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The word aura may conjure up images of angels, funky colors, and halos hovering over your friends, but Jin Li, MD, chief of neuromuscular medicine at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York, and an associate professor of neurology at New York Medical College, says there’s a lot more science to this medical term.

NYMC faculty news: Jin Li, M.D., Ph.D., clinical associate professor of neurology

Advancing Care in the Hudson Valley - various articles about NYMC faculty who practice medicine in Westchester Medical Center and across the Westchester Medical Center Health Network

NYMC faculty news: Faculty within the WMC Health Network

“I think the future is bright for CAR NK cells, but we are at the very beginning,” says hematologist Mitchell Cairo of the New York Medical College in Hawthorne.

NYMC Faculty news: Mitchell S. Cairo, M.D., professor of pediatrics, division of pediatric hematology, oncology and stem cell transplantation, and professor of medicine, pathology, microbiology and immunology, and cell biology and anatomy

"I think the future is bright for CAR NK cells, but we are at the very beginning," says hematologist Mitchell Cairo of the New York Medical College in Hawthorne.

NYMC faculty news: Mitchell S. Cairo, M.D., professor of pediatrics, division of pediatric hematology, oncology and stem cell transplantation, and professor of medicine, pathology, microbiology and immunology, and cell biology and anatomy

Advances in biotechnology are opening the doors to new possibilities in food production and raising questions about the nature of pareve food. 

NYMC faculty: Ira Bedzow, M.A., Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine and director of Biomedical Ethics and Humanities Program

Carefully targeted house calls can reduce patient anxiety, decrease hospital readmissions, improve patient safety, and increase physician familiarity with patients, says William Frishman, MD, of New York Medical College and Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York.

William H. Frishman, M.D., the Barbara and William Rosenthal Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine and professor of pharmacology

Officials will zero in on passengers on the Airbus A380 superjumbo jet who got sick as well as those who didn't to determine the source of the illness, according to Dr. Robert Amler,  dean of New York Medical College’s School of Health Sciences and Practice in Valhalla.

NYMC leadership news: Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A., dean of School of Health Sciences and Practice and vice president for government affairs

Officials will zero in on passengers on the Airbus A380 superjumbo jet who got sick as well as those who didn't to try to determine the source of the illness, according to Dr. Robert Amler,  dean of New York Medical College’s School of Health Sciences and Practice and a former CDC chief medical officer and New York Regional Health Administrator.

NYMC leadership news: Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A., dean of School of Health Sciences and Practice and vice president for government affairs

Dr. Robert Amler is a former chief medical officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He says Wednesday’s incident sounds like a standard procedure.

NYMC leadership news: Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A., dean of School of Health Sciences and Practice and vice president for government affairs

"Obesity has earned the name 'the silent disease' because its adverse effects are insidious in the development of cardiovascular disease including hypertension, heart failure, and stroke as well as diabetes," said Dr. Nader G. Abraham, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at New York Medical College.

NYMC faculty news: Nader G. Abraham, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology

Hudson Valley - Counties: Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester - Westchester Medical Center

NYMC affiliate news: Westchester Medical Center

Another group is aiming to detect Lyme disease with an immunoassay based on cytokines, small proteins that affect immune response to pathogens. Paul Arnaboldi, a professor at New York Medical College and lead research scientist at peptide synthesis company Biopeptides, is leading the project.

NYMC faculty: Paul M. Arnaboldi, Ph.D., assistant professor of microbiology and immunology

According to a study done by a professor at New York Medical College, 99 percent of NFL players in a brain donation program were diagnosed with brain damage after death.

NYMC faculty: Patric K. Stanton, Ph.D., professor of cell biology and anatomy and neurology

Americans who provide care for their aging parents lose an estimated $3 trillion in wages, pension and Social Security benefits when they take time off to do so, according to research by MetLife Mature Market Institute, the National Alliance for Caregiving and the Center for Long-Term Care at New York Medical College.

NYMC news: enter for Long-Term Care

Representing NYMC: Anthony M. Sozzo, M.A., M.S.Ed., associate dean for student affairs and director of student activities and student financial planning, New York Medical College and graduate/professional caucus chair of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)

NYMC news: Anthony M. Sozzo, M.A., M.S.Ed., associate dean for student affairs and director of student activities and student financial planning

"The ability to predict suicidal acts or behavior has been found historically to be quite limited worldwide, and there is evidence that military services members are especially vulnerable due to their exposure to increased, variable stressors," noted Dr. Shawna Newman

NYMC faculty news: Shawna G. Newman, M.D., adjunct assistant professor of psychiatry & behavioral sciences

Autumn anxiety can feel like the Sunday night blues (a.k.a the “Sunday scaries”), but for an entire month. It’s also similar to SAD but has a different effect. According to Stephen Ferrando, director of psychiatry at Westchester Medical Center

NYMC faculty news: Stephen J. Ferrando, M.D., Har Esh Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

“We still want to treat the breast cancer, but there are consequences of the therapy that may be long term,” says William Frishman, MD, professor of medicine at New York Medical College

NYMC faculty news: William H. Frishman, M.D., the Barbara and William Rosenthal Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine and professor of pharmacology

“We are delighted to unveil this beautiful new Mobile Dental Clinic, which will allow us to better serve individuals with severe disabilities who have significant barriers to proper and regular access to dental care,” said Dr. Susan Fox, president and CEO of WIHD.

NYMC affiliate news: Susan W. Fox, Ph.D., associate professor of health policy and management and director of the Center on Disability and Health

"We provide the full range of dental services that you might receive in a dental office," said Susan Fox, President and CEO of the Westchester Institute for Human Development.

NYMC affiliate news: Susan W. Fox, Ph.D., associate professor of health policy and management and director of the Center on Disability and Health