10 Medical School Awardees Honored for Achievement, Service

This highest State University of New York rank recognizes exceptional faculty merit and outstanding academic contributions.

Margarita L. Dubocovich, PhD
SUNY Distinguished Professor of pharmacology and toxicology

This award honors faculty members who make extraordinary contributions to their fields.

Steven J. Fliesler, PhD
Meyer H. Riwchun Endowed Chair Professor of ophthalmology

Elad I. Levy, MD, MBA
Professor and chair of neurosurgery

Stylianos Andreadis, PhD
Professor of biomedical engineering and professor and chair of chemical and biological engineering

This award honors faculty members who demonstrate superb classroom performance, in part through rigorous and innovative teaching methodologies and a commitment to helping students.

Alan J. Lesse, MD
Associate professor of medicine and vice chair for education 

This rank honors professors who have achieved national or international recognition as experts in their fields.

Steven J. Fliesler, PhD
Meyer H. Riwchun Endowed Chair Professor of ophthalmology

Lawrence Wrabetz, MD
Professor of neurology and biochemistry
Director, Hunter James Kelly Research Institute

This honor recognizes unprecedented accomplishment and a distinguishing body of work with enduring importance.

Drucy S. Borowitz, MD
Clinical professor of pediatrics

Laurie K. Read, PhD
Professor of microbiology and immunology

This award celebrates a recent superior achievement of an up-and-coming scholar who has earned individual acclaim for his or her work.

Jun-Xu Li, MD, PhD
Assistant professor of pharmacology and toxicology

John M. Zaharkin, Jr.
Senior lab equipment designer
Department of Physiology and Biophysics

The 2014 Celebration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence took place Oct. 8.