Week of April 20, 2015
     
NEWS
NYMC Welcomes New BioInc Client
NYMC is pleased to welcome Four LLC as the fourth client of BioInc@NYMC, the College's biotechnology incubator at 7 Dana Road. Four LLC is a nutrition, health and fitness consumer product company founded in 2013 to research, create and market nutrition products based on life science patents. Read more...

 



Town Hall Meeting Keeps NYMC Community Informed about Project Enterprise
Faculty and staff were invited to a town hall meeting presented by David Raab, executive vice president, Touro College and University System, for an update on Project Enterprise on March 23 in Chouake Auditorium. Project Enterprise is the new integrated administrative system, the Banner System by Ellucian, currently being implemented throughout Touro College New York (including Touro Law Center), Touro University California, Touro University Nevada and New York Medical College. The system will enhance and streamline services for employees and students, and provide greater consistency of processes, procedures and operations throughout Touro to provide a solid platform for continued growth. Read more...


FCM and PT Team Up for an Interprofessional Education Opportunity
Interprofessional education is a growing component of medical school curricula to cultivate collaborative practice for providing patient-centered health care. This was the case on March 24 when members of the Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) Class of 2016 took to the mods in the Medical Education Center to help facilitate a lab session on musculoskeletal content for second-year medical students in the Family and Community Medicine (FCM) II course. Read more...

 



Construction is Set to Commence for New Walkway to Provide Better Campus Connectivity
Spring has finally sprung on campus and construction is set to commence for the new lighted walkway to the Clinical Skills and Disaster Medicine Training Center and BioInc@NYMC at 7 Dana Road. Construction of the walkway from the Medical Education Center roadway across the lawn over Hammond House Road will commence on Monday, April 27, weather permitting. Please be aware of your surroundings and use extra caution in the area.


College Community Rallies to Help Medical Students Displaced by Off-Campus Fire
On the evening of April 8, there was a building fire in Manhattan, the home of third-year medical students, Josh Braslow and Kume Mekuria. They escaped but their apartment was completely destroyed and they lost all of their belongings. Visit http://www.gofundme.com/rgvg8gc to help support Mr. Braslow and Mr. Mekuria.

 



LCME Standard of the Week

In preparation for our March 2016 accreditation visit, we will be featuring in the upcoming weeks the top 12 most-cited standards, based on recent data from the LCME.


 

The standard: 6.3 Self-Directed and Life-Long Learning 
The faculty of a medical school must ensure that the medical curriculum includes self-directed learning experiences and time for independent study to allow medical students to develop the skills of lifelong learning. Read more...



IN THE NEWS

 

Fourth Company Joins BioInc at NYMC
 
WestFairOnline -- 4/16/2015
BioInc@NYMC

 

Smaller Hospital States Case For Survival As Full-Service Facility
NJSpotlight.com -- 4/16/2015
Saint Michaels Medical Center

 

Saint Michael's Counters Navigant Report With Its Own Study
NJBIZ.com -- 4/15/2015
Saint Michaels Medical Center

 

Nootropic Brain Drugs Rise in Popularity for Today's Cutthroat Corporate Climbers
The Observer -- 4/14/2015
Patric K. Stanton, Ph.D., professor of cell biology and anatomy

 

Deadly Virus Carried by Some Deer Ticks in New York
LoHud.com -- 4/14/2015
Gary P. Wormser, M.D., professor of medicine, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and vice chairman of the Department of Medicine

 

Using Education to Eradicate Hate
Huffington Post -- 4/13/2015
Alan Kadish, M.D., president

 

Life Stories: Medical Skill and Compassion Marked Merel Harmel's Career
Durham County The News & Observer -- 4/12/2005 
Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A., chancellor and chief executive officer
Kathryn E. McGoldrick, M.D., FCAI (Hon), professor and chair of the Department of Anesthesiology

The Journal News -- 4/8/2015


 



EVENTS CALENDAR
TUESDAY, APRIL 21   Read more...
Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds 11:00am
Medical Education Grand Rounds 5:00pm
WEDNESDAY, APRIL22   Read more...
Department of Medicine - Division of Gastroenterology 8:00am
Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds 8:00am
Department of Pharmacology Seminar 11:00am
Department of Medicine Grand Rounds 12:00pm
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy Seminar 2:00pm
Touro Biology Education Program Information Seminar 5:00pm
THURSDAY, APRIL 23   Read more...
Departmentof Ob/Gyn Grand Rounds 8:15am
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Thesis Defense  10:00am
Department of Microbiology and Immunology  PhD Disseration Defense 1:30pm
 

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HIGHLIGHTS

HIGHLIGHTS

LCME Info of the Week

For the latest information and news on the LCME re-accreditation process and progress click here.  

 

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Medical Education Grand Rounds

 

Tuesday, April 21

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

19 Skyline Drive

 

"Teaching and Implementation of Clinical Reasoning Skills in the UME Setting"

 

Jeffrey Wiese, M.D.

Professor of Medicine,

Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education,

Tulane University Health Sciences Center

 

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 April is Autism Awareness Month

Pediatric Grand Rounds

 

Wednesday, April 29

 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. 
Taylor Conference Center
Westchester Medical Center
 
"Role of Genetics, Biochemistry and Environment on the Identification and Possible Treatments of Autism Spectrum Disorder"

 

 
Derrick MacFabe M.D. Assistant Professor and Director The Kilee Patchell-Evans Autism Research Group, Depts. of Psychology (Neuroscience) & Psychiatry (Div. of Developmental Disabilities), Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
  

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Saul A. Schwartz, M.D. '30, AOA Visiting Professor Lecture and 59th Annual Induction Ceremony
 

Thursday, April 30
 
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Chouake Auditorium

"Is the Physician-Scientist Vanishing?"

 


 
Andrew I. Schafer, M.D.
Director, Richard T. Silver Center for Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology
Weill Cornell Medical College
 

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School of Health Sciences and Practice Third Annual Research & Scholarship Day

 

Wednesday, May 6
 
4:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
Medical Education Center Lobby

 


  

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Family and Community Medicine Research Day


Tuesday, May 12
 
19 Skyline Drive 
GS-F46 (Dining Room & Annex)

 

"Key Lessons and Findings After 20 Years of Family Medicine Research"

 

Carlos Ja?n, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.

Chairman, American Board of Family Medicine, Professor and Chair of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
 

1:30 p.m. Poster Presentations 
3:00 p.m. Introductory Remarks 
3:15 p.m. Keynote Address
4:00 p.m. Oral Presentations 
4:45 p.m. Buffet Dinner 
6:00 p.m. Awards Presentations 
RSVP here.

 


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