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The Solomon A. Berson Medical Alumni Achievement Awards

Dr. Solomon A. Berson, M.D. '45 (1919-1972) and Dr. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921- ) co-developed the radioimmunoassay (RIA) in 1959. The radioimmunoassay technique chemically analyzes human blood and tissue. A simple and relatively inexpensive test that requires just a tiny sample of blood or tissue, RIA revolutionized diagnoses. Among other uses, RIA can screen blood, detect drug use and identify people with high blood pressure or diabetes. For inventing RIA, Yalow won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1977 (Yalow accepted for Berson, who died in 1972). Yalow and Berson did not patent the RIA; instead they allowed the common use of RIA to benefit human health.

These awards honor the memory of Dr. Berson and his co-development of RIA, a discovery of inestimable value in endocrinology. Despite world acclaim, he remained the true physician - humble, dedicated, productive. The Alumni Achievement Awards have been presented annually since 1954 (Dr. Berson himself was so honored in 1969), and were named in Dr. Berson's memory in 1979.

The 2009 Solomon A. Berson Medical Alumni Achievement Awards

Joel Moss Ann Schmidt Lonnie Bristow
Basic Science
Joel Moss, M.D. ‘72
Clinical Science    
Ann Marie Schmidt, M.D. ‘83
Health Science
Lonnie R. Bristow, M.D. ‘57

Past Honorees
2008 Jonathan Brodie, M.D. ‘75
Jay Grosfeld, M.D. ‘61
Lawrence Smith, M.D. ‘76
2007

Edward Fisher, M.D. ‘75
Tadataka Yamada, M.D. ‘71
Richard Cash, M.D. ‘66
Donna O’Hare Brayton, M.D. ‘58
2006 Bernard Cohen, M.D. ‘54
Ronald Hoffman, M.D. ‘71
Jerome Lowenstein, M.D. ‘57
2005

Arturo Casadevall, M.D. ‘85          
Richard D. Krugman, M.D. ‘68
Daniel F. Roses, M.D. ‘69
Bruce K. Young, M.D. ‘63
2004

Paul Bornstein, M.D. ‘58
Anne Klibankski, M.D. ‘75
John A. Kastor, M.D. ‘62
2003

Stanley G. Schultz, M.D. ‘56
Lee B. Reichman, M.D. ‘64, M.P.H.
Michel C. Nussenzweig, M.D. ‘82
2002

Paul J. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D. ‘84
Fred S. Kantor, M.D. ‘56
Neal L. Cohen, M.D. ‘70
2001

Martin J. Blaser, M.D. ‘73
Norman H. Edelman, M.D. ‘61
Rafael D. Camerini-Otero, M.D., Ph.D. ‘73
2000

Marc A. Dichter, M.D., Ph.D. ‘69
James R. Lupski, M.D., Ph.D. ‘85
Eric J. Cassell, M.D. ‘54
1999

Daniel B. Drachman, M.D. ‘56
Marvin C. Gershengorn, M.D. ‘71
Arthur Zitrin, M.D. ‘45
1998

Michael A. Zasloff, M.D., Ph.D. ‘73
Barry L. Zaret, M.D. ‘66
Felicia B. Axelrod, M.D. ‘66
1997

Howard M. Grey, M.D. ‘57
Lanny J. Rosenwasser, M.D. ‘72
Maurice A. Mufson, M.D. ‘57
1996

Peter S. Aronson, M.D. ‘70
Seymour I. Schwartz, M.D. ‘50
Donald Kaye, M.D. ‘57
1995

Charles J. Sherr, M.D., Ph.D. ‘72
Naomi F. Rothfield, M.D. ‘55
Thomas E. Strax, M.D. ‘67
1994

Harvey Cantor, M.D. ‘67
Neil Kaplowitz, M.D. ‘67
Walter Reich, M.D. ‘70
1993

M. Leon Tancer, M.D. ’40, ‘36A
John B. Robbins, M.D. ‘59
Edwin H. Kolodny, M.D. ‘62
1992

Douglas R. Lowy, M.D. ‘68
Ronald B. Heberman, M.D. ‘64
Allan E. Dumont, M.D. ‘48
1991

Barry S. Collier, M.D. ‘70
Simon Karpatkin, M.D. ‘58
Doris H. Milman, M.D. ‘42
1990

Emil C. Gotschlich, M.D. ‘59
Neil A. Holtzman, M.D. ‘59
Felix T. Rapaport, M.D. ‘54
1989

Bernard D. Goldstein, M.D. ‘62
Rochelle Hirschhorn, M.D. ‘57
Abner L. Notkins, M.D. ‘58
1988 Sheldon G. Cohen, M.D. ‘43D
Herbert H. Samuels, M.D. ‘65
James H. Schwartz, M.D. ‘59
1987

Leonard C. Harber, M.D. ‘53
Bernard Moss, M.D. ‘61
Robert J. Temple, M.D. ‘67
1986

Norbert Freinkel, M.D. ‘49
Frank H. Netter, M.D. ‘31
Richard P. Novick, M.D. ‘59
1985

Robert F. Goldberger, M.D. ‘58
Robert T. McCluskey, M.D. ‘47
Melvin D. Yahr, M.D. ‘43M
1984

Frederick F. Becker, M.D. ‘56
Gerald L. Klerman, M.D. ‘54
Stuart F. Schlossman, M.D. ‘58
1983

Jerome S. Coles, M.D. ‘36
Yale R. Nemerson, M.D. ‘60
Mortimer G. Rosen, M.D. ‘55
1982

Burton C. D’Lugoff, M.D. ‘57
Bernard N. Fields, M.D. ‘62
Kurt Hirschhorn, M.D. ‘54
1981

Robert S. Schwartz, M.D. ‘54
George J. Todaro, M.D. ‘63
1980

Milto In. Roemer, M.D. ‘40
Matthew D. Scharff, M.D. ‘59
Gerald Weissmann, M.D. ‘54
1979

Eugene Braunwald, M.D. ‘49W, ‘52
William N. Hubbard Jr., M.D. ‘44
Eric R. Kandel, M.D. ‘56
1978

Edward C. Franklin, M.D. ‘50
Julius B. Krevans, M.D. ‘44A, 46
Jonathon W. Uhr, M.D. ‘52
1977

Mary C. McLaughlin, M.D. ‘46
Maxwell H. Poppel, M.D. ‘27
1976

David Gitlin, M.D. ‘47
Jack Orloff, M.D. ‘43D
Edmund D. Pellegrino, M.D. ‘44
1975

Jerome Gross, M.D. ‘43M
Marvin Kuschner, M.D., ‘39A, ‘43M
Bert L. Vallee, M.D. ‘43M
1974

Harry Most, M.D. ‘31
Emanuel M. Papper, M.D. ‘31
Leon Sokoloff, M.D., ‘44
1973 Irving L. Schwartz, M.D. ‘43
1972 Morris Ziff, M.D. ‘50
1971 Stanley F. Yolles, M.D. ‘50
1970 H. Sherwood Lawrence, M.D. ‘43
1969 Solomon A. Berson, M.D. ‘45
1968 Herman N. Eisen, M.D. ‘43M
1967 Sol Sherry, M.D. ‘39
1966 Saul J. Farber, M.D. ‘42
1965 Herbert Chasis, M.D. ‘30
1964 M. Samuel White, M.D. ‘31
1963 Currier McEwen, M.D. ‘26
1962 Robert F. Pitts, M.D. ‘38
1961 William Goldring, M.D. ‘22
1960 Albert B. Sabin, M.D. ‘31
1959 John M. Mulholland, M.D. ‘25
1958 James A. Shannon, M.D. ‘29
1957  Henry L. Jaffe, M.D. ‘20
1956 Gilbert G. Dalldorf, M.D. ‘24
1955  Luther B. Mackenzie, M.D. ‘04
1954 Jonas Salk, M.D. ‘39

 

 

 
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