Week of July 22, 2019
NEWS
Inaugural Clinical Laboratory Sciences Class Arrives at NYMC 

A new chapter began at New York Medical College (NYMC) with the official start of the Master of Science Clinical Laboratory Sciences (CLS) program in the Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences. The inaugural class of seven students arrived on July 8 for their orientation before officially beginning class. 

Medical Students Receive POCUS Training 

With the advancement of the technology used in ultrasounds, smaller, portable devices are becoming more widely available and used in more applications in the medical field. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) allows trained medical professionals to use ultrasound to diagnose problems wherever a patient is being treated, whether it be in a modern hospital, an ambulance or remote foreign location. A new training program, Introduction to Point-of-Care Ultrasound, was conducted for 12 second-year medical students participating in the School of Medicine (SOM) summer fellowship program in emergency medicine on July 16 at the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center. 


NYMC Researchers Aim to Transform Treatment of Babesiosis

New York Medical College (NYMC) researchers have made great strides in the fight against the tick-borne illnesses. The latest is a groundbreaking study, Could the Drug Tafenoquine Revolutionize Treatment of Babesia Microti Infection by Dana G. Mordue, Ph.D., associate professor of microbiology and immunology, and Gary P. Wormser, M.D., professor of medicine, microbiology and immunology, and pharmacology, and vice chair of medicine for research and development, published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases. The pair discovered that the drug Tafenoquine, which recently gained FDA approval to treat some species of Plasmodium, the parasite that causes Malaria, may also be extremely successful for the treatment of Babesiosis.  

The Latest Issue of Chironian is Now Online

The 2019 issue of Chironian is now online. Read the latest about the deans of the School of Medicine and Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences, Jonathan A.N. Fisher, Ph.D.'s Neurosensory Engineering Lab, how NYMC is impacting migrant health, NYMC's work to build a culture of wellness and resiliency, the School of Health Sciences and Practice's Speech-Language Pathology Clinic, the latest on alumni and faculty spotlights and more. 

You can also pick up a copy of the magazine in the lobbies of the Medical Education Center, Basic Sciences Building, School of Health Sciences and Practice and Skyline Drive.
HIGHLIGHTS
Wednesday, July 31
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Department of Pharmacology Conference Room 511,  Basic Sciences Building (BSB)

Jameel (James) Iqbal, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,  James J. Peter VA Medical Center
Professor of Medicine, and of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Wednesday, September 18 
5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 
The Surf Club on the Sound
280 Davenport Ave, New Rochelle, NY 10805
Open Through August 29 
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. 
19 Bradhurst Avenue Hawthorne, NY 
(914) 493-TICK [8425] 
The School of Medicine Office of Admissions is seeking interviewers 
for the Multiple Mini-Interview (MMI) 2019-20 interview season.
EVENTS ON THE NYMC CALENDAR

Wednesday, July 24
8:30 a.m. Department of Surgery Grand Rounds
Wednesday, July 31
8:30 a.m.
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds

1:00 p.m. Office of the Provost for Research Bench-to-Bedside Seminar Series
Wednesday, August 7
8:30 a.m.
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds
Wednesday, August 14
8:30 a.m.
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds
Wednesday, August 21
8:30 a.m.
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds
Monday, September 2
All Day NYMC Closed: Labor Day
Wednesday, September 18
5:00 p.m.
NYMC Founder's Dinner
Wednesday, September 25 4:00 p.m. 26th Annual Faculty Author Celebration
 

DID YOU KNOW...
Vosburgh Pavilion, a four-story 66,000 square foot building, devoted to offices, research labs and administrative departments, is named after noted physician and surgeon Theron J. Vosburgh, M.D., chief of the psychiatric service at Grasslands Hospital, the predecessor to Westchester Medical Center.
IN THE NEWS

Faculty News

Buzz Feed - 7/18/2019
Gary P. Wormser, M.D., professor of medicine, microbiology and immunology, and pharmacology, and vice chair of medicine for research and development

Advancing Care in the Hudson Valley - July/August 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



History News Network 7/17/2019
Ira Bedzow, M.A., Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine and director of Biomedical Ethics and Humanities Program

CNN News - 7/16/2019
Matthew W. Lorber, M.D., M.P.A., clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences




Advancing Care in the Hudson Valley - July/August 2019
Avinash L. Mohan, M.D., assistant professor of neurosurgery

Advancing Care in the Hudson Valley - July/August 2019
Thomas Diflo, M.D., professor of surgery




Advancing Care in the Hudson Valley - July/August 2019
Michael Gewitz, M.D., professor of pediatrics, vice chairman of the Department of Pediatrics and physician-in-chief of Maria Fareri Children's Hospital


Advancing Care in the Hudson Valley - July/August 2019
Edmund F. LaGamma, M.D. '76, professor of pediatrics, division of newborn medicine and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology



Advancing Care in the Hudson Valley - July/August 2019
Darshan D. Patel, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics, family and community medicine, and emergency medicine

Advancing Care in the Hudson Valley - July/August 2019
Francis V. Winski Jr., M.D., clinical assistant professor of surgery and otolaryngology




U.S. News & World Report - 7/15/2019
Julio A. Panza, M.D., professor of medicine

That Florida principal and our Holocaust education imperative
Daily News - 7/11/2019
Ira Bedzow, M.A., Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine and director of Biomedical Ethics and Humanities Program



Serendipity - July 2019
Gary P. Wormser, M.D., professor of medicine, microbiology and immunology, and pharmacology, and vice chair of medicine for research and development

Becker's Hospital Review - July 2019
Jeffrey L. Brown, M.D., clinical professor of pediatrics




Health Stream 7/9/2019
David Markenson, M.D., medical director of the Center for Disaster Medicine





BioInc@NYMC News

Affiliate News
Health IT Outcomes - 7/18/2019
Samant Virk, M.D., founder and chief executive officer of MediSprout, a BioInc client

Patch - 7/16/2019
Westchester Institute of Human Development



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