President Satish K. Tripathi (right) congratulates Anne B. Curtis, MD, on being named a UB Distinguished Professor, with Provost Charles F. Zukoski looking on.
10 Medical School Faculty Honored at UB ‘Celebration of Excellence’
Published October 15, 2013 This content is archived.
Story by Suzanne Kashuba
Ten faculty members from the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were among those honored for exemplary achievement at the 10th annual UB Celebration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence.
Awardees Recognized as Scholars, Teachers
SUNY Distinguished Ranks
This highest State University of New York rank recognizes exceptional faculty merit and outstanding academic contributions.
- L. Nelson Hopkins, MD
SUNY Distinguished Professor of neurosurgery - Paul R. Knight III, MD, PhD
SUNY Distinguished Professor of anesthesiology
Director, MD-PhD Program - Daniel J. Kosman, PhD
SUNY Distinguished Professor of biochemistry
SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
This award honors faculty members who make extraordinary contributions to their fields.
- Richard B. Bankert, PhD
Professor of microbiology and immunology - Zhen Yan, PhD
Professor of physiology and biophysics
University at Buffalo Distinguished Ranks
This rank honors professors who have achieved national or international recognition as experts in their fields.
- Anne B. Curtis, MD
Charles and Mary Bauer Professor and chair of medicine
UB 50 Years of Service
- Alexander (Alastair) C. Brownie, PhD
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor emeritus of biochemistry
UB Exceptional Scholars — Sustained Achievement Award
This honor recognizes unprecedented accomplishment and a distinguishing body of work with enduring importance.
- Joseph L. Izzo, MD
Professor of medicine and chief of clinical pharmacology - Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, MD
Professor of neurology
UB Teaching Innovation Award
This award honors exceptional educational pedagogy that has enhanced student learning outcomes.
- Thomas E. Melendy, PhD
Associate professor of microbiology and immunology
The Celebration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence took place Oct. 9.