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The National Minority Quality Forum is proud to announce the selection of the 2019 40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health. After receiving hundreds of applications from healthcare professionals across the country, these 40 represent the next generation of thought leaders in reducing health disparities.

NYMC Faculty news: Koesha T. Bond, Ed.D., M.P.H., CHES, assistant professor of public health. (Note: Khadijah Breathett, M.D., is from the University of Arizona College of Medicine, not NYMC)

Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A., chancellor and chief executive officer speaks with Fios1 about NYMC's role in advancing medical care and education for people of color.

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

This form of breathwork emerged after years of studying the ancient breathing practices of indigenous people around the world, from yoga and qi gong to African, Hawaiian, and Native American traditions, explains Patricia Gerbarg, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at New York Medical College

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

Keosha T. Bond, Ed.D., M.P.H., CHES, assistant professor of public health speaks on the president's plan to defeat HIV/AIDS.

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

Annette Choolfaian, RN, MPA passed away peacefully on February 2, 2019. She was a distinguished health care professional devoting her life to improving access to and quality of health care for all Americans, particularly the underserved. She spent the last two decades of her career in academia as a professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management at New York Medical College.

NYMC faculty news: Annette Choolfaian, R.N., M.P.A., professor emerita of health policy and management

Dr. Robert Amler, dean of New York Medical College’s School of Health Sciences in Westchester, said the science behind why a strain can prove deadly in one season but become mild in the next is not fully understood.  “It’s impossible to get into the mind of the flu virus,” said Amler, a former chief medical officer at the CDC. “There’s an ecological shift that occurs. These strains are out there, but at various times, one strain will become dominant over the other.”

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

Edward Lebovics, MD, is Valhalla, N.Y.-based Westchester Medical Center's gastroenterology and hepatobiliary diseases section chief and director. Dr. Lebovics is the Upham Professor of Gastroenterology at the Valhalla-based New York Medical College. Dr. Lebovics' areas of interest include liver disease, inflammatory bowel disease and advanced therapeutic endoscopic procedures.

NYMC faculty news: Edward Lebovics, M.D., professor of medicine

"Overnight oats with a tablespoon of peanut butter, and blueberries. It's simple to prepare, has more soluble fiber and antioxidants, and is filling," Dr. Craig Zalvan, clinical professor of otolaryngology at New York Medical College, told INSIDER.

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

Appointments - Salomon Amar, professor of pharmacology, microbiology and immunology at New York Medical College and provost for biomedical research and chief biomedical research officer at Touro College and University System, has been named vice president for research at New York Medical College.

NYMC leadership news: Salomon Amar, D.D.S., Ph.D., vice president for research, professor of pharmacology and microbiology and immunology at NYMC, provost for biomedical research and chief biomedical research officer for Touro College and University System, and professor of dental medicine at Touro College of Dental Medicine at NYMC

Advancing Care in the Hudson Valley

NYMC faculty: Damon A. Delbello, M.D., assistant professor of clinical orthopaedic surgery; William H. Frishman, M.D., the Barbara and William Rosenthal Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine and professor of pharmacology, Tanya Dutta, M.D., M.A., clinical associate professor of medicine and assistant professor of radiology, Boriana Parvez, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, Julio A. Panza, M.D., professor of medicine, Cary S. Passik, M.D., assistant professor of surgery, Srihari S. Naidu, M.D., professor of medicine, David Spielvogel, M.D., professor of surgery, Ramin Malekan, M.D., assistant professor of surgery, Tanya Dutta, M.D., M.A., clinical associate professor of medicine and assistant professor of radiology, Joshua B. Goldberg, M.D., assistant professor of surgery, Michael H. Gewitz, M.D., professor of pediatrics, Syed H.M. Naqvi, M.D., clinical assistant professor of medicine, Kausik Kar, M.D., assistant professor of medicine

“Hospital volume is going down—and that means hospital revenue is going down,” says Adam Block, a professor of public health at New York Medical College. “So hospitals are looking for ways to continue to be financially successful.”

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

A life-saving and life-taking 19th century medical instrument

NYMC leadership and faculty news: Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A., chancellor and chief executive officer and Yvonne S. Thornton, M.D., M.P.H., clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology

Dr. Thomas Diflo, chief of intra-abdominal organ transplantation at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, performed the successful surgery on January 11.

NYMC Faculty news: Thomas Diflo, M.D., professor of surgery

“WIHD is pleased to partner with TCDM to help train these future dental professionals,” said Susan Fox, PhD, president and CEO of WIHD. “A well-trained dental workforce, with experience in working with individuals with severe disabilities, is essential to assure that these individuals have access to proper and regular dental care in the community.”

NYMC and TouroCDM faculty news: Susan W. Fox, Ph.D., associate professor of health policy and management and director of the Center on Disability and Health, Ronnie Myers, D.D.S., M.S., dean of TouroCDM, Jay P. Goldsmith, D.M.D., founding dean of TouroCDM

New York Medical College’s Center for Disaster Medicine recently conducted an eight-hour mass casualty triage training course with staff at St. John’s Riverside Hospital in Yonkers.

NYMC leadership news: Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A., dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice and vice president for government affairs and David Markenson, M.D., M.B.A., medical director, Center for Disaster Medicine

As leader of the Westchester Institute for Human Development (WIHD), Susan Fox oversees an organization that provides specialized medical, dental and psychological services to more than 5,000 people with intellectual and development disabilities each year.

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

So what can consumers do with this information? Adam Block, a health economist and assistant professor at New York Medical College’s School of Health Sciences and Practice, noted that consumers don’t always have the luxury of shopping around for care, such as for an emergency cardiac bypass.

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

“It is the right idea, but operationally it is much harder to do,” said Adam Block, an assistant professor of public health at the New York Medical College. “To assume that that is going to happen is a very strong assumption.”

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

Do the holidays leave a lump in your throat? If fond farewells aren’t choking you up, it could be that too many treats are causing or aggravating acid reflux, a condition that creates various types of discomfort–from a lump in your throat to indigestion.

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

A true Renaissance Man, this chancellor of New York Medical College and radiation oncologist has a wide range of interests that embraces everything from pediatric cancers to Jewish history.

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