NEWS Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group Physicians Named to Prestigious 2014 Best Doctors in America List Dr. Sara J. Cuccurullo Named Chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation E ighty-five physicians affiliated with Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group, the faculty practice of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, have been selected for the Best Doctors in America List for 2014. Only 5 percent of physicians in the United States earn this prestigious honor, decided by impartial peer review. This selection represents the latest acknowledgment of the medical group’s physicians for their expertise. Overall, 112 Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group physicians have been recognized this year as leading physicians in their fields by Best Doctors and such publications as New Jersey Monthly, Inside Jersey magazine, and New York magazine. “Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group physicians constitute approximately 10 percent of the New Jersey physicians selected for the Best Doctors in America List this year. They represent a comprehensive range of primary and specialty care, including cardiovascular disease, women’s health, surgery, and pediatrics, among others,” says Vicente H. Gracias, MD, dean (interim). “We congratulate our physicians and are proud of the dedication to exceptional care that each of our doctors exhibits every day.” —K.O’N. S ara J. Cuccurullo, MD, was appointed chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Since 1998, Dr. Cuccurullo, clinical professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, has served as director of the department’s residency program, located at JFK Medical Center, in Edison. She has been an attending physiatrist at JFK/Johnson Rehabilitation Institute since 1991 and also has an appointment at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Dr. Cuccurullo has served as course director and instructor of third-year medical students. As an elective director, she developed five COURTESY OF SARA J. CUCCURULLO, MD Sara J. Cuccurullo, MD Class of 2014 Celebrates at Convocation KIM SOKOLOFF T he first graduating class of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School received their diplomas at the Convocation ceremony on Sunday, May 18, at the State Theatre in New Brunswick. electives focused on physical medicine and rehabilitation, traumatic brain injury, and prosthetics and orthotics. She helped develop the curriculum to meet Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education standards for the Pain Medicine Fellowship sponsored by the department, as well as the Traumatic Brain Injury Fellowship at JFK. Dr. Cuccurullo was named Teacher of the Year for the residency program five times, most recently in 2012, and has been recognized twice with the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Volunteer Faculty Award. She earned her medical degree from the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn and completed her residency at JFK/ Johnson Rehabilitation Institute. —K.O’N. Robert Wood Johnson I MEDICINE 45