History
The Jacobi Medallion has been awarded since 1952 for distinguished contributions to the field of medicine or extraordinary service to the Hospital, Health System, School of Medicine, or alumni community. This yearly event, hosted by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai's Office of Alumni Relations and Development, is a celebration of excellence and dedication in the field of medicine. This prestigious event traces its origins to the visionary Dr. William M. Hitzig, who, as President of the Associated Alumni in 1952, conceived the idea of commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of The Mount Sinai Hospital.
The medallion itself pays homage to Dr. Abraham Jacobi, a revered figure in the medical world. Dr. Jacobi, one of the early presidents of The Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Board, eventually rose to the pinnacle of medical leadership as the President of the American Medical Association. He is credited with founding the specialty of pediatrics and, alongside his wife, Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi, established the first pediatric clinic in the United States. A man of broad interests, humanistic philosophy, investigative acumen, and clinical skill, he stands as a model not only for Mount Sinai, but for the entire medical profession.
Past Jacobi Recipients
2024
Stuart A. Aaronson, MD
Jeremy H. Boal, MD, MSH ’96
Kirk N. Campbell, MD
Marla C. Dubinsky, MD
Helen M. Fernandez, MD, MPH, MSH ’01
Emma Guttman-Yassky, MD, PhD
Stephen Harvey, MBA
Mark Kostegan, FAHP
Roxana Mehran, MD, MSH ’95
Mark Kostegan, FAHP
Peak Woo, MD
2023
Burton A. Cohen, MD, MSH ’79
Lakshmi A. Devi, PhD
Marta Filizola, PhD
Patricia Kovatch
I. Michael Leitman, MD, FACS
Jessica R. Moise
Ramon Parsons, MD, PhD
Bruce E. Sands, MD, MS
Swan N. Thung, MD, FAASLD
2022
Joseph D. BuxBaum, PhD
Yvette Calderon, MD, MS
Jean-Frederic M. Colombel, MD
Carlos Cordon-Cardo, MD, PhD
Ebby Elahi, MD, MBA, FACS, MSSM '96, MSH '00
Annetine C. Geljins, PhD
Reena Karani, MD, MHPE, MSH '02
Naomi LC Luban, MD, MSSM '72
Barbara J. Niss, BA, MA
Joanne L. Stone, MD, MSHDCL
Rosalind J. Wright, MD, MPH
2021
Judith A. Aberg, MD
Donald A. Bergman, MD, MSH '77
Ana Fernandez-Sesma, PhD, MSSM '98
Evan L. Flatow, MD
Ronald H. Hoffman, MD, MSH '76
Elizabeth A. Howell, MD, MPP
Joy S. Gaylinn Reidenberg, PhD, MSSM '88
Leslie E. Schneier, MBA, MPH
Phyllis A. Schnepf, MS
Juan Pablo Wisnivesky, MD, DRPH
2020
Joshua B. Bederson, MD
Nina Bhardwaj, MD, PhD
Douglas T. Dieterich, MD
Carol R. Horowitz, MD, MPH
Yasmin S. Meah, MD, MSH '01
Miriam Merad, MD, PhD
Michael Minikes
David G. Nichols, MD, MBA, MSSM '77
Samuel Waxman, MD, MSH '64
Golden Headed Cane Recipient:
Michael L. Marin, MD, MSSM '84
2019
Nina A. Bickell, MD, MPH
Steven J. Burakoff, MD
Zahi A. Fayad, PhD
Amy J. Goldberg, MD, FACS, MSSM '87
Annapoorna S. Kini, MD, MRCP, FACC
Daniel Maklansky, MD
Reginald W. Miller, DVM, DACLAM
David C. Thomas, MD, MHPE
Ming-Ming Zhou, PhD
2018
Paul R.G. Cunningham, MD, FACS
Blaine V. Fogg, Esq.
Bruce D. Gelb, MD
Wayne A. Gordon, PhD, FACRM, ABPP
Yasmin L. Hurd, PhD
Srinivas Ravi V. Iyengar, PhD
Joseph R. Masci, MD
Mary Ann McLaughlin, MD, MPH
Thomas P. Naidich, MD, FACR
2017
Louis R. DePalo, M.D., F.A.C.C.P.
Celia M. Divino, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Ian R. Holzman, M.D.
Leslie Dubin Kerr, M.D.
Alice C. Levine, M.D.
Eric J. Nestler, M.D., Ph.D.
Jonathan S. Stamler, M.D.
2016
Jean C. Crystal
Adolfo García-Sastre, Ph.D.
Alexander Kirschenbaum, M.D.
William Lawson, M.D., D.D.S.
Rosanne M. Leipzig, M.D., Ph.D.
Jewel Mullen, M.D., M.P.H., M.P.A, F.A.C.P.
Alfred L. Siu, M.D., M.S.P.H.
2015
Gary C. Butts, M.D.
Stephen K. Galson, M.D., M.P.H.
Andy Jagoda, M.D., FACEP
R. Sean Morrison, M.D.
Jasmin Moshirpur, M.D.
Ramon J.C. Murphy, M.D., M.P.H.
Joan Y. Reede, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., M.B.A.
Herschel J. Sklaroff, M.D.
2014
Scott L. Friedman, M.D.
Martin S. Goldstein, M.D.
Adrian Greenstein, M.D.
Barbara Murphy, M.B., B.A.O., B.C.H., F.R.C.P.I.
David L. Reich, M.D.
Lynne D. Richardson, M.D.
Lester Silver, M.D.
2013
Michael L. Brodman, M.D.
Jeffrey S. Freed, M.D.
Wayne S. Fuchs, M.D.
Donald J. Gogel
Lisa M. Satlin, M.D.
Karen Zier, Ph.D.
2012
Avi Barbasch, M.D.
Dennis S. Charney, M.D.
Peter May
Michael L. Marin, M.D.
Barbara K. Richardson, M.D.
2011
Eric M. Genden, M.D.
David S. Mendelson, M.D.
David Muller, M.D.
Pedro Pasik, M.D.
Anthony Squire, M.D.
2009
Elliot J. Rayfield, M.D.
Hugh A. Sampson, M.D.
Burton P. Drayer, M.D.
Charlotte Cunningham- Rundles, M.D., Ph.D.
Randall B. Griepp, M.D.
2008
Sandra Masur, Ph.D.
John Morrison, Ph.D.
Maria Padilla, M.D.
Laszlo Sarkozi, Ph.D.
2007
Angela Diaz, M.D., M.P.H.
Steven Itzkowitz, M.D.
Mark Chassin, M.D.
Samin Sharma, M.D.
2006
Jeffrey Laitman, Ph.D.
Harold A. Mitty, M.D.
Peter Palese, Ph.D.
Kalmon Post, M.D.
Peter Som, M.D.
2005
Joel J. Bauer, M.D.
Diane E. Meier, M.D.
Demetrius Pertsemlidis, M.D.
Peter H. Rubin, M.D.
2004
Robert J. Desnick, Ph.D, M.D.
Julius H. Jacobson, II, M.D.
Barry Salky, M.D.
2003
Jeffrey S. Flier, M.D.
Mark Lebwohl, M.D.
2002
Kenneth L. Davis, M.D.
Jonathan L. Halperin, M.D.
Philip Landrigan, M.D.
Lloyd F. Mayer, M.D.
Gary Rosenberg, Ph.D.
2001
Patricia S. Levinson
Roger Levy, M.D.
Arthur H. Rubenstein, M.D.
Mark H. Swartz, M.D.
2000
Bernard Cohen, M.D.
Charles M. Miller, M.D.
Jack G. Rabinowitz, M.D.
Nathaniel Wisch, M.D.
1999
Janet Cuttner, M.D.
Andrew D. Heineman, Esq.
Terry Ann Krulwich, Ph.D.
Steven M. Podos, M.D.
1998
Barry S. Coller, M.D.
Barry R. Freedman
Samuel L. Guillory, M.D.
Kristjan T. Ragnarsson, M.D.
1997
Ruth Abramson, M.D.
Gerald Friedman, M.D.
Sheldon Glabman, M.D.
Marvin F. Levitt, M.D.
John W. Rowe, M.D.
1996
Robert Butler, M.D.
Carmel J. Cohen, M.D.
Arthur Figur, M.D.
Marvin Stein, M.D.
1995
Valentin Fuster, M.D.
Irwin Gelernt, M.D.
Panayotis Katsoyannis, Ph.D.
Harry Spiera, M.D.
Helen Wilson
1994
Seymour Gendelman, M.D.
Nathan G. Kase, M.D.
Isadore Kreel, M.D.
David B. Sachar, M.D.
1993
Kurt Hirschhorn, M.D.
Sherman Kupfer, M.D.
Louis S. Lapid, M.D.
Richard E. Rosenfield, M.D.
1992
Hugh F. Biller, M.D.
Janice Gabrilove, M.D.
Mamoru Kaneko, M.D.
Frederick A. Klingenstein
Fenton Schaffner, M.D.
1991
Edward J. Bottone, Ph.D.
Richard Gorlin, M.D.
Edwin D. Kilbourne, M.D.
Gerson J. Lesnick, M.D.
Daniel H. Present, M.D.
1990
William T. Golden, M.D.
Donald Gribetz, M.D.
Saul B. Gusberg, M.D.
Jack Klatell, M.D.
1989
Kurt W. Deuschle, M.D.
Frederick H. King, M.D.
Burton I. Korelitz, M.D.
Gail Kuhn Weissman, R.N.
1988
Eugene W. Friedman, M.D.
Milton H. (Mike) Sisselman, M.D.
Leonard Steinfeld, M.D.
Edwin A. Weinstein, M.D.
1987
Robert M. Berne, M.D.
Ephraim Donoso, M.D.
Bernard C. Meyer, M.D.
Melvin D. Yahr, M.D.
1986
Yun Peng Huang, M.D.
Paul A. Kirschner, M.D.
Gene H. Stollerman, M.D.
Alvin S. Teirstein, M.D.
1985
James F. Holland, M.D.
Robert S. Litwak, M.D.
Gabriel P. Seley, M.D.
Jerome D. Waye, M.D.
1984
David R. Coddon, M.D.
Samuel K. Elster, M.D.
Charlotte Friend, Ph.D.
Sidney M. Silverstone, M.D.
1983
Mortimer E. & Richard A. Bader, M.D.s
John DeHoff, M.D.
Leonard I. Malis, M.D.
Lotte Strauss, M.D.
1982
Ellen Fuller-Zweifach, R.N.
Ezra M. Greenspan, M.D.
Horace L. Hodes, M.D.
Barry Stimmel, M.D.
1981
Lester Blum, M.D.
Thomas C. Chalmers, M.D.
Samuel H. Klein, M.D.
Ralph H. Moloshok, M.D.
1980
Jack & Jane Aron
Lester R. Cahn, D.D.S.
Jacob Churg, M.D.
Arthur R. Sohval, M.D.
1979
Arthur H. Aufses, Jr., M.D.
Simon Dack, M.D.
Alfred P. Fishman, M.D.
Peter Vogel, M.D.
1978
David A. Dreiling, M.D.
Arthur M. Fishberg, M.D.
Bernard E. Simon, M.D.
Rosalyn S. Yalow, Ph.D.
1977
Sidney W. Gross, M.D.
Alfred L. Rose
Bernard S. Wolf, M.D.
Tsai-Fan Yu, M.D.
1976
Irving J. Selikoff, M.D.
Robert S. Siffert, M.D.
Louise Siltzbach, M.D.
Alfred R. Stern
1975
Sheldon R. Coons
Henry Dolger, M.D.
Jean Pakter, M.D.
Robert Turrell, M.D.
Louis R. Wasserman, M.D.
1974
Henry D. Janowitz, M.D.
Albert S. Lyons, M.D.
Ira A. Schur
Norman Simon, M.D.
1973
J. Lester Gabrilove, M.D.
Alvin J. Gordon, M.D.
Hans Popper, M.D.
Frederick H. Theodore, M.D.
1972
George L. Engel, M.D.
Richard H. Marshak, M.D.
S. David Pomrinse, M.D.
1971
James Felt, Posthumous
Joseph A. Gaines, M.D.
Max L. Som, M.D.
1970
Alan H. Barnert, M.D.
Claire Hirschfield, M.D.
Saul Jarcho, M.D.
1969
Joseph Harkavy, M.D.
Gordon D. Oppenheimer, M.D.
Isidore Snapper, M.D.
Martin R. Steinberg, M.D.
1968
Irving B. Goldman, M.D.
Alan F. Guttmacher, M.D.
Samuel M. Peck, M.D.
1967
Dr. & Mrs. Arthur H. Aufses, Sr.
Percy Klingenstein, M.D.
George Lee
1966
Eugene Braunwald, M.D.
Albert Cornell, M.D.
Joseph L. Goldman, M.D.
Lester R. Tuchman, M.D.
1965
Gustave L. Levy
Milton Mendlowitz, M.D.
Robert A. Nabatoff, M.D.
1964
Morris A. Goldberger, M.D.
M. Ralph Kaufman, M.D.
1963
Max Ellenberg, M.D.
Leon Ginzburg, M.D.
1962
Burrill B. Crohn, M.D.
John H. Garlock, M.D.
Samuel Rosen, M.D.
1961
Morris B. Bender, M.D.
Joseph Klingenstein
Coleman B. Rabin, M.D.
1960
Murray H. Bass, M.D.
Eugene Metzger
Harold Neuhof, M.D.
1959
Solomon Silver, M.D.
Moses Swick, M.D.
1958
Bernard H. Eliasberg, M.D.
Isidor C. Rubin, M.D.
1957
Paul Klemperer, M.D.
Israel S. Wechsler, M.D.
David Wexler, M.D.
1956
George Baehr, M.D.
Samuel Karelitz, M.D.
Eli Moschcowitz, M.D.
1955
Ralph Colp, M.D.
Reuben Ottenberg, M.D.
Jonas Salk, M.D.
Kaufman Schivek, M.D., Posthumous
Harry Weiss, M.D.
1954
David Beck, M.D.
Richard Lewisohn, M.D.
Bernard S. Oppenheimer, M.D.
Bela Schick, M.D.
1953
William M. Hitzig, M.D.
Harry Rosenwasser, M.D.
Gregory Shwartzman, M.D.
Israel Strauss, M.D.
Bella Trachtenberg
1952
Leo Edelman, M.D.
Elmer S. Gais, M.D.
Joseph H. Globus, M.D.
Abraham Hyman, M.D.
Arthur M. Master, M.D.
Sadao Otani, M.D.
Mount Sinai Hospital (in honor of its 100th Anniversary)