Week of February 24, 2020
NEWS
Thirty-Second Annual Graduate Student Research Forum is Set for March 17 

The 32nd Annual Graduate Student Research Forum, sponsored by the Graduate Student Association in the Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences, is set for Tuesday, March 17. This year's forum welcomes alum Anton M. Bennett, Ph.D. '93, back to campus as the keynote speaker. Dr. Bennett, the Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor of Pharmacology and Professor of Comparative Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine, will present, "Let the Data Take You Where it May -- A Journey of Studying Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases in Disease." Dr. Bennett also serves as co-director of the program in integrative cell signaling and neurobiology of metabolism and director of minority affairs for the graduate program in biological biomedical sciences at Yale. Read the full article on the 32nd Annual Graduate Student Research Forum.
Conference Addresses Current Topics in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 

Pediatric health care providers from the Hudson Valley and surrounding area gathered at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital on January 11 for the Fifth Annual Current Topics in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Conference, hosted by the School of Medicine and Westchester Medical Center Health Network and directed by Mitchell S. Cairo, M.D., far left, professor of pediatrics, division of pediatric hematology, oncology and stem cell transplantation, and professor of medicine, pathology, microbiology and immunology, and cell biology and anatomy. Read the full article on the conference.
ACCOLADES
Alexa Cohen, left, School of Medicine Class of 2021, and Jessica McMillin, School of Medicine Class of 2022, presented an Association of American Medical Colleges Building Better Curriculum Webinar "Project Wholehearted: Promoting Humanism, Resilience, and Compassion in Medical Education" on February 12.

GRANT NEWS
Marietta Lee, Ph.D., left, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, and Zhongtao Zhang, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, received a one-year grant continuation in the amount of $262,250 for "Modification of DNA Polymerase Delta by a Novel Mechanism During Replication Stress" from the National Institutes of Health.

2020 is a leap year. In leap years past, great things have happened at NYMC: 
  • 1860: NYMC is founded. 
  • 1872: The College moves to its new location in the recently opened facilities of the New York Ophthalmic Hospital on 23rd Street and Third Avenue. 
  • 1888The cornerstone is laid for a new College building and the associated Flower Hospital on East 64th Street. 
  • 1928: Walter Gray Crump, M.D., Class of 1895, professor of surgery, establishes the first scholarship for African-American students at a majority-white medical school. 
  • 1940: The College awards its first basic science graduate degrees at Commencement as part of a new program which allowed students to earn a master's degree in a basic science along with their M.D. 
  • 1960: The College celebrates its centennial. 
  • 1972: NYMC moves to Valhalla. 
  • 1984: The Alumni House is renovated. 
  • 2016: The Valhalla campus expands with the opening of the Touro College of Dental Medicine at NYMC, the Dr. Edward F. and Mrs. Anna M. Asprinio Fitness Center and a driveway connecting the main campus with 19 Skyline Drive.
What great things will happen this leap year?
HIGHLIGHTS

NYMed Talks
Thursday, March 12, 2020
9:30 a.m.
Willner Lobby, MEC

Envisioning Healthcare in 2020 and Beyond, an interdisciplinary conference that will shed light on bold visions and innovative solutions in health care reform.

Tuesday, March 17, 2020
10:00 a.m.
MEC and Basic Sciences Building

Keynote: "Let the data take you where it may: A journey of studying protein tyrosine phosphatases in disease," by  Anton Bennett, Ph.D. '93

Tuesday, March 24 - Wednesday, March 25, 2020

NYMC Days of Giving campaign--an exciting fundraising initiative with a goal of raising much needed student scholarships in the School of Medicine, the Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences and the School of Health Sciences and Practice.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
2:00 p.m.
Westchester County Center 
198 Central Avenue, White Plains, NY 10606
EVENTS ON THE NYMC CALENDAR
 

Tuesday, February 25
11:00 a.m.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Seminar
Wednesday, February 26
8:00 a.m.
Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds

8:30 a.m.
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds

12:00 p.m.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar

3:00 p.m.
Center for Long-Term Care Seminar

4:00 p.m.
Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery Conference
Tuesday, March 3
12:00 p.m.
Health Sciences LIbrary Seminar
Wednesday, March 4
11:00 a.m.
Department of Pharmacology Seminar
Thursday, March 12 9:30 a.m.
NYMedTalks
Tuesday, March 17
8:30 a.m. 32nd Annual Graduate Student Research Forum
Wednesday, March 18
6:45 a.m.
Department of Anesthesiology Grand Rounds

2:00 p.m.
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy Seminar
 

IN THE NEWS
 
New York Medical College Leadership News

WalletHub - 2/10/2020
Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D., chair and professor in the Department of Public Health

CNBC - 2/11/2020
Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A., vice president for government affairs and dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice



5 Towns Jewish Times - 2/10/2020
Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A., vice president for government affairs and dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice 
Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A., chancellor and chief executive officer 
Alan Kadish, M.D., president of the Touro College and University System 
Chandra Shekar Bakshi, D.V.M., Ph.D., associate professor of microbiology and immunology 
Marisa Montecalvo, M.D., professor of medicine and director for health services 
Sherlita Amler, M.D., M.S., clinical associate professor of pediatrics, adjunct professor of public health and senior fellow for Center for Disaster Medicine, and health commissioner at Westchester County Department of Health



New York Medical College News
 
Becker's Hospital Review - 2/12/2020
Jane Cooke Wright, M.D. '45. She served as associate dean at NYMC from 1967 to 1975.



Faculty News
 
SHRM Executive Network - 2/20/2020
Ira J. Bedzow, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and director of the Biomedical Ethics and Humanities Program

Poughkeepsie Journal - 2/19/2020 
Manoj T. Abraham, M.D., clinical associate professor of otolaryngology 
Augustine L. Moscatello, M.D., chair of the Department of Otolaryngology and professor of clinical otolaryngology



KevinMD - 2/17/2020
Rabbi Ira J. Bedzow, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and director of the Biomedical Ethics and Humanities Program

The World News - 2/4/2020
Yardaena B. Osband, M.D., clinical assistant professor of pediatrics



Fox 5 News at 5 - 2/11/2020
Chandra Shekar Bakshi, D.V.M., Ph.D., associate professor of microbiology and immunology (at 1:30 mark) 
Marisa Montecalvo, M.D., professor of medicine and director for health services (at 2:15 mark)

STAT - 2/11/2020
Rabbi Ira J. Bedzow, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and director of the Biomedical Ethics and Humanities Program


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