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News from the Medical Schools: Medical Education & Physician Workforce

Jun
18
2015

The Associated Medical Schools of New York (AMSNY) brings you the following compilation of the most recent updates and news on medical education and the physician workforce from the medical schools.

Highlights

  • Upstate Medical University alumnus is new president-elect of American Medical Association
  • Dr. Giles Peek Named Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery and Co-Director, Pediatric Heart Cancer at Montefiore and Einstein
  • Medical School Faculty, Staff Recognized for Excellence in 2015

Medical Education & Training

  • Fifth Class of Medical Students Graduate from Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Shenendehowa Junior Selected as ‘ShenNext Medicine Scholar’
  • Albert Einstein Commencement Celebrates New Doctors and Scientists
  • 121 New Physicians from Stony Brook Medicine Launch Careers

Health Care & Physician Workforce

  • Advocates for Upstate Medical University awards $120,000 to support Upstate’s mission
  • Bronx Healthy Buildings Program Awarded $250,000 to Improve Commuinty Housing, Reduce Asthma Hospitalizations and Create Green Jobs
  • More than 270 Mount Sinai Physicians Named to New York Magazine’s 2015 “Best Doctors” Issue

Upstate Medical University alumnus is new president-elect of American Medical Association

June 12, 2015 – Upstate Medical University alumnus Andrew Gurman, MD, an orthopedic hand surgeon from Hollidaysburg, Pa., is the new president-elect of the nation’s largest physician organization, the American Medical Association. He will assume the office of AMA president in June 2016.

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© 2015 Upstate Medical University. All rights reserved.



Dr. Giles Peek Named Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery and Co-Director Pediatric Heart Center at Montefiore and Einstein

June 11, 2015 – Giles Peek, M.D. has been named chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, and co-director, Pediatric Heart Center at Montefiore Health System and professor in the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

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© 2015 Montefiore Health System. All rights reserved.


Medical School Faculty, Staff Recognized for Excellence in 2015

June 2, 2015 – The School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences celebrated scientific achievements, outstanding service and significant teaching contributions during its 2015 Faculty and Staff Recognition Awards event.

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© 2015 School of Medicinea and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo. All rights reserved.



Fifth Class of Medical Students Graduate from Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine

June 11, 2015 – Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) conferred diplomas upon 135 candidates for the doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO) degree on June 2 at an eclectic ceremony, filled with awards and accolades, alongside advice for newly-minted doctors embarking upon top-flight residencies throughout the United States. A majority of the graduates will be helping to fill the nation’s gap in primary care.

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© 2015 Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. All rights reserved.



Shenenedowa Junior Selected as ‘ShenNext Medicine Scholar’

June 9, 2015 – Emma Smith, 16, the daughter of Mark and Kim Smith of Clifton Park, was chosen as part of a unique partnership of Shenendehowa High School, Siena College and Albany Medical College. “ShenNext Medicine: Selecting Tomorrow’s Doctors Today” offers the opportunity for a Shen student, who wants to become a physician, to be accepted more than a year earlier than usual for Siena and Albany Medical College’s combined eight-year program.

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© 2015 Albany Medical Center. All rights reserved.


Albert Einstein Commencement Celebrates New Doctors and Scientists

June 3, 2015 – On Thursday, May 28, Albert Einstein College of Medicine marked its 60th anniversary by bestowing its 57th graduating class with their degrees (185 medical, 27 doctors of philosophy and 6 combined M.D.-Ph.D.). Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall was filled to capacity as the graduates received their diplomas, were hooded and took their respective professional oaths.

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© 2015 Albert Einstein College of Medicine. All rights reserved.



121 New Physicians from Stony Brook Medicine Launch Careers

May 29, 2015 – Stony Brook Medicine’s latest crop of new physicians – all 121 who received their MD degrees during the 41st Convocation of the Stony Brook University School of Medicine on May 21 – will begin their careers as practicing physician starting in July. Collectively nearly half of the Class of 2015 will begin residency in New York State. The rest will train at academic medical centers and other healthcare institutions in 17 other states.

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© 2015 Stony Brook University School of Medicine. All rights reserved.



Advocates for Upstate Medical University awards $120,000 to support Upstate’s mission

June 17, 2015 – The Advocates for Upstate Medical University has awarded $120,000 in grants to 66 Upstate Medical University and Upstate University Hospital programs and projects through its 2015-2016 grant-funding program.

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© 2015 Upstate Medical University. All rights reserved.

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Bronx Healthy Buildings Program Awarded $250,000 to Improve Community Housing, Reduce Asthma Hospitalizations and Create Green Jobs

June 11, 2015 – Montefiore Health System, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, in collaboration with other local partners, have been awarded $250,000 by the B­­UILD Health Challenge to implement the Bronx Healthy Buildings Program. The new initiative will target deteriorating housing conditions in the Northwest and Central Bronx, with the goal of reducing hospitalizations due to asthma, while reducing energy consumption, creating green jobs and ensuring housing affordability.

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© 2015 Montefiore Health System. All rights reserved.


More than 270 Mount Sinai Physicians Named to New York Magazine’s 2015 “Best Doctors” Issue

June 8, 2015 – New York magazine named 241 physicians from the hospitals of the Mount Sinai Health System to its 2015 “Best Doctors” list. It also listed 34 additional doctors who serve at hospitals within Mount Sinai’s growing affiliate network, for a total of 275 physicians across 59 medical specialties. The “Best Doctors” issue appears in print today and is available online at www.nymag.com/bestdoctors.

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© 2015 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. All rights reserved.


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