Alain O. Silverio, EdM, EdS, Promoted to Dean of Academic Administration and Outcomes |
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At September’s Faculty Retreat, Joel Sturm, COO and Michael J. Trepal, DPM (1981), FACFAS, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean, announced that Alain O. Silverio, EdM, EdS, Assistant Dean for Academic Administration and Outcomes, has been promoted to Dean. In addition to a large portfolio of responsibilities at NYCPM (see below), he is also pursuing his Doctorate in Higher Education from St. Peters University.
_As Dean, Mr. Silverio, who joined NYCPM in 2012 with 25 years of higher education ... Read more
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2022 Faculty Retreat Packs Information and Insights into One Very Full Day
September 9th’s 2022 Faculty Retreat was a full day packed with presentations ranging from medical research to pharmacology reports to insights into student behavior and wellness, as well as to news -- updates on the Strategic Plan and on the Touro affiliation, a new Emergency Medical Response Plan, plus awards and honors. (See below)
The day’s Keynote Speaker was Arthur Klein, MD (right) a pediatric cardiologist who is past president of the Mt. Sinai Health Network, a large health care delivery system that operates ... Read more
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Dr. Michael J. Trepal (right) accepts the donation from Dr. Joseph C. D’Amico (left) that will help support NYCPM’s work in biomechanics.
Donation Aids NYCPM’s Work in Biomechanics
For the tenth year in a row – a decade! – a grateful celebrity patient of Joseph C. D’Amico, DPM, who was relieved by the doctor of his chronic heel pain, has made a significant donation to support NYCPM’s work in biomechanics. Dr. D’Amico is a professor in and past chair of the department of orthopedics and biomechanics at NYCPM.
_Specifically, the gift will support the school’s efforts to further the science and teaching of biomechanics through the College’s state-of-the-art Gait Lab and via its meetings dedicated to biomechanics. Dr. D’Amico chairs the annual Richard O. Schuster, DPM Memorial Biomechanics Seminar, which is also supported by this donation; this November, the seminar will be hosted by the Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine in Miami, FL.
_In addition, last year’s gift aided Samantha Landau, DPM, (2018), MPH’s specialized training in biomechanics, allowing her to function as a “liaison bridging the gap between surgery and biomechanics,” as NYCPM’s first modern Fellow in Orthopedics.
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Research Led by Dr. Basu Published
Paramita Basu, PhD, Associate Professor Pre-Clinical Sciences, Director of Infectious Diseases, reported to the attendees of the Faculty Retreat (see separate article) that a manuscript on which she collaborated, on penicillin tolerance in group B streptococci, was accepted in a special issue of Vegetos, a Springer Nature journal, focusing on Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology.
_According to Dr. Basu, “This study was the result of over three years of hard work by my talented research students in TCOP (Touro College of Pharmacology), Hye In Kim, Faria Hoque and Weiqi Li, in collaboration with Dr. Yakov Peter, and two of his students from the Landers College for Men.
_Dr. Basu, says, “This work would not have been possible without the support of Dr. Henry Cohen, Dean of TCOP, Provost Amar, and that of Dr. Zvi Loewy, Dean of Research at TCOP and Dr. Piotr Kozlowski, Dean of Research at TCOM, as well as Dr. Michael Trepal, VP for Academic Affairs and Dean and Dr. Eileen Chusid, Dean for Pre-Clinical Sciences & Director of Institutional Research at New York College of Podiatric Medicine.”
_A copy of the paper can be found here.
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NYCPM Podiatrist Aids Passenger in Distress on Airplane
Many dramas have featured calls for a doctor aboard an airplane. Last week. NYCPM’s Samantha Landau, DPM, MPH filled that role in real life. On board a Delta flight to Denver, Dr. Landau answered the call for a doctor and assisted a passenger having an emergency related to their Type 1 diabetes. Dr. Landau says she was happy to assist, is glad that the passenger is now doing well, and has received official recognition from the airline.
_Dr. Landau received her doctorate from NYCPM in 2018, received her DPM/MPH dual degree, and completed her residency at Metropolitan Hospital Center in 2021. She completed a fellowship at NYCPM in Biomechanics and gait-related disorders in the lower extremity in children and adults in 2022. She is full-time faculty at NYCPM and is an associate of Joseph C. D’Amico, DPM, DSc, a professor and past chair of NYCPM’s Department of Orthopedics and Biomechanics.
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Endovascular Summit Addresses Podiatric Wound Care
and Prevention
As part of the 2022 New York Endovascular Summit (NYEVS), a major meeting sponsored by Mt. Sinai Heart devoted to state-of-the-art understanding, technology and interventions, NYCPM was asked to sponsor a full-day breakout program devoted to lower-extremity wound care. Scientific co-chairs Michael Trepal, DPM ('81) and Wayne Axman, DPM (of Mount Sinai) recruited a world-class faculty to address the many different aspects of wound prevention and management. Presentations were delivered by Allen Jacobs, DPM, John Steinberg, DPM, Joseph D’Amico DPM, Mark Kosinski DPM ('83), Melvyn Grovit, DPM, John Brummer, DPM, Robert Fridman, DPM (2002) and Candace Mateja, DO. At the end of the day, residents from various programs faced-off in a case-presentation competition.
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Research Poster Created by Students Accepted at
ACFAS 2023
On October 19, Norman A. Wortzman, DPM ('79), FACPM, DABPM, Director of Podiatric Services, Director of Podiatric Research, Department of Orthopaedics, Division of Foot and Ankle Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, informed Eileen Chusid, PhD, Michael J. Trepal, DPM, and Paul Tremblay, MLIS, MA, that a research poster conceived by and completed “almost entirely by our research students” had been accepted for presentation at ACFAS 2023. Students from NYCPM – Shanay Fischer, BS (2023) left in photo, and Kayla Obradovic, MS (2023) – worked together with students from Rosalind Franklin to complete the project. Congrats to students and faculty!
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NYCPM Students Staff Metro Health Fair
Students and faculty from NYCPM staffed a table at a Metropolitan Hospital health fair held September 15 at the Thomas Jefferson Park on Pleasant Avenue. Students conducted foot screenings and offered education to seniors. Seen at the fair were, left to right, Ellie McNeal, Ashely Thai, and Sun Pak (all 2024). Matthew Bernstein, DPM is in the background.
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First-Responder Alumni Read Names on 9-11-22
Alumni Kathy Reilly Fallon, DPM (1994), DM, LHD, left, NYCPM trustee, and Wilma Hunt-Watts, DPM (1991) recited the names at the “7th Annual Calling of the Names Ceremony” at St. Paul’s Chapel on September 11, the 21st anniversary of the attack. They and other podiatrists (many from NYCPM) had served as volunteers at St. Paul’s Chapel and provided foot, ankle and wound care to first responders and recovery personnel, including NYPD, NYFD and many workers. In 2016, volunteers at St. Paul’s created the first Calling of the Names ceremony to honor deceased 9/11 Rescue and Recovery Workers and Volunteers, in a manner similar to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum’s annual ceremony. Source: PM News
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Alumna Wins Cullman Family Award at
Mount Sinai
Irina Blustein, DPM (2012) (née Pisaryuk), an attending in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Mount Sinai, has won the 2022 Cullman Family Award for Excellence in Physician Communication. This award honors Mount Sinai physicians and advanced practice providers who ranked in the top 1% nationally as measured in CMS's Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and System's patient experience survey. Source: PM News
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Alumni Join Walk to Fund Pancreatic Cancer Research
Each year, Arthur Gudeon, DPM ('60) marks the anniversary of his wife Sue’s death from pancreatic cancer with a 5K fundraising walk with Team Sue’s Crewsers at Jones Beach to benefit Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research. This year -- the tenth anniversary -- very cold, rainy and windy weather caused the route to be shortened and abandoned early. Nonetheless, $3,000 was raised by the team, and donations are still being accepted at this link. In photo above, Drs. Arthur Gudeon left, and Andrew Shapiro, DPM ('86) at the Lustgarten Walk.
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Alumni Obits
Warren Simmonds, DPM (1960), practiced podiatry for over 40 years, first in Brooklyn and later in Miami Beach. He was a past president of the Florida Podiatric Medical Association. Source: PM News
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Thomas J. Cianciolo, Jr., DPM (1962) served in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955 as a sergeant in the counterintelligence corps and then served patients in western New York State. He was a Fellow of the American College of Foot Surgeons and was affiliated with several hospitals. After he closed his offices, he attended patients at nursing homes. Source: PM News
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Deborah Sue Ross, DPM (1987) died in mid-October. A past president of the New York State Podiatric Medical Association, she practiced for over 35 years in her hometown of Briarcliff Manor, NY. She was the daughter of a podiatrist, and the mother of a third -generation podiatrist. Source: PM News
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