Paul Benedetto, MD (IM’09, D’12, MSDO’13), is Chair of the Dermatology Department at Cleveland Clinic Florida and the Alumni Association Board Specialty Director for Dermatology. Q. Describe your current position. A. I currently serve as Chair of the Dermatology Department for Cleveland Clinic Florida. Our group of five physicians and three APPs sees patients in …
Read MoreDr. Richard G. Farmer is Honored with Alumni Special Achievement Award
Richard G. Farmer, MD, MS, MACP, MACG (Staff’62), is the recipient of the 2022 Alumni Association Special Achievement Award, which recognizes physicians or scientists for exceptional, enduring achievements and leadership that have brought pride and recognition to Cleveland Clinic’s community. Dr. Farmer was on staff at Cleveland Clinic for 30 years, including serving as Chief … Read More
Cardiac Arrhythmia Pioneer Dr. Patrick Tchou Receives Alumni Service Award
Patrick Tchou, MD (Staff’94), 2022 Alumni Association Service Award recipient, is a leader in the field of cardiac arrhythmia treatment who performed catheter ablation from its inception in the early 1980s. In 1986, he was honored with the Young Investigator’s Award by the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology. He continues exploring the challenges … Read More
Dr. Yen-Lieberman, Distinguished Alumnus Honoree, Still Loves the Lab
Growing up as the daughter of two college professors, Belinda Yen-Lieberman, PhD (RES/I’78), enjoyed looking through the “big microscope” in her father’s laboratory at the University in Taiwan, where he was Chairman of the Department of Plant Pathology and her mother taught horticulture. When it came time for college, her father insisted that she study … Read More
James B. Young, MD, is First to Receive Distinguished Emeritus Award
James B. Young, MD (Staff’95), says he was surprised to be selected as the first recipient of the Alumni Association Distinguished Emeritus Award. “There have been so many great Cleveland Clinic staff before me,” he says. “This is an extreme honor, and I am so very appreciative.” Cleveland Clinic has surprised him in other ways, … Read More
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Dr. Renee Salas is First to Receive Early Career Alumnus Award
Renee N. Salas, MD, MPH, MS (CCLCM‘09), emergency medicine physician and national expert on climate change and health, is the first recipient of the Alumni Association’s Early Career Alumnus Award. The award recognizes exceptional enduring achievements and leadership, as well as dedicated contributions of time, energy and resources to the community. Nominees must be within … Read More
General Surgery Resident, Dr. Abby Gross, Named GL-1 Award Recipient
Abby Gross, MD, General Surgery, says she was “very honored and surprised” to be named the 2022 recipient of the Cleveland Clinic Alumni Association’s Graduate Level-One Award. The award recognizes clinical excellence/knowledge, interpersonal communication skills, character and unique accomplishments. Dr. Gross earned her medical degree at Case Western Reserve University after graduating from the University … Read More
Dr. Geoffrey and Susan Lefferts
Establish Endowed Scholarship
A generous gift from a Cleveland Clinic alumnus and his wife will provide endowed scholarships to qualifying Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine students. “We are deeply grateful to Dr. Geoffrey and Susan Lefferts for their vision in establishing the W. Geoffrey Lefferts MD and Susan H. Lefferts BSN, JD Endowed Scholarship at the Lerner … Read More
Ukrainian Alumnus Reflects on
His Training and the War Back Home
When Valentin Yakubenko, PhD (RES/MC’03) came to Cleveland Clinic from Ukraine in 1997 with his wife, Anna, and 5-year-old daughter, Irina, he was 27 years old and had just earned a doctorate in protein chemistry at the National Academy of Sciences in Kiev. However, he says, he knew nothing about cell biology and was very … Read More
Longtime Researcher Shares Gratitude
In 1976, Belinda Yen-Lieberman, PhD (RES/I’78), began her post-doctoral fellowship training at Cleveland Clinic. As her career progressed, she served as Medical Director of the Clinical and Molecular Virology Lab for 26 years. Today, she works as Contract Staff in the Microbiology Lab Special Projects Section. In all, she has been a caregiver at Cleveland … Read More