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
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Cancer. Dementia. Multiple Sclerosis. Patients faced with life-altering diagnoses like these and other serious conditions often seek out a second opinion. But, for a variety of reasons, second opinions can sometimes be difficult to obtain. The Cleveland Clinic has stepped up to help these patients— and is changing the entire second-opinion paradigm in the process— … Read More
Couples Who Met at Lerner College of Medicine Build Lives, Careers Together
Dr. Lauren Banaszak and Dr. Taylor Aiken, Class of 2017, “fell in love” with Lerner College on interview day, and with each other while dating in the spring of 2013. Their favorite dates were eating at restaurants and studying at a coffee shop. Dr. Banaszak, originally of Arlington Heights, Illinois, says Lerner College was her … Read More
Congratulations to our 2021 Alumni Award Recipients
GEORGE E. TESAR, MD:KNOWN FOR HUMOR, HUMILITY, SKILLED LEADERSHIP George E. Tesar, MD (IM’80), who recently retired after 31 years at Cleveland Clinic, received awards throughout his career. These include Cleveland Clinic’s Bruce Hubbard Stewart Award; Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association; recurring recognition as one of the Best Doctors in America; Exemplary Psychiatrist Award … Read More
Alumnus Joins Kidney Transplant Team
On completing her fellowship training at Cleveland Clinic in 2014, Hannah Kerr, MD (U/RT’14) was given a rare and exciting opportunity to return to New Mexico, where she did her residency, to develop and lead a brand-new pancreas transplant program. While there, at Presbyterian Hospital, she also made medical history by performing New Mexico’s first-ever kidney/pancreas transplant. Now, Dr. Kerr is back at Cleveland Clinic as a member of the transplant team led by Alvin Wee, MD (U/RT’08), at the Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute’s Center for Renal and Pancreas Transplantation. “My Cleveland … Read More
Dr. Ng Brings Personal Experience to Patient Care
A Knowledgeable Team At the Center for LGBTQ+ Care, “We know that the success of our patients’ wellness depends on the skills and knowledge of the teams of people who care for them,” he says. That’s why the new fund that Dr. Ng established (see accompanying story) includes training support for all members of the … Read More