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“With the aging population, we know that there is a projected shortage for dentists nationwide, and Touro College of Dental Medicine was established in part to help solve this problem,” said Edward Farkas, DDS, vice dean of the school.

NYMC news: Touro College of Dental Medicine at New York Medical College and Edward Farkas, D.D.S., vice dean for administrative affairs, TouroCDM

“We believe medical education and medical care are interdependent, and that the best health care services and clinical training are fostered in healthcare institutions dedicated to those endeavors,” Dr. Edward Halperin.

Affiliate news: Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A., chancellor and chief executive officer

In 2014, Samant Virk was more than a decade into a career in private practice as a neurologist in Poughkeepsie, but he couldn’t shake the feeling that something needed to change.

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From the first day of medical school until the last day of professional practice, physicians work under intense stress. The high rates of burnout, depression, suicide, and diseases of aging that affect medical students and physicians also impact the care given to patients.

Faculty news: Patricia L. Gerbarg, M.D., clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences

Health experts worked with researchers at Fordham University in the Bronx and at New York Medical College to identify the new species.

NYMC news: Lyme Disease Diagnostic Center

You're going to want to talk to a doctor about your symptoms if they extend beyond stuffiness and general misery, says Craig Zalvan, M.D., an associate professor of clinical otolaryngology at New York Medical College.

NYMC faculty: Craig H. Zalvan, M.D., associate professor of clinical otolaryngology

It was identified in New York by the Health Department in conjunction with researchers at Fordham University and the Lyme Disease Diagnostic Center of New York Medical College.

NYMC news: Lyme Disease Diagnostic Center

Patricia Gerbarg, MD, a psychoanalyst and assistant clinical professor at New York Medical College, adds that inhaling and exhaling in equal measure makes a difference. “We think changing the breath sends signals up the vagus nerve, telling the brain that the body is relaxed, so the brain can relax too,” Dr. Gerbarg says.

Faculty news: Patricia L. Gerbarg, M.D., clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences

Several studies have also found links between salt and obesity, heart disease, and stroke. “I don’t personally add salt to anything, except for two things, potatoes and corn on the cob,” says Beth Schorr-Lesnick, MD, assistant professor of medicine at New York Medical College.

NYMC faculty: Beth Schorr-Lesnick, M.D., clinical associate professor of medicine

Thirty-five percent of people will have at least one fainting episode in their lifetime, either due to abnormal heart rhythms, overheating, or other causes, according to Julian Stewart, MD, professor of pediatric cardiology at New York Medical College.

NYMC faculty news: Julian M. Stewart, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pediatrics, physiology and medicine and director of the Center for Hypotension

“Our study uniquely shows that bacteria found solely in the oral cavity has the ability to aggravate obesity,” said lead author Salomon Amar, DDS, PhD, professor of pharmacology, microbiology, and immunology at NYMC and professor of dentistry at the Touro College of Dental Medicine.

NYMC faculty: Salomon Amar, D.D.S., Ph.D.,provost for biomedical research and chief biomedical research officer, Touro College and University System, director of the Office of Research Administration and professor of pharmacology and microbiology and immunology at NYMC, and professor of dental medicine, Touro College of Dental Medicine at NYMC Nader G. Abraham, Ph.D., Dr.HC, professor of medicine and pharmacology

The agreement outlines mutual commitment to promoting medical education programs, meeting the medical care needs of the community and developing other clinical education and research. The partnership establishes a clerkship program at the hospital for the training and education of the college’s undergraduate medical students on required and elective rotations in internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, primary care, emergency medicine and other specialties.

NYMC affiliate and faculty news: Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A., chancellor and chief executive officer and Rome Memorial Hospital

New York Medical College and Rome Memorial Hospital announced an academic affiliation designating the hospital as a teaching site for the college’s third- and fourth-year medical students.

NYMC affiliate and faculty:: Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A., chancellor and chief executive officer and Rome Memorial Hospital

Marina Kaufman Holz, professor and chair of biology at Yeshiva University, will become dean of the Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences at New York Medical College on September 1. Kelly A. Hutcheson, director of ophthalmology for Westchester Medical Center Health Network, has been named chair of ophthalmology at New York Medical College.

NYMC faculty: Marina Kaufman Holz, Ph.D., dean of the Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences; Kelly A. Hutcheson, M.D., professor and chair of Ophthalmology.

Good Samaritan Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network has broken ground on a $9 million upgrade to facilities that house two of its leading programs.

NYMC affiliate: Good Samaritan Hospital

“The Trump administration takes a very different approach than the Obama administration did,” said Adam Block, PhD, an assistant professor of public health at New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York.

NYMC faculty: Adam E. Block, Ph.D., assistant professor of health policy and management

Health experts worked with researchers at Fordham University in the Bronx and at New York Medical College to identify the new species. The identifications were confirmed by researchers at Rutgers University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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The New York Medical College (NYMC) Center of Excellence in Precision Responses to Bioterrorism and Disasters in Valhalla will receive increased funding from New York state, it was announced at a July 10 news conference.

NYMC faculty and news: Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A., chancellor and chief executive officer; Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A., dean of School of Health Sciences and Practice and vice president for government affairs; Michael J. Reilly, Dr.P.H. ’10, M.P.H., director of Center for Disaster Medicine, associate professor of environmental health science, associate professor of clinical emergency medicine, and director of the Center of Excellence in Precision Medicine and Responses to Bioterrorism and Disasters; Sherlita Amler, M.D., M.S., clinical associate professor of pediatrics and adjunct professor in the Division of Epidemiology

Presenters included Prof. Wilbert S. Aronow, Valhalla, NY, USA; Professor of Medicine and Director of Cardiology Research, Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College; Member of the Scientific Executive Committee and Chairman of the Section of Hypertension, International Academy of Cardiology

NYMC faculty news: Wilbert Aronow, M.D., professor of medicine

“One of the challenges is that people are unaware that you do not need a prescription to obtain emergency contraception,” says Keosha T. Bond, doctor of education, an assistant epidemiology professor at New York Medical College in Valhalla.

NYMC faculty news: Koesha T. Bond, Ed.D., M.P.H., CHES, assistant professor of public health