Litwin receives inaugural Cull Research & Innovation Award
November 22, 2024
As a highlight of Prisma Health’s Education and Research Institute Showcase Awards, Dr. Alain Litwin was named the inaugural recipient of the David L. Cull MD Research & Innovation Award. The award is to be presented annually to a Prisma Health team member who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishment in advancing research and innovation at Prisma Health in collaboration with its academic partners.
The award is named in honor of the groundbreaking and transformative efforts of vascular surgeon David L. Cull, MD, who served as the vice president of clinical and academics integration at Prisma Health and the Health Sciences Center until his retirement in 2023.
Dr. Alain Litwin
Alain Litwin, MD, is chief scientific officer for Prisma Health and in this role focuses on research growth and collaboration. He joined the healthcare system in 2017 where he has served as executive director of the Prisma Health Addiction Medicine Center growing a team to over 50 researchers, clinicians and peer support specialists. He also serves as vice chair of academics and research in the Department of Medicine Prisma Health Upstate. His academic roles include serving as a professor of medicine for University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville and a professor of psychology for Clemson University.
Litwin was recently recognized by Governor McMaster for his work in championing the science of addiction. His work has led to transformation of related policy and payer standards, and informed national and global guidelines for treatment. His Prisma Health team collaborates to improve the health of South Carolinians, to promote the success of our investigators and academic partners and to share advances nationally and globally.
Litwin earned his undergraduate degree in neurobiology at the University of California, Berkeley, his medical degree and master’s in public health from Tulane University School of Medicine, and a master’s in science in clinical research methods from Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
About Prisma Health
Prisma Health is a private nonprofit health company and the largest health care organization in South Carolina. The company has 29,309 team members, 18 acute and specialty hospitals, 2,827 licensed beds, 305 practice sites, and more than 5,400 employed and independent clinicians across its clinically integrated inVio Health Network. Along with this innovative network, Prisma Health serves almost 1.5 million unique patients annually in its 21-county market area that covers 50% of South Carolina. Connect with Prisma Health on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter/X. Visit www.PrismaHealth.org.
