Service Award and Acknowledgement of Distinction Honorees 2024

Service Awards 

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

David Page, MD, Family Care Medical Group

Adeline Fagan, MD Physician Service to the Community

Mustafa Awayda, MD, VA Medical Center

Kenneth Cooper, DO, Crouse Health

Jerry Hoffman Advocacy

Tina Chee, MD, Updesign Primary Care

Physician Service to the Medical Society

Kevin Walsh, MD, Industrial Medical Associates

Service by a Retired Physician to the Community

Michael Picciano, MD, CNY Family Healthcare

Non-physician Service to Medical Care

Mia Ruiz-Salvador, House Calls for the Homeless

President’s Acknowledgement of Distinction (New)

This year OCMS President Dr. Digant Nanavati would like to acknowledge the work of three very special physicians in Onondaga County.

Lawrence Chin, MD SUNY Upstate Medical University

William Berkery, MD Crouse Health

Syed Zaman, MD St. Joseph’s Health

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

2012- Andrew Merritt, MD

2013-Gerald N. Hoffman, Executive Vice President, OCMS 

2014-Fuad Farah, MD

2015-George Heitzman, MD 

2016-Robert Weisenthal, MD 

2017-Jeffrey Kahn, MD

2018-Santo Di Fino, MD

2019-HealtheConnections

2020-Indu Gupta, MD

2021-David Lehmann, MD

2022-Brian Johnson, MD

2023-Robert Corona, MD

Jerry Hoffman Advocacy Award

2014-Philip Kaplan, MD 

2015-Joyce Garber, MD 

2016-Dennis Nave, MD 

2017-Jef Sneider, MD

2018-Elizabeth Piotrowski, President, Upstate Student AMA

2019-Zachary Visco, President, Upstate Student AMA

2020-Adeline Fagan, MD

2021-Elana Sitnik, Upstate Student

2022-Eunice Choe, Upstate Student

2023-Faiz Kidwai, DO Resident SUNY Upstate

Physician Service to the Medical Society

2016-Kevin Walsh, MD

2017-Mitchell Lebowitz, MD and 2017

Adrienne Allen, MD (2 award winners 2017) 

2018-Richard Semeran, MD

2019-Robert Dracker, MD

2021-Seth Kronenberg, MD

Physician Service to the Community 

(Adeline Fagan Physician Service to the Community as of 2020)

2016-Brian Johnson, MD 

2017-lndu Gupta, MD 

2018-David Lehmann, MD

2019-Sunny Aslam, MD

2020-Adeline Fagan, MD

2021-Steven Thomas, MD

2022-Mitchell Brodey, MD

2023-Seth Greenky, MD and David Mason, MD

Individual Service to Medical Care

2017-Pamela Hunter, NYS Assemblymember and 

Ronald Fish, Ph.D. (2 award winters 2017)

Non-Physician Individual Service to Medical Care

2016-Lous Neuburger, Jr. (MLMIC) and 2016-Mary Beth Colbert (Arthritis Health Assoc.) (2 award winners 2016)

2018-Joan Cincotta, Valerie Semeran, Regina Sheehan

2021-Natrell Walker (admin at SCHC)

2022-Sarah Lormand, RN, EdD

2023-David Barletta-President and CEO of Practice Resources, LLC

Community Organization Service to Medical Care

2016-Camillus Police Dept and ACR Health (2 award winners)

2017-Syracuse Behavioral Health (SBH)

2019-She Matters®

Commendable Service by a Retired Physician

2016-Patricia Randall, MD

2017-Brian Changlai, MD 

2018-Paul Kronenberg, MD

2019-Frederick Parker, Jr., MD

2022-Patrick Riccardi, MD

2023-Joseph Cambareri, MD

Outstanding Service to the Community 

2020-J. Ryan McMahon, II, (Onondaga County Executive)

2023-Kenyon Craig, Former President & CEO of Housing Visions Unlimited, Inc.