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Columbia VP&S Reunion 2025

Columbia VP&S Reunion 2025

Schedule of Events

Class of 1954 Virtual Gathering

Hosted by: Marvin M. Lipman, MD

Join us for the Class of 1954 Virtual Gathering.


Virtual gathering will be held via Zoom and meeting details will be shared following registration.

 

Class of 2014 Virtual Gathering

Hosted by: Gregory Joice, MD & Krishn Khanna, MD

Join us for the Class of 2014 Virtual Gathering.


Virtual gathering will be held via Zoom and meeting details will be shared following registration.

 

VP&S Alumni Day - Welcome and Registration

Join us for a complimentary Continental Breakfast while you sign-in for Alumni Day on campus at The Faculty Club, 650 W. 168th St, 4th Floor.


Parking: 

115 Fort Washington Avenue (corner of West 165th Street)

$10 parking tickets available for events at the Medical Center for Friday, April 19.


 

Alumni Day Program - Session I

Session I: Alumni Presentations

William Theodore '74
Professor of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, USUHS
Senior Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Disorders
Topic: The Imaging Revolution in Epilepsy

Heidi Hopkins '99
Associate Professor of Malaria and Diagnostics
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Topic: What causes febrile illness in Africa and Asia?
 
Brian Benson '03
Founding Chair, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery
Hackensack Meridian Health School of Medicine
Topic: Artificial Intelligence in Otolaryngology

Location: The Faculty Club, 650 W. 168th St, 4th Floor


Parking: 

115 Fort Washington Avenue (corner of West 165th Street)

$10 parking tickets available for events at the Medical Center for Friday, April 19.

 

Alumni Day Program - Session II

Session II: AI and the Future of Healthcare

NoƩmie Elhadad, PhD,
Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons


Pierre Elias, MD
Assistant Professor in the Division of Cardiology and Department of Biomedical Informatics
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Medical Director for Artificial Intelligence, NewYork-Presbyterian.


Muredach Reilly, MBBCh, MSCE
Vice Dean for Clinical and Translational Research, VP&S
Director of the Cardiometabolic Precision Medicine Program, VP&S


Location: The Faculty Club, 650 W. 168th St, 4th Floor


Parking: 

115 Fort Washington Avenue (corner of West 165th Street)

$10 parking tickets available for events at the Medical Center for Friday, April 19.

 

Dean's Luncheon and Presentation of 2024 VP&S Alumni Gold Medal Awards

Luncheon remarks by Dean Katrina Armstrong, MD, Dean of the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Executive Vice President for Health and Biomedical Sciences, Columbia University.


Presentation of the 2024 VP&S Alumni Gold Medal Awards to follow.


Parking: 

115 Fort Washington Avenue (corner of West 165th Street)

$10 parking tickets available for events at the Medical Center for Friday, April 19.

 

Alumni Day - VP&S Student Led Medical Center Campus Tours

Join us for Alumni Day - VP&S Student Led Medical Center Campus Tour. Tours will depart from 50 Haven Avenue, 1st Floor New York, NY 10032


Parking: 

115 Fort Washington Avenue (corner of West 165th Street)

$10 parking tickets available for events at the Medical Center for Friday, April 19.

 

Class of 1964 Dinner

Hosted by: Michael L. Gelfand, MD

Join us for the Class of 1964 Dinner at The Westin New York at Times Square

Your specific gathering room will be provided upon check in.

270 West 43rd St, NYC

 

Icon Parking, 249 West 43rd Street b/w 7th & 8th

 

Class of 1969 Dinner

Hosted by: Anne Moore, MD

Join us for the Class of 1969 Dinner at Westin Time Square

270 W 43rd St., NYC


Your specific gathering room will be provided upon check-in.


 

Class of 1974 Dinner

Hosted by: Lester W. Blair, MD & Richard F. Mattern, M.D.

Join us for the Class of 1974 Dinner at The Westin New York at Times Square

Your specific gathering room will be provided upon check-in.

270 West 43rd St, NYC

 

Icon Parking, 249 West 43rd Street b/w 7th & 8th

 

Class of 1979 Dinner

Hosted by: Maureen S. Cafferty, MD

Join us for the Class of 1979 Dinner at The Westin New York at Times Square

Your specific gathering room will be provided upon check-in.

270 West 43rd St, NYC



 Icon Parking, 249 West 43rd Street b/w 7th & 8th

 

Class of 1984 Dinner

Hosted by: Eric Olson, MD & Beatriz Rodriguez Olson, MD.

Join us for the Class of 1984 Dinner at The Westin New York at Times Square

Your specific gathering room will be provided upon check-in.

270 West 43rd St, NYC


 Icon Parking, 249 West 43rd Street b/w 7th & 8th

 

Class of 1989 Dinner

Hosted by: Susan Carole Vaughan, MD

Join us for the Class of 1989 Dinner at The Westin New York at Times Square

Your specific gathering room will be provided upon check-in.

270 West 43rd St, NYC


 Icon Parking, 249 West 43rd Street b/w 7th & 8th

 

Class of 1994 Dinner

Hosted by: Anne Covey, M.D. & Suya Basta , M.D.

Join us for the Class of 1994 Dinner at The Westin New York at Times Square

Your specific gathering room will be provided upon check in.

270 West 43rd St, NYC


 Icon Parking, 249 West 43rd Street b/w 7th & 8th

 

Class of 1999 Dinner

Hosted by: Blanche Fung Liu, MD & Timothy Glen Havenhill, MD

Join us for the Class of 1999 Dinner at The Westin New York at Times Square

Your specific gathering room will be provided upon check-in.

270 West 43rd St, NYC



 Icon Parking, 249 West 43rd Street b/w 7th & 8th

 

Class of 2004 Dinner

Hosted by: Kate Heritage Kraft, MD & William Shappley III, MD

Join us for the Class of 2004 Dinner at The Westin New York at Times Square

Your specific gathering room will be provided upon check-in.

270 West 43rd St, NYC


 Icon Parking, 249 West 43rd Street b/w 7th & 8th

 

Class of 1999 Gathering

Hosted by: Blanche Fung Liu, MD & Timothy Glen Havenhill, MD

Join us for the Class of 1999 Gathering at Jake's Dilemma.

430 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10024


Your specific gathering room will be provided upon check-in.

 

Class of 2019 Gathering

Hosted by: Jonathan "JJ" Diah, MD & Kyle A. Bolo, MD


Join us for the Class of 2019 Gathering at Jake's Dilemma.
430 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10024

Your specific gathering room will be provided upon check-in.