|
|
| |
William Campbell, Ph.D., Longtime, Celebrated NYMC Adjunct Professor, Wins Nobel
|
|
|
|
In 2009 Jan Geliebter, Ph.D., right, professor of microbiology and immunology, presented a plaque that read "In recognition and sincere appreciation of 25 years of worm lectures in the medical microbiology course" to William Campbell, Ph.D.
|
Outside the entrance to the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva is a sculpture of a boy leading a blind man with a stick. Doris Bucher, Ph.D.,
associate professor of microbiology and immunolog
y, says the sculpture pays homage to all the work that went into the near eradication of onchocerciasis or "river blindness." Yet, when she looks at it, she feels particular praise for the former colleague whom she credits with wiping out the disease -- the celebrated NYMC adjunct professor and lecturer, and now 2015 Nobel Prize winner, William Campbell, Ph.D.
"I was so touched," Dr. Bucher,
says of the first time she saw the sculpture. "When I saw it I thought, 'this is what Bill did." Read more...
|
Steven A. Wartman, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.C.P., Announced as 2016 NYMC Commencement Speaker
|
NYMC is pleased to announce that Steven A. Wartman, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.C.P., will address the Class of 2016 at the 157
th
Commencement exercises on Monday, May 23 at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Dr. Wartman, president of the Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC) since 2005, is recognized internationally for his work in the organization and management of academic health centers, where he has taken the lead on critical issues such as the need for alignment of an institution's clinical, research and education programs. AAHC's mission-which Dr. Wartman expanded with the founding of AAHC International in 2008-is to improve the health care system by mobilizing and enhancing the strengths and resources of the academic health center enterprise in education, patient care, and research in the health professions. Read more...
|
Dean Miller Reports on LCME Mock Site Visit
|
 The NYMC School of Medicine welcomed the LCME mock survey team to campus on October 11 - 13 in preparation for the LCME full survey team visit in February. Following the mock visit,
D. Douglas Miller, M.D., C.M., M.B.A., dean, School of Medicine, reported to the NYMC Board of Trustees that the Educational Quality Improvement Process (EQUIP) team had estimated that 31 LCME elements were still either non-compliant (NC) or compliant with monitoring (CWM) in line with the new LCME standards of 96 elements in 12 clusters. At the end of the visit, the mock survey team reported 25 NC or CWM elements: a >50% concordance between the EQUIP and mock survey teams' opinions. Read more about the LCME mock survey team in
the October Dean's Message.
|
School of Medicine Launches Personal Accolades and Incidents Reporting (PAIR)
|
New York Medical College is defined by its proud tradition of compassion and respect for human dignity, a deep-rooted principle upon which the College was founded in 1860 and which is still an intrinsic NYMC value today. This principle extends not only to how we treat our patients and their families, but also to how we treat each other: colleagues, peers, students and friends. To uphold this tradition the School of Medicine (SOM) maintains several overarching guidelines and groups that govern our principle of respect. This week the SOM launched a new feature, a Personal Accolades and Incidents Reporting (PAIR) application, on the College website, which allows members of the NYMC SOM community to recognize outstanding role models of professionalism in our community or report mistreatment incidents anonymously. The reporting feature-which has already started to receive submissions-is available at
www.nymc.edu/SOM
. Read more...
|
Medical Student Brian Yum Selected Semi-Finalist in Essay Program
|
Third-year medical student, Brian Yum, was recently selected as of one of 16 semi-finalists chosen for the David R. Cox Prize for Rare Compassion. The prize is awarded to student doctors who have submitted inspiring essays chronicling their experience and relationship with a patient, family or advocate affected by a rare or neglected disease. Read more...
|
D.P.T. Students Host Successful Race for Rehab
|
More than 130 athletes turned out for the 17
th
annual Race for Rehab 5K on campus on October 11, a day that faculty advisor, Anthony M. Sozzo, M.A., M.S. Ed., associate dean of student affairs and director of student financial planning and
student activities, described as "just perfect." "This year was one of those exceptional days," said Mr. Sozzo, who has been overseeing the race since its inception and "moonlights" as the race photographer.
"The weather was optimal, we had a great turnout with more Achilles athletes than ever before and excellent participation from all the schools at the College, and it was just a perfect morning. Everything
was just right."
The event was hosted by Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) students from the School of Health Sciences and Practice, with direction from Mr. Sozzo and Janet Dolot, P.T., D.P.T., Dr.P.H., O.C.S., assistant professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
.
Read more...
|
NYMC Welcomes BOCES New Visions Health Students
|
Fifteen students from the New Visions Health program at Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES visited NYMC on October 19 for a day of learning about the diversity of medical fields and applying to medical programs. Among the stops they made on campus were the Department of Physical Therapy in the School of Health Sciences and Practice and the Departments of Pharmacology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences.
Joseph M. Wu, Ph.D.,
professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and director of the M.S. program in biochemistry and molecular biology, welcomed the visitors to his lab.
|
NYMC Sends Support to Liberia
|
Students from the School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences, including members of the International Medicine Club, Infectious Disease Interest Group and Graduate Student Association, joined forces to help the people of Liberia, who were profoundly hit by the Ebola pandemic. The students collected 40 boxes of supplies and raised $2,500 for the cause. The donations were shipped to Liberia last week through Jhpeigo, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, originally known as the Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics.Pictured are
Galadu Subah, president of the Graduate Student Association, and
Padmini Murthy, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., M.Phil., CHES, associate professor of public health practice, health policy and management, clinical assistant professor of family and community medicine and global health program director. Other students who contributed to the effort include Daniel Cole, Elyse Hanly, Sarah He, Kyuin Lee, Si Liao, Caroline Mullis, Fatima Traore and Daniel Yee.
|
SHSP Welcomes New Cohort of Dr.P.H. Candidates
|
Robert Amler, M.D., M.B.A., fourth from right, dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice and vice president for government affairs, helped welcome the new 2015 enrollees into the School's Doctor of Public Health program at the annual Dr.P.H. Meet and Greet event. The 2015 entrants into the Dr.P.H. program are Lauren Klein, Julian Lee, Randi Schwartz, Denise Serrano-Eanelli and Jared Shapiro.
Ben Watson, Ph.D.,
fifth from right, vice dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice;
Denise Tahara, M.B.A., Ph.D.,
behind lectern left, acting chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management (HPM) and director of M.P.H. studies,
Pedro Laureano, Ph.D.,
far right,
assistant professor of health policy and management;
Kenneth Knapp, Ph.D.,
behind lectern right, assistant professor of health policy and management; and HPM staff and current Dr.P.H. students were also on hand to greet the new students
.
|
| Appointments & Promotions |
School of Medicine
Appointment
Simon Li, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine (secondary)
Promotions
Robin L. Altman, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
John G. Edwards, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology
Hossein T. Kalantari, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Simon Li, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Dong Sun, M.D.
Professor of Physiology
|
| Accolades |
Keshar P. Kubal, M.D.,
third from left, a resident in the Department of Anesthesiology, New York Medical Col
lege/Westchester Medical Center, received a first place award for his presentation at the 2015 New York Academy of Medicine Section on Anesthesiology meeting on September 30, 2015. His paper, "A Risk INDEX for Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery Using Artificial Neural Network Analysis, "was co-authored by
Suryanarayana M. Pothula, M.D.,
third from right, associate
professor of clinical anesthesiology, Rocco LaFaro, M.D., not pictured, associate professor of clinical surgery, and
Mario A. Inchiosa, Ph.D.,
second from right, professor of pharmacology and director of clinical research in the Department of Anesthesiology. They were joined by
Keshav Kubal, M.D.,
far left, assistant professor of anesthesiology,
Kathryn E. McGoldrick, M.D., FCAI (Hon),
second from left, professor and chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, and
Vajubhai T. Sanchala, M.D.,
far right, assistant professor of anesthesiology.
Dumitru A. Iacobas, Ph.D.,
associate professor of pathology, participated in the commemoration of the 70 years of the Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho of Unversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 8 - October 2. He presented "Genomic Fabric Remodeling in Chagas Disease and Treatment" and "Sex, Brain and Synapses." His 12-year collaboration with Chagas Institute investigators has resulted in a 10-year RO1 NIH grant, eight published papers and eight
National Center for Biotechnology Information Gene Expression Omnibus
(NCBI GEO) deposits.
Michael P. Shakarjian, Ph.D.,
a
ssistant professor of environmental health science and director of the M.P.H. program, was a special guest at the UC Davis CounterACT Center Seminar on October 5. He presented "Tetramethylenedisulfotetramine poisoning: Experimental toxicology and treatment strategies."
 Michael Tarr,
School of Medicine Class of 2018, has been named
the virtual grand rounds facilitator of the American Academy for Developmental Medicine and Dentistry (AADMD). In this role he coordinates presenters from various medical fields to present cases in a webinar based fashion, introduces the presenters and facilitates participation from the viewers. AADMD virtual grand rounds teach health care students and providers about treating the diverse population of individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities.
Michael S. Wolin, Ph.D.,
professor of physiology,
was invited to speak on his research, "Roles for Redox and Heme Metabolism Regulation of cGMP Signaling in Vascular Responses to Hypoxia and Hypertension Development," to faculty, fellows and students in the Department of Physiology at Louisville University on September 29.
|
| IN THE NEWS |
NYMC Leadership News:
Huffington Post -- 10/22/2015
Alan Kadish, M.D., president
Faculty News:
Ossining-Croton-on-Hudson Patch.com -- 10/21/2015
Yasir Khan was mentored by Dana Mordue, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
The ASHA Leader -- October 2015
Luis F. Riquelme, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-S, Associate Professor of Clinical Speech-Language Pathology
Student News:
Jacksonville Times-Union & Jacksonville.com -- 10/17/2015
Maria Rojas is a member of the School of Medicine Class of 2017 Affiliate News:
NJBiz.com -- 10/22/2015
Saint Michael's Medical Center
NJ Spotlight -- 10/16/2015
Saint Michael's Medical Center
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
InTouch is New York Medical College's e-newsletter distributed to all students, faculty and staff, published during the academic year by the Office of Public Relations. Suggestions for story ideas are always welcome. Please email your comments and inquiries to Public Information Editor Lori-Ann Perrault at
[email protected].
Please do not unsubscribe to this e-newsletter. Unsubscribing will remove you from all NYMC Public Relations e-mails.
|
|
|
