LGBTQ+ Americans—including gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and non-binary individuals—face greater risks from COVID-19 than other people. Underlying conditions which are prevalent in the LGBTQ+ community, including asthma, hypertension, heart disease, and cancer, can lead to serious cases of the virus. This predisposition is also likely the result of discrimination, which often prevents LGBTQ+ patients from accessing necessary screenings and treatment. Learn more.

 

Assistant Dean of Clinical Curriculum, Dr. Lisa Auerbach, co-authors an article discussing the discontinuation of the step 2 clinical skills examination. Learn more.

 

Albert Einstein College of Medicine fourth-year medical students, who spent their clinical years on hospital wards during the COVID-19 pandemic, learned on March 18 where they will start the next phase of their medical education as resident physicians. Learn more.

 

Anticipation and a festive spirit filled the air as Columbia medical students gathered at 50 Haven Ave. on March 18. The occasion was momentous: At precisely 12 o’clock, all students in the room, along with 30,000 other medical students in the country, learned where they will begin their residencies this summer. Learn more.

 

During a special celebration, 124 students at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai learned what the next phase of their career path would be at Match Day 2022, when each of them opened a carefully sealed envelope that revealed the U.S. residency program they had “matched” to and would be attending this year following graduation.The graduating Class of 2022 matched to 25 specialties and to many of the most competitive residency programs in the nation. Learn more.

 

On March 18, students from the College of Osteopathic Medicine’s (NYITCOM) Class of 2022 discovered what their futures hold after medical school. During this annual event, known as Match Day, medical students from the Long Island (NYITCOM-Long Island) and Jonesboro (NYITCOM-Arkansas) locations join future physicians across the country in learning of their “matches,” or where they will spend the next several years completing their medical residencies. Learn more.

 

Members of the New York Medical College (NYMC) School of Medicine (SOM) Class of 2022 had the opportunity to celebrate Match Day in person this year – for the first time since the pandemic began – as they gathered in the radiant sunshine outside the Medical Education Center (MEC) on March 18, to learn where they were matched to medical residency programs. NYMC medical students will be training in 25 states at 105 different institutions. Learn more.

 

On Friday, March 18, after a two-year hiatus, graduating students at NYU Grossman School of Medicine gathered in person for Match Day 2022 to learn where they would be for the next phase in their medical training. All 106 graduates seeking a residency were previously notified that they had successfully matched, and when they opened their envelopes, they learned which program they matched to, which were among the top in the country. Learn more.

 

On Friday, March 18, NYU Long Island School of Medicine held its first Match Day, a ceremony that takes place at medical schools across the nation during which it is revealed where graduating students will fulfill their medical residencies. Perhaps few graduating classes have been through as much during their medical education—training to become doctors in the middle of a pandemic—and perhaps few Match Days are as anticipated as that of NYU Long Island School of Medicine. Learn more.

 

Taking a major step toward launching their careers, 131 Renaissance School of Medicine (RSOM) fourth-year students matched to residency training programs all over the country, New York State and at Stony Brook Medicine on March 18. Twenty percent of the students matched to training programs at Stony Brook, the highest percentage staying at Stony Brook since 2010 when the school began tracking this metric annually. Learn more.

 

At noon, March 18, 151 fourth-year students from Upstate Medical University’s Alan and Marlene Norton College of Medicine joined graduating medical students from across the country in learning where they will spend their first year of training (or residency) in their chosen specialty. One hundred percent of the class was matched. Learn more.

 

On Friday, March 18, fourth-year medical students at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry found out where they’ll be spending the next chapter of their medical careers. Match Day – the annual ceremony where students across the U.S. open envelopes containing the name of the institution where they’ll train as residents – was held in person for the first time since 2019. Due to the pandemic, Match Day was held virtually in 2020 and 2021. Learn more.

 

Yuna Oh has called Weill Cornell Medicine home for the past five years, discovering a passion for dermatology through her medical studies, her professors and a year dedicated to research. On March 18, the 28-year-old graduating student was thrilled to discover that her journey with the institution will extend another four years, now as a dermatology resident at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Learn more.

 

Match Day, the annual rite of passage for fourth-year medical students nationwide, was celebrated at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell on Friday, March 18, 2022. On Match Day, medical students in their final year of undergraduate medical education learn where they will be spending their residency training. Learn more.

 

Shocking new data recently released from the Centers for Disease Control underscores the need to prepare our physician workforce to combat opioid and other substance use disorders. A big part of the solution is expanded training of our future physicians on how to identify, treat, and manage opioid overdoses and other substance use disorders. Learn more.

 

Upstate Medical University, working with Binghamton University and regional and local community organizations, has launched a new initiative to help prepare future health professionals to work in underserved communities. The Rural and Underserved Service Track (TRUST) brings together trainees from various disciplines including social work, nursing, pharmacy, and medicine as interprofessional teams to engage in community-based training activities that serve the most vulnerable communities. Learn more.

 

The experience of Black and brown students in STEM fields, and how to improve it, was the focus of a workshop and lecture on April 7 at UB by Ebony Omotola McGee, author of “Black, Brown, Bruised: How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation.” Learn more.

 

The Department of Regenerative and Cancer Cell Biology (RCCB) is sponsoring a free, eight-week program offering students hands-on laboratory research experience with Albany Medical College scientists as well as guidance on career and professional development, and networking opportunities with faculty, students and alumni. Learn more.

 

In March, the Congressional Medal of Honor Society announced that it was awarding to Aaron Epstein, MD, a University at Buffalo surgical resident, the prestigious 2022 Citizen Honors Award for Service. The national award, administered by the same organization that bestows the prestigious Congressional Medal of Honor, is considered the second-highest civilian award in the U.S. Learn more.

 

This semester, 18-year-old Kylee Rivas has been able to hold a human heart and brain; maneuver an ultrasound machine to view kidneys, hearts and bladders; and practice saving a life with CPR techniques. She also presented a medical case to her high school peers “Grand Rounds” style—mimicking what medical students do while training on the hospital floors. Learn more.

 

Likolani Arthurs spent 15 years dancing with the New York City Ballet. Now, she’s moving to a new stage: the operating room. Arthurs, a fourth-year MD student at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, learned on Match Day she will continue her medical training at NYU Langone Health with a residency in general surgery. Her desire to make a tangible difference in people’s lives took her “from on pointe to on call.” Learn more.

 

More than a decade after the random meeting at a combat hospital outside Baghdad, the 36-year-old graduated in March in the first class from the NYU Long Island School of Medicine, the nation’s only independent three-year medical school. Learn more.

 

The Excellence in Public Health Award is a national award that recognizes medical students who are public health champions, advancing the US Public Health Service mission to protect, promote and advance the health and safety of our nation, and who are helping address public health issues in their community. Here, Nicholas Favazza, second-year student at the Zucker School of Medicine and winner of the Excellence in Public Health Award, discusses the importance of public health in medicine and how support from peers, staff and faculty can lead to success. Learn more.

 

The simple distraction of looking at art and discussing it helped bring calm to a group of patients at the Wilmot Cancer Institute — and also provided moments of Zen for the medical student who led the study. The daughter of an artist and former fashion designer, Emily Gore, a fourth-year student at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, was looking for a research project that would marry her love of art with medicine. Learn more.

 

The New York Medical College (NYMC) community rallied to support the Stand with Ukraine humanitarian drive to aid people in Ukraine who are facing a humanitarian crisis from the Russian military invasion of their country. The collection saw more than 2,500 donations of food items, clothes and other products flood into donation bins around campus, and even inspired members of the Westchester County government to join the cause. Learn more.

 

The Mount Sinai Health System has announced a collaboration with PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy to establish the nation’s first multidisciplinary specialty clinic for women who have experienced stillbirth. Known as the Mount Sinai – Rainbow Clinic and scheduled to open this month, it will support women and their families who have experienced stillbirth by providing enhanced clinical care and psychological support in subsequent pregnancies to help reduce fear, anxiety, and future perinatal losses. Learn more.

 

It was as perfect a day for a hike in New York in late November could be with clear, blue skies, a crisp winter chill, and leaves of different colors and shades slowly falling to the ground. I and a few Einstein classmates were joining members of the Special Olympics NY Hiking Club for their monthly hike. As the athletes began to arrive, you could feel the anticipation and excitement that had built over the last year and a half. Learn more.

 

For one week starting on March 28, world leaders in public health and vaccines will gather for Columbia University’s annual Virtual Symposium on Vaccines and Global Health. It’s the second event organized by Columbia on the topic that has gathered the world’s most foremost experts in vaccine development, distribution, and global health security. Learn more.