Professional Activities:

Positions and Honors
Positions and Employment

• 2014-present Professor, Department of Medicine/Pharmacology, NYMC, Valhalla, NY
• 2012-2014 Vice Dean for Research, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
• 2009-2012 Professor & Chairman, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, The University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH.
• 1996-2009 Professor, Department of Medicine/Pharmacology, NYMC, Valhalla, NY
• 1993-2002 Visiting Scientist and Professor, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY
• 1993-1996 Professor, Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
• 1978-1993 Assistant/Associate/Professor, Department of Medicine, NYMC, Valhalla, NY
• 1977-1978 Associate Scientist, Department of Medicine, NYU Medical Center, New York, NY
• 1972-1975 Doctoral Student, Department of Biochemistry, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Honors

• 1981-1986 Recipient, Research Career Development Award from the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism and Digestive Diseases
• 1985 Tinsley Harrison Award for the best single cardiology manuscript published by the AMJS
• 1997 Honored Professorship, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science
• 1997 Alma Mater Studiorum, Saecularia Nona Award, University of Bologna, Italy
• 2004-present Member of NIH Panel for Excellency on Stem cells/Gene Therapy and in Molecular Hematology (DK04-015); Chairman of Renal Science Special emphasis Panel (ZRG1-RUS-E,), Reviewer’s for PPG, on panel of  several stud section   
• 2007 Recipient of NYMC’s Dean Distinguished Award, Dean Distinguished Award for Stem Cells and Diabetes, University of Catania, Sicily; Dr David M Kovitz Lecturer Award, University of Calgary, Canada; Recipient of the Cardiovascular Distinguished Award, University of Saskatoon, Canada
• 2009 Honorary Doctorate in Pharmacy/Medicine, Laurea Honoris Causa, University of Catania,Italy