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Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell Student in Newsday: Fighting COVID-19 is the Right Call to Action
I am a proud, first-generation, Chinese American graduating from the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell on April 10 – a month early. My mother’s family is from Wuhan, China, a beautiful metropolitan city where I spent many summers as a child. It is now forever linked with the birth of the 2019 coronavirus pandemic. Learn more.
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NYU Grossman School of Medicine: Early Graduation at NYU Grossman School of Medicine Sends New Doctors to Join COVID-19 Fight
On Friday, April 3, 52 students at NYU Grossman School of Medicine graduated more than a month early in a virtual ceremony, joined by their families and the school’s leaders. NYU Grossman School of Medicine was the first medical school in the nation to offer early graduation to fourth-year medical students to help treat people with 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Learn more.
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Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons: To Increase Physician Ranks, Columbia Medical Students Will Graduate Early
Medical students in their final year at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons will graduate a month early and be offered temporary employment at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to help with the COVID-19 pandemic. Students will graduate on April 15; the original graduation date was May 20. Learn more.
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Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell: Call for Increased Need for Physicians is Answered by an Early Graduation
Medical students in their final year at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell will graduate early and have the option to begin temporary employment at Northwell Health hospitals to assist in the fight against the COVID-19 virus before beginning their residencies over the summer. Responding to a directive from Governor Andrew Cuomo allowing graduating med students to practice immediately due to the ongoing pandemic, the 102 members of the Class of 2020 will now graduate on April 10, a month ahead of schedule. Learn more.
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University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry Class of 2020 Graduates Early
The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry is dedicated to training future humanistic physicians who are leaders in clinical medicine, research, and administration. The “Double Helix Curriculum-Translations and Transitions” integrates clinical and basic science throughout four years emphasizing the Biopsychosocial Model. Learn more.
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New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine: Fox 5 New York Features NYITCOM in Early Medical School Graduation Story
On April 1, an NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine administrator and two medical students were featured in a Fox 5 New York segment on medical schools that will allow eligible students to graduate early and join the health care workforce nearly two and a half months early to help fight COVID-19. Learn more.
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Icahn Institute of Medicine at Mount Sinai Students Graduate Early, Some To Join a Special Medical Corps
The Icahn Institute of Medicine at Mount Sinai has offered its fourth year medical students the opportunity to graduate early, as Mount Sinai’s hospitals experience extraordinary and unprecedented demands brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. This student medical corps will help alleviate a strained medical system while answering Governor Cuomo’s call for all hands on deck. Learn more.
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Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine: Med Students Graduate Early to Join the Front Lines in the Fight Against Coronavirus
Many of this year’s medical school graduates will have little time for reflection as they forgo a large ceremony in favor of rolling up their sleeves, donning masks and treating patients stricken by the coronavirus, in some cases 10 weeks early. Learn more.
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CUNY School of Medicine Toasts its First Class of Graduates
The students were slated to be the inaugural class of the CUNY School of Medicine at The City College of New York when they joined the Sophie Davis Biomedical Education Program directly from area high schools in 2013. The program is an entry point of an accelerated undergraduate biomedical curriculum that would seamlessly transition them through their medical school training culminating in a Bachelor of Science and an accredited medical degree in seven years. Learn more.
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Albany Medical College Class of 2020 Learns Residency Assignments
After four years of hard work and countless contributions, Albany Medical College’s Class of 2020 recently learned where they will continue their medical training as resident physicians after they graduate. Normally, the College hosts a celebration for Match Day, which fell on March 20 this year, but efforts to contain the novel coronavirus necessitated its cancellation. Learn more.
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Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at University at Buffalo: Amid Pandemic, UB med Students Find new way to Help
With the Covid-19 pandemic bringing normal life to a screeching halt across Western New York, students in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo have found a new way to help out in the community. Since March 16, a growing number of Jacobs School students have been delivering meals to food-insecure children in the Buffalo Public School District. Learn more.
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New York Medical College: GHHS Supports Student Volunteer Efforts Amidst Pandemic
Members of the New York Medical College chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) are exemplars of compassionate patient care who serve as role models, mentors, and leaders in medicine and they are demonstrating just that-in spades–during the COVID-19 pandemic. To support their fellow health care workers and boost morale, the GHHS is doing the yeoman’s job of overseeing student volunteer activities and spearheading their own initiatives in response to the current crisis. Learn more.
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Fourth-Year Medical Students Join the Fight Against COVID-19
As more and more COVID-19 patients pour into hospitals around New York City, fourth-year Einstein medical students are volunteering for a program to help healthcare workers cope with the increasing demand for care. Launched just one week ago, the program started with four students who were assigned to a special floor at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM), where elective surgeries have been canceled to accommodate the influx of adult COVID-19 patients. Learn more.
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: A Snapshot of the Extraordinary Contributions of Mount Sinai Students in COVID-19 Efforts
In an extraordinary effort across the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and its Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in New York City, 200 students and postdoctoral fellows have volunteered more than 6,100 hours during a three-week period and continue to assist the Mount Sinai Health System during the staggering challenges of the COVID-19 crisis. Learn more.
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Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Students Mobilize to Help Frontline Health Care Workers and Community
In early March, Columbia’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons announced the suspension of all in-person extracurricular activities and teaching in clinical environments. COVID-19 was beginning to spread across the United States, and administrators were quick to implement measures to protect student safety and the public welfare. Learn more.
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NYU Grossman School of Medicine Students Lead PPE Initiative
New York City hospitals and emergency rooms are currently in dire need of necessary personal protective equipment “PPE” to assist with caring for the enormous influx of patients. Contributing even a few items is meaningful to front-line workers who are currently rationing and reusing their limited supplies. Learn more.
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Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine: Another Door Opens: Helping Out During COVID-19: With Clinical Rotations Suspended, Med Students Volunteer to Test for Coronavirus
When Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) Harlem student Daniel Brady (OMM IV), received an e-mail from Dean David Forstein, DO, asking third- and fourth-year students if they would be interested in volunteering to screen for the coronavirus, Brady didn’t hesitate to say yes. Touro students are actively engaged in volunteering during the coronavirus pandemic. Learn more.
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine Students Team Up to Create Face Masks and Face Shields
As the COVID-19 crisis grew during March, several third-year Einstein medical students got together to see how they could help with the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) in New York. So, equipped with laptops and phones and determined to make a difference, they reached out to each other and to other medical students across New York City to figure out how they could obtain PPE that would help protect hospital workers from the COVID-19 virus. Learn more.
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New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine: Students Supply Protection to Health Care Workers
When reports predicted looming shortages of masks, gloves, and supplies, New York Tech students, including those in the Student Veterans Organization and NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, wouldn’t let health care workers go unprotected. New York Tech’s SVO sprung into action when they heard that volunteers putting packages together for those in need were also in need themselves. Learn more.
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SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Hospital of Brooklyn Designation by Governor Cuomo as a COVID-19 Only Facility
The United States has surpassed Italy and China with over 100,000 coronavirus cases; more than 52,000 cases are in New York State, nearly 30,000 are in New York City, and more than 7,000 cases are in Brooklyn. SUNY Downstate is answering Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s directive to prepare University Hospital of Brooklyn as a COVID-19 only facility. Learn more.
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Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons: Field Hospital Opens at Columbia’s Baker Athletics Complex
A field hospital for patients with mild COVID-19 symptoms will open next week at Columbia’s Baker Athletics Complex at 218th Street in northern Manhattan adjacent to the NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital. Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian, in partnership with Columbia University and city and state officials, have converted a heated dome at the complex into a field hospital capable of treating as many as 280 patients. Learn more.
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New York Medical College and Touro College and University System Host Second COVID-19 Symposium
More than 720 participants tuned in to the second COVID-19 symposium, “What we know. What we don’t know. What you need to know,” via an online webinar on March 30 when there were more than 145,000 reported cases in the U.S. Although the title remained appropriate, it was a stark difference from the first such symposium on January 31, when there were 200 people in attendance at the Touro College Midtown Manhattan campus and only seven reported cases in the U.S. Read the full article on the COVID-19 presentation and view the video. Learn more.
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SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Accepting Donations of Critical Medical Supplies
In response to an outpouring of generosity by our community to donate critical medical supplies, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University – University Hospital of Brooklyn has established a special email that be contacted by anyone interested in making donations. SUNY Downstate will accept donations of the following critical medical supplies. Learn more.
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