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This past school year, 12 first-year medical students interviewed Holocaust survivors under the auspices of the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center as part of their course work in the required “Introduction to the History of Medicine” at New York Medical College in Valhalla. The 209 students in the class had been given the option of interviewing a survivor — instead of writing a paper on a famous person in medicine — by Dr. Edward C. Halperin, the college’s CEO and chancellor. Besides interviewing the survivors in their homes, the students had to read a book on medical practices under the Nazis, which included horrific experimentation on Jews in the concentration camps.

NYMC Leadership: Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A., chancellor and chief executive officer

The Brain and Spine Surgeons of New York, a privately owned White Plains-based physician group, features some of the top neurosurgeons in the region. It recently finished its move into a newly renovated 25,000-square-foot office at 4 Westchester Park Drive, according to Dr. John Abrahams, president of the group.

NYMC Faculty: John M. Abrahams M.D., M.S., clinical associate professor of neurosurgery

Dr. Matthew Lorber cautioned against discontinuing the medication in children with asthma, a lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. "Ultimately, asthma can be a life-threatening condition in children and cannot be ignored, so I do recommend to parents that their children continue with these lifesaving medications," Lorber said. "It is just very important to monitor for these risks, and it is vital that doctors warn parents about these risks before their children start these medications so they know what to be on the lookout for," Lorber added.

NYMC Faciluty: Matthew Lorber, M.D., M.P.A., clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences

Patients with schizophrenia are at high risk for weight gain and metabolic abnormalities. There are many factors that contribute to this, including genetic predisposition to metabolic abnormalities, environmental factors such as poor diet, lack of exercise, cigarette smoking, and iatrogenic considerations such as exposure to medications that can lead to further disruption of metabolic health.

NYMC Faculty: Leslie Citrome, M.D., M.P.H., clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences