Week of September 12, 2016
NEWS
All Roads Lead to New York Medical College

Entrance into New York Medical College just got a little bit easier - not academically, of course, but physically. More than a dozen new directional signs featuring the College name and the universal graduate silhouette have been installed on area highways and roadways directing drivers to campus. NYMC's Vice President for Government Affairs Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A., worked with New York State Assemblyman Thomas J. Abinanti (D-Greenburgh/Mt. Pleasant) and the New York State Department of Transportation to get the new signs approved and installed.

The new signs provide clear guidance to the NYMC campus and distinguish the College from neighboring institutions such as Westchester Medical Center and Westchester Community College. "Part of raising our public profile is making the campus easy for visitors to locate with appropriate signage," said Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A, chancellor and chief executive officer at NYMC. "Thanks to the efforts of Assemblyman Abinanti, Dr. Amler, and State Department of Transportation, we now have new way-finding signs which should certainly do the trick."


Missing Type Campaign Launches Successful NYMC Blood Drive


Complementing the recent Missing Type Campaign  - in which the letters A, B, and O were removed from prominent signage, displays and content at NYMC and all over New York to highlight the profound shortage of blood in the world - NYMC's Donate Life Club hosted the first blood drive of the 2016-17 school year on September 6. 

The effort resulted in 54 blood donations for the New York Blood Center, which provides lifesaving blood products and services to nearly 200 hospitals in New York, New Jersey, Long Island, the Hudson Valley, and parts of Connecticut and Pennsylvania. 

This year's Blood Drive also included a Gift of Life table at which approximately 35 NYMC community members joined the Bone Marrow Registry with a simple swab of their cheek. The Registry is an active log of all potential donors who may be matches for patients in need of a bone marrow or blood stem cell transplant as part of their treatment for leukemia or other blood-related diseases. 

According to Tanya Lemelman, Liana Grosinger, Sammy Gelnick, all of the SOM Class of 2019, who helped organize the event, the Blood Drive was a success, for the donations it collected and also for the awareness and sense of goodness it spread. "Giving blood is one of those special activities where the donor benefits as much as the recipient," said Mr. Gelnick. "It simply makes you feel good - that you've shared a bit of your own health and self with someone who really needs it."

ACCOLADES
Patricia Schnabel Ruppert, D.O., distinguished lecturer in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health in the School of Health Sciences and Practice, and Health Commissioner of Rockland County, was selected as one of seven of The New York Academy of Medicine's 2016-17 Fellow Ambassadors from the Academy's prestigious membership of more than 2,000 experts from across the professions affecting health. The ambassadors will work with Academy staff and leadership as expert spokespersons on a variety of critical health-related topics.



IN THE NEWS

Faculty News

The Aspen Times - 9/9/2016 
Ira J. Bedzow, M.A., Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine and director of Biomedical Ethics and Humanities Program 

News Wise - 9/8/2016 
Patricia  Schnabel Ruppert, D.O., M.P.H., DABFM, FAAFP, distinguished lecturer in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health in the School of Health Sciences

Affiliate News 
MidHudsonNews - 9/9/2016
Westchester Medical Center


New York Medical College is not responsible for the content or accuracy of what may be reported in print or online media.

EVENTS
Monday, September 12
School of Medicine Conference 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday, September 13
Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds
11:00 a.m.
NYMC Movie Night: Let There Be Light 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, September 14
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology Grand Rounds
8:00 a.m.
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds
8:30 a.m.
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds
9:00 a.m.
Department of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
12:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 18
Founder's Dinner 6:00 p.m.


Monday, September 19
School of Medicine Conference
12:30 p.m.
Tuesday, September 20
23rd Annual NYMC Faculty Author Celebration 4:00 p.m.
Medical Education Grand Rounds 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, September 21
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds
8:30 a.m.
Department of Pharmacology Seminar 10:30 a.m.
Department of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
12:00 a.m.
Department of Pathology Research Seminar
1:00 p.m.
Thursday, September 22
Medical Education Conference 9:00 a.m.
Department of Pharmacology/Renal Research Institute Seminar
3:00 p.m. 

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HIGHLIGHTS

School of Medicine

High Impact Population Health Conference
 
Monday, September 12
12:30 p.m.
7 Dana Road

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Movie Night 

Let There Be Light (1946)


Tuesday, September 13 
5:00 p.m. 
Cooke Auditorium
Basic Sciences Building
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School of Medicine

Diversity & Inclusion Conference: Considering Diversity in Equitable Health Care 

Monday, September 19
12:30 p.m.
7 Dana Road

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Author Recognition 

23rd Annual NYMC Faculty Author Celebration


Tuesday, September 20
4:00 p.m. 
Basic Sciences Building

This event is to recognize faculty authors who published in 2015. 

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Office of Undergraduate Medical Education

"America's Journey to Healthcare Transformation: Long View or Big Short?"



September 20, 2016
5:00 p.m.
19 Skyline Drive
Annex Boardroom

D. Douglas Miller, M.D., C.M., M.B.A.
Dean, School of Medicine

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School of Medicine

Continuous Quality Improvement: Where have we been and where are we going? 

Thursday, September 22
9:00 a.m.
7 Dana Road

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Touro College of Dental Medicine at NYMC

Grand Opening



Wednesday
September 28
2:00 p.m.
19 Skyline Drive
Hawthorne, NY 10532

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2016 Westchester Heart Walk


Sunday, October 2
Registration: 9:00 a.m.
Walk: 10:00 a.m.
Kensico Dam Plaza
Valhalla, NY

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School of Health Sciences and Practice

18th Annual Race for Rehab

Sunday, October 9
Registration: 7:30 a.m.
Race: 9:00 a.m.
MEC Lobby

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