New York program to encourage medical diversity helps doctors like Jaime Nieto Dr. Jaime Nieto’s childhood idol wasn’t a sports star or a superhero. As a small boy growing up in the Andean town of Chiquinquirá, Colombia, the person he most wanted to emulate was the local doctor, the only one for 40,000 people. “He… Read More
GOTHAM GIGS A neurosurgeon’s path from emerald fields to operating room A New York state–funded diversity program helped this immigrant become a neurosurgeon By Robin D. Schatz Photo: Buck Ennis As a Colombian native, Nieto can relate to his patient’s needs and welcomes the challenges and rewards that come with his work. Dr. Jaime… Read More
THE OBSERVATION DECK Schools in state address shortage By Letters to the editor on October 19, 2016 at 2:36 AM In the commentary “Shortage of doctors treatable,” Oct. 4, the author gets the facts wrong. No New York-based medical school has called for a ban on foreign medical schools’ paid clerkships. But, to be clear,… Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 10, 2016 Contact: Anat Gerstein, 718-793-2211 x100 anat@anatgerstein.com Jaime Williams, 718-793-2211 x107 jaime@anatgerstein.com Medical Schools Announce: No More Unclaimed Bodies Accepted from NYC Medical Examiner All Schools Will Feature Donor Programs, Work to Boost Donations to Train Future Doctors to be the Best, Meet New York’s Growing Physician Shortage, and Continue… Read More
NYC Medical Schools Seek Smart, Motivated Teens in Diversity Initiative By Ida Siegal A unique program is putting some teenagers on the fast track to success while adding diversity to the hospitals where you’re cared for. The students are taken from high school and placed in a medical program that turns them into future doctors…. Read More
From the New York State Department of Health: Don’t think staff are automatically following infection control procedures, just because an outpatient facility has such protocols in place. That is among the disturbing new findings from researchers at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and the New Mexico Department of Health; even when infection… Read More
Here is a statistic that medical students should take to heart: One in every three prescriptions written for antibiotics in the United States (US) is unnecessary. That’s the conclusion of a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Pew Charitable… Read More
For the Nation’s Health, Medical Schools Must Become More Diverse By Gary Butts MAY 15, 2016 In September 1976, I donned a white coat for the first time and began my studies in medicine at Cornell Medical College, as it was then known. Though I am a black man, I did not find myself alone:… Read More
Jaime Nieto, M.D., Director of Neurosurgery, New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital Dr. Nieto came to the U.S. from Colombia at age 19 without fluency in English. Undaunted, he graduated from Mercy College with a B.S. in Biology just a few years later and was determined to become a physician. SUNY Upstate Medical University recognized his… Read More
