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As a speaker and executive member of the yoga day committee formed by a group of US members of NGOs affiliated with the United Nations, I speak to women about the importance of Yoga. I have authored articles on yoga and wellbeing and described the tremendous beneficial role played by yoga in improving one’s health and well being. I think in my own small way I am trying to educate people about the importance of wellness for women. This is a ripple effect as it will be passed on by those who hear about it from me or other colleagues.

NYMC Faculty News: Padmini Murthy, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., M.Phil., CHES, professor of public health and global health director and clinical assistant professor of family and community medicine

When you’ve just finished off a garlicky meal or downed a beer (or three) after a long day, it’s expected that your breath is going to smell, well, off. But sometimes the cause of your bad breath (a.k.a. halitosis in doctor-speak) isn’t so clearly defined, and can leave you feeling self-conscious—maybe even embarrassed.

Touro College of Dental Medicine at New York Medical College News: Allison Baylis, D.D.S., clinical assistant professor of dental medicine 

Westfair Communications Inc., publisher of the Westchester and Fairfield County Business Journals and WAG magazine, has selected the winners of its Millennial Awards for 2019. Thirty-two individuals from Westchester and Fairfield were chosen. The event recognizing their achievements is scheduled for Nov. 21 at Serafina at the Italian Center in Stamford.

NYMC Faculty News: Nitin Kumar Sekhri, M.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology

Three physicians with the Phelps Family Medicine Residency Program have achieved the Degree of Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the national medical association representing nearly 134,600 family physicians, residents and medical students. They are Rebecca McAteer, MD, Sara Paul, MD, and London Muse, MD.

NYMC Faculty News: Rebecca McAteer, M.D.'08, clinical assistant professor of family and community medicine and School of Medicine advisory dean, Sara Paul, M.D., clinical assistant professor of family and community medicine, and London Muse, M.D. ’12, clinical assistant professor of family and community medicine

BioInc@NYMC, the biotechnology incubator on the campus of New York Medical College in Valhalla, had two celebrations in one on Oct. 30. It celebrated its fifth anniversary while opening new space that effectively doubles its size. Since its launch in October 2014, BioInc@NYMC has supported nine startup companies, created at least 54 jobs and has had an economic impact estimated to be in excess of $16 million.

BioInc@NYMC News: 

Deborah Novick, director of BioInc@NYMC

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

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

Marc Zemel, SM, M.B.A., co-founder and CEO of Retia Medical, a BioInc client

A biotechnology and health care company in the Hudson Valley is growing in size. Biotechnology incubator BioInc@NYMC is celebrating a five-year anniversary today, and announced a huge expansion of its facility. Westchester lawmakers joined officials from New York Medical College in Valhalla for a ribbon cutting to officially open the expanded space.

BioInc@NYMC News: Deborah Novick, director of BioInc@NYMC

Biotechnology incubator BioInc@NYMC celebrated its five-year anniversary Wednesday and announced a huge expansion of its current facility. Westchester lawmakers joined BioInc officials from New York Medical College in Valhalla for a ribbon-cutting to officially open the expanded space.

BioInc@NYMC News: 

Deborah Novick, director of BioInc@NYMC

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

Sarah E. Cottet, executive director of facilities management and capital planning

New York Medical College in Valhalla quickly became a Biotechnology inbucator for the Hudson Valley. This unique space provides startup companies with equipment and resources they need to explore and create new forms of medicine or medical technology to improve our quality of life.

BioInc@NYMC News: 

Salomon Amar, D.D.S., Ph.D., vice president of research at NYMC and provost for biomedical research and chief biomedical research officer for Touro College and University System

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

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

I read the article “Vaccination: the unending controversy” with great dismay. While healthcare professionals have labored painstakingly for years—and never harder than this last year—to stress the urgency of vaccinations, all it takes is a single gadfly in the ointment of common sense to plant doubt in the minds of the easily frightened or woefully uninformed. Even the headline of the piece demands redressing: Vaccinations are only “controversial” because of conspiracy theorists; their narrative is only “unending” because of those who profit, one way or another, by perpetuating myths.

New York Medical College Leadership News: Alan Kadish, M.D., president

Battling through coffee-induced anxiety just to get a boost of energy is a relatable struggle for many 9-to-5ers. Fully skipping your morning brew to avoid jitters is one obvious solution, but it's also not realistic for those who simultaneously feel completely drained without it. So, is there a happy caffeine medium between being overstimulated and wiped out?

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

Various Articles: #TeamWMCHealth Goes the Distance in 2019 New York City Marathon, WMCHealth Cardiology Director Publishes Study on New Treatment Benchmark, The Power to Save Lives, ‘I Cheated Death’, Support System, Saving Josh, Back in the Game, When Flu Turns Fierce, Can the shorter days really be affecting me?, What should I know about toddler safety during the holidays?, Do I really need to wear sunscreen in the winter?

NYMC Faculty News: Fabio O. Danisi, M.D., clinical associate professor of Neurology, Lisa N. Hirsch, M.D., instructor of medicine, Elizabeth Tilley, Ph.D., instructor of surgery, Julio A. Panza, M.D., professor of medicine, Kartik Prabhakaran, M.D., assistant professor of surgery, Tanya Dutta, M.D., M.A., clinical associate professor of medicine and assistant professor of radiology, Sateesh C. Babu, M.D., professor of surgery, Mill Etienne, M.D. ’02, M.P.H., FAAN, FAES, assistant dean of student affairs, associate professor of neurology and School of Medicine House Advisory Dean, Arun Goyal, M.D., assistant professor of surgery, Rajiv Narula, M.D., clinical assistant professor of family and community medicine, Gary Tatz, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics, Sheila M. Nolan, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics, Alexander C. Lerman, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, Darshan D. Patel, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics, family and community medicine and of emergency medicine, Xiang D. Dong, M.D., clinical associate professor of surgery

Dr. Nitin Sekhri is board certified in both Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and earned his Chemical Engineering degree from Manhattan College before attending Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his residency in Anesthesiology at Columbia University Medical Center, serving as Chief Resident in his final year. He went on to complete his Fellowship in Pain Medicine at Columbia and was recognized as a Virginia Apgar Research Scholar, with his research focusing on Mathematical Modeling of Pain during labor.

NYMC Faculty: Nitin Kumar Sekhri, M.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology

Since Touro assumed control, New York Medical College has developed a program and curriculum that reflects its Jewish character. It’s not just in the special Jewish accommodations the school offers — such as an academic calendar built around the Jewish holidays and kosher food in the cafeteria — but also in the ways New York Medical College applies a uniquely Jewish lens to health sciences education.

NYMC Mentions:

Raeesa Hossain, SOM Class of 2023 student

Rabbi Moshe D. Krupka, M.S., executive vice president, Touro College and University System

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

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

The Business Council of Westchester has officially elected a new chairperson as well as six board members to its Board of Directors.

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

With influenza season a little more than a month away, just 12% of Wisconsin residents have received their vaccination, a concern to public health officials who have been keeping an anxious eye on Australia's record-breaking flu season. Australia, which can be a harbinger of flu conditions in the northern hemisphere, has recorded almost 300,000 confirmed cases and 812 deaths this season.

NYMC Leadership News: Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A., vice president for government affairs, dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice, and professor of public health, pediatrics and environmental health science

“The Smart Million Dollar Man” — on this episode we converse with Dr. Adam Block, a Harvard graduate in health policy and economics and he’s an incredible wealth of knowledge. Dr. Block gives an in-depth account of the world of economics and delve into what it takes to be a conducive entrepreneur in our modern-day society.

NYMC Faculty News: Adam E. Block, Ph.D., assistant professor of public health in the Division of Health Policy and Management

Individualism is on the rise in America. It has always shaped the American ethos, giving Americans the values of personal autonomy, ambition, and liberty. Collectivist societies, on the other hand, emphasize social harmony and interdependence, which sometimes leads to the belief that the good of the group outweighs the needs of individuals. As such, individualism, and the values that it reinforces, allows for diversity within a community and an organization. 

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

Gene editing of DNA inside living cells has many potential uses — from treating human disease to altering crops and livestock for agriculture — and is often considered the preeminent technological breakthrough of the new millennium. For example, in a move that has been widely criticized, Chinese researcher He Jiankui claims to have edited human babies to resist HIV by altering a gene called CCR5.

NYMC Faculty News: Stuart A. Newman, Ph.D., professor of cell biology and anatomy and medicine

Activated charcoal is created from carbon-rich materials burned at high temperatures, according to the National Capital Poison Center (Poison Control). For example, carbon-rich materials such as wood, coconut shells or coal, are burned at a high temperature (between 600 and 900 degrees Celsius or 1,110 and 1,650 degrees Fahrenheit) to create a charcoal powder. 

TCDM at New York Medical College News: Benjamin Schwartz, D.D.S., clinical assistant professor of dental medicine, TouroCDM

Secuado gives a once-a-day sustained dose of the anti-psychotic drug many people suffering from schizophrenia rely on. Asenapine treats schizophrenia by rebalancing chemicals, such as dopamine and serotonin, in the brain, and transdermal delivery may offer patients an easy way to take their medication.

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