Highlights NYU School of Medicine Renamed NYU Robert I. Grossman School of Medicine In a surprise announcement during NYU Langone Health’s annual Violet Ball, Elaine Langone and her husband, Kenneth G. Langone, chair of the board of trustees of NYU Langone Health, informed the attendees that NYU School of Medicine will be renamed NYU Robert… Read More

Highlights AMSNY and Albert Einstein College of Medicine Educate the Public About Research on Stem Cell Awareness Day For more than 15 years, Doctor Eric Bouhassira and his team have been researching stem cells at Albert Einstein College of Medicine with the mission to use stem cells to create new red blood cells. Leading up… Read More

Highlights Weill Cornell Medicine Eliminates Medical Education Debt for all Qualifying Students A transformative new scholarship program established by Weill Cornell Medicine will eliminate medical education debt for all students who qualify for financial aid, the institution announced today. A lead gift from The Starr Foundation, directed by Weill Cornell Medicine Overseer Maurice R. Greenberg,… Read More

Highlights Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons: Columbia Ranked Top Medical Center for Research Columbia University Irving Medical Center has been named the top health care institution for scientific research by the 2019 Nature Index Annual Tables. The index highlights the institutions and countries with the highest outputs of top-quality research in the natural… Read More

Highlights SUNY Upstate Medical University Task Force Creates Info Hub for Students Affected by DACA Policy In early September 2017, the Trump Administration announced it was ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects young adults who were brought to the United States illegally as children. Ending the program meant thousands of young… Read More

Highlights Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Novel Therapy for Acute Migraine Shows Promise in Phase 3 Clinical Trial A drug belonging to a new generation of acute migraine headache treatments was found to eliminate pain and reduce bothersome symptoms for people with migraine in a large-scale trial reported in the July 11 issue of The New… Read More

Highlights Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons: Lee Goldman to Step Down After 2019-20 Academic Year Lee Goldman, MD, MPH, Dean of the Faculties of Health Science and Medicine and Chief Executive of Columbia University Irving Medical Center, announced that he will step down on June 30, 2020. Learn more. Zucker School of Medicine… Read More

Highlights The National Conference on Medical Student Mental Health and Well-Being is the first comprehensive, multidisciplinary forum to examine the mental health needs of medical students. It will focuses on the causes of psychological distress in medical students, with the goal of identifying improved strategies for detection, treatment, and prevention of mental illness. The program is hosted by Weill Cornell… Read More

Highlights Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons: Bringing Physicians up to Speed on Precision Medicine Precision medicine has arrived, but many physicians do not have the training or time to incorporate genetic sequencing technologies into everyday practice. In two articles published online in the Annals of Internal Medicine, precision medicine experts at Columbia… Read More