Honors and Awards
Awards and Honors:
2008 and 2009: Recognized for excellence in New York Super Doctors, which features only 5 percent of all physicians in New York
2005-2008 Castle Connolly's America's Top Doctors for Cancer
2005 - 2008 Best Doctors, New York Magazine, Surgery, New York, NY
2007-2008 Best Doctors in America
2007-2008 Top Doctors: New York Metro Area, 11th Edition, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.
1997-2004 Top Doctors, Chicago Magazine, Surgery
1996- Distinguished Leadership Award, Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America
2009- Merit award as an Official of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy, the most prestigious and important distinction awarded by the President of the Republic of Italy to those who have a particular merit in regard to the nation of Italy.
2003 Chicago Chapter of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. 2nd Place. "Long term functional results after ileal pouch anal restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis: a prospective observational study". Lee J, Fichera A, Hurst RD and Michelassi F
2000 Chicago Surgical Society. "Best Resident paper". "The additive effects of APC gene therapy and Cox 2 inhibitors reduce intestinal neoplasia". Lew JI, Kim RK, Michelassi F and Arenas RB
2000 Ross-SSAT Resident Conference. 1st Place. "Tumor suppressor gene therapy and Cox 2 inhibitors additively reduce intestinal neoplasia". Lew JI, Vargish L, Kim RK, Guo Y, Michelassi F and Arenas RB
1998 University of Chicago. "Best Oral Presentation". 5th Charles Huggins Research Conference of the Department of Surgery. "Prospective assessment of functional results after proctectomy with coloanal anastomosis". Arenas RA, Fichera A, Mhoon D and Michelassi F
1972 - 1973 Collegio Medico-Giuridico della Scuda Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy
1985 - 1986 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Award
1987 - 1990 American Cancer Society Career Development Award
1988 Silver Medal from the University of Bologna, Italy, in occasion of the festivities of the Millennium from its Foundation
1993 University of Chicago. "Favorite Faculty Member" award by the 1993 Medical School Graduating Class
1995 University of Chicago. "Best Poster Presentation". Resident/Fellow category. 2nd Charles Huggins Research Conference of the Department of Surgery. "Chromosome 8 deletions in colorectal carcinoma: localization and clinical significance." Takanishi DM, Keleman PR, Kim AH, Yaremko ML, Halligan SK, Montag AG, Michelassi F and Westbrook CA
1996 University of Chicago. "Best Oral Presentation". Resident/Fellow category. 3rd Charles Huggins Research Conference of the Department of Surgery. "Ploidy as a Prognostic Feature in Colonic Adenocarcinoma." Takanishi DM, Hart J, Covarelli P, Chappell R and Michelassi F
1997 University of Chicago. "Best Oral Presentation". Resident/Fellow category. 4th Charles Huggins Research Conference of the Department of Surgery. "Expression of liposomally delivered carcinoembryonic antigen promoter correlates with CEA secretions in human cancer cell lines". Fichera A, Arenas RB and Michelassi F
1997 University of Chicago. "Best Poster Presentation". 4th Charles Huggins Research Conference of the Department of Surgery. "Oral gene delivery by cationic liposomes in a murine model". Romero L, Fichera F, Laughlin FM, Alverdy J, Michelassi F and Arenas RB
1997 Northwest Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Award. "Outstanding paper" at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons in Philadelphia. "Expression of liposomally delivered carcinoembryonic antigen promoter in human cancer cells". Fichera A, Arenas RB and Michelassi F
