Doctor in the House

Wednesday, February 11, 2009
7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Conference Room, Center for Career Education

If you’ve never been to the Center for Career Education – you can find a map here: http://www.cce.columbia.edu/location

This popular annual program features Columbia College and School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni/ae who have pursued a career in medicine. A panel presentation and reception which follows offer students an opportunity to learn from and speak to Columbia alumni/ae.

RSVP: http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/preprofessional/health/events.php


Panelists:

Christopher S. Ahmad, MD, SEAS '90

Dr. Ahmad is an Assistant Attending Orthopedic Surgeon in the Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service at the New York Orthopaedic Hospital, and an Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. His training in sports medicine at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic has included physician team coverage for many professional teams and universities.

His practice specializes in advanced arthroscopic surgical techniques for sports related injuries of the knee, shoulder, and elbow. He has special interest in shoulder instability, rotator cuff pathology, and ACL injuries. Dr. Ahmad has received awards for outstanding research in the field of sports medicine and is the author of numerous peer-reviewed research articles. He continues to perform research and educational activities on local, regional, and national levels while dedicating optimal care to his patients.

Stephen A. Becker, MD, SEAS '70

Dr. Becker is the Director of Surgical Critical Care, Maimonides Medical Center.

Jennifer Wright McCarthy, CC'88

Dr. McCarthy graduated from Columbia College with a BA in history in 1988. She completed her MD degree at State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, magna cum laude and was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. She completed clinical training in internal medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Currently Dr. McCarthy is an Assistant Professor of General Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and specialized in Occupational Medicine.

Jennifer Philips, CC’91

Dr. Philips graduated from Columbia College with a B.A. in biochemistry in 1991. She completed her M.D. and Ph.D. in the Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of California, San Francisco. She completed clinical training in internal medicine and infectious diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by post-doctoral training in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School. She worked at Novartis Institutes of BioMedical Research in Translational Medicine before moving to NYU Medical Center in 2009 where she is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases. Her laboratory studies how Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, survives in macrophages, cells that normally eradicate bacteria.

Eugene Ross, CC’72

Dr. Ross graduated from Columbia College in 1972. In addition to his time at Columbia, he attended Hebrew University in Jerusalem during his sophomore year. Dr. Ross also graduated from Mount Sinai Medical School in 1977. After medical school, he spent two years working in general surgery at Montefiore Hospital. Dr. Ross then returned to Mount Sinai to complete his residency in Otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat, facial plastic, and head and neck surgery) from 1979 to 1982. Upon completion of his residency, Dr. Ross worked as an ENT specialist in private practice in Florida from 1982 to 1987 and again in New Jersey from 1987 to 1996.

Due to spine problems, Dr. Ross was temporarily retired from 1996 to 2000. While retired, he earned his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1999. From 1999 to 2001, Dr. Ross served as an associate attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom before returning to medicine in 2001. From 2001 to 2003, he served as assistant professor of otolaryngology at Albert Einstein School of Medicine, as well as attending otolaryngologist at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, New York.

Now Colonel, Dr. Ross served as Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 2003 to 2007. From 2003 to 2007, he was chief of otolaryngology at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. He served as commander of head and neck surgery during Operation Iraqi Freedom in Balad, Iraq, from 2005 to 2006, where he was awarded the Bronze Star. Currently, Dr. Ross is working as an ENT specialist at the Westchester Medical Group in White Plains and Rye in New York.

Sponsored by Student and Alumni Programs and the Office of Preprofessional Advising, Division of Student Affairs; Columbia College Alumni Affairs and Development; Engineering Development; Alumni Relations; Center for Career Education; and the American Medical Student Association (AMSA).