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GME Faculty Development Seminars
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4/24/2018
10:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. EDT
William Rogers Auditorium
Serota Academic Center
Lower Level
NYITCOM-Old Westbury Campus
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Executive Committee Meeting
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5/9/2018
8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
NYCOMEC Conference Room
de Seversky Mansion
NYIT-Old Westbury Campus
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5/4/2018
12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m.
Student Activity Center
NYIT-Old Westbury Campus
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Board of Directors Meeting and Strategic Planning Retreat
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5/24/2018
8:30 a.m.
Long Island University Room
The Long Island Marriott
101 James Doolittle Blvd Uniondale, NY 11553
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Research Poster Competition
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6/6/2018
8:30 a.m.
LaGuardia Plaza Hotel
East Elmhurst, NY
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6/6/2018
10:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
LaGuardia Plaza Hotel
East Elmhurst, NY
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Graduate Medical Education Committee Meeting
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6/12/2018
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
The Nelson A. Rockefeller Auditorium
Old Westbury Campus
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6/12/2018
8:30 a.m.
The Nelson A. Rockefeller Auditorium
Old Westbury Campus
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Faculty Development Program
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6/12/2018
10:00 a.m.
The Nelson A. Rockefeller Auditorium
Old Westbury Campus
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Research Webinar: Proposal and Protocol Development, Research Laws, Ethics and IRB Submissions/ Processing
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David Yens, Ph.D.
4/19
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12:0
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O.R. Webinar: OMM and the Chronic Pain Patient
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 Matthew Hayes, D.O.
4/25
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12:0
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O.R. Webinar: Osteopathic Approach to Palliative Care
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Alan Roth, D.O.
5/9
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12:0
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O.R. Webinar: OMM & The Team Physician
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Luther Quarles, D.O.
5/23
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12:0
0 noon EDT
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David Yens, Ph.D.
5/24
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12:0
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O.R. Webinar: Sub-Occipital Release
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Anuj Vohra, D.O.
6/20
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12:0
0 noon EDT
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2018 Joint AACOM Annual Conference
Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel
Washington, DC
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NYCOMEC Mission Statement
To continually improve the quality and scope of graduate medical education within the continuum of osteopathic medical education.
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NYCOMEC Hospital Day: Promote Your Programs to Prospective Trainees!
The NYCOMEC Hospital Day will take place on
May 4, 2018, from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m., in the NYIT's Student Activity Center's Gymnasium, located on the Old Westbury Campus. DIOs,
DMEs, Program Directors, and Faculty representing
AOA and ACGME training programs
from NYCOMEC member institutions will have the opportunity to meet with prospective trainees from NYITCOM and TouroCOM - class of 2019.
To register as an exhibitor and for more information please call our office at 516.686.3730.
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NYCOMEC GME Discussions Forum Is Up and Running!
As part of our ongoing strategic planning efforts, NYCOMEC proudly unveiled its GME Discussions Forum in order to enhance communication and collaborative opportunities among our members. GME Discussions has two main sections:
- Educators' Assembly Forum is designed for communication among Designated Institutional Officials (DIOs), Directors of Medical Education (DMEs), Program Directors (PDs), and Faculty from NYCOMEC member institutions;
- Coordinators' Assembly Forum, open for questions and answers for and from institutional coordinators, program coordinators and support staff.
The Educators' Assembly Forum is ready! Please feel free to ask your peers educational questions and/or provide your input on GME related matters. We encourage more Program Directors and Faculty from NYCOMEC member institutions to join the Educators' Assembly and benefit from the additional services provided by the forum.
The Coordinators' Assembly Forums will follow soon. Coordinators and support staff are also encouraged to join the Coordinators' Assembly and benefit from the forum services.
Please feel free to post questions, answers, and look at the past discussions.
For more information and to register
please email
Daniela Popa, M.H.A.
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NYCOMEC Research Poster Competition:
Call for Posters
NYCOMEC's 17th Annual Trainee Research Poster Competition will be held in conjunction with the our Spring Grand Rounds Program on
Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at the LaGuardia Plaza Hotel located in East Elmhurst, NY.
All trainees from AOA and ACGME approved programs at NYCOMEC member institutions are invited to present their experimental research and/or case study posters.
Participants need to complete a
Poster Submission Form and send it to our office, along with the Word version of the poster's abstract, by
Friday, April 20, 2017, before midnight
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Please click here to
access the competition policies and procedures for both categories: Experimental Research and Case Study.
Faculty members, if you need scholarly activity, consider being a judge at the Competition. As a regional poster competition, the ACGME considers your participation as scholarly activity.
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GME Faculty Development Seminars
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Date:
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April 24, 2018
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Time:
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10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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Location:
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William Rogers Auditorium, Serota Academic Center, Lower Level, NYITCOM - Old Westbury Campus |
Presentations include:
10:05 a.m. EDT
Healthy Residents, Healthy Patients
David Broder, D.O., FACP, FACOI, President/CEO, NYCOMEC Corp., Vice Speaker, American Osteopathic Association
10:20 a.m. EDT
Identification & Intervention of At Risk Trainees
Ulrick Vieux, D.O., M.S.,
Program Director, Psychiatry Residency, Orange Regional Medical Center
11:05 a.m. EDT
The Impaired Trainee: Recognizing & Preventing Substance Abuse
Jeffrey Selzer, M.D., Medical Director, Committee for Physician Health
1:05 p.m. EDT
Livin' the Life
Kevin Lemaire, D.O., Psychiatry Resident, Orange Regional Medical Center
1:20 p.m. EDT
Sexual Harassment in Medical Training
Andrew L. Zwerling, Partner/Director, Garfunkel Wild P.C.
Marianne Monroy, Partner, Garfunkel Wild P.C.
2:20 p.m. EDT
Fostering a Healthy Learning Environment in GME
Shawn P. Cannon, D.O., FACOI, Chief Academic Officer & DME, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital
AOA CME Credit Available.
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NYCOMEC Blue Osteopathic Recognition Webinar Series
These webinars are for NYCOMEC trainees, faculty, medical staff, and NYITCOM and TouroCOM students.
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Topic:
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OMM and the Chronic Pain Patient
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Speaker:
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Matthew Hayes, D.O., Associate Professor, Family Medicine Department, NYIT
COM-Old Westbury Campus
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April 25, 2018
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12:00 noon - 12:30 p.m. EDT
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If you are interested in presenting a topic, you are welcome to email us at
[email protected] or call us at 516-686-3730 to schedule a webinar. Conducting a presentation counts towards scholarly activity.
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Reminder to All Graduate Medical Education Faculty and Staff
NYCOMEC has been assisting our member institutions with all documentation requirements related to contracts, registration, completion of training and verification of education. We are currently processing the trainee registration forms and hospital contracts for the new academic year (2018-2019). Please submit a copy of each trainee in a NYCOMEC sponsored AOA or ACGME program completed 2018-2019 NYCOMEC Registration Form and signed hospital contract prior to the start of training. For your convenience, the
2018-2019 Registration Form can be found on our website.
Faculty and Staff are also reminded to notify NYCOMEC of any trainee status changes (i.e. medical leave, resignation, and/or termination). Please contact
Stephanie LaBarbera, M.H.A., Manager of Trainee Services, with any questions or concerns.
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NYCOMEC Spring Grand Rounds
NYCOMEC Spring Grand Rounds, a professional medical education program designed for all AOA and ACGME residents, will take place on Wednesday, June 6, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the LaGuardia Plaza Hotel located in East Elmhurst, NY.
Among topics are:
Topic: Social Media: HIPAA and Other Threats Facing Physicians
Presenter: Thomas M. Gallo, J.D., Frier Levitt
Topic: How Performance Improvement Initiatives Benefit Physicians and Their Patients
Presenter:
Joyce Robert, M.D., Attending Physician & Director of Performance Improvement, South Nassau Communities Hospital
Topic: Medical Marijuana-Fact vs. Fiction
Presenter:
Thomas Jan, D.O., Massapequa Pain Management & Rehabilitation
Topic: Torque Unwinding: OMM Reversing the Vectors of Dysfunction
Presenter: Dennis J. Dowling, D.O., Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Nassau University Medical Center
Topic: Lifestyle Medicine 101-Boot Camp Basics for Busy Physicians
Presenter: Stacey Funt, M.D., Lifestyle Health LLC
If you have any questions please contact us at 516-686-3730.
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Faculty Development Program
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A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Support Resident & Faculty Scholarly Activity
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Presenter:
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Catherine G. Caronia, M.D., Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, Chairman, Department of Graduate Medical Education, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, NY
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Tuesday, June 12, 2018
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Time:
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10:00 a.m. (immediately following GMEC & Academic Council meetings)
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Learning Objectives:
- Identify possible resources within the community hospital to support scholarly activity;
- Utilize a multi-disciplinary committee to evaluate, review and mentor trainees in development of projects;
- Utilize resources to strengthen and evaluate projects prior to IRB submission, presentation or publication;
- Have the framework needed to develop an Academic Development Committee to support scholarly activity
If you have any questions please call 516-686-3730.
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ROC-NY 2018 Educational CME Programs
The New York State Osteopathic Medical Society held its annual Regional Osteopathic Convention-New York (ROC-NY 2018) on April 12-15, 2018, at the Hyatt Regency Long Island hotel located in Hauppauge, NY. The theme of the convention was Emerging Topics in the World of Medicine.
Thirteen presenters were osteopathic physicians affiliated with NYCOMEC's member institutions:
- Jerry Balentine, D.O., NYIT Medical Affairs and Global Health, who presented on Leadership Skills for Current and Future Physician Leaders;
- Lewis Bass, D.O., NYITCOM, updated on NYS Infection Control Barrier Precautions Course;
- Adam Bitterman, D.O., Nassau University Medical Center, spoke on Orthopedic Emergencies;
- Shawn Cannon, D.O., Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, updated on Addiction Crises in NYS;
- Barbara Capozzi, D.O., NYITCOM, presented on Mindful Leadership;
- Thomas Chan, D.O., NYITCOM, spoke on Dermatologic Considerations in Pediatrics;
- Dennis Dowling, D.O., Nassau University Medical Center, conducted an OMM Workshop;
- Sharon Koehler, D.O., NYITCOM, updated on Breast Cancer Prevention, Screening and Treatment: Where We Stand in 2018;
- Joerg Leheste, Ph.D., NYITCOM, spoke on Update on Acne Bacteria in Disease Pathology;
- Bernadette Riley, D.O., NYITCOM, presented on Simulation and Its Use in Professionalism Training;
- Gregory Saggio, D.O., NYITCOM, spoke on Appendicitis: Past, Present, Future;
- Kenneth Steier, D.O., M.P.H, M.H.A., M.G.H., TouroCOM, presented on Naloxone: Preventing Opioid Overdose in the Community;
- Hallie Zwibel, D.O., NYITCOM, updated on An Evidence-Based Approach to Concussions.
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ROC-NY 2018: NYSOMS Annual Business Meeting
Among the many lectures and meetings taking place at the annual Regional Osteopathic Convention (ROC-NY 2018) was the NYSOM Annual Business Meeting, presided by
David Broder, D.O., NYSOMS Parliamentarian.
At the meeting, NYSOMS members elected/reelected the executive officers, which included the following physicians from NYCOMEC member institutions:
- President: Sherman Dunn, D.O., Coney Island Hospital;
- Vice President: Lawrence L. Northorn, D.O., Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center;
- Secretary: Bernadette Riley, D.O., NYITCOM;
- Director: Barbara Capozzi, D.O., NYITCOM;
- Director: Harold K. Sirota, D.O., TouroCOM;
- Director: Eric Appelbaum, D.O., St. Barnabas Hospital;
- NYITCOM Dean Representative: Wolfgang Gilliar, D.O.;
- TouroCOM-Harlem Dean Representative: David Forstein, D.O.;
- TouroCOM-Middletown Dean Representative: Kenneth Steier, D.O., MBA, MPH.
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 NYCOMEC Represented at ROC-NY 2018
On Friday, April 13, 2018, NYCOMEC participated in the exhibit portion of the 2018 Regional Osteopathic Convention New York (ROC-NY). Stephanie LaBarbera, MHA, Trainee Manager, and Sharon Player, Communication & Special Projects Manager, informed attendees of NYCOMEC's upcoming faculty development programs, Grand Rounds, Poster Competition and research and osteopathic recognition webinars.
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NYCOMEC Member Institutions Represented at PCOM Hospital Day
NYCOMEC had representation at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Hospital Day (PCOM) on Friday, April 6, 2018.
Stephanie LaBarbera, MHA, Manager, Trainee Services, spoke to second and third year medical students who were interested in the vast amount of training opportunities offered at NYCOMEC member institutions. As most of the hospitals present at the event were located in the Philadelphia area, students were happy to find out more about our residency programs in New York, New Jersey, and Arkansas hospitals.
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Review Committee Updates
Obstetrics and Gynecology Review Committee:
Case Minimums Update
Considering program feedback, data from the last two graduating classes, available literature, and current practice recommendations, t
he document Case Log:
Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Minimum Numbers
has been updated and is available on the Documents and Resources
page
of the Obstetrics and Gynecology section of the ACGME website.
E-mail questions to Associate Executive Director
Jenny Campbell.
Neurological Surgery
Early Specialization in Interventional Radiology (ESIR) Designation
The Review Committee approved new programs for ESIR designation at its January meeting. A list of all ESIR Approved Programs
can be viewed here.
E-mail questions regarding ESIR to Associate Executive Director
Kate Hatlak.
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2018 Basics of Accreditation for New Program Coordinators Workshop Series
ACGME is hosting one-and-a-half-day intensive workshops in Chicago to assist new program coordinators in understanding the basics of ACGME accreditation of programs in their specialty area. For more information and a schedule of dates email
[email protected].
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GNYHA - Government Affairs Alert: GME Funding Under Federal Scrutiny
GNYHA has expressed deep concern to Capitol Hill leadership that the reporting on Medicaid expenditures, which support residents at teaching hospitals, to the Federal government, as required by the House Energy and Commerce Committee legislative language titled the
Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Transparency Act, could be used to institute caps or cut funding to state Medicaid programs without considering the legitimate costs that teaching hospitals incur in treating Medicaid beneficiaries.
To read more please click
here
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Call for Nominations
American Osteopathic Association (AOA) President-elect William S. Mayo, D.O., is seeking volunteer leaders to serve on important governance bodies that help shape the policy of the association. Members of the osteopathic professional family and AOA affiliate groups are encouraged to nominate a qualified colleague or themselves. The nominations and online applications must
be submitted by
Monday, May 14, 2018.
For any questions please email
[email protected] and enter "Query" in the subject line.
Please click
here to read more.
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Download Match Results in R3
Match reports will not be available in the
Registration, Ranking, and Results (R3) system after
June 30, 2018. Programs and Medical Schools are advised to download program reports for Medicare cost reports and archival purposes
prior to the deadline. Be advised that after the deadline, NRMP charges $200 per report.
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Webinar Series:
Navigating the Accreditation Forest: On the CLER Path
Date:
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Time:
4:00 p.m., EDT
Presenter:
Nicole Qualls, JD, MPH
The Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) is a component of the ACGME accreditation system. This webinar will describe the CLER program and the goals of the review. Additionally, the discussion will focus on the personnel, resources and information required for a successful CLER site visit.
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National Osteopathic Medicine Week
National Osteopathic Medicine (NOM) Week takes place April 15-21, 2018. NOM Week brings the osteopathic medical profession together to focus on one common goal - increasing awareness of osteopathic medicine and D.O.s in communities across the country.
To read more please click
here. Read the article in
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 NYIT Names Its Next Provost
Henry C. "Hank" Foley, Ph.D.
, President, New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), announced on April 12, 2018, the appointment of
Junius J. Gonzales, M.D.
, as the university's next Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, effective June 4, 2018.
To read more please click here. |
Good Samaritan Recognized by Healthgrades
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip, NY, has been recognized by Healthgrades for a number of coronary care achievements including the Coronary Intervention Excellence Award and was named among the Top 10% in the Nation for Coronary Interventional Procedures for 2017-2018.
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Center for Parkinson Disease at Stony Brook Southampton
Stony Brook Southampton Hospital unveiled its new Center for Parkinson Disease, which was designed to provide information and support as well as cultural and fitness programming to enrich the lives of individuals living with Parkinson Disease.
To read more please click
here.
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 NYSOMS Leadership Award Presented at ROC-NY 2018
Barbara Capozzi, D.O., NYITCOM, was honored with the
Leadership Award at the Medical Society's Annual Regional Osteopathic Convention-NY (ROC-NY) on April 13, 2018.
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NYSOMS President's Awards Presented at ROC-NY 2018
Barbara Capozzi, D.O.
, NYITCOM,
Kym Carpientieri, D.O.
, Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center, and
Patricia Happel, D.O.,
NYITCOM, faculty members at NYCOMEC member institutions, were honored with the
President's Award at the Medical Society's Annual Regional Osteopathic Convention-NY (ROC-NY) on April 13, 2018.
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NYSOMS Student-of-the-Year Awards Presented at ROC-NY 2018
Three students from NYCOMEC member medical schools were honored as NYSOMS' Students of the Year at the Medical Society's Annual Regional Osteopathic Convention-NY (ROC-NY) on April 13, 2018. The awards were presented to Robinder Abrol, OMS III, NYITCOM, Clark Johnsen, OMS IV, TouroCOM - Harlem Campus, and Lauren Fleig, OMS II, TouroCOM - Middletown Campus.
Also, Student Scholarships were awarded to Samantha Gottlieb, OMS III, NYITCOM and Tyler Tantillo, OMS IV, TouroCOM.
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NYCOMEC Resident to Receive the
Patrick Murray Award
 Robert Mignone D.O., who graduated in 2017 from NYCOMEC Otolaryngology Residency Program at RWJBarnabas Health - Saint Barnabas Medical Center (SBMC), will receive the
Patrick Murray Award for obtaining the highest national score on the ENT in-service examination. Richard Scharf, D.O., Program Director, Otolaryngology Residency Program, SBMC, stated that Dr. Mignone's accomplishments exemplifies both his individual, as well as the SBMC teaching faculty strong commitment towards the academic development of the Otolaryngology residents at SBMC. The residency program overall has also achieved a top ten score nationally for the 2017 examination.
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Inside Jersey Magazine's 2018 Top Hospital Results
Inside Jersey
magazine and Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. have released their annual survey of top hospitals in the state of New Jersey. The following NYCOMEC member institutions located in New Jersey are on top 15 overall:
- Jersey City Medical Center ranked # 3 in overall 350 or fewer beds hospitals;
- Saint Barnabas Medical Center ranked # 6 in overall more than 350 beds hospitals;
- Palisades Medical Center ranked # 8 in overall 350 or fewer beds hospitals;
- Newark Beth Israel Medical Center ranked # 13 in overall more than 350 beds hospitals;
The prestigious "2018 Top Hospitals in New Jersey" list is tabulated based on votes from 2,429 licensed physicians in the state.
To read more, please click here.
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