Title: Professor of Medicine
Company: University Hospital of Brooklyn,
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Location: New York, NY United States
Affiliations/Associations/Societies:
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
- American College of Cardiology (governor, 1997-2000) (board of governors, 1998-2000) (board of governors, Task Force on Cardiovascular Economics, 1999-2000) (chairman) (steering committee) (governing council, 1991-1993)
- American College of Cardiology, New York State Chapter (president, 1997-1998)
- American College of Chest Physicians, Cardiology Forum (chairman, 1985-1986) (executive committee, Clinical Cardiology Section, 1991-1995)
- American Heart Association, Inc. (council on clinical cardiology) (investigator, 1979-1984)
- American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (financial committee, 1995)
- Association of University Cardiologists
- Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology (board of trustees, 1996-2002) (chairman, Due Process and Appeals Committee, 2002-2004)
- European Society of Cardiology (working group on valvular heart disease) European Society of Cardiology
- Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) (board of trustees, 2015-Present)
- Heart Valve Society of America (HVA) (founding president) (president, 2004-2014)
- International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences
- International Organization for Standardization of Medical Equipment (United States Heart Valve Experts Committee)
- National Football League (medical consultant)
- New York Academy of Medicine
- New York Football Giants (cardiology consultant)
- Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (governor, 1995-2000)
- Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (trustee, cardiovascular council, 1991-1994)
- The American Society for Clinical Investigation (1985)
- The New York Cardiological Society Inc. (president, 1990-1991)
- The Society for Heart Valve Disease
Achievements:
- Honoree, Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award (2020, 2019, 2018)
- Featured Member, Marquis Millennium Magazine, Third Edition, Marquis Who’s Who (2019)
- Recipient, Kanu Chatterjee Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions to Cardiovascular Medicine (2018)
- Honoree, Castle Connolly Top Doctor in Cardio Vascular Disease, New York Magazine (1993-2016)
- Inductee, Gold Membership, Worldwide Registry (2014)
- Recipient, Award for Lifetime Achievement in Heart Valve Diseases, Heart Valve Society of America (Now The Heart Valve Society) and Society for Heart Valves Disease, London (2014)
- Recipient, Legend of Cardiology Award, 10th Annual Global Summit (C3) on Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics: Advanced Endovascular and Coronary Intervention, Orlando, FL (2014)
- Recipient, Legend of Cardiology Award, Association of Black Cardiologists (2013)
- Recipient, Diversity in Cardiology Award, Association of Black Cardiologists (2013)
- Recipient, Transforming Lives through Research Award, SUNY Downstate Medical Center (2009)
- Recipient, Distinguished Fellowship Award for Profound Contributions to Cardiovascular Medicine, Twelfth World Congress on Heart Disease, International Academy of Cardiology, Vancouver, Canada (2005)
- Recipient, FDA Service Award (2004)
- Recipient, Hans-Peter Krayenbuehl Memorial Award for Distinguished Research in Cardiac Function, Eighth World Congress of Heart Failure, International Academy of Cardiology (2002)
- Recipient, Best Abstract Award, Fifth International Conference of Nuclear Cardiology, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and Non-United States Affiliates (2001)
- Recipient, Public Service Medal, NASA (1999)
- Recipient, Pfizer Visiting Professorship in Cardiovascular Medicine Award, Pfizer (1999)
- Recipient, Student Scholar in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Award Preceptor, American Heart Association, Inc. (1997)
- Special Citation for Outstanding and Sustained Contribution to Furtherance of the NASA Mission, NASA (1997)
- Special Citation Contribution for Sustained Contributions to the NASA-Mir (United States-Russia) Mission, NASA (1997)
- Certificate of Appreciation, for Performance as Member of Federal Laboratory Review Committee in Response to Presidential Review Directive NSTC-1, NASA (1995)
- Recipient, Best Abstract Award, Second International Conference of Nuclear Cardiology, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and Non-United States Affiliates (1995)
- Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Pig Research Institute of Taiwan, Cardiovascular Institute (1994)
- Certificate of Appreciation for Contributions to Aerospace Medicine Advisory Committee, NASA (1993)
- Recipient, Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Cause of Preventive Cardiology in Israel, Israel National Heart to Heart Association (1992)
- Honoree, Outstanding Services in the Fields of Cardiology and Open Heart Surgery, World Conference on Open Heart Surgery, Bombay India (1985)
- Travelling Fellow, American Physicians Fellowship (1981)
- Honoree, Doctor of the Decade
