Updated Mar 01, 2021; Posted Mar 01, 2021 Samantha Williams is a medical student at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Photo courtesy of Samantha Williams. By Samantha Williams In the U.S., only 2 percent of physicians are Black women. As a medical student at SUNY Upstate Medical University, I am working to become one… Read More
Testimony of: Jonathan Teyan, Chief Operating Officer Associated Medical Schools of New York (AMSNY) At a Joint Budget Hearing of The New York State Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry and The New York State Senate Committee on Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business February 23, 2021 9:30AM Virtual Public Hearing… Read More
On February 18, 2021, WBAI’s Driving Forces hosts Jeff Simmons and Celeste Katz Marston caught up with AMSNY Diversity in Medicine Program alumnus Dr. Rafael Hernandez, and spoke about his first year out of medical school amid COVID19. Dr. Hernandez, a Class of 2020 graduate of the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University… Read More
On Thursday, February 11, the Associated Medical School of New York (AMSNY) hosted a webinar examining the role of the state’s biomedical research community in the ongoing response to the COVID-19 crisis. Click to watch the full video on YouTube. View or download slideshow presentations from our expert speakers below. Presentations: Liise-anne Pirofski, MD, Albert… Read More
10 Medical Students Awarded State-Funded Scholarships, Commit to Working in Underserved Areas As COVID-19 Highlights Long-Time Health Disparities, AMSNY Continues Efforts to Diversify the Physician Workforce (New York)—The Associated Medical Schools of New York is proud to introduce the 10 recipients of the 2020-2021 AMSNY Diversity in Medicine Scholarship, funded by the New York State… Read More
By Gary Axelbank August 4, 2020 Doctors from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Health System: (L-R) Dr. Andre Bryan, Dr. Dahlia Townsend, Dr. Michelle Ng Gong, (photo courtesy of AECOM) This week’s BronxTalk on BronxNet takes a look at the lack of diversity in medicine and how it affects care, especially during this… Read More
New York City’s 106.7 Lite FM’s weekly talk show with host Nina del Rio and guests, airing every Sunday, 7-7:30am EST.July 26, 2020 • 16 min Jo Wiederhorn, President & CEO of Associated Medical Schools of New York, a consortium of 17 public and private medical schools throughout New York State, discusses racial disparities in… Read More
Letters to the Editor Prioritize diversity among doctors June 30, 2020 01:19 PM Getty Images: Medical workers take in patients at a special coronavirus intake area at Maimonides Medical Center on April 07, 2020 in Brooklyn. To the editor: We were glad to see the editorial board’s statement that “It’s essential for NY to acknowledge bias… Read More
The Associated Medical Schools of New York (AMSNY)—the consortium of all 17 medical schools in the state—joins with many across the country in mourning Black lives lost to police violence, and we stand in solidarity with those expressing outrage and sorrow through protest. The problems of systemic racism in America are far reaching and extend… Read More
