2017 Physician Philanthropist of the Year

Princeton HealthCare System Foundation Princeton HealthCare System Foundation

Rachel P. Dultz, MD, FACS, Medical Director of the University Medical Center of Princeton (UMCP) Breast Health Center, has received the 2017 William P. Burks Physician Philanthropist of the Year Award

The award is presented annually by the Princeton HealthCare System (PHCS) Foundation to a physician on the PHCS Medical Staff whose service and leadership as a volunteer have enhanced not only the PHCS Foundation but also the missions of other nonprofit organizations. Dr. Dultz (pictured, left) received the award from Gerard A. Compito, MD, Chairman of the PHCS Foundation Board of Directors, during the PHCS Medical Staff's annual dinner on February 9.

A board certified surgeon and fellowship-trained Breast Surgical Specialist, Dr. Dultz is a clinical assistant professor at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and serves on the Board of Directors of Susan G. Komen® Central and South Jersey.

Dr. Dultz is a member of the PHCS Foundation Board of Directors, where she served on the Golf Committee and the Physicians' Development Committee during Design for Healing, the capital campaign that supported construction of the new UMCP. The Physicians' Development Committee helped raise more than $5 million from over 460 physicians and their families.

Dr. Dultz is the sixth recipient of the award. Previous awardees include William P. Burks, MD; Peter I. Yi, MD; Margaret L. Lancefield, MD, PhD; Donald Denny, MD; and W. Thomas Gutowski, MD.