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NYMC Set to Host Golf Tournament and Reception
The NYMC community is invited to gather and hit the links at Saint Andrew's Golf Course, in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, on Monday, June 26. The third annual event begins with a shotgun start on the 18-hole golf course designed by golf course architects William H. Tucker and Harry Talmadge. This year’s event will honor Steven Lansman, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Surgery at NYMC and Rubén A. Medina, M.B.A., M.P.H., founder of RC Solutions, Inc. and member of the NYMC Board of Advisors, at a reception following the tournament. Martin Katzenstein, M.D. '78, assistant dean for clinical affiliations, associate professor of pediatrics and chair of the Board of Advisors, serves as chair for the third annual golf outing. Read the full article on the golf outing. Learn more about sponsorship opportunities by emailing the Office of Alumni Relations or calling (914) 594-2720.
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SOM Health and Justice Elective Gets a Hand from 16-year-old CEO
From donating toys to children’s hospitals at nine years old to being named a Westchester Magazine Wunderkind at the age of 16, Jonah Bassuk, an eleventh grader at Blind Brook High School in Rye, New York, and his team of young professionals at Strong Heroes, Inc., are dedicated to improving health equity through education, research, policy and community engagement for underresourced communities. This includes Bassuk’s collaboration with NYMC's Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program with Westchester County Jail, part of the School of Medicine health and justice elective which provides opportunities for students to expand and consider their theoretical and practical understanding about the complex social, political and health-related topics within the carceral system. Read more for the full story about the collaboration.
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Muhammad Choudhury, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Urology, received the 2023 Gold-Headed Cane Award from the American Urological Association (AUA) in recognition of his career dedicated to the education and training of urologists in the United States and Bangladesh at the AUA Annual Meeting in Chicago, April 28 – May 1.
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Join us in welcoming our new employees at NYMC during the month of May:
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Mohammad O. Ahmed, Public Safety Officer, Office of Public Safety
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Thomas Chandy, Secretary III, Health Services
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Montserrat Contreras, Assistant Research Coordinator, Department of Pediatrics
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Abdelfattah El Ouaamari, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy
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Michael B. Mitchell, Desktop Support Technician, Office of Information Technology
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Azeddine Tahiri, Lab Manager, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
From the Office of Human Resources, May 31, 2023.
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June is National Gun Violence Awareness Month. Firearms are now the leading cause of traumatic death in the United States in both youth and adults, surpassing motor vehicle crashes, according to a study published by NYMC faculty researchers, in Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open. Between 2009 and 2018, firearms cost Americans 12.6 million years of potential life lost, with most firearm deaths attributable to suicides. Read the full article on the study which included Joshua Klein, D.O., clinical assistant professor of surgery, and Kartik Prabhakaran, M.D., clinical associate professor of surgery.
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The TU Libraries, in collaboration with the TU Office of the Provost, is pleased to announce the 2023 Touro University Open Educational Resources (OER) Faculty Fellowship. This fellowship is intended to support faculty to develop OER for use in their courses. All full-time faculty, across all TU departments and campuses, with anticipated teaching responsibilities for the 2023-2024 academic year are eligible to apply. The fellowship period is from July 2023 to December 2023. Apply online. The deadline is Tuesday, June 16, 2023.
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5 Tips to Stay Safe During Tick Season from NYMC Lyme Disease Expert
River Journal - 5/26/2023
Paul Arnaboldi, Ph.D., assistant professor of pathology, microbiology and immunology
Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation announces 2023 grant recipients to accelerate discovery of new treatments for pediatric cancers
Science Magazine - 5/26/2023
Mitchell S. Cairo, M.D., professor of pediatrics, medicine, pathology, microbiology and immunology and cell biology and anatomy, and associate chair of pediatrics
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The Best Sunscreens For Kids This Summer
Forbes - 5/26/2023
Shoshana Marmon, M.D., Ph.D., clinical assistant professor of dermatology
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