Lenore Lamanna Honored by the American College of Gastroenterology

Lenore Lamanna, EdD, ANP-BC, RN, clinical associate professor at Stony Brook University's School of Nursing (SON), received the Distinguished NP/PA Teaching Award from the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG).

Dr. Lamanna accepted the honor at the ACG’s annual conference in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 10, 2026. 

The Distinguished NP/PA Teaching Award recognizes “a distinguished nurse practitioner or physician assistant who has shown long-standing contributions to educating and mentoring NPs/PAs in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology (GIH).” 

The ACG’s Awards Committee noted Dr. Lamanna’s expertise in the graduate education and mentorship of adult-gerontology nurse practitioner students as worthy of selection. In addition to her teaching duties at the SON, Dr. Lamanna serves as director of the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program.

A 1995 graduate of Stony Brook’s adult nurse practitioner master’s program, Dr. Lamanna sits on the ACG’s Advanced Practice Providers Committee and is an active member of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates.

Dr. Lamanna is the fourth recipient of the Distinguished NP/PA Teaching Award, which was established in 2024.