Founder's Dinner 2021
Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Time: 6:00PM
Venue: Marina Del Rey
1 Marina Drive
Bronx, NY 10465
The Founder’s Dinner is our signature, annual fundraising event, where hundreds of academic, healthcare, business, and community leaders come together to celebrate NYMC’s proud history and promising future, and to honor distinguished community leaders for their impactful and transformative achievements.
Funds raised from the 2021 Founder's Dinner will contribute to our success in educating the next generation of physicians and healthcare providers, and conducting life-saving biomedical research. We look forward to celebrating!
2021 Honorees
Joseph and Penina Popack
Member of the Board of Trustees, New York Medical College
Recipients of the Israel S. Kleiner Award
In recognition for establishing the Miriam Popack Chair in Bioethics and the Holocaust at New York Medical College
NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan
Recipient of the Alfred B. DelBello Distinguished Service Award
Accepting on behalf is Cristina Contreras, MPA, LMSW, FABC, Chief Executive Officer, NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan
Brij M. Singh Ahluwalia, M.D.
Professor and Former Chair of Neurology, NYMC
In recognition for dedicated service to New York Medical College and its Students
Chitti R. Moorthy, M.D.
Professor and Former Chair of Radiation Medicine, NYMC
In recognition for dedicated service to New York Medical College and its Students
Emcees
Vilma E. Bordonaro, M.B.A.
Chief of Staff, New York Medical College
Michael Crupain, M.D. ’06, M.P.H.
Senior Vice President, Clinical Operations, Sharecare
Presenters
Rabbi Moshe D. Krupka, M.S.
Executive Vice President and University Ombudsman, Touro College and University System (TCUS)
Alan Kadish, M.D.
President, New York Medical College and Touro College and University System
Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A.
Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer, New York Medical College
Provost for Biomedical Affairs, Touro College and University System
Mark Hurwitz, M.D., FASTRO, FACRO
Chair of the Department of Radiation Medicine, New York Medical College
Director of Radiation Medicine, Westchester Medical Center
Tracey A. Milligan, M.D., M.S., FAAN, FANA
Chair of the Department of Neurology, New York Medical College
Director of Neurology, Westchester Medical Center