Title: Commissioner of Health
Company: New York State
Location: Albany, NY United States
Achievements:
- Inductee, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement (2018)
- Recipient, Institute of Politics Fellow (2009)
- Recipient, Presidential Leadership Scholar (2016)
- First Deputy Commissioner of Health, New York State (2013-2015)
- Assistant Director-General, World Health Organization (2006-2008)
- Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (2002-2005)
- Alpha Omega Alpha Medial Honor Society
- Pediatrics Internship & Residency – Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Anesthesiology Residency – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine/Anesthesiology Fellow – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Pediatric Cardiology Fellow – Boston Children’s Hospital
- Associate Professor, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons (1999-2008)
- Clinical Faculty, National Institutes of Health (2003-2005)
- Professor of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York (2014- )
- Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2011-2014)
- James Kent Scholar for academic excellence, Columbia Law School (2001)
- Recipient, White House Fellowship (2001-2002)
- Honoree, Named Person of the Week, ABC World News Tonight (1993)
- Featured Listee, Best Doctors in America
- Featured Listee, Who’s Who in the World (1994-2006, 2014, 2016)
- Featured Listee, Who’s Who in the East 1996, 1998, 2000-2002, 2011-2015)
- Featured Listee, Who’s Who in America (1996-2005, 2012-2014)
- Featured Listee, Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011)
- Featured Listee, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering (1993, 1996-1997, 1999, 2001, 2003-2004, 2006, 2010)
Designations:
- Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
- Honorary Doctor of Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Master of Laws, Columbia University
- Juris Doctor, Fordham University
- Doctor of Medicine, The George Washington University
- Bachelor of Science, McGill University
- Board Certified in Pediatrics
- Board Certified in Anesthesiology
- Board Certified in Pediatric Critical Care
- Board Certified in Pediatric Cardiology
- Board Certified in Pediatric Anesthesiology
- Board Certified in Anesthesia Critical Care
- Postgraduate Diploma in Global Health Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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