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2009 House Call Clinician of the Year AwardsTheresa A. Soriano, MD Selected as Eric Baron House Call Doctor of the YearDr. Theresa Soriano joined the respected Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program in 2004. Colleagues say, "From the outset, it was clear she embodied fresh perspectives, academic rigor and an untainted idealism in the care of vulnerable populations. She showed an enthusiasm for her work that was infectious." After two years, she assumed the role of Program Director. Under her leadership, there was an expansion of research with publications in peer-reviewed journals, augmentation of social work, increase in palliative care training, an increase in resident and medical student teaching, development of a nurse practitioner hospital-liaison model to improve care of homebound patients in the hospital and effective and efficient transition back to home, and an enhancement in philanthropic and foundation support.Dr. Soriano is a strong advocate for house call medicine and an outstanding, caring clinician. A letter of support for her nomination from the New York State Office for the Aging praised Dr. Soriano for her advocacy work and for helping to develop medical training curriculum and evaluation methodology for home visit programs. Despite extensive administrative responsibilities, she is persistently in the trenches, delivering much of her care to the homebound in East Harlem and Washington Heights in some of the most impoverished and dilapidated locations in New York City. In 2007, she was given the Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program Resident Teaching Award. For her academic leadership in house call medicine, her advocacy work and incredible care of homebound patients, Dr. Theresa Soriano is the 2009 House Call Doctor of the Year.
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