Week of May 6, 2019
NEWS
NYMC Observes Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day 

New York Medical College (NYMC) observed Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, on April 29 with a presentation, "One Man's Quest: Remembering the Holocaust, Restoring Jewish Heritage and Making Sure That 'Never Again' is Given Meaning," presented by guest speaker Michael Lozman, D.D.S., third from left, founder of the Restoration of European Jewish Cemeteries, Inc., and the Capital District Jewish Holocaust Memorial, LLC. Read the full article on Yom Hashoah.

ACCOLADES



Mitchell S. Cairo, M.D., 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, presented "Immunotherapy in Pediatric Lymphoma" at the first China Cancer Immunotherapy and Targeting Therapy Conference in Beijing, China, on April 20-21.



Sina Dadafarin, center, an M.D./Ph.D. candidate in the laboratory of Jan Geliebter, Ph.D., right, professor of microbiology and immunology, received the 2019 American Head and Neck Society (AHNS) Endocrine Surgery Section Eisai Research Award for his work, "Mechanisms of Androgen-Mediated PD-L1 Attenuation in Thyroid Cancer." The award was presented at the AHNS 2019 Annual meeting in Austin, Texas, on May 1. They were joined by Augustine L. Moscatello, M.D., professor of clinical otolaryngology and chair of the Department of Otolaryngology.



Ankit Gilani, a Ph.D. candidate in the laboratory of Michal L. Schwartzman, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology, received a first place poster award for "20-HETE Interferes with Insulin Signaling Through GPR75" in the postbaccalaureate/graduate student category in the cardiovascular pharmacology division from the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at 2019 Experimental Biology, April 6-9, in Orlando.



Akos Koller, M.D., Ph.D., right, professor of physiology, received the European Society for Microcirculation (ESM) 2019 Malpighi Award, the Society's most prestigious award. It is given to an individual with an internationally outstanding reputation in the field of microcirculation and microvascular research. He received the Gold Malpighi Medal and a life-long membership of the ESM, and delivered the Malpighi lecture, "Going With the Flow in Microcirculation," at the ESM meeting in Maastricht, Netherlands, on April 18.
IN THE NEWS

New York Medical College Leadership News

Fios1 News - 5/2/2019 
Marina K. Holz, Ph.D., dean of the Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences and professor cell biology and anatomy

The Jewish Link - 5/2/2019 
Alan Kadish, M.D., president

5TJT - 4/30/2019 
Alan Kadish, M.D., president

Business Insider - 4/27/2019 
Robert Amler, M.D. dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice and vice president for government affairs 
Fios1 - 4/24/2019 
David Markenson, M.D., medical director of the Center for Disaster Medicine 
Alan Kadish, M.D., president 
Robert Amler, M.D. dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice and vice president for government affairs 

Faculty News

Crain's New York Business - 4/29/2019 
Mitchell S. Cairo, M.D., 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

Yahoo Finance - 4/29/2019 
Mitchell S. Cairo, M.D., 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 

The Journal News - 4/25/2019
Patricia Schnabel Ruppert, D.O., M.P.H., DABFM, FAAFP, distinguished visiting professor in the Department of Public Health, division of Health Behavior and Community Health

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EVENTS ON THE NYMC CALENDAR

Monday, May 6
Department of Physiology Seminar
12:00 p.m.
Health Sciences Library Workshop
2:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 7
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds
11:00 a.m.
Department of Public Health M.P.H. Capstone Presentations
5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 8
Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds
8:00 a.m.
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds
8:30 a.m.
Department of Pharmacology Seminar
11:00 a.m.
Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
12:00 p.m.
Department of Pathology Seminar
1:00 p.m.
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy Seminar
2:00 p.m.
7th Annual Family and Community Medicine Research Day 3:00 p.m.
Department of Public Health M.P.H. Capstone Presentations
6:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 9
Department of Surgery Seminar
1:00 p.m.
Friday, May 10
Convocation of Thanks
1:00 p.m.

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HIGHLIGHTS

Department of Family and Community Medicine 


 

David Anthony, M.D., M.Sc.
Associate Professor,  Director of Pre-Doctoral Education at t he Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Wednesday, May 8
3:00 p.m.
19 Skyline Drive
Dining Area, Ground Floor






 Honoring employees with 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 & 45 years of service at NYMC.

Tuesday, May 14
9:00 p.m. 
Sunshine Tent






Digitouch Health LLC, a member of the BioInc @NYMC, is hosting free blood pressure screenings for all NYMC community members. 

Monday, May 20
9:00 a.m. 
Hales Lobby, BSB

Stop by for your free screening.


 

Wednesday, May 22 
5:00 p.m. 
Carnegie Hall



Global Bioethics Initiative 

Summer School 



 






The School of Medicine Office of Admissions is seeking interviewers for the Multiple Mini-Interview (MMI) 2019-20 interview season.


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