Mentor of the Year Award
The Mentor of the Year Award is presented each year to faculty on the Columbia University Irving Medical Center campus in recognition of their outstanding guidance and support provided to students, fellows, and colleagues.
Dustin T. Duncan, ScD
2020 Mentor of the Year
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Anne-Catrin Uhlemann, MD, PhD
2020 Mentor of the Year
Associate Professor of Medicine
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José A. Luchsinger, MD, MPH
2020 Mentor of the Year
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Steven L. Spitalnik, MD
2020 Mentor of the Year
Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology
Henry Ginsberg, MD
2019 Mentor of the Year
Herbert and Florence Irving Professor of Medicine
Department of Preventative Medicine
Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
Harold Pincus, MD
2019 Mentor of the Year
Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Donna Farber, PhD
2019 Mentor of the Year
George H. Humphreys, II Professor of Surgical Sciences (in Surgery) and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Department of Surgery TI
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Columbia Center for Translational Immunology
Ali G. Gharavi, MD
2018 Mentor of the Year
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Nephrology
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Lori J. Mosca, MD, MPH, PhD
2018 Mentor of the Year
Professor of Medicine
Director of Preventive Cardiology
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Rudolph L. Leibel, MD
2017 Mentor of the Year
Christopher J. Murphy Memorial Professor of Diabetes Research
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Head, Division of Molecular Genetics, Department of Pediatrics
Co-Director, Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Mathew Maurer, MD
2017 Mentor of the Year
Arnold and Arlene Goldstein Professor of Cardiology
Professor of Medicine
Director, Clinical Cardiovascular Research Laboratory for the Elderly
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Lisa A. Mellman, MD
2017 Mentor of the Year
Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Samuel Rudin Professor of Psychiatry at CUIMC
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Karina Davidson, PhD
2016 Mentor of the Year
Professor of Behavioral Medicine (in Medicine and Psychiatry)
Vice Dean for Organizational Effectiveness
Director of the Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Steven Marx, MD
2016 Mentor of the Year
Professor of Medicine (in Cardiology)
Director of the Cardiovascular Fellowship Program
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Rita Charon, MD, PhD
2015 Mentor of the Year
Professor of Medicine
Director of Program in Narrative Medicine
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Franklin Lowy, MD
2015 Mentor of the Year
Professor of Medicine and Pathology and Cell Biology
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Visiting Professor of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Alfred Neugut, MD, PhD
2015 Mentor of the Year
Myron M. Studner Professor of Cancer Research (in Medicine)
Professor of Epidemiology
Associate Director for Population Sciences at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
Co-Director for the Cancer Prevention Program
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Larry Abbott, PhD
2013 Mentor of the Year
William Bloor Professor of Theoretical Neuroscience
Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
Co-Director, Center for Theoretical Neuroscience
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Elizabeth Shane, MD
2012 Mentor of the Year
Professor of Medicine
Vice Chair of Medicine for Clinical and Epidemiological Research
Attending Physician
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
