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Now that New Yorkers seem to be easing restrictions on mobility and socialization, health experts are warning of the risks that this pandemic still carries. Juan Manuel Benítez, presenter of Pure Politics, spoke with George Contreras, paramedic and deputy director of the Center for Disaster Medicine at New York Medical College. 

Faculty News: George W. Contreras, M.P.H., M.S., M.E.P., CEM, FACEM, assistant director of the Center for Disaster Medicine, assistant professor in the Institute of Public Health, and assistant director of the advanced certificate in emergency management

If there is one thing that Americans can agree on today, it is that people are angry. The cause of the anger is different for everyone, but the common thread that holds the ire together–even when the ire itself tears society apart–is the senseless death. The deaths are senseless in both meanings of the term.

Faculty News: Ira J. Bedzow, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and director of the Biomedical Ethics and Humanities Program

When not involved in school or community activities, Miss Saca interns at New York Medical college via the STAR program and as teacher at her church's Sunday school.

Faculty News:  Samantha Saca participated in the GSBMS STAR program under the mentorship of Diane E. Heck, Ph.D., professor of public health, and Hong-Duck Kim, Ph.D., associate professor of public health

Treating a patient in extreme respiratory distress is “like staring out the window and seeing people free fall,” says Albert Kwon, an anesthesiologist at New York Medical College. Doctors don’t know how long their patients have been “falling” or how long they’ll continue to fall without intervention; they must make an on-the-spot assessment about whether a parachute is necessary.

Faculty News: Albert H. Kwon, M.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology

"We as a society have a terrible tendency to blame the other for infectious diseases," Dr Edward Halperin, the CEO of New York Medical College, told a crowd of healthcare workers earlier this year.

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

In Westchester, the Business Council of Westchester’s Economic Recovery Task Force is forging ahead with developing a comprehensive plan to provide specific recovery measures and recommendations keyed to assisting Westchester’s diverse business and not-for-profit sectors.

Affiliate News: Susan Fox, M.Ed., M.A., Ph.D., associate professor of health policy and management, director of the Center on Disability and Health, School of Health Sciences and Practice, and president and chief executive officer of the Westchester Institute for Human Development

“A lot of the benefit of proning has been anecdotal,” cautioned Dr. Armeen Poor, an attending physician in pulmonary critical care medicine at Metropolitan Hospital Center in New York City.

Faculty News: Armeen D. Poor, M.D., clinical assistant professor of medicine

While all leaders are trying to determine which effects from the pandemic are temporary and which are true business shifts, Ira Bedzow, UNESCO Chair in Bioethics at New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY, reminds leaders to not forget the basics: deep thinking, listening and communicating the vision.

Faculty News: Ira J. Bedzow, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and director of the Biomedical Ethics and Humanities Program

“It’s more of a colloquial term that epidemiologists and public health responders use to describe a situation where someone in a population or in a community seems to have spread the disease a lot more than most of the others,” Dr. Robert Amler, the dean of New York Medical College’s School of Health Sciences and Practice.

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

As of today, nearly 12,000 people have died from the coronavirus at skilled nursing facilities across the United States. Tens of thousands more residents, in thousands of homes across the country, have also been infected.

NYMC Faculty News: Ira J. Bedzow, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and director of the Biomedical Ethics and Humanities Program

During the COVID-19 crisis, the world has been reminded of Aristotle’s three essential elements in order for communication to be effective: Ethos (related to the credibility of the matter), Pathos (related to the relevance of the matter and listeners’ connection), and Logos (related to the logic of the matter presented). There is an interesting connection between the management efficiency of this crisis and its relationship with effective communication by relative authorities.

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 and Vikas Grover, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, assistant professor of speech-language pathology (SLP)

Dr. Robert Amler, dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice at New York Medical College and a former chief medical officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), says both antivirals and vaccines will be valuable tools in combating COVID-19.

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

In the modern day struggle for human rights for women, September 1995 marked a major turning point, when women’s rights advocates from across the globe congregated in Beijing for the opening of the fourth World Conference on Women. They gathered in support of one common goal—to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment globally. 25 years later, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA) is still considered to have outlined the most comprehensive and progressive goals to advance women’s rights.

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

“A second wave refers to the resurgence of COVID-19 cases in our population,” says Robert Amler, M.D., dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice at New York Medical College and former chief medical officer for the CDC.

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

Pressure continues to mount on biopharmaceutical companies to find a vaccine to prevent and a treatment to cure COVID-19. Individuals and governments are putting most — if not all — of their hope on the biopharmaceutical industry to cure them of their viral and economic woes. Only a vaccine will bring us out of future economic peril and a cure will save thousands from death.

NYMC Faculty News: Ira J. Bedzow, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and director of the Biomedical Ethics and Humanities Program

Dr. Karen Murray, associate dean for admissions with New York Medical College, says her med school uses the multiple mini-interview, or MMI, approach in order to gain insight into the way prospective students think and how they might cope with difficult situations.

Faculty News: Karen M. Murray, M.D. ’99, associate dean for admissions for the School of Medicine, and associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology

A New York City paramedic has shared his story working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying he has never seen so much death throughout his 30-year career.  Paramedic George Contreras, assistant director of the Center for Disaster Medicine at New York Medical College, highlighted an incident involving a virus patient who died in his ambulance in an interview with the New York Daily News.

Faculty News: George W. Contreras, M.P.H., M.S., M.E.P., CEM, FACEM, assistant director of the Center for Disaster Medicine, assistant professor in the Institute of Public Health, and assistant director of the advanced certificate in emergency management

Dr. Karen Murray, associate dean for admissions with New York Medical College, says her med school uses the multiple mini-interview, or MMI, approach in order to gain insight into the way prospective students think and how they might cope with difficult situations.

Faculty News: Karen M. Murray, M.D. ’99, associate dean for admissions for the School of Medicine, and associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology

In the weeks since “sheltering at home” began, we seem to be living in an eternal present. Because our most recent memories of anything different – or “out of the new ordinary” – are weeks old, we have a funny sensation that early March was only a moment ago.

NYMC Faculty News: Ira J. Bedzow, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and director of the Biomedical Ethics and Humanities Program

"The Spiro Wave is not meant to replace ventilators completely, but it expands the functionality of a manual resuscitator bag," Albert Kwon, anesthesiologist at Westchester Medical Center, and member of the Spiro Wave effort, said in a Spiro Wave press conference.

Faculty News: Albert H. Kwon, M.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology