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Dribble for a Cure fundraiser

NYMC faculty news: Mitchell S. Cairo, M.D., professor of pediatrics, division of pediatric hematology, oncology and stem cell transplantation, and professor of medicine, pathology, microbiology and immunology, and cell biology and anatomy

Since the first event on campus in 2011, over half a million dollars has been raised. The beneficiary is Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital in Valhalla, NY, where Dr. Mitchell Cairo who attended the event, is chief of pediatric hematology, oncology and stem cell transplantation.

NYMC faculty news: Mitchell S. Cairo, M.D., professor of pediatrics, division of pediatric hematology, oncology and stem cell transplantation, and professor of medicine, pathology, microbiology and immunology, and cell biology and anatomy

This article was written by Marvin M. Lipman, former chief medical adviser for Consumer Reports and clinical professor emeritus at New York Medical College.

NYMC faculty news: Marvin M. Lipman, M.D., professor emeritus of medicine

A group of Westchester County’s most distinguished doctors – and one promising student – was recognized Sept. 20 at the annual Doctors of Distinction Awards at the Doral Arrowwood in Rye Brook.

NYMC faculty and student news: 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, Daren Wu, M.D., assistant professor of family and community medicine, Michael Grasso III, M.D., professor of urology, Philip Maynard, School of Medicine Class of 2019

The Business Council of Westchester (BCW) today announced that 31 of its members were named to City & State New York's "Westchester Power 50" list.

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

Senator Terrence saw the suffering and resolve of the Puerto Rican people and pledged to help them. He contacted Dean Robert Amler, M.D., M.B.A., Vice President of Government Affairs for New York Medical College and Michael Reilly, Dr. P.H., M.P.H., Director of the Center of Excellence in Precision Responses to Bioterrorism and Disasters at New York Medical College to formulate a plan of action.

NYMC 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 Michael Reilly, Dr. P.H., M.P.H., Director of the Center of Excellence in Precision Responses to Bioterrorism and Disasters

NYMC Welcomes New Chair of the Department of Surgery, Dean of the Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences, and Appoints Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology

NYMC faculty news: Rifat Latifi, M.D., chair and professor of the Department of Surgery, Marina K. Holz, Ph.D., dean of the Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences and Kelly A. Hutcheson, M.D., M.B.A, chair of the Department of Ophthalmology

Stuart Newman is a Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at the New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York. He is a prominent evolutionary developmental biologist, well known for his pioneering work on vertebrate limb development and the role of physical mechanisms in development and morphological evolution.

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

Dr. Dennis Bloomfield, the director of clinic research at Richmond University Medical Center

NYMC faculty news: Dennis A. Bloomfield, M.D., professor emeritus of medicine, former associate dean, Richmond University Medical Center

At New York Medical College, Dr. Robert Amler is on the front lines when it comes to biological disaster preparedness. 

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

The word aura may conjure up images of angels, funky colors, and halos hovering over your friends, but Jin Li, MD, chief of neuromuscular medicine at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York, and an associate professor of neurology at New York Medical College, says there’s a lot more science to this medical term.

NYMC faculty news: Jin Li, M.D., Ph.D., clinical associate professor of neurology

Advancing Care in the Hudson Valley - various articles about NYMC faculty who practice medicine in Westchester Medical Center and across the Westchester Medical Center Health Network

NYMC faculty news: Faculty within the WMC Health Network

“I think the future is bright for CAR NK cells, but we are at the very beginning,” says hematologist Mitchell Cairo of the New York Medical College in Hawthorne.

NYMC Faculty news: Mitchell S. Cairo, M.D., professor of pediatrics, division of pediatric hematology, oncology and stem cell transplantation, and professor of medicine, pathology, microbiology and immunology, and cell biology and anatomy

"I think the future is bright for CAR NK cells, but we are at the very beginning," says hematologist Mitchell Cairo of the New York Medical College in Hawthorne.

NYMC faculty news: Mitchell S. Cairo, M.D., professor of pediatrics, division of pediatric hematology, oncology and stem cell transplantation, and professor of medicine, pathology, microbiology and immunology, and cell biology and anatomy

Advances in biotechnology are opening the doors to new possibilities in food production and raising questions about the nature of pareve food. 

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

Carefully targeted house calls can reduce patient anxiety, decrease hospital readmissions, improve patient safety, and increase physician familiarity with patients, says William Frishman, MD, of New York Medical College and Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York.

William H. Frishman, M.D., the Barbara and William Rosenthal Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine and professor of pharmacology

Officials will zero in on passengers on the Airbus A380 superjumbo jet who got sick as well as those who didn't to determine the source of the illness, according to Dr. Robert Amler,  dean of New York Medical College’s School of Health Sciences and Practice in Valhalla.

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

Officials will zero in on passengers on the Airbus A380 superjumbo jet who got sick as well as those who didn't to try to determine the source of the illness, according to Dr. Robert Amler,  dean of New York Medical College’s School of Health Sciences and Practice and a former CDC chief medical officer and New York Regional Health Administrator.

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

Dr. Robert Amler is a former chief medical officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He says Wednesday’s incident sounds like a standard procedure.

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

"Obesity has earned the name 'the silent disease' because its adverse effects are insidious in the development of cardiovascular disease including hypertension, heart failure, and stroke as well as diabetes," said Dr. Nader G. Abraham, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at New York Medical College.

NYMC faculty news: Nader G. Abraham, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology