Special Reports

NAFE 2010 Women of Excellence

Each year the National Association for Female Executives and Entrepreneurs (NAFE), from a mountain of nominations, selects a group of women to award as "Women of Excellence." The women selected this year are punching holes in the glass ceiling, revolutionizing philanthropic organizations and advising fellow women who are rising through the ranks. It is a dynamic group that includes a heart surgeon, a U.S. Navy Officer fighting for women's rights in the military and an American Express executive who has become a go-to office mentor.

Linda J. Addonizo, MD

Director, Program for Pediatric Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure and Transplantation, New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

Recipient of the Children's Health Advocate Award

Dr. Linda J. Addonizio never set out to have a big career. “I set out to take care of patients,” says the mother of three adult children. “My career and the rest just happened.” Addonizio started the pediatric heart transplant program at new York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, where the first successful heart transplant on a child was performed in 1984. She says, “My team is awesome and makes coming to work with very sick, dying children manageable because we all work together as one to help save these kids."

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