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Some people pretend that they are Black because they have a psychological need to be a person other than they really are. Some people pretend to be police officers or combat veterans because they have a psychological need to think of themselves as a person other than they really are.

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

The most important culture shift is also the simplest. We must all shift to hear what women have to say. We need to listen instead of scrutinizing. Allow women to express their ideas regardless of their looks or the way they speak.

NYMC Leadership news: Jennifer Riekert, M.B.A., vice president of communications and strategic initiatives and Ali Jackson-Jolley, M.B.A., communications specialist

Chronic care management does not have to have a video component, as CMS has ruled that audio communication by itself is sufficient. Typically, telemedicine does have to have a video component; however, this requirement has been waived during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Faculty news: Evan R. Goldfischer, M.D., clinical assistant professor of urology

Dr. Tamulewicz provides the utmost care to patients within her own private practice in Brooklyn, New York. Treatments include all facets of general and cosmetic dentistry, including root canal therapy, crowns, bridges, veneers, implants, various oral surgeries.

Faculty news: Barbara Tamulewicz, D.D.S., clinical assistant professor of dental medicine

To raise our consciousness about linguistic discrimination, we recommend looking inward and challenging our own implicit biases regarding people who sound different. Consider that the differences you hear (and may have previously labeled as “incorrect” and “improper”) may be part of some other language. 

Faculty news: Vikas Grover, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, assistant professor of speech-language pathology

Each year, some 300,000 people in the United States contract Lyme disease. Early detection and treatment are key. Now there’s a new rapid test that can change the game.

Faculty news: Raymond J. Dattwyler, M.D., professor of microbiology and immunology, medicine and pediatrics

“You have to realize the virus is still out there, even on the evening of October 31,” Robert Amler, M.D., dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice at New York Medical College and a former medical officer with the CDC, tells Glamour. “We take a holiday, but the virus does not.”

NYMC 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

Since the onset of the pandemic in March, Amler’s efforts have been integral to controlling the virus in Westchester County, even as it has resulted in almost 7 million cases nationwide with more than 200,0000 deaths. 

Faculty news: Sherlita Amler, M.D., M.S., clinical associate professor of pediatrics, adjunct professor of public health and senior fellow for Center for Disaster Medicine, George W. Contreras, M.E.P., M.P.H., M.S., CEM, FAcEM, assistant director of the CDM, assistant professor in the Institute of Public Health of the SHSP and assistant director of the Advanced Certificate in Emergency Management Program, Nigel Knox, M.D., clinical assistant professor of anesthesiology

Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A., vice president for government affairs and dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice, talks to WNBC 4 on September 22, 2020.

NYMC 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

Despite the public controversy over whether free speech is being used to justify political messaging, intolerance, or misinformation, in a world in which everything is said through an editable medium, free speech may not be a problem. After all, you can say whatever you want. It’ll just be left on the cutting room floor.

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

That is not how health care operates.At least not yet. In health care, patients with good insurance might have to wait for appointments or services and might encounter impersonal or rude staff. Price is uncorrelated with quality of care. Why?

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

Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A., vice president for government affairs and dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice, talks to FOX 5 about CDC guideline changes on September 21, 2020.

NYMC 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

Watch Adam D. Hammerman, M.B.A., vice president and chief financial officer of New York Medical College accept his award at the virtual event held on September 10, 2020 at: https://westfaironline.com/csuite2020/ [17:00].

NYMC Leadership news: Adam D. Hammerman, M.B.A., vice president and chief financial officer

The most important culture shift is also the simplest. We must all shift to hear what women have to say. We need to listen instead of scrutinizing. Allow women to express their ideas regardless of their looks or the way they speak.

NYMC Administration news: Jennifer Riekert, M.B.A., vice president of communications and strategic initiatives and Ali Jackson-Jolley, M.B.A., communications specialist

Research by Adam Block, Ph.D., an assistant professor of public health at New York Medical College, on the Managed Healthcare Executive® website shows that net operating income in the second quarter of this year had increased by an average of 136.7% relative to the second quarter of 2019.

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

The trial is being led by Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg at Duke University to determine if infusions of hCT-MSCs are safe and can suppress the hyper-inflammatory response and positively impact the symptom course and duration, as well as the long-term effects of this life-threatening syndrome.

NYMC Alumni news: Joanne Kurtzberg, M.D. '76

As the COVID pandemic continues, people must make tradeoffs between taking on risk in activities and other factors that have value to them — like seeing family and earning income. 

Faculty News: Adam E. Block, Ph.D., assistant professor of public health in the Division of Health Policy and Management and George W. Contreras, M.E.P., M.P.H., M.S., CEM, FAcEM, assistant director of the CDM, assistant professor in the Institute of Public Health of the SHSP and assistant director of the Advanced Certificate in Emergency Management Program

How do we acknowledge differences without cancelling commonalities? Similarity, how can we respect ethnicities without turning them into ethnic stereotypes?

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

These clear face masks are crucial for the DDH community, but they may also be a vast improvement for caregivers in a senior facility or even teachers in a classroom, explains Robert Amler, M.D.

NYMC 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

There is lots of great counsel in the letter. It claims, “Only in a professional does one’s voice sing in harmony with one’s being. Want that for yourselves, for only a life undivided is a life of full integrity.”

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