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Robert M. Galler, DO, MPH, has been ap- pointed Director of Neurosurger y at Peconic Bay Medical Center and Neurosurgical Spine for Northwell Health's Eastern Region. Dr. Galler ser ved as director of spine surger y at Peconic Bay Medical Center from 2004–2015. He spent the past year as a consulting surgeon at Maine Spine Surger y in Portland. After graduating from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine with honors as a neuroscience fellow, Dr. Galler completed his residency in neurosurger y at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York. He then did two fellowships in complex spinal neurosurger y and minimally invasive spinal neurosurger y at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix and the University of Tennessee in Memphis, respectively. Most recently, Dr. Galler also received a Master's degree in healthcare policy and administra - tion at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health in Manhattan. Morisa Marin, MD, has been named Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center. Dr. Marin is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She earned her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine and completed a fellow - ship at Montefiore Medical Center. The Setauket resident has been an integral member of the medical staff community at St. Catherine of Siena and has more than 22 years of practice experience. She was the recipient of the Patient's Choice Award (2014–2015), named Top Doctor in 2014 and has received Compassionate Doctor Recognition Awards since 2014. David Purow, MD, has been appointed Chair of Medicine at Huntington Hospital. Dr. Purow was previously chief of internal medicine at the hospital. He has been an attend - ing physician at Huntington Hospital since 2003. Dr. Purow is a graduate of Duke University's School of Medicine and completed his residency and his gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. Preeminent hand surgeon, healthcare executive, inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Graham, MD, has joined Northwell Health and will serve as Northwell's Senior Vice President of Strategic Alliances and Partnerships. Dr. Graham previously served as the Cleveland Clinic's first chief innovation officer, as well as vice-chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He also was the chief of the congressionally designated Curtis National Hand Center in Baltimore and served on the faculty of Johns Hopkins. Dr. Graham graduated from Williams College. He received his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, followed by a residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Michigan. Dr. Graham completed a fellowship in hand and upper extremity surgery at the Indiana Hand Center and underwent train- ing in elbow surgery at Mayo Clinic. He also completed a two-year Executive Management Program in Healthcare Administration, jointly sponsored by Cleveland Clinic and the Weatherhead School of Business of Case Western Reserve University. The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research announced that Jeffrey V. Ravetch, MD, PhD, the Theresa and Eugene M. Lang Professor and head of the Leonard Wagner Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Immunology at The Rockefeller University, is the recipient of the fifth annual Ross Prize in Molecular Medicine. The Ross Prize is awarded through the Feinstein Institute Press' peer-reviewed, open-access journal, Molecular Medicine. The prize, which in- cludes a $50,000 award, will be formally presented to Dr. Ravetch on June 5 at The New York Academy of Sciences in Manhattan. The Ross Prize is made possible by the generosity of Feinstein Institute board members Robin and Jack Ross. It is awarded annually by Molecular Medicine to scientists who have made a demonstrable impact in the understanding of human diseases pathogenesis and/or treatment, and who hold significant prom- ise for making even greater contributions to the general field of molecular medicine. ■ Robert M. Galler, DO, MPH Morisa Marin, MD David Purow, MD Thomas Graham, MD Jeffrey V. Ravetch, MD, PhD 1 3 M D N E W S .C O M /// M D N E W S L O N G I S L A N D ■ 2 017

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