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“We learn from what we see, and what I see is that the absence of appropriate visual stimuli may contribute to a range of deficits in learning about human behavior or language in the first year of life. We will need to track this,” says Dr. Edmund LaGamma

Faculty news: Edmund F. LaGamma, M.D. '76, professor of pediatrics, division of newborn medicine and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology

Even originally asymptomatic patients have felt these lingering effects long after the virus has left their system, said Dr. Carol Karmen, an internal medicine specialist and long-time Yorktown resident.

Faculty news: Carol L. Karmen, M.D., clinical professor of medicine

Dr. Amler advised that people continue to practice the “Four Ws” until further notice. “Wash hands, wear masks, watch social distance and walk away from groups of people,” he said. “We must remain alert for symptoms, get tested when appropriate, and observe applicable isolation and quarantine guidelines.”

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

“We may all be sick and tired of this virus, but it isn’t tired of making us sick,” says epidemiologist Robert Amler, MD, a former CDC chief medical officer and the current dean of New York Medical College’s School of Health Sciences and Practice.

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

But convincing people to forgo holiday gatherings and follow COVID-19 precautions, such as mask wearing, will still be integral to limiting the severity of the suffering as the nation awaits delivery of an eventual vaccine.

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

NYMC is one of four organizations to receive 2020 training grants from The Children’s Dream Foundation (CDF), an organization working to advance pediatric emergency medicine in New York’s Hudson Valley region, during a very competitive grant cycle. (see page 20)

New York Medical College news: Katharine Yamulla, M.A., CHSE, senior director of competency-based assessment and clinical skills education and director of the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center

Trump lives in a reality TV show world where everything is about him. He made the election about him and the American people listened, responded, and fired him.

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

“Not everyone has a giant home in which people can be in different rooms,” he said. Dr. Amler says it really is best to keep it to the household and celebrate together later, when there’s a vaccine.

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

“I believe that as a future doctor, I will lead with compassion and empathy... I plan to return to South Los Angeles with my Medical Degree to heal, serve, and inspire my community.”

NYMC Student news: Oluwa Toba Akinleye, School of Medicine Class of 2024

"It would be great if COVID-19 would simply go away, and even better if getting there didn’t require us to do all that much. The problem is that viruses and pandemics don’t work that way. It is urgent we find a way to stop the spread, or even slow it down, so we can save lives."

Faculty news: David Shabtai, M.D., adjunct assistant professor of medicine

The movers and shakers rocking New York City’s northern suburbs.

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, Susan W. Fox, Ph.D., associate professor of health policy and management and director of the Center on Disability and Health, Lindsay C. Farrell, M.B.A., instructor of family and community medicine, Michael D. Israel, M.P.H., assistant professor of medicine

Moderna announced Monday that preliminary data from its phase 3 trial showed its coronavirus vaccine is more than 94% effective in preventing COVID-19. Dr. Bob Lahita, a clinical professor at New York Medical College and the Chairman of the Department of Medicine at St. Joseph’s Healthcare System, breaks down the news.

Faculty news: Robert G. Lahita, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine

We talk about Dr. Murthy's new book, which examines the role of technology in promoting public health, and the big picture challenges facing global efforts to advocate women's health and wellbeing.

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, Amy Ansehl, M.S.N., D.N.P., FNP-BC, assistant dean, associate professor of public health practice, executive director of the Partnership for a Healthy Population and assistant professor of family and community medicine

Leslie Citrome, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at New York Medical College, and colleagues put forth three arguments to support Neurocrine’s claim that only a small percentage of patients with TD have been diagnosed and treated.

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

"With extraordinary interest in COVID-related research, everyone wants to know the latest information - and they wanted to know it yesterday," said senior author Dr. Neil Schluger of New York Medical College.

Faculty news: Neil W. Schluger, M.D., the Barbara and William Rosenthal Chair of the Department of Medicine

The study looks into the pivotal role of antivirals and natural ingredients—such as TriNutra’s ThymoQuin™—to help prevent cytokine storms. Increased production of cytokines and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the inflammatory response results in the competitive inhibition of heme oxygenase (HO-1) and subsequent loss of cytoprotection. Increasing HO-1 provides additional antioxidant activity and decreases the amount of heme content in the kidney.

Faculty news: Nader G. Abraham, Ph.D., Dr.(h.c.), FAHA, professor of medicine and pharmacology

N95 masks and other surgical respirators may be able to effectively filter the air you're breathing due to a tight seal around the face, but single-use medical masks and cloth-based masks that are being sold online are not designed to do so.

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

We have worked together as a community to raise awareness, reduce transmission, and provide care for those affected by the virus itself as well as by the economic consequences of the shutdown.

Faculty news: Robert A. Ollar, Ph.D., clinical assistant professor of neurology

Recently, on ward internal medicine inpatient rounds, one of us asked the residents and students what they considered to be the most important quality in a good doctor. Not surprisingly, most of my team members felt that a large and complete fund of knowledge in internal medicine was the most important quality.

Faculty news: William H. Frishman, M.D., chair emeritus of the Department of Medicine and professor of medicine

It is frequently asked why it is so hard to control the spread of COVID-19, which has infected millions of people worldwide and killed more than a million.

Faculty news: Michael Blumenfield, M.D., professor emeritus of psychiatry and behavioral sciences