Andreas Tzakis, M.D., Ph.D., professor of surgery and director of the Division of Liver/Gastrointestinal Transplant, and Tomoaki Kato, M.D., assistant professor of clinical surgery, received humanitarian awards from the government of Israel in conjunction with that country’s recent 59th Independence Day celebration. The awards were presented during a ceremony at the office of the Consulate General of Israel in Miami. Tzakis and Kato were recognized for transplant medical services and assistance they’ve made available to Israeli citizens.

Steven Lipshultz, M.D., professor and chairman of the Department of Pediatrics, has been inducted into the prestigious Association of American Physicians, which was founded in 1885 for the advancement of scientific and practical medicine. The association’s inductees have included Nobel laureates and members of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine.  

William O’Neill, M.D., executive dean for clinical affairs at the Miller School of Medicine, has been awarded the Seymour Gordon Award for Distinguished Achievement by the Michigan chapter of the American Heart Association. The award, previously known as the Lifetime Achievement Award, was renamed in 1997 in honor of Seymour Gordon, M.D., a cardiologist in his 45th year at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. O’Neill worked in Michigan for nearly 30 years before joining the Miller School.

Jeanette Mladenovic, M.D., professor of medicine and senior associate dean for graduate medical education, has been elected a master of the American College of Physicians. Masters are selected from among fellows, or members, of the prestigious college and represent a very elite group of physicians who have distinguished themselves through clinical care, educational leadership, or medical research and have made a notable contribution to the field of medicine. Mladenovic was presented as a master during a special convocation ceremony at the group’s annual meeting in April.