Faculty Awards 2024

Emma Guttman, MD, PhD

• The Paul Ehrlich Award, the highest award given by the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, recognizing a scientist who revolutionized the understanding of allergic diseases and immunological mechanisms

• Jacobi Medallion Award, by the Mount Sinai Alumni Association and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

• Rodan Fields Lectureship: “Alopecia Areata Has Common Mechanisms With Atopic Dermatitis,” Stanford University

• Inaugural Therapeutic Innovation Award, from the American Skin Association (ASA) at the ASA Gala

• 2024 Service Excellence Award from the Healthnetwork Foundation, recognizing the support and partnership she has provided to their team over the years

• “Highly Cited Researcher 2024” by Clarivate, Ranked No. 1 Highest H-Index in Dermatology and Immunology in the last five complete years and No. 2 in the last 14 years. Dr. Guttman received this prestigious award in recognition of exceptional research performance, demonstrating significant and broad influence in the field.

Mark Lebwohl, MD

• Presidential Citation–American Academy of Dermatology, as an educator of excellence in the treatment of complex medical dermatologic conditions

• Plenary lecture at an international meeting Gene-to-Clinic, December 2024

• Cullman Family Award for Excellence in Physician Communication 2024

Andrew Ji, MD

• 2024 American Society for Clinical Investigators Young Physician Scientist Award

• 2024 ASA Sanofi Investigative Scientist Award in Atopic Dermatitis

Patrick Brunner, MD

• ASA Incyte Research Scholar Award in Vitiligo/Pigment Cell Disorders

Marsha Gordon, MD

• Cullman Family Award for Excellence in Physician Communication 2024, for the ninth consecutive year

Brian Kim, MD

• 2024 Marion B. Sulzberger, MD Research Award and Lectureship

• Donald Y. M. Leung, MD, PhD- JACI Editors Lectureship and Faculty Development Award at the 2024 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) Annual Meeting

Alice B. Gottlieb, MD, PhD

• Invited Guest Lecturer, Society for Investigative Dermatology, Dallas, TX, May 2024

• Named an inaugural Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS

Saakshi Khattri, MD

• Offered to join and now serves on the National Psoriasis Foundation Medical Board

• Nominated and approved as an International Psoriasis Council councilor

Hongzhen Hu, PhD

• Three NIH grants (two R01s plus one R56) in 2024 with a total award of more than $2 million to Mount Sinai

Michel Enamorado, PhD

• 2024 Distinguished Scholar Award Recipient from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai for his publication “Sensing Tissue Repair”

Shruti Naik, PhD

• Leo Foundation Award (North American Winner)

• Elected to Society for Investigative Dermatology, Board of Directors

Jordan Talia, MD

• Voted Top Teacher of the Year 2024 by Mount Sinai residents

2024 Award Highlights

• Kristina Navrazhina, MD, PhD, first-year dermatology resident, was awarded a $1 million grant from Sanofi for research providing a comprehensive molecular map of hidradenitis suppurativa that may define specific endotypes and identify novel therapeutic targets.

• Two of our residents won prizes at the Annual Stritzler Resident Competition at the Dermatologic Society of Greater New York in February 2024: Celina Dubin, MD, then PGY2, won first place by presenting “Immune Pathomechanisms of Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia.”

Daniela Mikhaylov, MD, then PGY2, won third place by presenting “Tape Strips Capture Gene Expression Changes in Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis Patients Treated With Dupilumab.”

• Scott Stratman, MD, current PGY3, received 2025 ARTE Scholarship Recipient for Orlando ODAC Dermatology Conference in January 2025 and Resident Representative for the LGBTQ+ Expert Resource Group for the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) in March 2024.

• Sabrina Ghalili, MD, current PGY2, was awarded the 2024 Preliminary Resident of the Year, Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.

• Tomlee Lahayil Abraham, MS, MPH, Vice Chair of Administration and Health System Administrator, was awarded the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts. Mr. Abraham was the first alumnus of NJIT to receive this prestigious award twice (2016 and 2024).