2023 Founder's Dinner Set for October 25

NYMC is pleased to announce the 2023 Founder's Dinner will be celebrated on Wednesday, October 25, honoring Matthew A. Pravetz, O.F.M., Ph.D. '88, professor emeritus of cell biology and anatomy, and Alan B. Rosenthal, D.M.D., adjunct assistant clinical professor of dental medicine and trustee at NYMC, and assistant dean on community outreach and global health at Touro University, with Distinguished and Service Leadership Awards. The annual fundraising gala will take place at Marina Del Rey in Throggs Neck, New York. Read the full article on the Founder’s Dinner.

GSBMS Welcomes Incoming Students for the 2023-2024 Academic Year

The cloudy skies cleared the way to warmly welcome the new master’s and Ph.D. students to the GSBMS on August 17 at the annual orientation luncheon. Students and faculty mix and mingled, weaving through the tables that dotted the MEC plaza and lobby, to get familiar about what they can expect for the upcoming academic year. View the photos.

First-year Medical Students Get Financial Wellness Primer

Members of the SOM Class of 2027 participated in a financial seminar on August 7 hosted by Anthony Sozzo, M.A., M.S.Ed., associate dean for student affairs and director of student financial planning and student activities, in which they learned about an array of important topics, including making good financial decisions, creating budgets, salary and repayment calculators and the NYMC Financial Wellness Program. This year for the first time, students also broke into small groups to learn how to create a budget in sessions led by fellow first-year students who had participated in the same exercise during the pre-matriculation program in July. This is the 25th year that Sozzo has hosted the workshop.

Dr. Neil Schluger Enjoys His First Day of School as SOM Dean

Neil W. Schluger, M.D., dean of the SOM and professor of medicine, started his first day in his new role as dean on August 15. Amid meetings and gearing up for the new school year, he took time out to visit the MEC lobby for the blood drive organized by the Donate Life Club and sponsored by New York Blood Center. Dr. Schluger donated blood and engaged with students to learn more about their interests inside and outside NYMC.

Support the Environmental Health Interest Group's Virtual Food Drive to Support Maui

On August 8, 2023, one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history spread on the Hawaiian island of Maui, destroying the historic town Lahaina and devastating the lives of many local inhabitants. The Maui Food Bank provides safe and nutritious food to anyone in Maui County and is currently working diligently to provide food to those affected by this disaster. The Environmental Health Interest Group has set up a virtual food drive through the Maui Food Bank for donations. You may choose which foods to buy on the donation page or simply make a monetary donation to the Maui Food Bank. With every $1 donated, the Maui Food Bank can provide four meals to those affected by the wildfires. Our goal for now is to raise $2,000 as a school. Give now and together we can make a difference.

CDM Hosts Training for Yonkers School District 

The Center for Disaster Medicine conducted Response to School Violence: Self-Care, Stop the Bleed Opioid Overdose, and Incident Command Training on August 18. The training took place at Riverside High School in Yonkers, New York, and was conducted for 120 of the district’s principals and assistant principals. The training covered recognizing opioid overdose and demonstrating of the administration of Narcan, bleeding control including application of a tourniquet and initiating a response to an emergency.

Madelaine McElrath, SOM Class of 2025, (right), has worked with her faculty advisor Cara Grimes, M.D., associate chair of research for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the School of Medicine, (left), and a team of students in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Summer Research Program to look at conversations on TikTok surrounding topics in obstetrics and gynecology. She uses trends, user sentiment and opinion to combat misinformation. View the video.

From the Phillip Capozzi, M.D., Library: The library has a poster printer with rolls of 24-inch, 36-inch or 42-inch paper – and 36-inch fabric. If you need a poster for a professional meeting or want to print something for your department or event, view options and instructions here. Submitted poster files are printed within two business days Monday through Thursday.

The new banners adorning the outside of the Medical Education Center are more than 7 ½ feet wide and 23 feet long. That’s a lot of NYMC spirit.

NYMC's 165th Commencement Ceremonies for the Class of 2024

School of Medicine

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

The Performing Arts Center at SUNY Purchase 

School of Health Sciences and Practice

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

The Performing Arts Center at SUNY Purchase 

Touro College of Dental Medicine

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

The Performing Arts Center at SUNY Purchase 

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Thursday, May 23, 2024

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