Karafiol will be feted by med school.Albert Einstein College of Medicine
The Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM) is a graduate school of Yeshiva University. It is a private medical school located in the Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus of Yeshiva University in the Morris Park of Yeshiva University Yeshiva University, in New York City; mainly coeducational; begun 1886 as Yeshiva Eitz Chaim, a Jewish theological seminary, chartered 1928 as Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and Yeshiva College; renamed 1945. will pay tribute to Stephen R. Karafiol, managing director of construction for Jack Resnick & Sons, Inc., a New York-based real estate owner and builder, at a dinner dance scheduled to take place Sept. 21, at The Lighthouse lighthouse, towerlike structure erected to give guidance and warning to ships and aircraft by either visible or radioelectrical means. Lighthouses were long built to conform in structure to their geographical location. Until the beginning of the 19th cent. , in Chelsea Piers Chelsea Piers, officially Chelsea Piers Sports & Entertainment Complex, is a series of sports and entertainment buildings constructed on four adjoining piers on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Mr. Karafiol will be honored for his exemplary service to the College of Medicine and to the community. The college will also honor Kathy K. Weinberg, a good friend and dedicated member of the Einstein National Women's division. The event, chaired by Joanne Bross, Marc Karetsky, and Denise Rothman, will be co-sponsored by the Einstein Men's division and the Westchester/ Fairfield chapter of the National Women's division. Proceeds will benefit research in prostate cancer prostate cancer, cancer originating in the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy in men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in men. , the program for cancer immunotherapy Cancer immunotherapy is the use of the immune system to reject cancer. The main premise is stimulating the patient's immune system to attack the malignant tumor cells that are responsible for the disease. , and vaccine development at the medical school. Stephen R. Karafiol, a one-time chairman of the Einstein Men's division, currently serves on its executive board. He joined the division in 1988 and quickly worked his way through the ranks, serving as division vice chairman and as chairman of the annual tour and dinner. A licensed professional engineer, with 29 years of senior management experience in the construction industry, he was a senior vice president and project executive with Lehrer McGovern Bovis prior to joining Jack Resnick and Sons. He is a graduate of the City College of New York “City College” redirects here. For other uses, see City College (disambiguation). CCNY was the first free public institution of higher education in the United States[3] and received his M.S. degree from Long Island University. A vice president of the Women's division national board and an honorary president of the Westchester/Fairfield chapter, Kathy K. Weinberg is enthusiastic about the potential of the dinner dance to benefit cancer research programs at Einstein, while bringing together both old and new friends. Her commitment to Einstein continues a family tradition: her parents, Susanne and Matthew R. Kornreich, are longstanding friends and supporters of the medical school. Mr. Kornreich is an honorary member of the board of overseers; Mrs. Komreich is a member of the Women's division national board. Mrs. Weinberg's own family shares her involvement. Her husband, Samuel, president of Manhattan-based Weinberg Properties, is an Einstein overseer. |
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