Past Honorees
PCDC acknowledges the support and leadership of its past Primary Care Excellence Award recipients:
2017
L. Reuven Pasternak, MD
CEO, Stony Brook University Hospital
Patricia R. Fernandez, MPA
President/CEO, Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center
Harvey C. Sigelbaum, JD
Senior Advisor, The Riverside Company
First-Ever PCDC Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
2016
Lindsay Farrell
President & CEO, Open Door
Ram Raju, MD, MBA
President & CEO, NYC Health + Hospitals
Pat Wang, JD
CEO, Healthfirst
2015
Pamela Brier
President & CEO, Maimonides Medical Center
Jay Laudato
Former Executive Director, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
Alan J. Murray
President & CEO, North Shore-LIJ CareConnect Insurance Company, Inc.
2014
Arthur Klein, MD
President, The Mount Sinai Health Network
Neil S. Calman, MD, FAAFP
Co-Founder, President & CEO, The Institute for Family Health
Michael N. Rosenblut MBA, LNHA, RHP
Chairman, Board of Managers, AgeWell New York, LLP
2012
Joseph Berardo, Jr.
President & CEO, MagnaCare
Stanley Brezenoff
President & CEO, Continuum Health Partners
Ted Kennedy, Jr.
President, Marwood Group
Steven C. Bussey
CEO, Harlem United
2011
Michael Dowling
President & CEO, North Shore LIJ Health System
Frank Branchini
President & COO, EmblemHealth
Elizabeth Swain
CEO, Community Health Care Association of New York State (CHCANYS)
2010
David Snow
President & CEO, Medco Health Solutions
Herbert Pardes, MD
Former President & CEO, New York Presbyterian Hospital & Healthcare System
Margaret A. Hamburg, MD
Commissioner, Food & Drug Administration, US Dept Health and Human Services
Katherine Golar, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Brownsville Multi-Service Family Health Center
2009
Hon. David A. Paterson
New York State Governor
Steven M. Safyer, MD
Montefiore Medical Center
Michael A. Stocker, MD
NYC Health and Hospitals Corp
Karen Nelson, MD, MPH
Union Health Center
2008
Jane Friedman
Former CEO, HarperCollins Worldwide
The Honorable Christine C. Quinn
New York City Council Speaker
The Honorable Richard N. Gottfried
New York State Assembly
John Rugge, MD
Hudson Headwaters Healthcare Network
2007
The Honorable Michael Bloomberg
New York City Mayor
Mark Wagar
President & CEO, Empire BlueCross BlueShield
Paloma Hernandez
President & CEO, Urban Health Plan
2005
Florence Davis
President & CEO, The Starr Foundation
Richard Cotton
General Counsel, NBC Universal
Mark Willis
JP Morgan Chase