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Follow on Google News |  Aleh Foundation Nominates Dr.staffenberg Of Nyu At 2014 Awards Dinner As Physician Of The YearBy: Aleh Foundation Proceeds for the event will go towards the New Special Education Complex in Pardes Katz.http://www.alehfoundationusa.org/ David Staffenberg is Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery and Chief of Pediatric Plastic Surgery at the NYU Langone Medical Center.He will be the recipient of the Aleh Foundation Physician of the Year Award. http://www.med.nyu.edu/ Dr. Staffenberg's research has been presented internationally. Dr. Staffenberg has authored textbook chapters in plastic and craniofacial surgery that were published in the United States as well as Europe. He co-edited the textbookPlastic Techniques in Neurosurgery, (2nd edition). He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery and the International Journal of Pediatric Otolaryngology. Among other notable achievements, Dr. Staffenberg is known for the successful separation of conjoined twins joined at the tops of their heads. Such rare surgery had never previously been attempted in New York. In addition to numerous honors, Dr. Staffenberg has accepted a Mayor's Award for Excellence in Science and Technology from Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He also received an honorary degree and delivered the commencement address at The College of Mount Saint Vincent. Dr. Staffenberg has been invited as a visiting professor in the US, Europe, Africa and Asia. He has been invited to perform complex surgery in Mexico, Italy and Brunei. His surgery to correct an infant with craniosynostosis in Brunei has been called the first operation of its kind on the island of Borneo. He continues to serve as the consultant for the Ministry of Health in Brunei where he performs surgery and teaches.http://www.newyorkcraniofacialsurgery.com/ He has appeared on CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN and The Discovery Channel and Discovery Health as well as interviews on National Public Radio. He has appeared on the Today Show and Good Morning America. In a feature article, the New York Daily News has referred to Dr. Staffenberg as “the Miracle Doc of New York” when he performed a series of complex facial operations on a boy with severe craniosynostosis. Dr. Staffenberg has been placed on a list of the best plastic surgeons in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut in "New York Magazine". He is on the list of the best aesthetic surgeons noted in the Super Docs edition of "The New York Times Magazine", and one of the Best Doctors in America as compiled by Castle Connelly. Dr. Staffenberg is featured in Beauty of Love, a book written by the star New York Yankees catcher, Jorge Posada, and his wife Laura. Dr. Staffenberg is also interviewed about craniosynostosis in the final chapter. He is also featured in Heroes with A Thousand Faces, which tells the compelling stories of patients with facial differences. Dr. Staffenberg was recruited to NYU Langone Medical Center for his expertise from Montefiore Medical Center where he was Clinical Professor and Chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery and the Program Director of the Plastic Surgery Residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Staffenberg remarked that he was humbled and touched by the recognition of Drs. Herbert Lepor and Ellen Shapiro and is delighted to accept the invitation to receive the prestigious Annual Physician of the Year Award from the Board of Directors of the Aleh Foundation.. It is only due to the energetic and successful public relations and fund raising efforts of the Aleh Foundation in the USA, during the past 30 years, and the dedicated support of Jack & Violet Harounian that Aleh is Israel was able to become Israel's foremost provider of the care and treatment of the severely disabled children. Aleh's spacious, ultra-modern dormitories, treatment centers, special education schools and occupational training schools of Aleh house and treat hundreds of special children in four cities in Israel. Aleh house and care for more than 700 children with special needshttp://www.alehfoundationusa.org/ The Special Education School, which is presently in its final construction stage at Pardes Katz, a 10 minute-drive from Tel Aviv, will have the capacity to service 200 children, with special education classes ranging from kindergarten through high school. It will also include an Olympic-sized pool to provide daily hydrotherapy treatments. This school will be a role model for the entire world. Other honorees include: Mrs. Irma Miriam Lopes Cardozo, Lifetime Achievement Award. .As President of the Sisterhood of Congregation Shearith Israel, Irma Cardoza has been a staunch supporter of the Aleh Foundation since 1992. She is the author of As I Lived It. http://www.jewocity.com/ Mr. Efraim Gartenhause will be the recipient of the coveted Volunteer Award of Excellence for his 28 years of service recruiting and supervising 400 volunteers that were available each week in the course of 24/7http://www.prlog.org/ The Aleh Foundation Headquarters is located on 5317 13th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219. Please call 800-317 ALEH for more information. End
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