As a nominee for the American Association of Medical College's Humanism in Medicine Award, Dr. James Oleske, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, and 52 other nominees were recognized in a full-page announcement in the Oct. 30 issue of USA Today regarding this national award. Students at NJMS singled out Dr. Oleske as a positive and caring role model with a commitment to the ideals of humanism in medicine including compassion, understanding and partnership.

Nick Ingoglia, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, and Associate Dean for Student Affairs at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, was selected as the 2006 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Minority PhD Program Faculty Mentor of the Year. Nominated by Maria Isaza, a fourth-year PhD student in the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences program, for his commitment and dedication to teaching, Dr. Ingoglia was publicly recognized during the 2006 Compact for Faculty Diversity Institute on October 28 in Miami, FL.

Akshat Shah, MD, a 2006 graduate of the PM&R residency program and a Spinal Cord Injury fellow, has received the Earl C. Elkins Award from the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for achieving the highest score in the nation on Part I of the PM&R board exam. Dr. Shah's extraordinary achievement marks the fifth time that a graduate of the PM&R residency training program has received this national honor. No other program in the U.S. has had more than three of its graduates receive this award.

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