In Memoriam 2021

Ernest April, PhD, retired associate professor of anatomy at VP&S, died June 6, 2021. 

Laszlo Z. Bito(link is external and opens in a new window), PhD, professor emeritus of ocular physiology (in ophthalmology) at VP&S, died Nov. 14, 2021.

Joseph A. Buda, MD, clinical professor emeritus of surgery at VP&S, died June 3, 2021.

Tanya Carter, administrative clerk in the VP&S Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, died June 13, 2021.

Stanley Epstein(link is external and opens in a new window), MD, clinical professor of medicine at VP&S, died Nov. 7, 2021.

Niki Erlenmeyer-Kimling, PhD, retired professor of clinical psychiatry (in genetics & development) at VP&S, died Feb. 16, 2021.

Michel J. Ferin(link is external and opens in a new window), MD, retired faculty member in obstetrics & gynecology and physiology & cellular biophysics at VP&S, died July 16, 2021.

Peter Gouras, MD, professor of ophthalmology at VP&S, died Jan. 8, 2021.

Scott Hammer, MD, professor of medicine at VP&S and professor of epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, died Nov. 17, 2021.

Kathleen Hickey(link is external and opens in a new window), EdD, professor of nursing at the School of Nursing, died March 14, 2021.

Robert J. Isaacson(link is external and opens in a new window), DDS, associate clinical professor of dental medicine at CDM, died Nov. 29, 2021.

Jay Meltzer(link is external and opens in a new window), MD, clinical professor emeritus of medicine at VP&S, died July 3, 2021.

Fawzia Muhammed(link is external and opens in a new window), a first-year MPH student at the Mailman School of Public Health, died Sept. 14, 2021.

Clayton Natta, MD, VP&S retired associate professor of clinical medicine at Harlem Hospital Center, died Feb. 10, 2021. 

Zena Stein, MBBCh, professor emeritus of public health at the Mailman School of Public Health, died Oct. 7, 2021.

Albert J. Thompson(link is external and opens in a new window), DDS, assistant clinical professor of dental medicine at CDM, died Oct. 6, 2021.