Four Stony Brook Department of Surgery faculty members were among the 2025 Renaissance School of Medicine (RSOM) Faculty Award recipients. The honored faculty included: Dr. Allison McLarty, MD, FACS; Dr. Deborah Nagle, MD, FACS; Dr. Brian O’Hea, MD, FACS; and Dr. Daniel Rutigliano, DO, FACS.
FACULTY EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT MENTORING AT AN AFFILIATE SITE AWARD
Dr. Allison McLarty, MD, FACS
This award "recognizes the faculty member who best exemplifies excellence in mentorship of medical students at an affiliate site" and their efforts to "[guide] them in their academic and clinical work, and [help] them in defining and obtaining their professional goals."
Education
1988 MD Columbia University, New York
Training
1994 General Surgery, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York
1991 Research Fellow, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
1997 Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Current Positions
Clinical Professor of Surgery, Renaissance School of Medicine
Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Board Certification and Licensures
General Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Nominated by Apostolos Tassiopoulos, MD, FACS; Richard Scriven, MD, FACS, FAAP; and medical students Simran Multani, Anthony Sochan and Aneesha Rompally
FACULTY EXCELLENCE IN RESIDENT/FELLOW MENTORING AWARD
Dr. Deborah Nagle, MD, FACS
This award "recognizes faculty member who best exemplifies excellence in mentorship of residents/fellows" and their efforts to "[guide] them in their academic and clinical work, and [help] them in defining and obtaining their professional goals."
Education
1988 MD University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Training
1993 General Surgery Residency, Graduate Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia
1994 Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia
Current Positions
Visiting Professor of Surgery, Renaissance School of Medicine
Chief, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Board Certification and Licensures
American Board of Surgery
American Board of Colon & Rectal Surgery
Nominated by Apostolos Tassiopoulos, MD, FACS; Kenneth Gow, MD, MHA, FACS, FAAP; Aaron Sasson, MD, FACS; and General Surgery residents Mark Heimberger, MD; Michael Froehlich, MD; and Priyanka Ramachandra, MD
EXCELLENCE IN CLINICAL SERVICE AWARD
Dr. Brian J. O'Hea, MD, FACS
This award "recognizes devotion to delivering quality care and teaching for a faculty member in a surgical or medical specialty."
Education
1986 MD Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
Training
1991 General Surgery Internship and Residency, St. Vincent’s Hospital, New York
1996 Breast Surgery Fellowship, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
Current Positions
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Renaissance School of Medicine
Chief, Division of Breast Surgery
Director, Carol M. Baldwin Breast care Center
Board Certification and Licensures
American Board of Surgery
Nominated by Apostolos Tassiopoulos, MD, FACS; Cindy Lee, MD, FSBI, FACMQ, CMQ; Tara Huston, MD, FACS; and Aaron Sasson, MD, FACS
EXCELLENCE IN MEDICAL STUDENT MENTORING AWARD
Dr. Daniel Rutigliano, DO, FACS
This award "recognizes the faculty member who best exemplifies excellence in mentorship of medical students" and their support in "guiding them in their academic and clinical work, and helping them in defining and obtaining their professional goals."
Education
2003 DO New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY
Training
2011 Pediatric Surgery Fellow, St. Justine’s Children’s Hospital - Montreal
2011 Pediatric Surgical Critical Care and Trauma Fellow, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
2010 Chief Resident General Surgery, University Hospital at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
2009 Categorical General Surgery Resident, University Hospital at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
2007 Pediatric Surgical Oncology Clinical & Research Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
2005 Categorical General Surgery Resident, University Hospital at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
Current Positions
Associate Professor of Surgery, Renaissance School of Medicine
Attending Surgeon, Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
Associate Trauma Medical Director, Stony Brook Trauma Center, University Hospital
Director of Inpatient Trauma Services
Trauma Medical Director, South Hampton Hospital
Board Certifications and Licensures
American Board of Surgery Critical Care
Nominated by Apostolos Tassiopoulos, MD, FACS; Sherif R.Z. Abdel-Misih, MD; and medical students/residents Justina Mounir Henein, Jacklyn Cho, Robert Ruzic
All faculty members in the Renaissance School of Medicine, and faculty at close affiliates, may be considered for these awards. Faculty who have previously received an award, may not be considered in that same category for a subsequent award. Categories include:
- Aesculapius Award for Excellence in Medical Education
- Early Career Research Excellence Award*
- Senior Research Excellence Award
- Excellence in Clinical Service Award
- Excellence in Clinical Practice in the Community Award
- The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award Presented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation
- Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award
- Faculty Excellence in Student Mentoring Award
- Faculty Excellence in Student Mentoring at an Affiliate Site Award
- Faculty Excellence in Resident/Fellow Mentoring Award
- Faculty Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award
* Previously won in 2024 by Pediatric Surgery's Dr. Helen Hsieh