Apr
27
2018
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Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at University at Buffalo: Medical Students Learn About Health Disparities From Those Who Bear the Consequences
In a new course, pairs of medical students are assigned to families in the inner city to learn how they view and interact with the health care system. Learn more.
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Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell University Establish Cornell Center for Health Equity
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell’s Ithaca campus have established a new center to better understand why health outcomes vary among demographic groups. Through partnerships with communities in New York City and central New York, the Cornell Center for Health Equity will generate new evidence on how to eliminate such differences with the goal of achieving health equity for people locally, regionally and nationally. Learn more.
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Match Day |
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine: It’s a Match!
Hugs, tears of joy, and “happy dances” abounded at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, N.Y., on March 16 as fourth-year NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) students opened the envelopes revealing where they will spend the next several years completing their medical residency training. Learn more.
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New York Medical College: Match Day 2018 – An Impressive Day for the School of Medicine Class of 2018
In the early hours of March 16, the Medical Education Center lobby was deceptively quiet, empty of student activity-the calm before the storm known as Match Day 2018. Learn more.
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Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine Students Learn Residency Locales
This was the moment of truth for the first graduating class at the Middletown campus of Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. Each student opened an envelope and found out where they would spend their residency – periods of postgraduate training under the supervision of another physician. Learn more.
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Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Students Ready for Residency
The worry and wait came to an end for 86 fourth-year medical students of the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell on Friday, March 16, 2018-Match Day-an important milestone for graduating medical students across the country as they open personalized letters containing their residency placement results. Learn more.
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine’s Class of 2018 Celebrates Match Day
At the stroke of noon today, fourth-year medical students at Einstein began celebrating another successful Match Day, ripping open their personalized envelopes that reveal where they will begin their next phase of medical education as resident physicians at hospitals around the nation. Learn more.
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Medical Education & Training |
Weill Cornell Medicine: Women and Minority Surgical Residents at High Risk of Withdrawing From Training Hispanics and women are at the greatest risk for leaving surgical residency prior to completion, according to a new study conducted by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators. Learn more.
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Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at University at Buffalo: New Medical Simulation Center Provides Fresh Perspective on the Human Body
Pathologists, structural scientists and surgeons are teaming up to enhance the way human structure is studied and taught. Learn more.
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Student News |
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons: 12 Projects Win Awards at VP&S Student Research Day
Seventy-three students shared their research with fellow students, colleagues, and faculty at the annual Student Research Day at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (VP&S). During the poster session, students described their work to judges, including VP&S Dean Lee Goldman, MD. Learn more.
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New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine: Student Profile Charles Fennie – From Managing Wealth to Managing Health
As a financial advisor and planner, Charles Fenniesays he had to dig deep to look at a person’s whole situation in order to best advise them. Now that he’s pursuing his medical degree, he’s discovered that osteopathic doctors do the same thing. Learn more.
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Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell: Students Inducted Into the AOA Honor Society
On Thursday, March 1, 2018, faculty, staff and guests of the Donald and Barbara School of Medicine were pleased to honor members of our current fourth year class who were inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Society. Learn more.
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Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons: 5 Questions for Olympian Caroline Park
Columbia medical student Caroline Park recently enjoyed the journey of a lifetime to the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics in South Korea. It all began in 2013 with an unexpected email and culminated in competing on the historic unified Korean women’s ice hockey team in February. Learn more.
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Faculty |
Albert Einstein College of Medicine: From Student to Leader- Gordon F. Tomaselli, M.D. Returns as Dean
Gordon Tomaselli, M.D., FAHA, FACC, FHRS, an internationally renowned physician-scientist in the field of cardiovascular disease, has been named the Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Tomaselli assumes his new role on July 1, 2018 Learn more.
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Other News |
New York Medical College: SOM Hosts Third Annual Diversity and Inclusion Conference
The School of Medicine’s (SOM) Office of Diversity and Inclusion co-hosted its third annual HeLa Diversity and Inclusion conference, along with Westchester Medical Center Health Network, on March 19. This year’s theme was “Creating Healthy Communities: Collaboration. Innovation. Transformation”. Learn more.
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Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (Harlem): High School Students Learn How to Become First Responders
Against the backdrop of sirens blaring from a YouTube video showing emergency vehicles stuck in a New York City traffic jam, approximately 50 high school students in an after school program at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine last week learned how to help patients with life-threatening injuries survive a simulated train wreck. Learn more.
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SUNY Downstate Medical Center: Hospital in Brooklyn Combines Hand Washing With High Tech to Prevent In-House Infections
When a patient gets an infection in a hospital, it’s often a devastating complication. Those infections can be very hard and very expensive to treat, as well as being a leading cause of death in hospitals. Now, a hospital in Brooklyn is using a combination of high tech and old fashioned washing to prevent infections. Learn more.
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