Alumni Stories

VP&S alumni are healing, teaching, and discovering across the globe. Read about them in profiles and interviews produced by the Alumni Office.   

Top Stories

  • Recipient of the Gold Medal for Exceptional Medical Research Achievements at the 2023 Alumni Reunion.

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    Donald Landry
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    Columbia Medicine Magazine

    From patient to resident to the National Academy of Medicine, a pediatric neurosurgeon transforms her field.

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    Karin Muraszko with one of her patients
  • A dedicated urologist improving the health, happiness, and lives of patients in Los Angeles.

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    Sameer Malhotra
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    Columbia Medicine Magazine

    Kathie-Ann Joseph and David Joseph '95, both VP&S graduates, share a remarkable journey from studying together as teenagers at the Brooklyn Public Library to becoming successful surgeons in Brooklyn.

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    Kathie and David

Latest News

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    Columbia Medicine Magazine
    March 20, 2020

    Dr. Henry Shinefield has had a remarkable career as a disease detective and pediatrician.

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    Henry Shinefield
  • January 17, 2020

    The first alumna woman enrolled in the VP&S Medical Scientist Training Program.

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    Columbia Medicine Magazine
    March 20, 2019

    Sharon Madanes, a 2019 graduate of the medical program, has found a unique intersection between the worlds of medicine and art.

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    Sharon Madanes in her studio with her child
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    Columbia Medicine Magazine
    March 20, 2018

    Yvonne Thornton, a distinguished perinatologist and trailblazing African-American physician, reflects on a career marked by groundbreaking achievements and resilience in the face of adversity.

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