Steering Committee

To begin the planning process, a strategic planning steering committee, as well as four task forces (Clinical Care, Research, Education, and Campus Life) and two subcommittees (Translational Research and Student Life), have been assembled.  We are partnering with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and all of Columbia  University to identify ways to optimize our goal of being indisputably in the top five medical schools and arguably the best in our educational, research, and clinical programs.

• Amelia Alverson,  Vice President of Development, CUMC
• Cory Abate-Shen, PhD,  Michael and Stella Chernow Professor of Urologic Sciences, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Bobbie Berkowitz, PhD,  Dean, School of Nursing
• Louis Bigliani, MD,Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Eugene Braunwald, MD,  Distinguished Hersey Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
• Andrea Califano, PhD,  Director, Joint Centers for Systems Biology
• Andria Castellanos,  Senior Vice President & COO, Milstein, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
• Angela Christiano, PhD,  Professor of Dermatology
• Jack Cioffi, MD, Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
• Henry Colecraft, PhD, Associate Professor of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics
• Mary D’Alton, MD,  Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
• Karina Davidson, PhD,  Director, Center for Behavioural Cardiovascular Health
• Emme DeLand,  Senior Vice President, Strategy, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
• Ronald Drusin, MD,  Vice Dean for Education, P&S
• Kenneth A. Forde, MD,  Professor Emeritus of Clinical Surgery and Special Lecturer
• Linda Fried, MD, MPH,  Dean, Mailman School of Public Health
• Sankar Ghosh, PhD,  Chair, Department of Microbiology
• Kevin Hammeran,  Senior Vice President & COO of Administration, MSCHONY, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
• Christopher Henderson, PhD,  Director of Columbia Stem Cell Initiative
• Martha Hooven,  Vice Dean, Administration – P&S
• Thomas Jessell, PhD,  Professor of Motor Neuron Disorders in Neuroscience
• Gerard Karsenty, MD, PhD,  Chair, Department of Genetics & Development
• Robert Kass, PhD,  Chair, Department of Pharmacology, Vice Dean for Research, P&S
• Robert Kelly, MD,  President & COO, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
• Ira Lamster, DDS, MMSc,  Dean, College of Dental Medicine
• Donald Landry, MD, PhD,  Chair, Department of Medicine
• Rafael Lantigua, MD,  Special Advisor for Community Health Affairs, CUMC
• Douglas Levy,  Executive Director of Communications & Public Affairs, CUMC
• Jeffrey Lieberman, MD,  Chair, Department of Psychiatry
• Thomas Maniatis, PhD,  Chair, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
• Andrew Marks, MD,  Chair, Department of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics
• Richard Mayeux, MD,  Chair, Department of Neurology
• Mark McDougle,  Senior Vice President & COO, CUMC
• Lisa Mellman, MD,  Senior Associate Dean, Student Affairs, P&S
• Michael Purdy, PhD,  Executive Vice President for Research, CU
• Joanne Quan,  Senior Vice President & CFO, CUMC
• Lawrence Schwartz, MD,  Chair, Department of Radiology
• Steven Shea, MD,  Senior Vice Dean, P&S
• Michael Shelanski, MD, PhD,  Chair, Department of Pathology
• Steven Siegelbaum, PhD,  Chair, Department of Neuroscience
• Craig Smith, MD,  Chair, Department of Surgery
• Robert Solomon, MD,  Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery
• Lawrence Stanberry, MD, PhD,  Chair, Department of Pediatrics
• Megan Sykes, MD,  Professor of Medicine & Professor of Microbiology & Immunology and Surgical Sciences
• Anne Taylor, MD,  Vice Dean, Academic Affairs, P&S
• Margaret Wood, MD,  Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
• Maurice Wright, MD,  Senior Associate Dean, CUMC & Medical Director, Hospital