Dean Goldschmidt Named First
Schottenstein Laureate

Miller School Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D., received the inaugural Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Prize in Cardiovascular Sciences during a ceremony on October 27 at The Ohio State University Heart and Vascular Center.

The Schottenstein Prize, established with a $2 million gift from Columbus-based Ohio State and international philanthropists Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein, will be awarded biennially to an international leader in the clinical sciences of cardiovascular medicine, cardiothoracic surgery, or the basic sciences of molecular or cellular cardiology. The recipient receives an honorarium of at least $100,000.

“Dr. Goldschmidt is an outstanding choice for the first Schottenstein Prize,” said Thomas Ryan, M.D., director of the OSU Heart and Vascular Center. “He has excelled at fundamental cardiovascular research while maintaining a reputation as an outstanding clinician, teacher, and administrator.”

From 1997 to 2000, Goldschmidt was director of cardiology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, where he built the Heart and Lung Research Institute and a heart hospital.

“I am humbled to be honored as a scientist and as a physician,” said Goldschmidt. “I look forward to bringing this award back to my Miller School team.”