2021 Honorees

Melody Butler’11

Founding Executive Director, Nurses Who Vaccinate; Registered Nurse, Infection Preventionist, CIC, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center- West Islip, National Vaccine Advisory Committee Member

BS Nursing

Vincenza Caruso’14

Research Associate, Department of Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology and Prevention, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health

BS Psychology

Tiffany Channer’07

Quality Systems Manager, Saint Joseph's Medical Center

BS Clinical Laboratory Sciences

Luisa Escobar Hoyos, MSc., PhD’15

Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine

PhD Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology

Adi Hirshberg, MD’10

Attending Physician, Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Associate Director of Obstetrical Services, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

MD Medicine

Farrukh Jafri, MS-HPEd, MD’09

Medical Director of WPH Cares, White Plains Hospital/Montefiore Health

MD Medicine

Lauren Maloney, MD, NRP, FP-C, NCEE’12, ’16

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook Medicine

BE Biomedical Engineering // MD With Distinction in Medical Education

Demetrios Paidoussis, MD’03

Physician, New York Presbyterian Medical Group Queens

BS Biological Sciences

Amy Rosen Kontorovich, PhD’07, ’09

Associate Professor of Medicine and Cardiology and Director of the Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases in the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

PhD Biomedical Engineering // MD Medicine

Kaitlin Scherer’11, ’20

Teaching and Research Nurse III: Obstetric Acute Night Clinician, Stony Brook Medicine

BS Nursing // MS Nursing Leadership

Jessica Steier, DrPH’08, ’10

Co-Founder and CEO, Vital Statistics Consulting, Unbiased Science

BS Health Science // MPH Public Health

Zuby Syed, MD’12

Co-Founding Board Member, MedSupplyDrive 501(c)3 // 2022 MD Candidate, Georgetown University School of Medicine

BS Psychology/Philosophy

Karen Tsai, MD’17

Internal Medicine Physician and Endocrinologist, City of Hope

MD Medicine

Marlyn Wu, DO’07

Chief of Aesthetic Medicine in Dermatology, Hackensack University Medical Center

BS Respiratory Care

Oladapo O. Yeku, MD, PhD, FACP’10, ’12

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School // Clinical Assistant in Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Massachusetts General

PhD Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology // MD Medicine

Michael Zeidman, MD’08

Site Director of Breast Surgery, Mount Sinai Brooklyn and Richmond University Medical Center

BS Biology

Rachael Coccia’17

Former Plastic Pollution Manager, The Surfrider Foundation

MA Marine Conservation and Policy

Fanny Cornejo’15

Country Director, Rainforest Partnership

MA, Anthropology

Valerie Goldstein’07, ’10

LMSW, Differently Abled Presentations

BA Psychology // MSW Social Work

Ofonime Inokon-Anusionwu’05

Founder and Director, weCare Initiative for Africa; Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Style Rave

BS Health Science

Jeffrey Kruszyna’05, ’06

Jr. Partner, HSP Direct

BA Political Science // MA Public Policy

Rustum Nyquist, Esq.’05

United States Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State

BS Astronomy and Physics

Keith Scott’18

Grants Director, Family and Children's Association// Corporate Compliance Officer, Hispanic Counseling Center // Adjunct Professor, Hofstra University

MA Public Policy

Kenny Lin’03

Founder and CEO, Pieces of the Ocean

BA Economics

Marc Anthony Rodriguez’05

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, VoxPop Games Inc.

BA Philosophy

Cindy Zuniga-Sanchez, Esq.’12

Founder and CEO, Zero-Based Budget Coaching LLC

BS Business Management/Political Science

David Bock, PhD’15

Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Chemistry

Jean Clifford Brutus, PE, PMP’11, ’12

Project Manager, Brookhaven National Laboratory

BE/MS Mechanical Engineering

Erica Kimmerling, PhD’11

Senior Policy Advisor for Public Engagement in Science, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

BE Biomedical Engineering

Matthew Marge, PhD’06

Senior Research Scientist, DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory

BS Computer Science/Applied Mathematics and Statistics

Giovanni Milione, PhD’10

Senior Researcher, NEC Laboratories America, Inc.

BS Physics

Scott Perl, PhD’08

Research Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

BE Engineering Science // BS Geology

Suhas Satheesh’12

Senior Hardware Engineering Manager, NVIDIA

MS Electrical Engineering

Adam Siegel, PhD’11

Principal Engineer/Technical Specialist, Research, Advanced Technology Division Engine Design & System Integration, Pratt & Whitney Corp.

BE Mechanical Engineering // BS Physics

Brian Feinstein, PhD’11, ’15

Associate Professor of Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

MA Clinical Psychology // PhD Clinical Psychology

Rachel Hershenberg, PhD’09, ’13

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University

MA Psychology // PhD Clinical Psychology

Scott J. Moeller, PhD’05

Associate Vice Chair for Clinical Research and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

BA Psychology

Stephanie O’Brien, PhD’08, ’17

Director of Science, Smithtown School District

BS/MAT Chemistry // PhD Science Education

Geoff Bansen’10

Meteorologist, FOX Weather

BS Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Omer Farooq’04

Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Auxin – Cloud-Native Cyber Security

BE Computer Engineering