Fellow Ambassadors Program

Increasing media access to expertise.

The New York Academy of Medicine’s Fellow Ambassadors are an extension of the roster of staff spokepersons at the Academy. Accomplished leaders in their respective fields, the Fellow Ambassadors are available for media interviews. To request an interview with a Fellow Ambassador, please contact Gina Ravosa at 212-822-7285 or gravosa@nyam.org. 

2017-18 Ambassadors

2016-17 Ambassadors

2015-16 Ambassadors

2017-18 Ambassadors

A. Reese Abright, MD

Professor of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Services Elmhurst Hospital; Director, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Fellowship Training Program in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Elmhurst Hospital

Scott Breidbart, MD, MBA, FAAP

Chief Medical Officer, Solera Health

Tina Maschi, PhD, LCSW, ACSW

Associate Professor Fordham University

Joseph Masci, MD, FACP

Director, Department of Medicine Elmhurst Hospital Center Professor of Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Brian Keith McNeil, MD, FACS

Vice-Chair, Department of Urology Urology Residency Program Director Assistant Professor of Urology SUNY/Downstate Medical Center

Allison Squires, PhD, RN, FAAN

Associate Professor, Rory Meyers College of Nursing New York University

2016-17 Ambassadors

Joseph J. Fins, MD, MACP

Chief, Division of Medical Ethics, Weill Cornell Medicine; Director of Medical Ethics, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medicine

Mark P. Jarrett, MD, MBA, MS

Senior Vice President & Chief Quality Officer, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Northwell Health

Nadia Laniado, DDS, MPH

Director, Community Dentistry and Population Health, Jacobi Medical Center

Joseph P. Merlino, MD, MPA

Vice President for Faculty Affairs & Professional Development, SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Terri Ann Parnell, DNP, RN, FAAN

Principal & Founder, Health Literacy Partners, LLC Chief Nursing Officer, TVR Communications

Patricia S. Ruppert, DO, MPH, DABFM, FAAFP

Health Commissioner, Rockland County

2015-16 Ambassadors

Shahid R. Aziz, DMD, MD, FACS

Chair, Fellows Section on Dentistry and Oral Health

Dave Chokshi, MD, MSC

Assistant Vice President, Ambulatory Care Transformation

Adam Friedman, MD, FAAD

Vice-Chair, Fellows Section on Dermatology

Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH

Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Kaiser Permanente, Southern California

Launette Woolforde, EdD, DNP, RN-BC

Vice President, System Nursing Education and Professional Development, Northwell Health, Office of the Chief Nurse Executive