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The United Hospital Fund Distinguished Community Service Award

The United Hospital Fund established the Distinguished Community Service Award in 1987 to recognize and promote extraordinary contributions by public-minded citizens to improve health care in New York City.
 
The award is based on the Fund’s belief in the vital role volunteer leaders play in the delivery of health care services. Touched by the needs they see in their communities, these concerned New Yorkers donate their time, talent, and resources to help shape new ideas and responses to health care challenges.
 
The Distinguished Community Service Award applauds their efforts and extols their example.
 

Award Recipients

Edgar Mandeville, MD (2011)
for his pivotal role in shaping the work of the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health to alleviate health care disparities

Paula Root and Leon Root, MD (2010)
for her leadership of innovative community-based programs at Visiting Nurse Service of New York, and his founding of the Hospital for Special Surgery's Pediatric Outreach Program
 
J. Ira Harris (2009)
for founding the Harris Obesity Prevention Effort (HOPE) at NYU Langone Medical Center to prevent childhood obesity
 
Rear Admiral Robert A. Rosen (2008)
for creating The Florence and Robert A. Rosen Family Wellness Center for Law Enforcement and Military Personnel and Their Families at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
 
Charles R. Bronfman (2007)
for establishing the Charles R. Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine at The Mount Sinai Medical Center
 
Henry “Hank” Carter (2006)
for his efforts to improve the quality of life of patients and residents of Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility
 
Rocco F. Andriola (2005)
for his efforts to raise public awareness about and participation in lifesaving organ donation
 
John D. Wren (2004)
for his efforts to improve health and wellness in the diverse communities of Brooklyn
 
Eleanor Hammerman (2002)
for her vision and role in establishing the Initiative for Women with Disabilities at the Hospital for Joint Diseases
 
Marie Lam (2000)
for her role as a founder and chair of the Chinatown Health Clinic
 
Brooke Garber Neidich (1999)
for her vision and leadership in creating the NYU Child Study Center
 
Stan Herman (1998)
for his role in leading the fashion industry’s extraordinary response to AIDS and breast cancer
 
Richard Cotton (1997)
for his leadership of the Primary Care Development Corporation, a public-private partnership
 
Alfred B. Engelberg (1996)
for improving primary care services for low-income New Yorkers and primary care training for physicians
 
Elizabeth S. Pforzheimer (1995)
for co-founding New Alternatives for Children, a medical and social service agency for children
 
Eleanor T. Elliott (1994)
for creating New York Hospital’s Women’s Health Symposium, a model educational program
 
James R. Dumpson (1993)
for leading New York City’s municipal hospital system
 
Randolph Guggenheimer (1992)
for ensuring the survival and rebuilding of North General Hospital
 
Suzanne Karpas (1991)
for establishing a community health education and information center on Manhattan’s Lower East Side
 
Irene Diamond (1990)
for supporting AIDS research and developing career opportunities for minorities
 
Nicholas D'Agostino (1989)
for establishing a model HIV treatment program at St. Clare's Hospital and Health Center
 
John V. Waller, MD (1988)
for developing a health promotion and educational curriculum in New York City's public schools
 
Richard R. Shinn (1987)
for bringing his expertise to the challenges facing St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan