Seated, from left: Rosamond Rhodes, PhD; James C. Tsai, MD, MBA; Viviana A. Simon, MD, PhD; Katherine T. Chen, MD, MPH; Adam I. Levine, MD, MSSM ’89, MSH ’93; and Sandra K. Masur, PhD, FASCB. Standing, from left: Leo M. Keegan, MD, MSSM ’86, MSH ’94; Paul J. Kenny, PhD; Caryn Tiger-Paillex, MSILR; Brendan G. Carr, MD, MA, MS, Chief Executive Officer, Professor and Kenneth L. Davis, MD, Distinguished Chair, Mount Sinai Health System; Michelle L. Sainté-Willis; Ashutosh K. Tewari, MBBS, MCh, FRCS (Hon.), DSc (Hon.); Valerie Parkas, MD; and Dennis Charney, MD, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, President for Academic Affairs, Mount Sinai Health System.
The Mount Sinai Alumni Association and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai presented accomplished physicians, researchers, educators, and administrators with the 2025 Jacobi Medallion, one of Mount Sinai’s most prestigious awards. The annual ceremony was held Wednesday, March 12, at the Plaza Hotel.
The recipients of the Jacobi Medallion have made exceptional contributions to the Mount Sinai Health System, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Mount Sinai Alumni Association, or the fields of medicine or biomedicine.
2025 Jacobi Medallion Recipients
Katherine T. Chen, MD, MPH
Professor and System Vice-Chair of Education, The Raquel and Jaime Gilinski Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science
Professor, Leni and Peter May Department of Medical Education
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Paul J. Kenny, PhD
Chair, Nash Family Department of Neuroscience
Ward-Coleman Chair in Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Director, The Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Drug Discovery Institute
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Adam I. Levine, MD, MSSM ’89, MSH ’93
Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and Department of Pharmacological Sciences
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Valerie Parkas, MD
Senior Associate Dean of Admissions and Recruitment
Senior Associate Dean of Student Affairs (Interim)
Professor, Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Professor, Leni and Peter May Department of Medical Education
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Rosamond Rhodes, PhD
Director, Bioethics Education Programs
Professor, Leni and Peter May Department of Medical Education
Professor, Windreich Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Michelle L. Sainté-Willis
Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education Administration, Leni and Peter May Department of Medical Education
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Viviana A. Simon, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology
Co-Director, Mount Sinai Center for Vaccine Research and Pandemic Preparedness
The Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute
Professor, Lillian and Henry M. Stratton-Hans Popper Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell-Based Medicine
Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Ashutosh K. Tewari, MBBS, MCh, FRCS (Hon.), DSc (Hon.)
Kyung Hyun Kim, MD Chair in Urology
Surgeon-in-Chief, Tisch Cancer Hospital
Professor and System Chair, The Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology
Director of Center of Excellence for Prostate Cancer, The Tisch Cancer Institute
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Caryn Tiger-Paillex, MSILR
Dean for Faculty, Staff, and Trainee Relations
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai Health System
James C. Tsai, MD, MBA
President, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
Delafield-Rodgers Professor of Ophthalmology and System Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
Founding Director, Barry Family Center for Ophthalmic Artificial Intelligence and Human Health
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai