News and Events

The Center for Disaster Medicine, housed at New York Medical College (NYMC), is hosting a symposium on November 13th, bringing together experts to share how to prepare for various mass casualty events.

NYMC news: Center for Disaster Medicine

Dr. Gass has appeared as a medical expert in Life Magazine, The New York Times, and on CNN, NBC, CNBC, and local New York news affiliates. He was featured in a one-hour documentary special, “A Change of Heart,” on Dateline NBC, which chronicled the poignant wait of several of his patients for a suitable donor heart.

Faculty news: Alan Gass, M.D., professor of medicine

On Sunday, October 14, 2018, New York Medical College (NYMC) hosted its Founder’s Dinner at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Tarrytown, N.Y. This year’s event honored William C. Campbell, Felix Wimpfheimer, MD, and Judith M. Watson.

NYMC Leadership news: William C. Campbell, Ph.D., right, recipient of the William Cullen Bryant Award, Felix Wimpfheimer, M.D. '45, left, recipient of the Alfred B. DelBello Distinguished Service Award, Judith M. Watson, R.N., B.S.N., M.P.H. '07, center, recipient of the Jackson E. Spears Community Service Award

The higher your risk, the more aggressive you may want to be, for example, starting at age 40 or 45 instead of 50 or getting screened once per year instead of every two years, says Marvin Lipman, professor emeritus of clinical medicine at New York Medical College

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

That commemoration was capped Wednesday evening with a lecture from bioethicist Ira Bedzow, biomedical ethics and humanities program director at New York Medical College.

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

For Rabbi Lila Kagedan, who teaches bioethics at New York Medical College and works as a chaplain and clinical ethicist in hospitals and hospices, “The approach to death and dying — and how it is addressed — is evolving in the Jewish community.”

NYMC faculty news: Lila Kagedan, M.Ed., adjunct assistant professor of medicine

“It’s immoral,” New York Medical College Chancellor Edward Halperin told The Wall Street Journal in 2016. “I don’t think human illness is a commodity to be sold in the marketplace.”

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

Mid-Hudson natives and graduates of Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Middletown, New York Medical College in Valhalla, and Quinnipiac University’s medical school will be given preference for the new residencies

NYMC News

Associate Dean Anthony M. Sozzo participated in visits with congressional staff members on Capitol Hill to Advocate for Students.

NYMC news: Anthony M. Sozzo, M.A., M.S.Ed., associate dean for student affairs and director of student financial planning and student activities

The Race for Rehab's goal is to raise awareness and funds for abilities of physically challenged athletes, who lack the resources to participate in athletic events.

NYMC news: Race for Rehab

"My research is focused on understanding brain mechanisms of sleep and sleep disorders," said Dr. Christopher Leonard, Interim Chair and Professor of Physiology at NYMC.

NYMC faculty news: Christopher S. Leonard, Ph.D., interim chair and professor of physiology

Dr. Dendy Engelman, a board-certified and nationally-acclaimed dermatologic surgeon, tells the Epsom Salt Council that our diets have robbed our bodies of magnesium, which can cause eczema, psoriasis and acne.

NYMC faculty news: Dendy E. Engelman, M.D., clinical assistant professor of dermatology

Since its inception in 2011, the event has raised more than $500,000 to contribute to the work of Dr. Mitchell Cairo, chief of pediatric hematology, oncology and stem cell transplantation at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital.

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

According to Dr. Shawna Newman, an attending psychiatrist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, the study "clearly demonstrates the specific benefit of exercise for children, in addition to that of good sleep hygiene and the limitation of screen time contributing positively to cognitive development."

NYMC faculty news: Shawna G. Newman, M.D., adjunct assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences

In all, the total cost impact of caregiving on the female caregiver who leaves her job is $324,044. This is an estimate, according to research from the MetLife Mature Market Institute in partnership with the National Alliance for Caregiving and the Center for Long Term Care Research and Policy at NYMC.

NYMC news: Center for Long-Term Care

New York Medical College named Jerry Nadler (not the congressman) dean of its medical school, starting in March 2019.

NYMC leadership news: Jerry L. Nadler, M.D., MACP, FAHA, FACE, dean of the School of Medicine, effective March 2018

Edward Halperin, M.D., M.B.A., the chancellor and CEO of New York Medical College, will deliver a lecture on a little-known episode of anti-Semitic violence in American medical education.

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

New York Medical College affiliate news

NYMC affiliate news: Good Samaritan Hospital, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Calvary Hospital, CareMount Medical, Northern Westchester Hospital

The Westchester Institute for Human Development (WIHD) announces the appointment of Jenean Castillo, PhD, as Director of the federally funded Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities (LEND) interdisciplinary training program at WIHD.

NYMC faculty news: Jenean A. Castillo, M.A., Ph.D., assistant professor, Center on Disability and Health in the School of Health Sciences and Practice

In the study in STEM CELLS, New York Medical College colleagues Mitchell Cairo, M.D., and Yanling Liao, Ph.D., led a team intent on uncovering the role of a protein called transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ) in RDEB.

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