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59 Staff in Department Celebrate Service Milestones

April 28, 2021
by Julie Parry

On April 19, 2021, 59 staff members within the Department of Internal Medicine were celebrated for Long Service milestones. “What remarkable accomplishments,” said Mark Holter, CMPE, CPA, vice chair, Finance & Administration. “Being able to celebrate 59 staff members this year is a noteworthy milestone for our department.”

Congratulations to the following staff celebrating a Long Service milestone for fiscal year July 2020 through June 2021:

Five Years

  • Taylor Adams (Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine)
  • Alyssa Berkowitz (Cardiovascular Medicine)
  • Aditya Biswas (Nephrology)
  • Jessica Esterson (Geriatrics)
  • Onesha Glenn (Administration)
  • Douglas Heller (Cardiovascular Medicine)
  • Kathryn Kristofik (Endocrinology & Metabolism)
  • James Martone (Administration)
  • Susan Porto (Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine)
  • Elisabeth Reitman (Cardiovascular Medicine)
  • Kathryn Rubendunst (Cardiovascular Medicine)
  • Catherine Severino (Administration)
  • Daniella Sharma (Endocrinology & Metabolism)
  • Jerry Smart (General Medicine)
  • Christian Tarducci (Administration)
  • Yanhui Zhang (Digestive Diseases)

Ten Years

  • Kwasi Asamoah (Administration)
  • Jennifer Caprio (Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine)
  • Marisol Credle (General Medicine)
  • Margaret Doyle (Geriatrics)
  • Angela Ferrie (Nephrology)
  • Louise Gambone (Cardiovascular Medicine)
  • John Genest (Education)
  • Julia Horner (Education)
  • Emily Marry (Geriatrics)
  • Tyra Pendergrass (General Medicine)
  • Cody Pietras (Cardiovascular Medicine)
  • Elizabeth Ruggiero (Digestive Diseases)
  • Evelyn Santiago (Cardiovascular Medicine)
  • Barbara Turcotte (Occupational Medicine)
  • June Weiss (General Medicine)
  • Mariola Wiszniewski (Administration)
  • Samara Zuniga (General Medicine)

15 Years

  • Lisandra Alvarez (AIDS Program)
  • Renee Capasso (General Medicine)
  • Laura Crawford (Global Health)
  • Mario Kahn (Endocrinology & Metabolism)
  • Ewa Lech (Administration)
  • Michele Malerba (Infectious Diseases)
  • Madeleine Michaud (Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology)
  • Tracy Natal (Administration)
  • Aimee Patel (Education)
  • Mitzi Perez (AIDS Program)
  • Amy Shelton (Geriatrics)
  • Irina Smolgovsky (Endocrinology & Metabolism)
  • Svetlana Vassilieva (General Medicine)
  • Xiaohong Wu (Cardiovascular Medicine)

20 Years

  • Lonnette Diggs (Nephrology)
  • Farah Kidwai (General Medicine)
  • Wei Liu (Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine)
  • Roberta O’Brien (Cardiovascular Medicine)
  • Rita Webber (Cardiovascular Medicine)
  • Wanling Zhu (Endocrinology & Metabolism)

25 Years

  • Tian-Min Chen (Nephrology)
  • Sharon Jennings (Geriatrics)
  • Anne Prodoti (Nephrology)

30 Years

  • Karen Lawhorn (Digestive Diseases)
  • John O’Leary (Geriatrics)

45 Years

  • Angela Consorte (General Medicine)

The Department of Internal Medicine at Yale is among the nation's premier departments, bringing together an elite cadre of clinicians, investigators and educators in one of the world's top medical schools. To learn more, visit Internal Medicine.

Submitted by Julie Parry on April 28, 2021