strong>of</strong> i. david<br />

goldman, m.d., the susan resnick fisher pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />

and director <strong>of</strong> the cancer center, the investigators<br />

are working to find new and innovative treatments,<br />

prevention strategies and, ultimately, cures for women’s<br />

cancers. they hope to develop personalized<br />

treatments that will eliminate the need for patients<br />

to undergo therapies that may be unnecessary or<br />

ineffective.<br />

the national Women’s division has raised millions<br />

in support <strong>of</strong> medical research and education<br />

programs at einstein since 1953. Above right, top:<br />

left to right, Jackie harris hochberg, president <strong>of</strong> the<br />

new York chapter; denise rothberg, president <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Westchester/fairfield chapter; and kathy Weinberg,<br />

president <strong>of</strong> the national Women’s division.<br />

Above right, bottom: At the division’s annual spirit<br />

<strong>of</strong> Achievement luncheon on April 28, left to right,<br />

spirit honoree robert W. marion, m.d., director <strong>of</strong> the<br />

children’s evaluation and rehabilitation center; marcia<br />

galan, whose daughter, Alena, receives services from<br />

cerc; einstein overseer rita rosen, former national<br />

Women’s division president, current board chair <strong>of</strong> the<br />

division’s Westchester/fairfield chapter and a board<br />

member <strong>of</strong> its new York chapter; Alena galan; and<br />

Bambi felberbaum, immediate past president <strong>of</strong> the<br />

national Women’s division. Above left: Young participants<br />

in the division’s 20th Annual family day “Wild,<br />

Wild West carnival,” held on August 9. the popular<br />

event is attended each year by families who summer<br />

in the hamptons.<br />

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photo coming today<br />

student pr<strong>of</strong>ile:<br />

alexandra ogorodnikova<br />

obesity tends to increase the risk for a<br />

slew <strong>of</strong> health problems. But not always.<br />

“Some obese people don’t have the<br />

complications we expect to see, such as<br />

diabetes, heart disease and hypertension,”<br />

says Alexandra ogorodnikova (above,<br />

at right), the first student enrolled in the<br />

iCtR’s new five-year ph.d. track in clinical<br />

investigation. “i’m looking into why these<br />

obese people stay healthy.”<br />

now in her third year <strong>of</strong> the program,<br />

Alexandra is working on epidemiologic<br />

research projects with Rachel p. Wildman,<br />

ph.d. (at left above), associate pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />

in the department <strong>of</strong> epidemiology &<br />

population health.<br />

“learning how certain obese individuals<br />

manage to avoid health problems may allow<br />

us to help the general obese population,” says<br />

Alexandra. “our goal is to find interventions<br />

for obese patients who develop diabetes,<br />

heart disease and other complications that<br />

increase their risk for heart attack and stroke.”<br />

in her free time, Alexandra maintains her<br />

own cardiac health by participating in the<br />

<strong>Einstein</strong> dance Club.<br />

nEW liVER, nEW liFE<br />

in the autumn <strong>of</strong> 2008, the first liver transplant program<br />

in the Bronx opened at montefiore medical center—<br />

part <strong>of</strong> a collaboration between montefiore and the<br />

einstein Liver center. “We’ve done 11 transplants since<br />

then,” says milan kinkhabwala, m.d., chief <strong>of</strong> transplantation<br />

and director <strong>of</strong> abdominal organ transplantation<br />

at montefiore. the program has special significance<br />

for the Bronx, a region with one <strong>of</strong> the nation’s highest<br />

rates <strong>of</strong> cirrhosis, hepatitis and other liver diseases.<br />

soon it may be possible to treat liver disorders without<br />

replacing the entire organ, thanks to the efforts <strong>of</strong><br />

sanjeev gupta, m.d., the first eleazar and feige reicher<br />

chair in translational medicine and pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> medicine<br />

and <strong>of</strong> pathology. dr. gupta is pioneering efforts to<br />

treat liver disease through “cell therapy”—transplanting<br />

stem cells or other cells that multiply and restore lost or<br />

diseased tissue.<br />

coming soon to the Bronx is a cell therapy technique<br />

in which healthy liver cells are separated from<br />

donor livers and then injected into patients’ livers.<br />

“We’re now transplanting liver cells into animals and<br />

trying to understand how these cells become a part <strong>of</strong><br />

the body, grow, and take over the function <strong>of</strong> diseased<br />

liver cells,” says dr. gupta. “We’re also looking at what<br />

drugs or other treatments would encourage liver cells<br />

to engraft and proliferate. over the last 10 or 15 years<br />

we’ve established a research base and can now begin<br />

approaching clinical studies.”<br />

dr. gupta is optimistic that einstein and montefiore<br />

may perform their first human liver cell transplants in the<br />

near future. however, because cell therapy is regulated<br />

by the U.s. food and drug Administration, “we will<br />

need to develop the necessary procedures for generating<br />

suitable cells, banking them, characterizing them,<br />

and understanding whether they’re viable, safe and<br />

effective,” he notes.<br />

meanwhile, dr. gupta is also developing strategies<br />

for turning human embryonic stem cells into fully<br />

functional liver cells that could be transplanted into the<br />

body—no liver donor required.<br />

translational research is usually assumed to run<br />

just in one direction—from the laboratory to the clinic.<br />

But as dr. kinkhabwala observes, findings from the<br />

clinic can provide important information for laboratory<br />

researchers. for example, he notes, “We recently set<br />

up a tissue-banking protocol so that basic scientists<br />

can access diseased liver tissue—or whole livers—from<br />

surgical specimens for molecular analysis.”<br />

reicher estate<br />

Bestows generous<br />

gift on einstein<br />

the <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong> has received a $10.2 million bequest<br />

from the estate <strong>of</strong> gertrude e. reicher in memory <strong>of</strong> eleazar<br />

and feige reicher.<br />

A portion <strong>of</strong> this remarkable gift has been used to endow<br />

the eleazar and feige reicher Chair in translational <strong>Medicine</strong>,<br />

named for the parents <strong>of</strong> the late Jacob reicher, M.d., who<br />

was interested in medical research. the inaugural holder <strong>of</strong><br />

the reicher Chair is Sanjeev gupta, M.d., pr<strong>of</strong>essor in the<br />

departments <strong>of</strong> medicine and <strong>of</strong> pathology and program<br />

director for translational technologies and resources at<br />

einstein’s institute for Clinical and translational research. this<br />

honor recognizes dr. gupta for his leading role in the field <strong>of</strong><br />

regenerative medicine (see facing page).<br />

Another portion <strong>of</strong> the reicher bequest has been used<br />

to help renovate the gruss Magnetic resonance research<br />

Center at einstein (see page 29).<br />

“the reicher bequest exemplifies the selflessness <strong>of</strong><br />

philanthropically minded individuals who, knowing they<br />

will not receive recognition in their lifetimes, simply wish<br />

to leave the world a better place,” said Allen M. Spiegel,<br />

M.d., einstein’s dean. “einstein is fortunate to be the beneficiary<br />

<strong>of</strong> this extraordinarily generous gift, which will have a<br />

significant impact on key areas <strong>of</strong> biomedical research.”<br />

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“carol and i are very pleased to help<br />

einstein realize the enormous potential<br />

<strong>of</strong> translational research. it’s great to have<br />

the opportunity to serve on the einstein<br />

Board and continue the good work my<br />

parents started so many years ago.”<br />

–RoGER EiniGER<br />

<strong>Einstein</strong> overseer<br />

RoGER And CARol EiniGER: A FAMilY<br />

tRAdition oF SERViCE to EinStEin<br />

CoMES Full CiRClE<br />

“our family has always been committed to supporting<br />

medical research because <strong>of</strong> its power to transform so<br />

many lives,” says einstein overseer roger einiger. mr.<br />

einiger joined the einstein Board <strong>of</strong> overseers in 2005.<br />

he currently serves as the Board’s treasurer, chair <strong>of</strong> the<br />

budget and finance committee and a member <strong>of</strong> the<br />

executive committee.<br />

At right, R. Suzanne Zukin, ph.d., with S. dillard Kirby,<br />

executive director <strong>of</strong> the F. M. Kirby Foundation, at the<br />

Academic Convocation, october 12, 2009.<br />

F. M. KiRBY FoundAtion EndoWS ChAiR in<br />

nEuRAl REpAiR And pRotECtion<br />

in 2008, he joined the finance and investment<br />

committees <strong>of</strong> the Yeshiva University Board <strong>of</strong> trustees.<br />

the University recognized mr. einiger for his dedicated<br />

the Einigers’ support for translational research at<br />

<strong>Einstein</strong> will help advance the work <strong>of</strong> physicianscientists<br />

such as Amy Sanders, M.d., right, a geriatric<br />

neurologist who studies cognitive aging. dr. Sanders<br />

“history demonstrates time and time again that when<br />

service by awarding him an honorary doctor <strong>of</strong> humane is assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor in the Saul R. Korey department<br />

people are united in a charitable cause, which is right<br />

Letters degree at its annual hanukkah dinner in<br />

<strong>of</strong> neurology.<br />

and good, the impossible becomes possible.” these<br />

december 2009.<br />

inspirational words are from the mission statement <strong>of</strong><br />

the einiger family’s involvement with einstein began<br />

the f. m. kirby foundation. the venerable family foun-<br />

with mr. einiger’s parents, glory and Jack, who were<br />

thE MCKniGht EndoWMEnt<br />

dation has been a longtime supporter <strong>of</strong> neurological<br />

among the medical school’s earliest supporters and<br />

thE ElliSon MEdiCAl<br />

Fund FoR nEuRoSCiEnCE<br />

research at einstein.<br />

members <strong>of</strong> its society <strong>of</strong> founders. glory einiger also<br />

FoundAtion<br />

the McKnight Endowment Fund for<br />

most recently, the foundation pledged $2 million<br />

played a leadership role in einstein’s national Women’s<br />

the Ellison Medical Foundation continues to<br />

neuroscience has awarded $300,000 over<br />

to endow the f. m. kirby chair in neural repair and<br />

division until her husband died suddenly in 1964. the<br />

recognize the outstanding accomplishments<br />

three years to dr. Zukin in support <strong>of</strong> her<br />

research, in collaboration with John Greally,<br />

M.B., B.Ch., ph.d., associate pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong><br />

genetics and <strong>of</strong> medicine, into epigenetic<br />

remodeling <strong>of</strong> neuronal genes in global ischemia.<br />

the goal <strong>of</strong> this research is to pave the<br />

protection. the inaugural holder <strong>of</strong> the kirby chair is<br />

r. suzanne zukin, ph.d., pr<strong>of</strong>essor in the dominick p.<br />

purpura department <strong>of</strong> neuroscience and director <strong>of</strong><br />

einstein’s neuropsychopharmacology center.<br />

during her 30-year career at einstein, dr. zukin has<br />

responsibilities <strong>of</strong> raising two children and running her<br />

late husband’s business forced mrs. einiger to cut back<br />

on her volunteer activities at einstein. “for me,” says<br />

roger einiger, “it’s been great to reconnect with<br />

einstein decades later and see the enormous progress<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>Einstein</strong> faculty members in aging<br />

research. the foundation’s most recent<br />

commitment is an award <strong>of</strong> up to $982,000<br />

to support the work <strong>of</strong> Aviv Bergman, ph.d.,<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essor and founding chair, department<br />

<strong>of</strong> systems & computational biology and<br />

way for innovative treatments to ameliorate<br />

carried out pioneering research on the receptors on<br />

that has been made.”<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> pathology and <strong>of</strong> neuroscience.<br />

the effects <strong>of</strong> stroke.<br />

the surface <strong>of</strong> nerve cells to which the neurotransmitter<br />

Although einstein receives funding from the nih,<br />

other current recipients <strong>of</strong> multiyear grants<br />

glutamate binds. her work has helped reveal how these<br />

additional support is needed to fully fund the training<br />

include Jan Vijg, ph.d., chair and pr<strong>of</strong>essor,<br />

receptors are involved in medical conditions such as<br />

schizophrenia, huntington’s disease and stroke.<br />

in 2001, the foundation established the f. m. kirby<br />

program in neural repair and protection at einstein’s<br />

<strong>of</strong> einstein’s research physicians. recognizing this critical<br />

need, mr. einiger and his wife, carol, recently made a<br />

commitment to support the career development <strong>of</strong><br />

physician-scientists—clinically trained m.d.s who are<br />

department <strong>of</strong> genetics; Claire Bastie, ph.d.,<br />

assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor, department <strong>of</strong> medicine<br />

(endocrinology); Marion Schmidt, ph.d.,<br />

assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor, department <strong>of</strong> biochemistry;<br />

and Erik Snapp, ph.d., assistant<br />

rose f. kennedy University center for excellence in<br />

involved in translational research studies.<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essor, department <strong>of</strong> anatomy and<br />

developmental disabilities education, research and<br />

service. that gift was preceded by a generous contribution<br />

from the foundation in support <strong>of</strong> the neuroscience<br />

program based at the kennedy center.<br />

structural biology.<br />

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Jeffrey W. pollard, ph.d., the louis Goldstein<br />

pictured above at the Gruss Magnetic Resonance<br />

CoMBAtinG inFERtilitY<br />

the female sex hormone progesterone creates the<br />

right chemical environment for a fertilized ovum to<br />

Swan Chair in Women’s Cancer Research, assisted<br />

by laboratory technician lumie Benard.<br />

FRoM BEdSidE to BEnCh At GRuSS MRRC<br />

two scientists could hardly be better suited to<br />

collaborate than craig A. Branch, ph.d., and<br />

Research Center: <strong>Einstein</strong> overseer Evelyn lipper, M.d.<br />

’71, with Michael lipton, M.d., ph.d., left, and Craig<br />

Branch, ph.d. dr. lipper, an <strong>Einstein</strong> alumna and former<br />

faculty member, is a trustee <strong>of</strong> the Gruss lipper Family<br />

be implanted in a woman’s uterus. “Without it there hormones contribute to uterine cancer and other dis-<br />

michael L. Lipton, m.d., ph.d.<br />

Foundation, which established the center in 2000 with a<br />

would be no life,” notes Jeffrey W. pollard, ph.d., eases <strong>of</strong> the uterus,” says dr. pollard. for the first time,<br />

dr. Branch directs the gruss magnetic resonance<br />

generous gift to <strong>Einstein</strong>. “drs. lipton and Branch are a<br />

the Louis goldstein swan chair in Women’s cancer dr. pollard and colleagues are studying the opposing<br />

research center (mrrc) and is a magnetic resonance<br />

dynamic team,” says dr. lipper. “their vast breadth <strong>of</strong><br />

research and pr<strong>of</strong>essor in the departments <strong>of</strong> developmental<br />

and molecular biology and <strong>of</strong> obstetrics &<br />

gynecology and women’s health.<br />

effects <strong>of</strong> progesterone and estrogen in living human<br />

tissue by implanting human endometrial cells in mice.<br />

these studies have revealed two new molecular path-<br />

imaging (mri) physicist. dr. Lipton, the center’s<br />

associate director, is a physician. “We bring two points<br />

<strong>of</strong> view to the work,” says dr. Branch.<br />

knowledge and vision for the future will greatly amplify<br />

the Gruss Center’s impact on biomedical research and<br />

on the education <strong>of</strong> <strong>Einstein</strong> students.”<br />

ways through which estrogen delivers its hormonal<br />

in a twist on the usual bench-to-bedside direction<br />

“We’ve made major advances in under-<br />

message telling endometrial cells to divide. Armed<br />

with this knowledge, scientists may be able to inter-<br />

<strong>of</strong> translational research, studies in the gruss center<br />

typically start with clinical mysteries in need <strong>of</strong><br />

target for therapies to reduce or eliminate the damage<br />

standing how the actions <strong>of</strong> hormones rupt estrogen’s message earlier in the disease process<br />

scientific explanation. take head injuries, for example. <strong>of</strong> concussion.”<br />

contribute to diseases <strong>of</strong> the uterus.” or develop an alternative to progesterone, which<br />

“A standard mri may show nothing abnormal, but<br />

in addition to head injury, research at the gruss<br />

becomes ineffective over time.<br />

there’s clearly something wrong—maybe the person center involves areas as diverse as cancer, cardiol-<br />

Because <strong>of</strong> these advances, the nih in 2009<br />

can’t do his job or interact with people the way he ogy, diabetes, obesity and hematology. the center’s<br />

But progesterone serves another useful purpose. awarded dr. pollard a $7.5 million grant to create a<br />

did,” says dr. Lipton. in 2009, drs. Branch and Lipton imaging capabilities got a big boost in June, when<br />

the hormone estrogen stimulates division <strong>of</strong> endome- specialized cooperative center program in repro-<br />

and their colleagues published a study <strong>of</strong> concussion a brand-new 3.0 tesla mri and spectroscopy system<br />

trial cells that line the uterus. progesterone, because it duction and infertility research at einstein—one <strong>of</strong> just<br />

patients in the journal Radiology. the study used a was hoisted from a truck in the einstein courtyard<br />

neutralizes estrogen, helps rein in endometriosis—the 13 such centers funded nationwide and the only one in<br />

new imaging technique, diffusion tensor imaging and gently lowered into its new home on the first<br />

wild and <strong>of</strong>ten painful proliferation <strong>of</strong> endometrial cells new York state. the grant supports the translation <strong>of</strong><br />

(dti), that measures the diffusion <strong>of</strong> water in the floor. “instead <strong>of</strong> scanning from the usual two points,<br />

outside the uterus that causes scarring and can lead lab breakthroughs into clinical practice and laboratory<br />

brain’s white matter.<br />

our new system allows us to use a technology called<br />

to infertility. progesterone also helps combat uterine follow-up on questions that arise in the clinic.<br />

“dti proved to be a powerful tool for detecting parallel imaging that picks up signals from 32 different<br />

cancer, another estrogen-fueled disorder. the most researchers at dr. pollard’s new center will also<br />

subtle brain damage associated with concussions,” sensors,” says dr. Branch, who is also an associate pro-<br />

effective treatment is hysterectomy, which leaves a investigate the mechanisms by which obesity and<br />

says dr. Lipton, who is also an associate pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> fessor <strong>of</strong> radiology at einstein. “these images reveal<br />

woman unable to bear children.<br />

diabetes cause infertility in women. this research will<br />

radiology and <strong>of</strong> psychiatry and behavioral sciences much greater detail than we’ve been able to attain<br />

“over the last five years, we’ve made major<br />

be especially relevant to einstein’s Bronx community,<br />

at einstein. Adds dr. Branch, “for the first time, we previously, and in half the time.”<br />

advances in understanding how the actions <strong>of</strong><br />

where obesity and diabetes are prevalent.<br />

appear to be able to provide researchers with a<br />

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30<br />

Jack Rudin chats with Rudin Scholars dukagjin Blakaj,<br />

M.d., ph.d.’08, left, and lisa McReynolds, M.d., ph.d. ’09,<br />

at a 2006 reception honoring Mr. Rudin.<br />

SAlutinG JACK Rudin And thE<br />

Rudin FAMilY FoundAtionS<br />

Jack rudin loves young people, and he loves the field<br />

<strong>of</strong> medicine. so it’s no wonder that he has taken a<br />

keen interest in supporting the medical education <strong>of</strong><br />

einstein students.<br />

mr. rudin is chairman <strong>of</strong> the rudin management<br />

company, one <strong>of</strong> new York city’s leading real estate<br />

firms. he also serves as chairman <strong>of</strong> the may and<br />

samuel rudin family foundation and the Louis and<br />

rachel rudin foundation, named for mr. rudin’s late<br />

parents and grandparents, respectively. the rudin<br />

family foundations exemplify the family’s long<br />

and distinguished tradition <strong>of</strong> philanthropy in<br />

new York city.<br />

since 1973, the rudin family foundations have<br />

contributed generously to the support <strong>of</strong> nearly 900<br />

rudin scholars at einstein. in addition, they have<br />

provided funding for research on Alzheimer’s disease,<br />

cancer, Aids, glaucoma and reproductive health at<br />

the college <strong>of</strong> medicine.<br />

Jack rudin was instrumental in establishing the<br />

rudin scholars program at einstein.<br />

Lisa mcreynolds, m.d., ph.d. ’09, a former rudin<br />

scholar, met mr. rudin at a reception held in his honor<br />

on the einstein campus in 2006. “he was truly interested<br />

in my work and listened carefully as i explained<br />

my thesis research project,” recalls dr. mcreynolds.<br />

“Jack rudin gives with an open hand, but he is<br />

also discerning,” says dr. norman Lamm, chancellor<br />

<strong>of</strong> Yeshiva University, which in 1995 awarded mr. rudin<br />

an honorary doctorate in recognition <strong>of</strong> his longstanding<br />

friendship and support. “When it comes<br />

to einstein,” says dr. Lamm <strong>of</strong> his friend <strong>of</strong> many<br />

years, “mr. rudin is greatly impressed with how<br />

hard the students work. knowing that the fruits <strong>of</strong><br />

their labor will benefit humanity is very important<br />

to him.”<br />

SAMuEl G. And KAthY WEinBERG:<br />

A hiStoRY oF SERViCE to EinStEin<br />

for einstein overseers kathy and samuel g. Weinberg<br />

(see facing page), the college <strong>of</strong> medicine is a “labor<br />

<strong>of</strong> love.” mrs. Weinberg serves as president <strong>of</strong> the<br />

einstein national Women’s division; mr. Weinberg is a<br />

member <strong>of</strong> the Board <strong>of</strong> overseers’ executive committee<br />

and cochairs its facilities and planning committee.<br />

“A great institution is not made up <strong>of</strong> buildings<br />

alone,” observes mr. Weinberg. “one only has to visit<br />

einstein to see that its spirit and uniqueness come<br />

from its exceptional faculty and students. it’s an honor<br />

to support them in their efforts to make the world a<br />

healthier place.”<br />

service to einstein is a family tradition. mrs.<br />

Weinberg’s father, matthew kornreich, served on the<br />

Board <strong>of</strong> overseers; her mother, susanne kornreich,<br />

was a member <strong>of</strong> the Women’s division’s national<br />

Board and a vice president <strong>of</strong> its Westchester/fairfield<br />

chapter. Lisa Weinberg, samuel and kathy’s daughter,<br />

serves as an assistant vice president <strong>of</strong> the Women’s<br />

division’s new York chapter; their son, Andrew<br />

Weinberg, is active in the einstein men’s division.<br />

“my parents were passionate about einstein’s mission<br />

to change the world through medical research,”<br />

says kathy Weinberg. “they were proud to be a part<br />

<strong>of</strong> the medical school’s illustrious past. sam and i, and<br />

our children, are proud to be a part <strong>of</strong> its future.”<br />

the Weinbergs recently made a generous gift in<br />

support <strong>of</strong> genetic and translational research at the<br />

michael f. price center for genetic and translational<br />

medicine/harold and muriel Block research pavilion.<br />

With this new commitment, they join a distinguished<br />

group <strong>of</strong> individuals and foundations designated as<br />

Benefactors <strong>of</strong> the college <strong>of</strong> medicine.<br />

supporting<br />

translational<br />

research at<br />

einstein<br />

einstein Overseers Kathy and Samuel g. Weinberg have<br />

made a commitment in support <strong>of</strong> translational research at<br />

einstein. in recognition <strong>of</strong> their generosity, the third-floor<br />

lounge in the Price Center/block research Pavilion will be<br />

named in honor <strong>of</strong> the Weinberg family. the lounge includes<br />

the magnificent spiral staircase that is visible from both inside<br />

and outside the Price Center/block research Pavilion. its<br />

double-helix design represents dnA—the key molecule <strong>of</strong><br />

life that is featured on the einstein logo. this spiral staircase<br />

is an architectural symbol <strong>of</strong> the new research facility’s<br />

mission <strong>of</strong> scientific excellence and innovation.<br />

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BRidGinG thE heALth-cAre divide in the BronX<br />

bad behaviors cause bad diseases.<br />

Overeating, smoking and alcohol abuse<br />

are among the prime causes <strong>of</strong> illness and<br />

death nationwide. einstein researchers have<br />

responded. they are taking simple, safe and<br />

relatively inexpensive interventions to the<br />

streets <strong>of</strong> the bronx to improve the health <strong>of</strong><br />

its medically underserved population.<br />

half <strong>of</strong> all illnesses and deaths in the United states<br />

nancy tarshis, left, director <strong>of</strong> speech and language<br />

could be prevented, according to a recent institute <strong>of</strong><br />

medicine (iom) study. By stopping smoking, curbing<br />

alcohol consumption, improving their diets, lowering<br />

their stress levels and otherwise changing their behav-<br />

RESEARCh At CERC: A nEW BEGinninG<br />

over the last half century, the children’s evaluation<br />

and rehabilitation center (cerc) has helped thousands<br />

<strong>of</strong> children who have serious developmental<br />

services at the Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation<br />

Center, and debbie Meringolo, associate director <strong>of</strong> the<br />

infant and toddler team, work with two young CERC<br />

patients. CERC and its positive impact on children in the<br />

Bronx were celebrated recently in a film produced by<br />

ior, many people could avoid lung cancer, heart disease<br />

problems. But the need to provide clinical care had<br />

<strong>Einstein</strong> overseers and longtime Benefactors philip and<br />

and other major killers.<br />

compromised cerc’s ability to conduct research.<br />

Rita Rosen. to see their film online, visit www.einstein.<br />

the field <strong>of</strong> behavioral and social science aims to<br />

now, for the first time, cerc will have a full-time<br />

yu.edu/cerc.<br />

motivate people to lead healthier lives. its practitioners<br />

research director: neuroscientist John J. foxe, ph.d.<br />

seek strategies to help them stop smoking, get more<br />

dr. foxe was recruited from the city University<br />

exercise and make other lifestyle changes proven effec-<br />

<strong>of</strong> new York, where he currently directs the ph.d. late childhood who are at risk for schizophrenia, we<br />

tive in preventing disease. But as the iom study notes,<br />

program in cognitive neuroscience and codirects its may be able to prevent it from developing.”<br />

less than 5 percent <strong>of</strong> the two trillion dollars spent<br />

children’s research Unit. many <strong>of</strong> his projects—and much <strong>of</strong> cerc’s research will involve autism.<br />

yearly on health care in the United states goes to<br />

about 25 members <strong>of</strong> his children’s research Unit this year, dr. foxe and his research partner, sophie<br />

reducing behavioral and social risk factors.<br />

team—will accompany him to einstein.<br />

molholm, ph.d. (who’ll join einstein as associate<br />

the iom authors would be heartened by visiting<br />

“cerc serves about 7,000 children yearly and is an pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> pediatrics and <strong>of</strong> neuroscience), were<br />

einstein, where Bronx-based behavioral and social<br />

incredible resource for recruiting patients for clinical awarded $2.8 million by the national institutes <strong>of</strong><br />

science research is thriving. A prime example is the<br />

research,” says dr. foxe. he expressed gratitude to health to study why autistic people have trouble pro-<br />

new marilyn and stanley m. katz comprehensive<br />

einstein’s national Women’s division, which recently cessing sounds and other sensory input.<br />

cancer prevention and control program, the result<br />

completed a three-year, $3 million fundraising initia- cerc will also assist michelle dunn, ph.d., asso-<br />

<strong>of</strong> a $7 million gift from longtime einstein overseers<br />

tive to establish cerc’s clinical research program. ciate clinical pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> neurology at einstein and<br />

and Benefactors marilyn and stanley m. katz.<br />

dr. foxe is planning research partnerships with acting director <strong>of</strong> the einstein/montefiore Autism<br />

einstein’s community outreach is not limited to<br />

other einstein scientists. for example, he’ll be work- evaluation and treatment center, at her intervention<br />

adults. through the work <strong>of</strong> its nationally recognized<br />

ing with colleagues in genetics and psychiatry to program for autistic children in co-op city schools.<br />

children’s evaluation and rehabilitation center, einstein<br />

search for gene mutations or other indicators—called “it’s very important for us basic researchers to have<br />

also helps children with developmental disabilities.<br />

biomarkers—that may identify children prone to a strong relationship with clinicians such as dr. dunn,<br />

the health-care gap between the real and the ideal<br />

schizophrenia.<br />

who see children with autism every day and under-<br />

is substantial in the Bronx. einstein researchers are work-<br />

“schizophrenia is really a neurodevelopmental stand their problems,” says dr. foxe.<br />

ing hard to bridge it.<br />

disease,” says dr. foxe. “if we can identify patients in<br />

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RAlph And JunE AdoRno<br />

SnuFFinG out CAnCER in thE BRonx<br />

smoking is the leading cause <strong>of</strong> preventable death and<br />

disease in the United states and the Bronx. Bruce d.<br />

rapkin, ph.d., director <strong>of</strong> einstein’s new marilyn and<br />

stanley m. katz comprehensive cancer prevention and<br />

control program, wants to snuff out smoking all over the<br />

Bronx, but especially among those most endangered by<br />

the habit.<br />

“About 18 percent <strong>of</strong> Bronx adults are smokers,”<br />

says dr. rapkin. “All too <strong>of</strong>ten, those most resistant to<br />

quitting are people whose health is already precarious—<br />

particularly individuals with substance abuse or mentalhealth<br />

problems or who are hiv-positive. they haven’t<br />

benefited from conventional antismoking campaigns,<br />

so we’ve created a tobacco prevention and cessation<br />

think tank to understand the nature <strong>of</strong> their addiction.”<br />

think-tank members come from half a dozen<br />

Ralph and June Adorno have made a gift <strong>of</strong><br />

einstein departments, including family and social<br />

a fully paid $500,000 life insurance policy in<br />

medicine and psychiatry. they meet monthly to devise<br />

support <strong>of</strong> the new Marilyn and Stanley M.<br />

smoking-cessation programs geared toward recalcitrant<br />

Bruce d. Rapkin, ph.d.<br />

Katz Comprehensive Cancer prevention and<br />

Control program at <strong>Einstein</strong>.<br />

“We have long admired Marilyn and<br />

Stanley Katz’s commitment to cancer research<br />

at <strong>Einstein</strong>,” says June Adorno. “After meet-<br />

smokers. they are also applying for grants to help them<br />

reach this population. “our mission at einstein extends<br />

from community prevention and early detection all the<br />

way to support for cancer patients, survivors and their<br />

“most <strong>of</strong> these people don’t have health insurance study psychological and behavioral interventions for<br />

ing with dr. i. david Goldman, director <strong>of</strong> the<br />

families,” dr. rapkin says <strong>of</strong> his ambitious agenda.<br />

and appreciate learning things such as where they can cancer patients and their families—addressing, for<br />

<strong>Albert</strong> <strong>Einstein</strong> Cancer Center, and some <strong>of</strong><br />

dr. rapkin was recruited to einstein from memorial<br />

get free mammograms,” she adds.<br />

example, sexual-health issues in couples after cancer<br />

the researchers—and seeing for ourselves the<br />

sloan-kettering cancer center, where he worked for 16<br />

the cancer Action councils identify community surgery or helping head and neck cancer patients<br />

incredible work they’re doing—we decided it<br />

was time to get more involved.”<br />

Supporting the program established by<br />

the Katzes was “a great opportunity to do<br />

something for the good <strong>of</strong> society that would<br />

help save lives,” adds Ralph Adorno.<br />

years—the last six as director <strong>of</strong> the community health<br />

and health disparities Laboratory.<br />

some <strong>of</strong> the innovative projects that dr. rapkin<br />

started at memorial sloan-kettering have become part<br />

<strong>of</strong> his new einstein program. Queens Library healthLink<br />

needs and plan programs with help from dr. rapkin’s<br />

team at einstein. these programs, which also include<br />

smoking-cessation workshops and cancer support<br />

groups, have so far reached more than 4,000 Queens<br />

residents. And participating in this sort <strong>of</strong> grassroots<br />

quit smoking.<br />

“there are lots <strong>of</strong> things we learn by working<br />

with partners in the community that<br />

is an especially notable success story.<br />

effort also benefits dr. rapkin and his colleagues. you don’t learn in a lab or clinic setting.”<br />

“the philosophy behind Queens Library healthLink<br />

“there are lots <strong>of</strong> things we learn by working with<br />

AutiSM SpEAKS<br />

is to let each community find its own best path to over-<br />

partners in the community—even setting the research<br />

Autism Speaks has contributed $150,000 as<br />

come health disparities,” he says. key to this project’s<br />

agenda together—that you don’t get to learn in a<br />

“We want to determine the kinds <strong>of</strong> programs<br />

part <strong>of</strong> a multiyear commitment to support a<br />

achievements are its cancer Action councils—groups <strong>of</strong><br />

carefully controlled lab or clinic setting,” says dr. that would be most useful and adapt them to people<br />

research study led by thomas V. Mcdonald,<br />

dedicated volunteers who meet monthly at 14 Queens<br />

rapkin. “You get new insights into the barriers and in the Bronx,” says dr. rapkin. “i’m excited about<br />

M.d., pr<strong>of</strong>essor in the departments <strong>of</strong><br />

libraries to discuss expanding access to cancer screen-<br />

motivations that affect people.”<br />

this because there hasn’t been enough research on<br />

medicine and <strong>of</strong> molecular pharmacology,<br />

using the Drosophila (fruit fly) model to<br />

identify possible drug treatments for<br />

autism spectrum disorders.<br />

ing and treatment services in their communities.<br />

in flushing, a neighborhood with many immigrants<br />

who speak little or no english, the local cancer Action<br />

council drew up cancer-resource guides and other out-<br />

plans call for establishing cancer Action councils in<br />

the Bronx over the coming months, adapting the successful<br />

Queens program to the patient population <strong>of</strong><br />

the local community.<br />

psychological or behavioral care for cancer patients <strong>of</strong><br />

color or who speak spanish or have limited resources.”<br />

dr. rapkin and his team will continue forming new<br />

partnerships with community-based organizations and<br />

reach materials in spanish, chinese and korean.<br />

in developing Bronx-based programs, the new to seek their input as they roll out more programs.<br />

“i speak five languages and joined this group<br />

einstein cancer prevention team takes a special inter- they are now talking with Bronx agencies serving low-<br />

because i want to use my language skills to help save<br />

est in the psychological toll that cancer takes. for that income populations about creating a breast cancer<br />

lives,” says volunteer mabel narbutt. she visits restau-<br />

reason, dr. rapkin is working with Alyson moadel, screening program aimed at reaching women who are<br />

rants and beauty parlors in flushing, talking to people<br />

ph.d., associate pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> medicine and <strong>of</strong> epidemi- not getting mammograms on a regular basis.<br />

in mandarin and taiwanese about the group’s events<br />

ology & population health at einstein, to create a new “You need these community partnerships to reach<br />

and distributing its resource guides.<br />

psycho-oncology translational research clinic.<br />

the people who might otherwise fall through the<br />

dr. moadel and her colleagues will develop and cracks,” says dr. rapkin.<br />

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36<br />

Above, Chinazo Cunningham, M.d., M.S. (top) and<br />

lynne M. holden, M.d.; at right, Chinedu nabuobi, a<br />

second-year <strong>Einstein</strong> medical student in the Mentoring<br />

in <strong>Medicine</strong> program meeting with students interested<br />

in health-care careers.<br />

thE RoBERt Wood JohnSon<br />

FoundAtion<br />

the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has<br />

committed $409,543 to support the research<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>Einstein</strong> scientists, including a multiyear<br />

grant <strong>of</strong> $299,999 for a study led by Alain<br />

harris litwin, M.d., M.S., M.p.h., associate<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> clinical medicine and <strong>of</strong> clinical<br />

psychiatry and behavioral sciences. the study<br />

involves treating people in methadone clinics<br />

who have hepatitis C.<br />

BooStinG MinoRitY StudEntS into<br />

hEAlth-CARE CAREERS<br />

Lynne m. holden, m.d., is c<strong>of</strong>ounder <strong>of</strong> mentoring in<br />

medicine (mim), an einstein/montefiore partnership that<br />

introduces minority students to careers in health care.<br />

“We wanted to help kids who have a dream but don’t<br />

have role models they can emulate,” says dr. holden,<br />

associate pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> clinical emergency medicine<br />

at einstein.<br />

since helping form mim in 2006, dr. holden and her<br />

team have recruited 500 volunteer mentors—physicians,<br />

paramedics and others—who talk to students about the<br />

rewards <strong>of</strong> health-care careers and help them apply to<br />

schools that train health pr<strong>of</strong>essionals.<br />

nearly 6,500 students have participated in mim programs,<br />

including after-school clubs and an internship in<br />

which they volunteer in montefiore’s emergency department.<br />

eighteen mim participants are now studying to be<br />

physicians, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists or<br />

public-health pr<strong>of</strong>essionals.<br />

in october, dr. holden was named a robert Wood<br />

Johnson foundation community health Leader for her<br />

work with mim.<br />

“the entire einstein community is tremendously proud<br />

<strong>of</strong> dr. holden,” says edward r. Burns, m.d., einstein’s<br />

executive dean. “her work with mim is an innovative way<br />

to increase the diversity <strong>of</strong> the country’s health-care workforce<br />

and, ultimately, reduce health disparities.”<br />

nEW tREAtMEnt FoR hERoin AddiCtS<br />

in 2002, an alternative to methadone called buprenorphine<br />

received approval for treating opiate addiction.<br />

chinazo opia cunningham, m.d., m.s., associate<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> medicine at einstein, is now conducting<br />

an innovative program in the south Bronx that uses<br />

buprenorphine to help people stop using heroin. she<br />

was motivated by the tremendous growth in opiate<br />

abuse in the area, the limited options for drug treatment<br />

and the benefits that buprenorphine provides.<br />

compared with methadone, buprenorphine has a<br />

better safety pr<strong>of</strong>ile, as it is less likely to be misused or<br />

diverted and less likely to result in an overdose. As a<br />

result, the treatment is approved for use in primary-care<br />

settings, such as dr. cunningham’s Bronx facility. And<br />

it is convenient as well: After a couple <strong>of</strong> initial <strong>of</strong>fice<br />

visits, patients return only every four to eight weeks to<br />

get their supply <strong>of</strong> buprenorphine tablets.<br />

“this program has helped hundreds <strong>of</strong> drug users<br />

in the Bronx,” says dr. cunningham. “our patients are<br />

saying things like, ‘You really saved my life’ and ‘i never<br />

thought i would be clean this long.’”<br />

to expand buprenorphine’s use within the<br />

montefiore/einstein system, dr. cunningham <strong>of</strong>fers<br />

seminars to physicians and to residents who care for<br />

hospitalized patients. she wants them to refer patients<br />

to her program and receive the necessary training to<br />

prescribe buprenorphine themselves.<br />

JudY R. RoSEnBERG’S lAStinG lEGACY<br />

oF SuppoRt FoR diABEtES RESEARCh<br />

diabetes is another health problem that is especially<br />

prevalent in the Bronx. With the help <strong>of</strong> its donors,<br />

einstein has launched programs to combat this worsening<br />

epidemic.<br />

Judy r. rosenberg was one <strong>of</strong> a pioneering group <strong>of</strong><br />

women who, beginning in 1953, helped turn the dream<br />

<strong>of</strong> a medical school at Yeshiva University into reality. A<br />

passionate supporter <strong>of</strong> the college <strong>of</strong> medicine until<br />

her death in 2008, Judy served on the einstein Board <strong>of</strong><br />

overseers for 30 years and was a founder <strong>of</strong> einstein’s<br />

national Women’s division.<br />

Judy and her husband, Alfred, were Benefactors <strong>of</strong><br />

the college <strong>of</strong> medicine, and they endowed the position<br />

<strong>of</strong> faculty scholar in diabetes research at einstein.<br />

in 1996, following Alfred’s death, Judy established the<br />

Judy r. and Alfred A. rosenberg endowed pr<strong>of</strong>essorial<br />

chair in diabetes research. the rosenberg chair is<br />

currently held by Jeffrey e. pessin, ph.d., director <strong>of</strong><br />

einstein’s diabetes research center.<br />

Jeffrey E. pessin, ph.d., the Judy R. and Alfred A.<br />

Rosenberg Endowed pr<strong>of</strong>essorial Chair in diabetes<br />

Research, at work in his lab. dr. pessin is a pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />

in the departments <strong>of</strong> medicine and <strong>of</strong> molecular<br />

pharmacology at <strong>Einstein</strong> and directs its diabetes<br />

Research Center.<br />

thE JonAS EhRliCh<br />

ChARitABlE tRuSt<br />

the Jonas Ehrlich Charitable trust has<br />

pledged $160,000 to support a collaborative<br />

research project to identify the underlying<br />

causes <strong>of</strong> autism and other developmental<br />

disorders. the study is being conducted by<br />

basic scientists at the price Center/Block<br />

Research pavilion together with clinical<br />

experts at <strong>Einstein</strong>’s Children’s Evaluation<br />

and Rehabilitation Center.<br />

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BRidGinG thE stUdent to md divide<br />

for the first time in its 50-year history,<br />

einstein now has a dedicated center on<br />

campus where—before they actually see<br />

patients—medical students can master the<br />

skills they’ll need to become competent<br />

and compassionate physicians.<br />

philanthropy plays a vital role in improving medical<br />

thE GottESMAn CliniCAl SKillS FACilitY<br />

<strong>Einstein</strong>’s new Clinical Skills Facility was made possible<br />

by the generosity <strong>of</strong> Ruth l. Gottesman, Ed.d., left, chair<br />

education at einstein, as the recently opened ruth L.<br />

gottesman clinical skills facility illustrates.<br />

the new facility is named for the current chair <strong>of</strong><br />

the einstein Board <strong>of</strong> overseers, who also served on<br />

Until the ruth L. gottesman clinical skills facility<br />

opened in september, einstein lacked a location on<br />

campus dedicated to teaching students the skills<br />

essential for becoming well-rounded, compassionate<br />

<strong>of</strong> the <strong>Einstein</strong> Board <strong>of</strong> overseers. She and Felise Beth<br />

Milan, M.d. ’88, director <strong>of</strong> the Clinical Skills Assessment<br />

program, are shown in one <strong>of</strong> the facility’s fully equipped<br />

practice rooms.<br />

the einstein faculty for more than three decades. its<br />

physicians. instead, einstein students had to travel to<br />

$3 million cost was covered by part <strong>of</strong> a $25 million gift<br />

other medical schools to be evaluated and get feed- program. in this program the standardized patients<br />

from ruth and her husband, david gottesman, that also<br />

back on their mastery <strong>of</strong> those important skills.<br />

assess students’ skills during eight patient encoun-<br />

supports stem cell and epigenomic research at einstein.<br />

At the heart <strong>of</strong> the einstein facility are 23 rooms ters. “the program aims to ensure that our students<br />

the college <strong>of</strong> medicine is indeed fortunate that a<br />

that can simulate physicians’ examining or hospital have adequate clinical skills and to give them feed-<br />

number <strong>of</strong> donors in addition to the gottesmans have<br />

rooms. they can also function as classrooms and are back on their strengths and weaknesses,” says felise<br />

generously supported the teaching side <strong>of</strong> its mission<br />

equipped with examining tables and standard medical Beth milan, m.d. ’88, director <strong>of</strong> the clinical skills<br />

over the past year. their gifts have met a wide range<br />

instruments for checking the eyes, ears, throat and Assessment program as well as the introduction to<br />

<strong>of</strong> educational needs, from renovating laboratories to<br />

nose and taking blood pressure.<br />

clinical medicine course at einstein. the program<br />

funding scholarships.<br />

first- and second-year medical students take part also preps them for the clinical skills Board exam<br />

the clinical skills facility was created by renovating<br />

in the introduction to clinical medicine program. here (step 2 cs), which students must pass to graduate<br />

a 23,000-square-foot space in the eight-story van<br />

they learn basic clinical skills and knowledge needed from einstein and receive their medical licenses.<br />

etten building—a step toward fulfilling the college<br />

for their initial encounters with real patients. for first- “A big improvement in teaching these skills is in<br />

<strong>of</strong> medicine’s campus master plan, in which van<br />

year students, the rooms <strong>of</strong> the clinical skills facility having the actual equipment,” says mimi mcevoy,<br />

etten plays a key role (see page 41). And the facility<br />

function as small classrooms for mastering communica- m.A., c.p.n.p., a codirector <strong>of</strong> the second-year<br />

immediately enhances the quality <strong>of</strong> medical education<br />

tion skills—how to develop rapport for a good doctor- introduction to clinical medicine course at einstein.<br />

at einstein.<br />

patient relationship and how to interview patients previously, she notes, students practicing their physi-<br />

or actors trained to portray “standardized patients” cal-exam skills made do with makeshift exam tables<br />

(people with a certain set <strong>of</strong> symptoms). second-year consisting <strong>of</strong> mats thrown over classroom tables in the<br />

students use the rooms primarily as places for practic- Belfer building. the standard medical-<strong>of</strong>fice exam<br />

ing physical examination skills on one another.<br />

tables <strong>of</strong>fered in the clinical skills facility are espe-<br />

during their third year, students come to the cially useful because the student can practice making<br />

center to participate in the clinical skills Assessment the patient more comfortable by pulling out the<br />

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“interacting with your first patient<br />

is an experience you never forget.<br />

Being in a realistic learning<br />

environment before that, with<br />

all the cues, removes some <strong>of</strong><br />

the anxiety.”<br />

– JonAthAn pElEd, ClASS oF 2010<br />

medical scientist training program<br />

“if you’re a second-year student<br />

learning to do physical exam<br />

skills in a more real situation,<br />

the leap to the clinical is going<br />

to be much smaller.”<br />

– JESSiCA SChREiBER-ZinAMAn<br />

ClASS oF 2010<br />

teaching Assistant in clinical skills<br />

extension for the patient’s legs. Later, when students<br />

are tested in a simulated medical-<strong>of</strong>fice setting during<br />

BuildinG A BEttER tRAininG CEntER<br />

While the clinical training facility was in the planning<br />

physicians as well. “With techniques for diagnosis and<br />

therapy improving all the time,” says dr. milan, “this<br />

At left, <strong>Einstein</strong> students hone their clinical skills under the<br />

supervision <strong>of</strong> Martin n. Cohen, M.d. Above: the Van Etten<br />

building as envisioned in the Campus Master plan.<br />

the third-year assessment program and licensing stages, dr. milan toured similar facilities along with<br />

facility can help specialists keep up with the constantly<br />

board examinations, they will be familiar with this project manager chris cimino, senior facilities<br />

changing medical landscape.”<br />

simple technique.<br />

director sal ciampo and their architects. “We went<br />

the van etten building, which houses the clinical available funding. All these changes promote the<br />

each <strong>of</strong> the facility’s 23 rooms has a wall <strong>of</strong> one-way to the new facilities at thomas Jefferson and drexel<br />

skills facility, will assume an even bigger role as the major objective <strong>of</strong> our strategic research plan—to<br />

mirrored glass so faculty can observe the students in in philadelphia, to the University <strong>of</strong> medicine and<br />

einstein campus evolves in the coming years.<br />

create a collaborative, state-<strong>of</strong>-the-art environment that<br />

action. ten rooms are equipped with state-<strong>of</strong>-the-art dentistry <strong>of</strong> new Jersey’s center in newark, and to<br />

will attract and retain the best and brightest students<br />

Weill cornell in manhattan,” dr. milan says. “We took<br />

WElCoME to EinStEin’S FutuRE<br />

and scientists.”<br />

lots <strong>of</strong> notes about what we liked and what we didn’t<br />

the 2007 strategic research plan laid out an ambitious the master plan’s first priority is to make the most<br />

“the ability to easily do video recording like.” the result? the new einstein clinical skills facility<br />

future for einstein: “a state-<strong>of</strong>-the-art research environ- effective use <strong>of</strong> existing facilities—and fully occupy-<br />

<strong>of</strong> students as they hone their clinical<br />

is one <strong>of</strong> the largest and best equipped in the country.<br />

ment that will foster scientific investigation at all levels ing the van etten building is crucial to that effort.<br />

skills is huge. You can spot mistakes,<br />

and you can review the video with<br />

“our primary goal was to make sure we had<br />

enough rooms,” says dr. milan. “We also wanted these<br />

rooms to be flexible, equipped with easily reconfigured<br />

from the bench to the bedside and from the clinic to<br />

the community.”<br />

the visionary yet pragmatic road map for realizing<br />

constructed as a 500-bed tuberculosis sanatorium in<br />

the early 1950s, the eight-floor, 360,000-square-foot<br />

van etten building was recently leased to einstein by<br />

the learners.”<br />

furniture so we can quickly transform them from teach-<br />

that goal is einstein’s campus master plan. rather than Jacobi hospital.<br />

ing physical diagnosis, for example, into assessment<br />

emphasizing new construction, the plan <strong>of</strong>fers strate- this fall’s opening <strong>of</strong> the new ruth L. gottesman<br />

rooms housing the latest in audiovisual equipment.”<br />

gies for optimizing what is now available: reconfiguring clinical skills facility on the second floor marks<br />

video cameras on tracks in the ceiling, to help pro- technology will also figure prominently in the<br />

and connecting buildings via walkways; consolidating einstein’s <strong>of</strong>ficial arrival in van etten. the master plan<br />

fessors observe students as they interact with fellow 1,800-square-foot simulation center, soon to be built<br />

certain departments and relocating others; and opening envisions relocating other existing clinical education<br />

students and actual or standardized patients.<br />

in the facility’s Wing B. the center will house surpris-<br />

up interior spaces and corridors to the outdoors. the programs as well as clinical facilities to van etten,<br />

“the ability to easily do video recording <strong>of</strong> students ingly realistic mannequins and computerized devices<br />

result will be a more efficient, convenient and pleasant including the children’s evaluation and rehabilitation<br />

as they hone their clinical skills is huge,” says dr. milan. for teaching and testing essential clinical skills such as<br />

environment that draws people onto the campus. center, Aging studies and the Anatomy Labs. in<br />

“You can spot mistakes, and you can review the video intubation, resuscitation and pelvic exams.<br />

“the beauty <strong>of</strong> the master plan is its flexibility,” addition, to accommodate a desired increase in<br />

with the learners, pointing out how they could improve dr. milan hopes to broaden the scope <strong>of</strong> the<br />

says Allen m. spiegel, m.d., the marilyn and stanley on-campus housing, selected wings <strong>of</strong> van etten will<br />

their interactions with patients.”<br />

clinical skills facility to include even more educational<br />

m. katz dean. “it <strong>of</strong>fers the college <strong>of</strong> medicine room be converted to some 200 studio apartments for<br />

programs for enhancing medical skills—not just for<br />

to grow through changes that can be implemented medical and doctoral students.<br />

medical students but for residents and practicing<br />

on an incremental, as-needed basis depending on<br />

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GiFt AGREEMEnt initiAtEd BY<br />

RiChARd nEttER SuppoRtS MEdiCAl<br />

EduCAtion At EinStEin<br />

lAWREnCE SChlEiFER:<br />

hElpinG StudEntS in nEEd<br />

A commitment <strong>of</strong> $500,000 will support and endow<br />

“i’m Jewish,” says Lawrence schleifer, “and my<br />

responsibility is to help people.” mr. schleifer<br />

an einstein assistant deanship at Beth israel medical<br />

and his late wife, friedericka steinbach schleifer,<br />

center, manhattan campus, one <strong>of</strong> einstein’s five affili-<br />

m.d., decided to leave their joint estates to<br />

ate teaching hospitals. the joint gift consists <strong>of</strong> two<br />

einstein to support scholarships for needy medi-<br />

SCholARShipS hold thE KEY<br />

GERAld h. lEVinE SCholAR<br />

separate contributions <strong>of</strong> $250,000 from the robert<br />

cal students. recently, mr. schleifer, who is 95,<br />

private philanthropy plays a vital role in supporting RAChEl E. louiE, ClASS oF 2010<br />

Blauner testamentary trust and the herbert and nell<br />

decided to make an “advance” on their legacy<br />

einstein’s outstanding research programs. in addi- rachel Louie, above, always dreamed <strong>of</strong> becoming a<br />

singer foundation. it was arranged by the late richard<br />

by giving $100,000 to einstein and $1 million to<br />

tion, our donors provide funding for scholarships pediatrician. After earning her bachelor’s and master’s<br />

netter, esq., who was a longtime board member <strong>of</strong><br />

an einstein charitable remainder trust.<br />

that are crucially important for einstein medical degrees in biology from the University <strong>of</strong> california, san<br />

Beth israel and an established donor to einstein.<br />

“<strong>Albert</strong> einstein college <strong>of</strong> medicine is a<br />

students. scholarships allow many students to pur- diego, she applied to 15 medical schools. she chose<br />

the assistant dean oversees the clinical training <strong>of</strong><br />

very special place for me and especially for<br />

sue their dream <strong>of</strong> a career in biomedical research einstein because <strong>of</strong> “the impressive opportunities it<br />

einstein students during their third- and fourth-year<br />

friedericka,” he says. friedericka steinbach<br />

or clinical practice. through scholarship support, <strong>of</strong>fers for students interested in primary care.”<br />

clinical rotations at the hospital. the two gifts fostered<br />

schleifer graduated from medical school in<br />

donors are investing in talented einstein students<br />

her avid interest in health-care delivery, both in<br />

by mr. netter exemplify the strong working relationship<br />

vienna in 1937—a year before the nazis invaded.<br />

and in the future <strong>of</strong> American health care.<br />

the United states and abroad, led rachel to einstein’s<br />

between einstein and Beth israel.<br />

she did her residency in nazi-occupied Austria,<br />

global health fellowship program. during the summer<br />

“these commitments reflect mr. netter’s keen<br />

desperately seeking visas so that she and her<br />

following her first year <strong>of</strong> medical school, she spent four<br />

understanding <strong>of</strong> how einstein and Beth israel collabo-<br />

parents could flee to the United states. By sheer<br />

weeks in guatemala, living with a host family, attending<br />

rate to produce outstanding doctors,” notes stephen<br />

luck she was able to obtain a visa, but only for<br />

Sol And doRothY SMolEn<br />

spanish classes and volunteering at a local clinic.<br />

Baum, m.d., senior associate dean for students, who<br />

herself. friedericka wasn’t allowed to take any<br />

EndoWEd SCholARShip Fund<br />

rachel hopes these experiences “will help me<br />

was instrumental in obtaining the pledges.<br />

money with her and arrived in new York with only<br />

the <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong> has received a<br />

evolve into a more open-minded physician and develop<br />

this is mr. netter’s second gift to einstein. the<br />

her furniture and her microscope. After the war,<br />

$150,000 contribution from the Sol and<br />

stronger relationships with my patients while helping me<br />

“thanks to scandinavia” educational scholarship fund,<br />

she discovered that her parents had perished in<br />

dorothy Smolen Endowed Scholarship Fund.<br />

address problems <strong>of</strong> access to care in my own country.”<br />

c<strong>of</strong>ounded by mr. netter in gratitude for the heroic<br />

an extermination camp.<br />

the late Sol and dorothy Smolen, who passed<br />

the issue <strong>of</strong> health-care access, particularly for the<br />

efforts <strong>of</strong> scandinavian people to save Jews during<br />

the schleifers were married for 39 years.<br />

away in 2004 and 2005, respectively, were<br />

very young, is rachel’s passion. “if all children were fol-<br />

World War ii, has provided support since 1993 for post-<br />

Lawrence schleifer began his career as a pharma-<br />

longtime supporters <strong>of</strong> many Jewish and<br />

other charitable organizations. the couple<br />

established visionary endowments under their<br />

wills, including the Sol and dorothy Smolen<br />

Endowed Scholarship Fund, which will provide<br />

lowed regularly by a pediatrician,” she says, “they’d be<br />

more likely to receive early interventions that could prevent<br />

complications from health issues such as obesity.”<br />

in 2009, rachel received a scholarship from the<br />

doctoral fellows at einstein who come from denmark,<br />

finland, norway and sweden.<br />

cist, then worked for a pharmaceutical company.<br />

A scholar by nature, he later earned a master’s<br />

degree in history and taught high school and college<br />

students. today, Lawrence schleifer shares<br />

vital scholarships over the course <strong>of</strong> 30 years<br />

gerald h. Levine endowed scholarship fund. “this gen-<br />

his vast knowledge <strong>of</strong> Jewish and comparative<br />

to deserving students at <strong>Einstein</strong>.<br />

erous award not only contributes to my medical education,”<br />

she says, “but it will contribute to my career, my<br />

future and my dreams.”<br />

culture with students in adult-education classes.<br />

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BRidGinG thE gLoBAL heALth-cAre divide<br />

einstein’s mission is improving human health—<br />

locally, nationally and globally. each year,<br />

einstein faculty members and some 30 medical<br />

students travel to underdeveloped countries,<br />

where they provide badly needed medical<br />

care and gain valuable knowledge for<br />

combating disease.<br />

the global health center is the clearinghouse for<br />

einstein’s medical outreach to the world—and the<br />

CoMBininG ConCERn And CoMpASSion<br />

By the time she was nine, she knew she wanted to be<br />

<strong>Einstein</strong>’s Elizabeth Walker, ph.d., and Meredith hawkins,<br />

M.d. (second and third from left, respectively), visit a<br />

diabetes patient (left) at her home in Kampala, uganda,<br />

last August. they had helped to organize a symposium<br />

international activity at the college <strong>of</strong> medicine has<br />

a doctor. By age 12 she had chosen diabetes as her<br />

on managing diabetes for doctors and nurses from 22<br />

never been more intense. “thanks to Al kuperman, our<br />

specialty, after reading about frederick Banting and<br />

ugandan health clinics.<br />

outgoing dean <strong>of</strong> education, einstein is way ahead <strong>of</strong><br />

charles Best, her fellow canadians, who discovered<br />

the curve in terms <strong>of</strong> global health activities,” says paul<br />

insulin in 1921. then came dreams <strong>of</strong> becoming a<br />

r. marantz, m.d., m.p.h., associate dean for clinical re-<br />

medical missionary—which posed a problem.<br />

“malnutrition diabetes affects poor people living<br />

search education. he points to dr. kuperman’s pioneer-<br />

“i wanted to be a humanitarian and help the poor on a dollar a day in rural areas <strong>of</strong> Africa and Asia,”<br />

ing 1976 proposal to encourage medical students to<br />

and vulnerable, but my passion—diabetes—was a says dr. hawkins. “the disease mainly strikes adoles-<br />

gain experience in developing countries.<br />

first World problem in those days,” recalls meredith cents and young adults. if nothing is done for them,<br />

the global health center was created in 2007 to<br />

A. hawkins, m.d., pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> medicine and director they usually die within six months to a year <strong>of</strong> being<br />

bring all international education and research programs<br />

<strong>of</strong> the global diabetes initiative at einstein.<br />

diagnosed. We suspect that stressful events may help<br />

under one ro<strong>of</strong> and coordinate student and faculty<br />

that conflict resolved itself 13 years ago, when dr. trigger the disease.” she notes that stress may have<br />

participation. “no matter where people go or what their<br />

hawkins volunteered her services in romania in lieu played a role in the case <strong>of</strong> isaac, a Ugandan teenager<br />

projects are, they’ll confront the same basic problems,”<br />

<strong>of</strong> a vacation. there she discovered the sad truth that orphaned at a young age (see sidebar on page 47).<br />

says dr. marantz. “they’ll have to deal with the red<br />

diabetes was surging in the developing world as well. malnutrition diabetes has probably existed for<br />

tape involved in transporting samples and know what<br />

“Because they’ve gained access to cheap but poor- a long time. But until recently it has been eclipsed<br />

types <strong>of</strong> visas to get. so why reinvent the wheel each<br />

quality food, a lot <strong>of</strong> people can now for the first time by the infectious diseases—particularly measles,<br />

time someone goes overseas? A single center allows<br />

actually afford to become obese, and obesity is the tuberculosis and hiv/Aids—that shorten so many<br />

people to use existing channels to get answers more<br />

leading cause <strong>of</strong> type 2 diabetes,” says dr. hawkins. lives in Uganda and other impoverished countries.<br />

efficiently.”<br />

obesity-related diabetes accounts for the majority Unfortunately, doctors in affected areas typically don’t<br />

the global health center boasts 28 initiatives<br />

<strong>of</strong> cases in underdeveloped countries. But increas- know that malnutrition diabetes exists.<br />

worldwide, including clinical and research programs<br />

ingly, says dr. hawkins, people are being diagnosed “the doctors in these countries read medical<br />

in Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, ethiopia, guatemala,<br />

with diabetes caused not by too much food but by journals that come from the West, so they don’t learn<br />

india, nigeria, rwanda, south Africa, Uganda and<br />

too little—a disease known as malnutrition diabetes. about malnutrition diabetes and don’t suspect it in<br />

vietnam. the center allows einstein to maintain its<br />

this poorly understood form <strong>of</strong> diabetes may afflict their patients,” says dr. hawkins.<br />

prominent role in providing outstanding medical care to<br />

millions <strong>of</strong> people worldwide but is only now being to increase awareness, dr. hawkins directs a<br />

the developing world.<br />

recognized as a major health problem.<br />

clinical education project in Uganda as part <strong>of</strong> the<br />

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46<br />

Above, two scenes from the diabetes clinic in Kampala,<br />

uganda. At right, hanna lee, M.d., ’09, with her research<br />

advisor, dr. hawkins.<br />

einstein global diabetes initiative. Last August<br />

dr. hawkins headed a team that organized a symposium<br />

on diabetes management for 100 doctors and<br />

nurses from 22 Ugandan health clinics. topics included<br />

nutrition, drugs, foot and wound care, and handling<br />

emergencies.<br />

the einstein global diabetes initiative is also at<br />

work in india to advance current knowledge about<br />

malnutrition diabetes. there, dr. hawkins and other<br />

einstein researchers partner with the christian medical<br />

college <strong>of</strong> vellore—the so-called mayo clinic <strong>of</strong> india.<br />

this medical school and 3,000-bed hospital are located<br />

in the southeastern part <strong>of</strong> the country, where the<br />

poverty rivals that <strong>of</strong> Africa. the upcoming clinical<br />

studies at vellore will be the first to address the<br />

urgent questions surrounding this disease.<br />

“Based on current knowledge, we don’t know<br />

whether or not malnutrition diabetes is mainly a problem<br />

<strong>of</strong> lack <strong>of</strong> insulin, like type 1 diabetes. therefore,<br />

it’s <strong>of</strong>ten treated the same way—with insulin injections,”<br />

says dr. hawkins. “But insulin treatment is very<br />

challenging in these settings, and we really don’t know<br />

whether it’s necessary. so we urgently need to learn<br />

whether malnutrition diabetes should be treated<br />

differently and, if so, what treatments will help.”<br />

the indian studies will also look at how nutrition can<br />

influence the disease. “some people with malnutrition<br />

diabetes may well have passed the point where they<br />

can improve with better nutrition,” says dr. hawkins.<br />

“But for other patients, switching to a nutritious diet<br />

does seem to help. And we may be able to prevent<br />

the disease with certain vitamins or amino acid supplements.<br />

there are a lot <strong>of</strong> knowledge gaps left to fill.”<br />

“part <strong>of</strong> it is to teach medical skills, but part<br />

<strong>of</strong> it, honestly, is to model compassion in a<br />

setting where it doesn’t come as easily.”<br />

though geared toward education and research, dr.<br />

hawkins’ global outreach includes the kind <strong>of</strong> face-t<strong>of</strong>ace<br />

contact with patients that she dreamed <strong>of</strong> as a girl.<br />

“When we’re in Uganda, i give lectures but also try to<br />

do bedside teaching,” she says. “part <strong>of</strong> it is to teach<br />

medical skills, but part <strong>of</strong> it, honestly, is to model compassion<br />

in a setting where it doesn’t come as easily.”<br />

Uganda’s overburdened health-care system, she<br />

explains, can demoralize young doctors. she tells <strong>of</strong> a<br />

young intern who, while running himself ragged caring<br />

for 35 very ill patients, brushed aside her <strong>of</strong>fers to get<br />

painkillers for a patient. “don’t worry,” he told her. “if<br />

you’re here long enough, you’ll stop caring too.”<br />

Being a compassionate physician, dr. hawkins points<br />

out, is in some ways a luxury. “for those <strong>of</strong> us who’ve<br />

slept well and are well fed, who work in supportive environments<br />

and are adequately compensated, treating<br />

patients with kindness comes a lot easier.”<br />

liFE lESSonS<br />

hanna Lee, m.d., class <strong>of</strong> 2009, thought she was reasonably<br />

worldly. raised in south korea and educated<br />

in the United states, she had traveled in the philippines<br />

and taught school in the south Bronx. But what really<br />

opened her eyes was a three-week trip to india in 2008,<br />

sponsored by her research advisor, dr. hawkins. in<br />

particular, this traveler was struck by how india’s health<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essionals managed to do more with less.<br />

“We saw a patient with breathing problems during<br />

a visit to a local hospital,” dr. Lee recalls. “Without so<br />

much as an X-ray, doctors were able to differentiate<br />

pleural effusion from fibrotic lung disease—just by feeling<br />

the spaces between her ribs and by watching her<br />

chest rise and fall. i definitely learned some new clinical<br />

skills there.”<br />

she also spent time in a rural “health camp”—a<br />

makeshift clinic that dispatches clinicians to a different<br />

village daily, delivering everything from dental care to<br />

diabetes counseling.<br />

“everything was so different in india—the culture,<br />

the food, the language. it made me realize how health<br />

care has to be tailored to the individual. What works for<br />

one patient might not work for another,” says dr. Lee.<br />

she is now a resident in medicine at montefiore medical<br />

center in the Bronx, one <strong>of</strong> the nation’s most diverse<br />

communities. the knowledge gained from those three<br />

short weeks abroad will serve her well there.<br />

thE MAC AidS Fund<br />

the MAC AidS Fund (formerly the MAC<br />

Global Foundation) has awarded a $231,839<br />

grant to the School-based teenage Education<br />

program (StEp). Founded and directed by<br />

Rosy Chhabra, psy.d., assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong><br />

pediatrics at <strong>Einstein</strong> and a native <strong>of</strong> india,<br />

StEp trains indian college students to raise<br />

awareness among indian adolescents about<br />

the dangers <strong>of</strong> hiV and alcohol abuse.<br />

the face <strong>of</strong> malnutrition diabetes<br />

At first glance, isaac looks like any other 15-yearold<br />

Ugandan boy, all knees and elbows. but he is<br />

anything but normal. isaac has malnutrition diabetes,<br />

a newly recognized and little-studied form <strong>of</strong><br />

the disease that occurs almost exclusively in the<br />

developing world.<br />

Sadly, isaac’s misfortunes don’t end there.<br />

Orphaned years ago, he lives on the street and<br />

occasionally with his grandmother (who has serious<br />

problems <strong>of</strong> her own) and cannot afford to<br />

attend school. he receives outpatient care at<br />

Mulago hospital in Kampala, but is forced to sell<br />

the insulin he receives there to buy food. And he<br />

may have tuberculosis.<br />

“Unless we can get proper care and nutrition<br />

for isaac, he probably won’t survive another year,”<br />

says dr. hawkins, who has been championing the<br />

boy’s cause since meeting him at Mulago hospital<br />

last August. taking the longer view, dr. hawkins<br />

says that “we need to get children with malnutrition<br />

diabetes into the health-care system, identify<br />

the nutrient deficits that cause the disease, figure<br />

out how to treat it and show that we can improve<br />

outcomes for these kids.”<br />

it’s a tall order, but dr. hawkins is trying to<br />

fill it—one child at a time, if necessary.<br />

readers wishing to learn more about the<br />

einstein global diabetes initiative can write<br />

to the einstein global diabetes initiative, 1300<br />

Morris Park Avenue, belfer 709, bronx, nY 10461,<br />

or email global.diabetes@einstein.yu.edu.<br />

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48<br />

Unraveling tB’s cloak <strong>of</strong> invisibility<br />

J. K. rowling may have popularized the idea <strong>of</strong><br />

an invisibility cloak in her harry Potter novels,<br />

but she certainly didn’t invent it. Mycobacterium<br />

tuberculosis, the microbe that causes tb, came<br />

up with this trick eons ago. it becomes invisible<br />

to the human immune system by hiding inside<br />

and disabling macrophages, the body’s first-line<br />

defense against infectious microorganisms.<br />

“normally, when a macrophage is invaded by<br />

bacteria or viruses, the macrophage undergoes<br />

something called programmed cell death, or<br />

apoptosis,” says Michelle Maxson, a fifth-year<br />

doctoral candidate in dr. William Jacobs’ lab. in<br />

essence, the macrophage commits suicide, taking<br />

the invading microbe along with it. but tb<br />

bacteria—particularly the more virulent strains—<br />

can block this process and continue residing<br />

(and multiplying) within macrophages. how do<br />

they do it?<br />

Over the last several years, Michelle has<br />

identified a set <strong>of</strong> mycobacterial genes that seem<br />

to be implicated in turning <strong>of</strong>f a macrophage’s<br />

self-destruct mechanism.<br />

“now i’m doing the genetics to remove these<br />

genes from the tb bacterium to see if we can<br />

create strains that promote apoptosis in macrophages,”<br />

says the young researcher. “if so,<br />

we might be able to use this knowledge to<br />

design a tb vaccine that elicits a stronger<br />

immune response.”<br />

As rowling fans know, harry’s invisibility cloak<br />

is not invincible. thanks to Michelle, M. tuberculosis’s<br />

cloak may not be, either.<br />

nEW AdVAnCES AGAinSt An old diSEASE<br />

tuberculosis (tB) is responsible for two million deaths<br />

each year, primarily in Africa and Asia. But it also strikes<br />

close to home. in 2007, an Atlanta man suspected <strong>of</strong><br />

having a drug-resistant form <strong>of</strong> tB caused an international<br />

sensation when he ignored warnings from health<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficials to stay put and instead boarded a flight to<br />

europe. he was placed under federal quarantine when<br />

he returned.<br />

multidrug-resistant tB and its deadlier cousin,<br />

extensively drug-resistant tB (Xdr-tB), are on the rise,<br />

particularly in the developing world, with half a million<br />

new cases a year. fortunately, einstein investigators<br />

have reported two significant advances in the past year<br />

that could help keep drug-resistant tB in check.<br />

clinicians need a rapid, inexpensive and simple test<br />

for detecting whether someone is infected with tB, so<br />

the patient can be isolated and quickly begin treatment.<br />

in march, researchers from einstein and the University <strong>of</strong><br />

pittsburgh announced a new method that diagnoses tB<br />

infection rapidly and also specifies whether the infecting<br />

bacteria are sensitive or resistant to antibiotics.<br />

“We’re optimistic that we can shorten the<br />

diagnostic time in places like rural Africa<br />

from weeks to days or even hours.”<br />

the ingenious technique employs viruses called<br />

bacteriophages that infect tB bacteria. the viruses are<br />

engineered to carry the gene for luciferase—the protein<br />

that makes fireflies glow. When viruses with their fireflygene<br />

cargo are added to a patient’s sputum sample,<br />

they infect only tB bacteria. infected bacteria “express”<br />

the firefly protein, making them glow bright green<br />

under a standard microscope—a clear indication that<br />

the sample contains tB bacteria.<br />

By adding antibiotics, physicians can detect whether<br />

the tB bacteria are sensitive or resistant to specific<br />

antibiotics. if the tB strain is sensitive to streptomycin,<br />

for example, the bacteria will succumb to the antibiotic<br />

and won’t glow. But a streptomycin-resistant strain will<br />

survive, become infected by the virus and announce its<br />

resistance by glowing.<br />

“this detection technique allow us to bypass the<br />

existing method <strong>of</strong> diagnosing tB, which requires cultivating<br />

notoriously slow-growing tB bacteria in a biosafety<br />

level 3 containment area—a time-consuming and<br />

costly process,” says study coauthor William r. Jacobs,<br />

Jr., ph.d., pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> microbiology & immunology and<br />

William R. Jacobs, Jr., ph.d., and John S. Blanchard, ph.d.<br />

<strong>of</strong> genetics at einstein. “We’re optimistic that we can<br />

shorten the diagnostic time in places like rural Africa<br />

from several weeks to several days or even hours, so<br />

that effective treatments could begin much sooner.”<br />

the research by the einstein/pittsburgh group was<br />

funded by a major new initiative from the howard<br />

hughes medical institute (hhmi). the institute is partnering<br />

with the University <strong>of</strong> kwazulu-natal in south<br />

Africa to establish an international research center<br />

focused on the tB and hiv coepidemics. dr. Jacobs,<br />

an hhmi investigator at einstein, will direct the institute’s<br />

research on rapid and effective tB tests.<br />

south Africa has more people infected with hiv<br />

than any other country. its kwazulu-natal province is<br />

especially hard-hit, with as many as 40 percent <strong>of</strong> the<br />

population infected by hiv. tuberculosis was a major<br />

public-health crisis in south Africa even before the hiv/<br />

Aids epidemic; coinfection with both hiv and tB is<br />

particularly lethal because immune systems weakened<br />

by hiv can’t defend against tB infection.<br />

in results published in Science magazine, a separate<br />

team <strong>of</strong> einstein investigators recently reported that<br />

a combination <strong>of</strong> two drugs—both already approved<br />

by the U.s. food and drug Administration for fighting<br />

other bacterial infections—shows promise for<br />

treating Xdr-tB. the drugs work in tandem: one <strong>of</strong><br />

them (clavulanate) inhibits a bacterial enzyme that<br />

normally shields tB bacteria from the other antibiotic<br />

(meropenem, a member <strong>of</strong> the beta-lactam class <strong>of</strong><br />

antibiotics that also includes penicillin).<br />

current tB therapy requires four antibiotics that<br />

must be taken for at least six months. “if this antibiotic<br />

combination is proven in human subjects, simplifying<br />

treatment to just two drugs that work against drugsusceptible,<br />

multidrug-resistant and Xdr-tB could<br />

help patients better adhere to therapy,” says John<br />

s. Blanchard, ph.d., the dan danciger pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong><br />

Biochemistry and the paper’s senior author.<br />

”this drug combination has tremendous<br />

potential for treating not only extremely<br />

drug-resistant cases, but also routine<br />

tB cases.”<br />

A phase-two clinical trial <strong>of</strong> the two-drug combination<br />

is planned for south korea. Additionally, as part<br />

<strong>of</strong> a collaboration between montefiore medical center<br />

and the nelson r. mandela school <strong>of</strong> medicine, a<br />

separate trial will test the drug combination’s potency.<br />

“We feel that this drug combination has tremendous<br />

potential for treating not only extremely drugresistant<br />

cases, but also routine tB cases,” adds Brian<br />

currie, m.d., m.p.h., pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> medicine and <strong>of</strong><br />

clinical epidemiology & population health.<br />

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Marla J. Keller, M.d.<br />

SAMplES FoR SuRViVAl<br />

Without setting foot in Africa, marla J. keller, m.d., an<br />

associate pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> medicine and <strong>of</strong> obstetrics &<br />

gynecology and women’s health, is studying 80 rwandan<br />

women. she is analyzing fluid samples from their genital<br />

tracts to better understand immune responses that may<br />

help prevent sexually transmitted diseases.<br />

dr. keller’s work is sponsored by a $25,000 pilot<br />

grant from einstein’s global health center, one <strong>of</strong> three<br />

such grants awarded last year. she gets the rwandan<br />

samples from her einstein colleague kathryn Anastos,<br />

m.d., pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> medicine and <strong>of</strong> epidemiology &<br />

population health. dr. Anastos runs the only cervical<br />

cancer screening and prevention program in rwanda.<br />

dr. keller is working to develop better vaginal<br />

microbicides. contained in creams, gels or rings that<br />

women self-administer, microbicides inhibit hiv or other<br />

disease-causing sexually transmitted microbes so they<br />

don’t get passed from one person to another. since<br />

arriving on campus in 2007, dr. keller has worked as a<br />

coinvestigator on the nih–funded Women’s interagency<br />

hiv study with dr. Anastos, who c<strong>of</strong>ounded Women’s<br />

equity in Access to care and treatment (We-Actx). this<br />

<strong>Einstein</strong> overseer nathan Kahn with fourth-year medical students in uganda<br />

EARlE B. WEiSS, M.d. ’61<br />

effort operates in rwanda, where dr. Anastos and other<br />

physicians help survivors <strong>of</strong> genocidal rape and sexual<br />

nAthAn And SAndRA KAhn: hElpinG to<br />

EnSuRE A WoRld-ClASS EduCAtion<br />

year, who observe on the wards and help implement<br />

educational programs in neighboring communities.<br />

Earle B. Weiss, M.d. ’61, has made a planned<br />

gift <strong>of</strong> $900,000 to support global health<br />

programs at <strong>Einstein</strong>. now retired from a long<br />

and distinguished career in pulmonary medicine,<br />

dr. Weiss developed a strong interest in<br />

violence obtain testing and treatment for hiv infection.<br />

“on my first trip to rwanda, i arrived on April 6,<br />

2004—10 years to the day after the onset <strong>of</strong> the<br />

country’s genocide,” says dr. Anastos, who witnessed<br />

FoR EinStEin StudEntS<br />

“As a modern orthodox Jew and a graduate <strong>of</strong><br />

Yeshiva college, i believe we have a moral imperative<br />

to make the world a better place,” says einstein<br />

mr. kahn was impressed by what he saw. in a memo<br />

to dr. kuperman, he noted the program’s “real positive<br />

impact on the students and the local community. the<br />

training the students are receiving seemed excep-<br />

global health while serving as a visiting pro-<br />

the suffering and outrage <strong>of</strong> the female survivors. “the<br />

overseer nathan kahn. “einstein, with its strong tional,” mr. kahn wrote. “they are learning the skills<br />

fessor at Mexico’s university <strong>of</strong> Guadalajara<br />

women were hiv infected—many through genocidal<br />

tradition <strong>of</strong> community service, scholarship and ethics, needed to care for patients in a compassionate manner<br />

Medical School in 1973, 1977 and 1982. there<br />

rape—and some <strong>of</strong> their perpetrators were receiving<br />

embodies that imperative.”<br />

while also acquiring skills that, in our own modern<br />

he taught respiratory medicine and frequently<br />

hiv treatment in jail, while they were not.”<br />

mr. kahn and his wife, sandy, have demonstrated community, may already be passing into extinction,<br />

visited rural health clinics. his experiences<br />

convinced him that modern medicine should<br />

be directed toward helping the world’s developing<br />

nations.<br />

“As an <strong>Einstein</strong> alumnus, i’m proud that<br />

<strong>Einstein</strong> has been at the forefront <strong>of</strong> introducing<br />

global health experiences into the<br />

dr. Anastos describes that initial weeklong trip as<br />

“life transforming” and has since returned to rwanda<br />

some two dozen times. she and her We-Actx colleagues<br />

have helped 6,000 hiv-positive people receive<br />

care and obtain lifesaving antiretroviral drug treatment<br />

when indicated, and have provided hiv testing to<br />

their deep commitment to that tradition by generously<br />

supporting the college <strong>of</strong> medicine, both financially<br />

and through mr. kahn’s service on the einstein Board<br />

<strong>of</strong> overseers. A successful entrepreneur, nathan kahn<br />

has long had a keen interest in health care—a passion<br />

that led him to become a certified paramedic, practic-<br />

due to the reliance upon so many labs and tests.”<br />

“sandy and i believe in the critical<br />

importance <strong>of</strong> training compassionate,<br />

first-rate clinicians in an institution that<br />

medical school curriculum,” says dr. Weiss.<br />

48,000 family and community members.<br />

ing in new York city.<br />

is also a leader in research, so we are<br />

“practicing medicine in a developing country<br />

benefits both the students and the communities<br />

served. it’s very gratifying to have the<br />

opportunity to contribute to the growth <strong>of</strong><br />

this wonderful and important program.”<br />

Last summer, dr. keller received what she calls “my<br />

entry into global health”: her first rwandan shipment<br />

from dr. Anastos, containing 80 samples <strong>of</strong> vaginal and<br />

cervical secretions packed in dry ice. “studies in healthy<br />

in 2008, his role as chair <strong>of</strong> the einstein Board’s<br />

student and educational Affairs committee took him<br />

to kisoro, Uganda. he made the trip at the suggestion<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>Albert</strong> s. kuperman, ph.d., associate dean for edu-<br />

pleased to support einstein.”<br />

the kahns’ commitment is clear. “sandy and<br />

U.s. women have shown that vaginal fluid contains<br />

cational affairs and founder <strong>of</strong> einstein’s global health i believe in the critical importance <strong>of</strong> training<br />

protective components that inhibit viruses and bacte-<br />

fellowship program, one <strong>of</strong> the first <strong>of</strong> its kind in the compassionate, first-rate clinicians in an institution<br />

ria,” says dr. keller. “if that’s so in rwandan women, we<br />

United states. the purpose <strong>of</strong> the visit: to observe an that is also a leader in research, so we are pleased<br />

may be able to develop new chemicals as microbicides<br />

einstein program involving fourth-year students who to support einstein,” says mr. kahn. “As longtime<br />

for preventing hiv/Aids in rwanda and other countries<br />

assist with care for three weeks at kisoro hospital and residents <strong>of</strong> the Bronx, we’re proud to be associated<br />

where this disease causes so much devastation.”<br />

conduct a survey research project for five weeks. the with einstein’s work in our own community, but also<br />

program is also open to students entering their second around the world.”<br />

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making the transition from medical practitioner to clinical<br />

researcher was once an ad hoc affair. Would-be clinician-<br />

lEARninG thE RESEARCh RopES<br />

einstein’s crtp admits up to 15 scholars each year<br />

Johanna p. daily, M.d., left, associate director <strong>of</strong> mentoring<br />

for the Clinical Research training program, confers with<br />

Ellie Schoenbaum, M.d., program director.<br />

scientists learned some epidemiology here, some<br />

from across the clinical spectrum. most enrollees are<br />

statistical analysis there, leaning heavily on mentors and<br />

physicians, with two slots reserved for einstein medical<br />

colleagues for years. With persistence—and luck—they<br />

students. Lately the crtp has been accepting more crtp scholars, as well as clinical researchers who are<br />

soaked up enough knowledge to pose a good research<br />

medical students (within a five-year m.d.-m.s. educa- already on the einstein faculty,” says paul r. marantz,<br />

question, write a grant, run a clinical trial, analyze<br />

tional track) and more scholars from outside the field m.d., m.p.h., pr<strong>of</strong>essor in the departments <strong>of</strong> epidemi-<br />

data and publish a paper. now, all <strong>of</strong> these skills can<br />

<strong>of</strong> medicine. current first- and second-year scholars ology & population health and <strong>of</strong> medicine and associ-<br />

be acquired in one place: einstein’s clinical research<br />

include, for example, four medical students and one ate dean for clinical research education, who led the<br />

training program (crtp), a two-year program leading to<br />

m.d.-ph.d. student, plus a ph.d. student and a dentist. crtp program during its first eight years. “financial<br />

a master’s degree in clinical research methods.<br />

A doctor from rwanda, Jean claude dusingize, m.d., support is critical for physician-scientists, allowing them<br />

in this unique einstein academic <strong>of</strong>fering, “learning<br />

is among this year’s enrollees. dr. dusingize’s mentor to reduce their hours seeing patients and focus their<br />

is coupled with support that includes statistical consulta-<br />

is kathy Anastos, m.d., pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> medicine and <strong>of</strong> time and energy on this training.” fortunately, the<br />

tion, database management, a clinical research center,<br />

epidemiology & population health, who has launched einstein men’s division has helped fill this void by pro-<br />

collaboration with laboratory scientists and mentoring,”<br />

several hiv-related research projects in rwanda (see viding much-needed financial help for crtp enrollees<br />

says ellie schoenbaum, m.d., director <strong>of</strong> the program<br />

coverage <strong>of</strong> dr. Anastos’ work on page 50). Upon grad- (see page 57).<br />

and pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> epidemiology & population health.<br />

uation, dr. dusingize intends to return to his homeland today, the crtp’s hundred-plus graduates can be<br />

“the clinical research training program isn’t just a<br />

and collaborate in dr. Anastos’ research.<br />

found throughout government, industry, health-care<br />

degree program. it’s a way to transform careers.”<br />

overseas outreach is an important facet <strong>of</strong> the systems and academe, with many grants, career-<br />

Launched in 1998, the crtp also delves deeply<br />

program: in late 2008, dr. schoenbaum and her col- development awards and peer-reviewed papers to<br />

into grant writing and paper writing—essential skills for<br />

leagues presented an introductory four-week version their names. more than half <strong>of</strong> these graduates are<br />

clinician-scientists. the crtp experience culminates in a<br />

<strong>of</strong> the program as an intensive summer curriculum in actively pursuing their research at montefiore and<br />

project that combines classroom learning and hands-on,<br />

mumbai, india. A second mini-crtp is planned for therefore retain their links to einstein. in the pages that<br />

mentored research in one final thesis paper that con-<br />

rwanda in early 2010.<br />

follow, a representative sample <strong>of</strong> crtp’s graduates<br />

forms to the requirements <strong>of</strong> a peer-reviewed journal.<br />

the crtp is supported in part by a prestigious tell how the program has fostered their research and<br />

successful defense <strong>of</strong> the thesis is clear pro<strong>of</strong> that the<br />

clinical and translational science Award from the enriched their careers.<br />

student has mastered the knowledge and skills needed<br />

national institutes <strong>of</strong> health (nih). however, this grant<br />

for entry into the world <strong>of</strong> clinical research.<br />

“falls substantially short <strong>of</strong> meeting the needs <strong>of</strong> our<br />

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supporting photo<br />

BRidGinG thE prActitioner-reseArcher divide<br />

einstein’s Clinical research training Program<br />

aims to identify, educate and mentor clinicians<br />

for productive careers in research. these newly<br />

minted clinician-scientists exemplify our core<br />

belief: at einstein, science is truly at the heart<br />

<strong>of</strong> medicine.


“Little did the faculty members know that<br />

they were signing on as mentors for life.”<br />

Mark h. <strong>Einstein</strong>, M.d., M.S.<br />

Michelle Floris-Moore, M.d., M.S.<br />

But the program’s value goes beyond mentoring,<br />

she says. “the crtp was pivotal in teaching me the<br />

skills i needed to do clinical research: the ‘epi,’ the<br />

‘biostats,’ the research ethics, the data analysis. the<br />

program helped me make better use <strong>of</strong> my time as a<br />

fellow. the program also gave me an introduction to the<br />

clinical research community,” she continues. “it’s all too<br />

easy to spend your fellowship isolated in a lab, focusing<br />

just on that work and not on networking.”<br />

through those networks, as well as through formal<br />

coursework, she also learned the art <strong>of</strong> grantsmanship—not<br />

just how to write and win grants, she says,<br />

“but how to stagger your funding and make it work<br />

William n. Southern, M.d., M.S.<br />

MARK h. EinStEin, M.d., M.S.<br />

class. As a group, we went through the stages <strong>of</strong> con-<br />

for you. that’s invaluable, especially in a time <strong>of</strong> scarce not on a global level. the crtp certainly helped me to<br />

CRtp Class <strong>of</strong> 2005<br />

ceiving a grant and constructing the various compo-<br />

resources.” thanks to the crtp, she was able to secure fill in those gaps. it was a reality check.”<br />

Assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> obstetrics & Gynecology nents necessary for submitting a full nih proposal.”<br />

two grants, a k12 mentored clinical research scholar Upon graduation, dr. southern remained at<br />

and Women’s health<br />

today, dr. einstein is the principal investigator <strong>of</strong> a<br />

program Award from the nih and a robert Wood einstein, where in short order he became director <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Albert</strong> <strong>Einstein</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong><br />

prestigious American cancer society research scholar<br />

Johnson harold Amos medical faculty development hospitalist services and associate medical director at<br />

grant on how epigenetic factors influence lesions<br />

program Award.<br />

Weiler hospital at montefiore medical center.<br />

Before enrolling in the crtp, dr. einstein dreamed <strong>of</strong> as they progress to high-grade cervical neoplasia<br />

“those grants helped me get my first faculty<br />

“i was involved in research before,” he says. “But<br />

a career in clinical research, thinking he was a paper or (a precursor to cervical cancer). in addition, he helps<br />

position at einstein/montefiore, and later in north now, i’m a much more collaborative member <strong>of</strong> the<br />

two away from becoming a full-fledged investigator. “i lead the national cancer institute–sponsored<br />

carolina,” she says. “if you want to do clinical research,<br />

had done a research project and was ready to submit it<br />

to a journal,” he recalls. But he was quickly humbled.<br />

gynecologic oncology group, a national clinical<br />

trials cooperative, and is a consultant to the World<br />

health organization.<br />

you can’t get hired if you can’t bring funding.”<br />

today, dr. floris-moore is assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong><br />

medicine at the University <strong>of</strong> north carolina school <strong>of</strong><br />

“now i’m a much more collaborative<br />

member <strong>of</strong> the research team.”<br />

“the combination <strong>of</strong> theory and practice<br />

was golden.”<br />

“there is absolutely no way to do high-level clinical<br />

research today without additional training beyond<br />

medical school,” he counsels. “this is not the sort <strong>of</strong><br />

medicine at chapel hill. she is the principal investigator<br />

on a study <strong>of</strong> risk factors and rates <strong>of</strong> atherosclerosis<br />

among midlife hiv-infected men and women.<br />

research team. i’m not only doing the clinical research,<br />

but working closely with the epidemiologists and basic<br />

thing that can be self-taught. i tried that.”<br />

scientists to interpret the data and troubleshoot. the<br />

“i showed it to a senior colleague and she said it<br />

crtp made me an equal player on that playing field.”<br />

could be published, but that i really needed serious<br />

WilliAM n. SouthERn, M.d., M.S.<br />

in addition, the crtp made him more competitive<br />

training in research,” he says.<br />

MiChEllE FloRiS-MooRE, M.d., M.S.<br />

CRtp Class <strong>of</strong> 2007<br />

in applying for grants. “the reviewers noted in their<br />

Bowed but not broken, dr. einstein, then a new fac- CRtp Class <strong>of</strong> 2002<br />

Assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong><br />

critiques that i had received further education in clinical<br />

ulty member at einstein, followed his mentor’s advice to Assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong><br />

<strong>Albert</strong> <strong>Einstein</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong><br />

research methods. it was clear that they thought it was<br />

enroll in the crtp. once there, he was stunned to dis- university <strong>of</strong> north Carolina School <strong>of</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong><br />

important,” says dr. southern, now an independently<br />

cover how much he didn’t know about clinical research.<br />

After obtaining a career development award from the funded investigator.<br />

“Before, research was sort <strong>of</strong> a black box,” he says. if dr. floris-moore were pressed to select the most<br />

nih, dr. southern decided to enroll in the crtp in<br />

the program also honed his skills as a reviewer<br />

“crtp opened that box, not just allowing me to peek valuable aspect <strong>of</strong> the crtp, she would probably say<br />

order “to fill in some gaps” in his knowledge about for research journals. “now, i’m a much more difficult<br />

in, but providing a detailed exploration <strong>of</strong> what ques- it’s the mentoring. for her, and many other crtp<br />

clinical research.<br />

reviewer—i don’t know if that’s good or bad,” he adds<br />

tions are answerable, what kinds <strong>of</strong> study designs will grads, it’s a gift that keeps on giving.<br />

“i thought i was pretty savvy as a researcher,” he with a laugh. “But actually, i can <strong>of</strong>fer more construc-<br />

answer those questions and how to design a study.” “i already knew some <strong>of</strong> the faculty,” says dr.<br />

says, “but i soon realized that the crtp would give me tive criticism. And the big holes in study designs and<br />

he particularly valued the weekly biostatistics floris-moore, who was a first-year fellow in infectious<br />

the other skills i needed in epidemiology, biostatistics, statistical methods are more apparent to me than they<br />

lectures, which are closely tied in with a computer lab. diseases at einstein when she enrolled. “But the crtp<br />

study design and decision analysis. overall, it empow- were in the past.<br />

“the combination <strong>of</strong> theory and practice was golden,” allowed me to draw on the faculty in a way that would<br />

ered me to do more.<br />

“i can’t imagine that i would be where i am now<br />

he says. Also valuable was the course in grant writing, not have been possible if i had to knock on their doors.<br />

“in the past, i would find a person to help me with without the crtp,” he sums up. “i feel very much<br />

he adds. “the process <strong>of</strong> grant writing was a complete Little did the faculty members know that they were<br />

a deficit in my knowledge,” he continues. “maybe i indebted to the crtp for solidifying the skills that i had<br />

unknown for me, and probably for most people in my signing on as mentors for life.”<br />

would understand it specifically for that problem but in bits and pieces before i entered the program.”<br />

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Joe Verghese, M.d., B.S.<br />

”there were people from various<br />

clinical specialties, people doing<br />

basic science, people from all<br />

over the world.”<br />

JoE VERGhESE, M.d., B.S.<br />

CRtp Class <strong>of</strong> 2001<br />

Associate pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> neurology<br />

<strong>Albert</strong> <strong>Einstein</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong><br />

most researchers spend an entire career without publishing<br />

in a top-tier medical journal. But just two years<br />

after finishing einstein’s crtp, dr. verghese was the<br />

lead author <strong>of</strong> two papers in the New England Journal<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong>. one reported the results <strong>of</strong> a study linking<br />

leisure activities with a lower risk <strong>of</strong> dementia in the<br />

elderly, while the other identified abnormal gait as a<br />

predictor <strong>of</strong> dementia.<br />

dr. verghese enrolled in the program while pursuing<br />

a clinical research fellowship in neurology at<br />

einstein. “i clearly had the interest to do research, but<br />

i didn’t have the technical skills to design a study or<br />

analyze data,” he recalls. “it was a steep learning<br />

curve. But since i was already doing research, i could<br />

go from the class back to my study and see how to<br />

apply those principles. i was getting taught at both<br />

ends. it was an ideal mix.”<br />

Like so many others who enroll in the crtp, dr.<br />

verghese was surprised to find out how much he didn’t<br />

know about clinical research. “i realized i was just pursuing<br />

an interesting research question without understanding<br />

the foundations on which research questions<br />

are based,” he explains.<br />

After the crtp, “i felt ready to start doing research<br />

independently,” he continues. “the learning process<br />

doesn’t end after the two years, <strong>of</strong> course. But you<br />

come to recognize what your strengths are and where<br />

you should improve, and you can take that and build it<br />

into your career plans.<br />

“in addition, there were people from various clinical<br />

specialties, people doing basic science, people from<br />

all over the world—and a lot <strong>of</strong> discussion about how<br />

to maximize your research potential and build collaborations.<br />

this enabled me to greatly expand my network<br />

<strong>of</strong> collaborators.”<br />

today, dr. verghese is an associate pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong><br />

neurology at einstein and the principal investigator or<br />

co-principal investigator <strong>of</strong> several studies on aging<br />

and dementia funded by the nih. “this program has<br />

put me on the fast track academically,” he says.<br />

the men’s division research<br />

scholars program<br />

the men’s division research scholars program<br />

(mdrsp) is a $3 million fundraising initiative that was<br />

launched in 2009 by the men’s division <strong>of</strong> <strong>Albert</strong><br />

einstein college <strong>of</strong> medicine. its goal: to build upon<br />

the government’s investment in einstein by providing<br />

the additional support needed to fund the pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />

development <strong>of</strong> talented, clinically trained m.d.s who<br />

are interested in translational research.<br />

each year, a small group is chosen from a pool<br />

<strong>of</strong> 15 to 20 candidates to receive mdrsp grants.<br />

Awardees are selected through a strict, scientific<br />

peer-review process. harry shamoon, m.d., associate<br />

dean and director <strong>of</strong> einstein’s institute for clinical and<br />

translational research, serves as project advisor.<br />

“it is the dream <strong>of</strong> every physician-scientist at<br />

einstein to help translate breakthrough ideas from the<br />

laboratory into innovative patient care and, ultimately,<br />

the eradication <strong>of</strong> disease,” says dr. shamoon. “the<br />

men’s division research scholars program plays a<br />

critical role in helping to give them that opportunity.”<br />

on may 12, members <strong>of</strong> the einstein men’s division<br />

and special guests celebrated the division’s annual<br />

Bronx night at Yankee stadium. the “team Up with<br />

einstein and the Yankees” event featured guided<br />

tours <strong>of</strong> the new stadium and launched the group’s<br />

new fundraising initiative, the men’s division research<br />

scholars program.<br />

Above left, former mets and Yankees star darryl<br />

strawberry, center, with men’s division executive board<br />

members, left to right: martin Luskin, richard Blaser,<br />

stephen karafiol, Jeffrey fiedler, daniel Lebensohn,<br />

peter zinman and philip Altheim.<br />

Above right, top: darryl strawberry with, from left<br />

to right, harry shamoon, m.d., associate dean for<br />

clinical and translational research; Allen m. spiegel,<br />

m.d., the marilyn and stanley m. katz dean; and<br />

the evening’s designated mvps (“most valuable<br />

physicians”), einstein faculty members simon d.<br />

spivack, m.d., m.p.h., marla J. keller, m.d., and<br />

Joe verghese, m.d., B.s.<br />

Above right, bottom: peter gat<strong>of</strong>, chairman <strong>of</strong><br />

the men’s division, left, with dean spiegel.<br />

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ida and Louis katz<br />

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patty and Lorin silverman<br />

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edna and k. B. Weissman<br />

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gratefully acknowledges all contributions<br />

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$250,000 to $499,999<br />

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charitable foundation<br />

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Judith and Burton p. resnick<br />

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$100,000 to $249,999<br />

American federation for<br />

Aging research<br />

Linda and earle Altman<br />

Autism speaks<br />

diane Belfer<br />

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child Welfare fund<br />

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frAXA – fragile X research<br />

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roslyn and Leslie goldstein<br />

herbert p. Levine + and Bess L.<br />

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robert Wood Johnson foundation<br />

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tamara and charles A. krasne<br />

mAc Aids fund<br />

mcknight endowment fund for<br />

neuroscience<br />

methuselah foundation<br />

new York stem cell foundation, inc.<br />

Arnold s. penner and madaleine<br />

Berley<br />

the helen and irving spatz<br />

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Benjamin and susan Winter<br />

Anonymous<br />

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June and ralph Adorno<br />

mary kay Ash charitable foundation<br />

chemotherapy foundation, inc.<br />

Jonas ehrlich charitable trust<br />

entertainment industry foundation<br />

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marquis Jet<br />

the mesothelioma Applied research<br />

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the Joseph Leroy and Ann c.<br />

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American health Assistance<br />

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prevent cancer foundation<br />

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thAnc foundation, inc.<br />

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towers League for einstein cancer<br />

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Blank rome, L.L.p.<br />

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sara chait memorial foundation, inc.<br />

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michael m. feigin<br />

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Allison and Jason feldman<br />

Joyce and Jeffrey fiedler<br />

the finkelstein foundation, inc.<br />

Joseph f. and clara ford foundation<br />

the chuck goldman family<br />

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pfizer, inc.<br />

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manufacturers <strong>of</strong> America<br />

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the potts memorial foundation<br />

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marian and david rocker<br />

mary ellen rogers<br />

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stanley shapiro<br />

Jack m. somer<br />

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karel fierman Wahrsager<br />

the Weisman family foundation<br />

the helen hay Whitney foundation<br />

Wilf family<br />

irene Winkelman<br />

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American society for dermatologic<br />

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monique Weill caulier trust<br />

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the donaldson organization<br />

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eastern millwork, inc.<br />

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Jerome goldstein<br />

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dr. christopher m. tortora<br />

melanie and Jeffrey h. tucker<br />

Adam tuckman<br />

commy and dr. okoro<br />

c. Ukpabi<br />

Benita k. and ronald L. Unger<br />

dr. Arnold valenson<br />

venus construction, Ltd.<br />

Allison veronis<br />

eugene and dr. sara vogel<br />

Allison Wallach<br />

felicia Warshawsky<br />

sandra and stanford s. Warshawsky<br />

cynthia Wasserberger<br />

sandra k. Wasserman<br />

susan Waterfall<br />

karen s. and edwin Weisberg<br />

carol and herman h. Weiss<br />

susan Weiss<br />

steven J. Weissbluth<br />

dr. Jerry Weissman<br />

tanya and harvey Weitz<br />

drs. sylvia s. and howard<br />

k. Welsh<br />

Barbara k. and dr. stephen A.<br />

Wertheimer<br />

ilene Wetanson<br />

dr. roger m. Wint<br />

helen and nathaniel Wisch<br />

dr. harley m. Wishner<br />

Jill Wolf<br />

rochelle g. and dr. mitchel L. Wolf<br />

myrna r. and dr. stuart<br />

B. Wollman<br />

dr. pauline Woo<br />

evan richard Wuhl<br />

drs. Joel and eileen Yager<br />

Janice g. and dr. david m. Yamins<br />

Alan Yukub<strong>of</strong>f<br />

Julie n. and scott e. zelnick<br />

Lois and Bruce zenkel<br />

Laura zeppieri<br />

elisa and Brian L. zied<br />

renate zimet<br />

drs. susan and edward zoltan<br />

caryn and Jeff zucker<br />

Barbara zuckerman<br />

science at the heart <strong>of</strong> medicine<br />

EStAtES And tRuStS<br />

Gifts from the estates and trusts listed<br />

below were received during the period<br />

from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009. We<br />

greatly appreciate their legacy <strong>of</strong> caring<br />

and support.<br />

estate <strong>of</strong> André Aisenstadt<br />

estate <strong>of</strong> david B. and rosalind<br />

W. Alcott<br />

frederick and eleanor Backer<br />

estate <strong>of</strong> <strong>Albert</strong> A. Berger<br />

estate <strong>of</strong> elsie L. Bernstein<br />

robert Blauner testamentary trust<br />

estate <strong>of</strong> rebecca davis<br />

estate <strong>of</strong> manny hilfman<br />

estate <strong>of</strong> estelle knapp<br />

estate <strong>of</strong> Bertram Leslie<br />

estate <strong>of</strong> Lony Lobner<br />

estate <strong>of</strong> marie markus<br />

estate <strong>of</strong> edna rabin<br />

estate <strong>of</strong> gertrude e. reicher<br />

in memory <strong>of</strong> eleazar and<br />

feige reicher<br />

estate <strong>of</strong> Judith r. rosenberg<br />

estate <strong>of</strong> Adele rothenberg<br />

estate <strong>of</strong> helena Barkmann schramm<br />

estate <strong>of</strong> charles sender<br />

estates <strong>of</strong> dorothy and sol smolen<br />

estate <strong>of</strong> Larry stock<br />

estate <strong>of</strong> ruth turberg<br />

estate <strong>of</strong> claire Wagner<br />

Anonymous<br />

plEASE notE:<br />

Every effort has been made to<br />

ensure the accuracy <strong>of</strong> the information<br />

provided. We very much regret<br />

any errors or omissions that may<br />

nevertheless have occurred.<br />

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$’s in millions<br />

45<br />

40<br />

35<br />

30<br />

25<br />

20<br />

15<br />

10<br />

5<br />

0<br />

finAnciAL sUmmArY<br />

EinStEin AdJuStS to diFFiCult EConoMiC tiMES,<br />

But KEY indiCAtoRS ARE poSitiVE<br />

As the college <strong>of</strong> medicine expected, the economic recession is causing income from investments to decline.<br />

during the fiscal years (fY) 2009–13, einstein will compensate for these revenue declines by cutting its nonacademic<br />

expenses. By saving on energy costs, postponing capital projects and reducing information technology<br />

expenses, einstein is reducing total anticipated expenditures for the coming five years by about $100 million,<br />

beginning with a $20 million saving from the approved budget in fY2009 (July 2008–June 2009).<br />

meanwhile, the college <strong>of</strong> medicine has continued to follow its strategic plan by recruiting high-quality<br />

faculty and improving its research infrastructure. two positive indicators are the continued growth in gifts and<br />

payments for existing pledges and increase in nih grant awards for the just-ended federal fY2009 (see graphs<br />

below). despite the difficult economy, new cash gifts and payments on pledges rose to their highest level,<br />

totaling $38.28 million (figure 1). similarly, nih awards for federal fY2009 increased from $132.1 million in<br />

fY2008 to $154.9 million in fY2009 (figure 2).<br />

Revenue trends 2000 – 2009<br />

figure 1: Cash Gifts<br />

2000<br />

2001<br />

2002<br />

2003<br />

2004<br />

2005<br />

2006<br />

EinStEin pRoFilE<br />

m.d. students: 625<br />

ph.d. students: 337<br />

faculty: 2,775<br />

Applicants to class <strong>of</strong> 2013: 7,148<br />

students in class <strong>of</strong> 2013: 183<br />

residency programs <strong>of</strong>fered: 150<br />

postdoctoral research fellows: 380<br />

major research centers funded by nih: 5<br />

physicians in training at einstein and<br />

affiliated hospitals: 2,500<br />

2007<br />

2008<br />

$38.3<br />

2009<br />

$’s in millions<br />

180<br />

160<br />

140<br />

120<br />

100<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

0<br />

figure 2: national institutes <strong>of</strong> health Awards<br />

2000<br />

2001<br />

2002<br />

2003<br />

2004<br />

2005<br />

2006<br />

2007<br />

AFFiliAtEd hoSpitAlS<br />

montefiore medical center<br />

Beth israel medical center<br />

north shore–Long island Jewish health system<br />

Bronx–Lebanon hospital center<br />

Jacobi medical center<br />

2008<br />

$154.9<br />

nih budget doubles nih budget flat nih<br />

receives<br />

stimulus<br />

funds<br />

2009<br />

BoArd <strong>of</strong> overseers<br />

ChAiRpERSon<br />

dr. ruth L. gottesman*<br />

ChAiRpERSonS EMERiti<br />

burton P. resnick*<br />

robert A. belfer*<br />

ira M. Millstein*<br />

ChAiRpERSon<br />

ExECutiVE CoMMittEE<br />

Michael f. Price*<br />

ViCE ChAiRpERSonS<br />

Zygmunt Wilf*<br />

elliot K. Wolk*<br />

tREASuRER<br />

roger W. einiger*<br />

einstein alumni: more than 8,500<br />

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70 71<br />

SECREtARY<br />

daniel r. tishman*<br />

Philip Altheim*<br />

Linda Altman*<br />

irving P. baumrind<br />

diane belfer<br />

renée e. belfer<br />

robert A. bernhard<br />

roger blumencranz<br />

John d. Cohen<br />

dr. gerald dorros, ’68<br />

betty feinberg<br />

Peter gat<strong>of</strong><br />

Jay n. goldberg<br />

roslyn goldstein*<br />

dr. Stephen goldstone, ’79<br />

Arthur hershaft*<br />

Morton P. hyman<br />

Michael g. Jesselson<br />

richard M. Joel<br />

nathan Kahn*<br />

ernest Kalman<br />

Marilyn Katz<br />

Stanley M. Katz*<br />

Paul J. Konigsberg*<br />

dr. henry Kressel<br />

dr. ira Kukin<br />

hirschell e. Levine<br />

dr. evelyn Lipper, ’71<br />

ronald J. Lissak*<br />

harvey newman<br />

Sylvia Olnick<br />

Arnold S. Penner<br />

Joel i. Picket<br />

rita rosen<br />

howard J. rubenstein<br />

Larry b. Scheinfeld<br />

dr. Lawrence Scherr<br />

harvey Schulweis<br />

david A. tanner<br />

Louis r. tomson<br />

Kathy Weinberg<br />

Samuel g. Weinberg*<br />

benjamin Winter<br />

liFE oVERSEER<br />

Philip rosen<br />

honoRARY oVERSEERS<br />

Joan K. eigen<br />

Jerry S. handler<br />

Charles A. Krasne<br />

emily fisher Landau<br />

John J. Pomerantz<br />

toby g. ritter<br />

*executive Committee


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<strong>Albert</strong> <strong>Einstein</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong> yeshiva university<br />

Science at the heart <strong>of</strong> medicine<br />

<strong>Albert</strong> einstein college <strong>of</strong> medicine<br />

<strong>of</strong> Yeshiva University<br />

Jack and pearl resnick campus<br />

1300 morris park Avenue<br />

Bronx, nY 10461<br />

www.einstein.yu.edu<br />

philip and rita rosen department<br />

<strong>of</strong> communications and public Affairs<br />

department <strong>of</strong> institutional Advancement<br />

for information on opportunities for giving:<br />

718.430.2412 fax 718.430.8929<br />

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