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2009 Recipient
of AMP Leadership Award
 The
members of the Nominating Committee and AMP Council are
pleased to announce
Debra
G. B. Leonard, MD, PhD
as the
recipient of the prestigious AMP Leadership Award for 2009.
Dr. Leonard has held a faculty position as Professor of
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Weill Medical
College of Cornell University and has served as Vice-Chairman
for Laboratory Medicine and Director of Clinical
Laboratories at New York-Presbyterian Hospital,
Weill-Cornell campus since 2004. Her MD and PhD were
received from New York University followed by a surgical
pathology and post-doctoral research fellowship. Her first
academic appointment was Assistant Professor of Pathology at
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine in 1992, where she
developed the Molecular Diagnostics laboratory. In 1996 she
relocated to the Department of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and serves as
Director of the Molecular Pathology Laboratory. During her
professional career, Debra has emerged as one of the leaders in
molecular pathology and molecular diagnostic testing in the
United States.
Debra
has contributed both time and effort to AMP in many
significant ways: Chair of the first Clinical Practice
Committee, President of AMP in 2000, leader in the effort
for AMPs first Test Directory, Chair of the
Professional Relations Committee, an active participant at
AMP Annual Meetings as a speaker and is presently AMPs
Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee. As one nominator
wrote, Her efforts in the broader molecular diagnostics
community have been extremely important for the field. Hers
is a voice of reason in one side of the gene patents
debate. In her defense of her position, which many hold,
she has never wavered. She has provided the field a "seat
at the table" during her tenure on SACGT and SACGHS.
Congratulations, Debra. |