Peter Igarashi, MD, a nationally recognized nephrologist, physician-scientist and medical education innovator, has been named Dean of the Renaissance School of Medicine (RSOM) at Stony Brook University. Appointed by Hal Paz, MD, MS, Executive Vice President of Health Sciences and CEO of Stony Brook University Medicine, Dr. Igarashi will begin his tenure as RSOM Dean on September 12, 2022. Learn more.

 

This summer, the American Urological Association awarded Joseph Marte, M1 student at CUNY School of Medicine and health policy intern at the Associated Medical Schools of New York (AMSNY), a student fellowship to conduct research with Dr. Gregory Joice at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. AUA’s Summer Medical Student Fellowship Program creates an opportunity for a small group of exemplary medical students to pursue urology research alongside world-class urologic scientists. Marte has been connected with AMSNY since his experience with the Staten Island University Hospital’s Physician Career Enhancement Program. Learn more.

 

AMSNY President and CEO Jo Wiederhorn explains the need for diversity in medicine pipeline programs in Crain’s New York Business. The letter to the editor is in response to coverage of the latest report from the Center for Health Workforce Studies. Learn more.

 

As leaders in health care teams, physicians can play an integral role in identifying, addressing and teaching others how to mitigate the impact of implicit bias on patient interactions and health outcomes. However, limited research has focused on curricular design to recognize and address implicit bias early on in medical training, especially for medical students in pre-clinical training. To address this disparity, a group of New York Medical College School of Medicine students collaborated to design and implement an implicit bias training program for first- and second-year medical students. Learn more.

 

First-year Einstein medical student Riya Thomas is just a few years behind her older brother, Rony Thomas, M.D. ’21, soon to begin his residency in interventional radiology at Montefiore—but her Einstein learning experience already has been vastly different. Learn more.

 

First-year medical students at Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell began classes on August 1, 2022. The day marked a milestone for the incoming class and Dr. David Battinelli, the school’s new dean. Dr. Battinelli is also executive vice president and physician-in-chief of Northwell Health and previously served as the vice dean of the medical school alongside Founding Dean Dr. Lawrence Smith until assuming the office on July 1. Learn more.

 

The 145 medical students entering Albany Medical College donned their white coats for the first time during the College’s White Coat Ceremony, held at the Kitty Carlisle Hart Theatre in The Egg at the Empire State Plaza. Continuing a new tradition started last year, the students also recited the Declaration of Geneva, a modern-day physician’s oath. Learn more.

 

Thursday, August 4, was a special day of joy and meaning – and a couple of wardrobe changes – for 65 students matriculating in the seven-year BS/MD program at the City University of New York School of Medicine (CUNY SoM). First, these students – and their families, friends, and loved ones – celebrated their graduation from the Sophie Davis Biomedical Education Program, established in 1973, from which they received their BS degree. After removing their gowns, each of these students participated in CUNY SoM’s White Coat Ceremony, a rite of passage that marks the start of these students’ pursuit of their medical degrees. Learn more.

 

More than 210 members of the School of Medicine (SOM) Class of 2026 at New York Medical College marked the beginning of their medical education during the White Coat Ceremony on July 29, when they donned their white coats for the first time. The more than 25-year tradition at NYMC emphasizes the importance of professionalism and humanism in medicine at the beginning of medical school. Learn more.

 

The 137 individuals who are now new students at the Renaissance School of Medicine (RSOM) at Stony Brook University took their first official step toward becoming physicians at the White Coat Ceremony, an annual RSOM tradition since 1998. The August 14 ceremony at the Staller Center featured the students receiving and wearing their first physician “white coats,” and taking the Hippocratic Oath for the first time. Learn more.

 

Sometimes, when a young person is talented in both science and art, they’ll tell you they feel pulled in two opposing directions, and it feels as if they have to make an agonizing choice about their future career. But for Dallas native Leana Pande, now in her second year of medical school at Touro College of Medicine in Middletown, N.Y., the choice was easy. Learn more.

 

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Einstein alumnus Utibe Essien, M.D. ’13, M.P.H., has delivered more than 40—mostly virtual—keynotes and seminars to physicians, researchers, and faculty members from Boston to Boise. His one-hour talks encompass COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 topics while focusing on another public-health crisis: racism in medicine. “This topic is reverberating around our communities,” Dr. Essien says. “So we’re seeing a groundswell about health equity, health justice, and antiracism in medicine that we haven’t seen before.” Learn more.

 

After completing her undergraduate studies in Boston in 1998, Nicole Maguire (D.O. ’03) didn’t want to stray too far from home in New Jersey to continue her education, so she chose the College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) to pursue her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine. Hesitant at first and questioning her career choice because of the amount of financial debt she would have to ensue in order to achieve her goals, Maguire says she was given some of the best advice during her NYITCOM interview, which put everything in perspective. Learn more.

 

The University at Buffalo is one of five universities nationwide that has been awarded an important grant from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) that supports teaching health sciences students how to dispel medical disinformation. The grants are part of a national strategic initiative developed by the AAMC with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to increase confidence in COVID-19 vaccines and address medical misinformation and mistrust by educating health sciences students. Learn more.

 

C. Lynn Cabral, MD, assistant dean of Medical Education and associate professor of Pediatrics, has been selected as a fellow in a new program that is part of the prestigious Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women. Learn more.

 

The American Heart Association (AHA) has named Jennifer H. Mieres, MD, a Northwell Health cardiologist and leader in health equity, its 2022 physician of the year. The organization’s highest honor is awarded to a cardiologist who has made outstanding accomplishments in the field of cardiovascular disease in multiple arenas and for making significant strides for supporting equitable health and well-being for all. Learn more.

 

Six Weill Cornell Medicine postdoctoral associates, instructors and junior faculty seeking to pursue independent research careers have received 2022 JumpStart Career Development awards. The Jumpstart Program supports investigators during the critical period of career development spanning from the completion of research training to the early years on faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine. Learn more.

 

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai announced the appointment of three new Laureates as part of its Biomedical Laureates Program, furthering its institutional commitment to broadening diversity and mentorship opportunities. Learn more.

 

Rosa Lee, MD, who led the implementation of a new mission-driven curriculum at the City University of New York School of Medicine, has been named senior associate dean for curricular affairs at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Her appointment, effective Aug. 1, 2022, was announced by Monica Lypson, MD, vice dean for education at VP&S. Learn more.

 

A new agreement between Upstate Medical University and Binghamton University’s Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science will strengthen ties between the two schools and encourage closer research collaborations. A memorandum of understanding signed last week by Upstate Vice President for Research David Amberg and Binghamton Vice President for Research Bahgat Sammakia will allow the institutions to jointly pursue sponsored funding opportunities and develop solutions to today’s pressing medical problems. Learn more.

 

In a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai paint a first-of-its-kind nationally representative portrait of the health care needs of older homebound Americans. An estimated 2 million strong and growing, this population has been at once invisible and extremely costly to the health care system. The researchers point to a home-based care model as the solution to better care and a more efficient allocation of health care dollars. Learn more.

 

The summer kick-off for a group of Bronx high school students involved a lot of pesky bugs and a microscope. Eighteen sophomores and juniors at University Heights High School in the South Bronx spent a week in June studying the impact of diet and nutrition on tumor growth, using Drosophila, better known as the common fruit fly, as their model organism. Learn more.