The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce State University of New York (SUNY) has appointed Dr. Susan Lane as Distinguished Service Professor, joining the ranks of SUNY Distinguished Faculty.
Dr. Lane is the Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Medicine and faculty member in the Division of General, Geriatric, and Hospital Medicine.
The Distinguished Service Professorship is presented to instructional faculty who have achieved a distinguished reputation for service — not only to the campus and the university, but also to the community, the State of New York or the nation — through sustained efforts in the application of intellectual skills drawing from their scholarly research interests to issues of public concern.
Dr. Lane received her BA from Amherst College and MD from the University of Connecticut, then completed her Internal Medicine residency training at Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester. Her areas of interest include graduate medical education, physician communication and health policy. Board certified in Internal Medicine, Dr. Lane currently serves as Vice Chair of the AAIM (Alliance for Academic Medicine) Board of Directors, and she is a member of the Board of Directors of the Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) Honor Society. She has won numerous awards for her research and excellence in education and leadership, including the RSOM Aesculapius Award for Excellence in Medical Education, the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) Inspire Award and the RSOM Department of Medicine Outstanding Service Award. This past April, Dr. Lane was also inducted as a Master of the American College of Physicians (MACP), the world’s largest medical specialty society—making her only the third Stony Brook physician to become an MACP.
In her new appointment, Dr. Lane will work with other active members of the SUNY Distinguished Academy to encourage a renewed commitment to scholarship, quality instruction and service across SUNY campuses. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Lane on this outstanding recognition of her research accomplishments and contributions to our school and the university.
