

First Year Medical Students iPad Giveaway! 2017
After much anticipation, first year Medical Students, MS1, came to the Alumni Association office filled will jubilation to pick up their...
Alumni Association
Aug 31, 20172 min read


SUNY Downstate News August 2017
August 1-7 World Breastfeeding Week! SUNY Downstate Announcement: Rainer W. G. Gruessner, MD, FACS, FICS, has been named Chair of surgery...
Alumni Association
Aug 15, 20172 min read


Class Notes: August 2017
Class Notes: Irwin Berkowitz, MD’ 72 After 41+ years at Chestnut Ridge Pediatrics, I have called it quits. I have hung up my...
Alumni Association
Aug 14, 20172 min read


Building Brooklyn’s Future on the Waterfront
Inside the workspace of one of BioBAT’s anchor tenants, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) “When I visited the BioBat...
Alumni Association
Aug 11, 20172 min read


Alumni Membership Benefits
To access to the member benefits page please go to the link below. A username and password is necessary to view the benefits. Contact the...
Alumni Association
Aug 9, 20171 min read


Alumni Books, Articles, & Publications
“Don’t forget – no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.” – Charles de Lint...
Alumni Association
Jul 27, 20171 min read


Class Notes: July 2017
Class Notes: Raymond Scalettar, MD’54 Dr. Scalettar states “On May 21, 2017 I was promoted to Clinical Professor of Medicine at George...
Alumni Association
Jul 12, 20172 min read


Student Profile – Zaki Azam
This month’s SUNY Downstate College of Medicine student profile is of Zaki Azam, class of 2019. Zaki completed his undergraduate...
Alumni Association
Jul 11, 20171 min read


Alumni Throwback Thursdays
Every Thursday on the Alumni Association Facebook page and Facebook group a throwback photo will be featured. Photos will be taken from...
Alumni Association
Jul 11, 20171 min read


Equal Opportunity Funding
The Alumni Association remains committed to diverse and inclusive practices. Diverse and Inclusive practices are subjects many...
Alumni Association
Jun 14, 20171 min read


SUNY Downstate News May 2017
SUNY Downstate Alumnus Jeffrey Goldstein, MD’90, was elected president of the International society Society for the Advancement of Spine...
Alumni Association
May 31, 20171 min read


Alumni’s Work of Fiction Touches Depression, Recovery
Paul Shalom Rhodes, MD ’75 reads Pink! May 27 in Coney Island Pink! By Dr. Paul Shalom Rhodes, illustrated by Shimra Starr May 27, 2017 ...
Alumni Association
May 4, 20171 min read


Charlotte Sun Features David Klein, MD ’75, Humanitarian
David Klein, MD ’75, interim director of the Virginia B. Andes Volunteer Community Clinic, was featured on the front page of the...
Alumni Association
Feb 16, 20171 min read


Brooklyn Recognizes M. Monica Sweeney, MD, MPH ’75 for AIDS Work
On December 2, 2016, in conjunction with World AIDS Day, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams recognized Dr. Monica Sweeney, ’75,...
Alumni Association
Dec 12, 20162 min read


Alumnus Article: Portland Public Health Initiative to Prevent Flu Among American Indians
Portland Area Mobilizes to Prevent Seasonal Influenza November 23, 2016 Thanksgiving is almost upon us. As we prepare to gather together...
Alumni Association
Dec 1, 20164 min read


SUNY Downstate Class Notes, Nov. 16, 2016
David Schneider, MD `53 Dr. Schneider writes from West Orange, New Jersey, that he’s “still okay, working four days a week.” Harold...
Alumni Association
Nov 16, 20164 min read


Michael Zenilman, MD `84, New Chair of Surgery at New York Methodist
Michael Zenilman, MD `84, has joined New York Methodist Hospital as chair of the Department of Surgery. He will also serve on the Weill...
Alumni Association
Oct 27, 20162 min read


Munish Khaneja MD `97 joins Altruista Health as Chief Medical Officer
Munish Khaneja, MD will oversee clinical strategy and regulatory innovation across all products and services, and will work directly with...
Alumni Association
Oct 11, 20163 min read


Richard Allen Williams, MD `62, Named 117th President of National Medical Association
Dr. Richard Allen Williams, the newly installed 117th President of the National Medical Association, is currently Clinical Professor of...
Alumni Association
Oct 7, 20162 min read


Alumni Profile: Follow Steven Brozinsky, MD ’72, from Downstate to Chula Vista
The Alumni Office contacted Dr. Brozinsky for an interview, and he shared his written highlights from almost 40 years in medicine. So,...
Alumni Association
Sep 29, 20169 min read
