Alumni Association
- Jun 30, 2021
- 4 min
"Don't Give Up": A Q&A with Diane Kaufman, MD' 79
In 2019 Dr. Diane Kaufman, child psychiatrist, poet, author, artist and SUNY Downstate alumna received the Alumni Association's Dr. Frank...
Alumni Association
- Jan 18, 2019
- 1 min
Alumni Today Fall 2018
Note from the Executive Director, Kristian R. Balgobin: The Alumni Association would like to thank our editor, Constance Shames, MD ’63....
Alumni Association
- Jan 17, 2019
- 2 min
A Message from the Alumni Association President: Physician Burnout or Physician Abuse
Since the advent of the Electronic Medical Record (EMR), the practice of medicine has radically changed. EMRs offer the advantage of...
Alumni Association
- Dec 14, 2018
- 2 min
A Message from the Alumni Association President: The Patient Didn’t Fill My Prescription
How often have you had the experience where you have written a prescription for what you felt was the best medication to treat a...
Alumni Association
- Nov 16, 2018
- 2 min
A Message from the Alumni Association President: “Why I Hated Downstate”
What would prompt the President of an Alumni Association to write an article with this title about a school that positively impacted our...
Alumni Association
- Sep 14, 2018
- 1 min
SUNY Downstate News: September 2018
News: September 3rd: Labor Day September 9th- September 11th: Rosh Hashanah SUNY Downstate Announcements: August 17th: SUNY Downstate...
Alumni Association
- Jul 16, 2018
- 1 min
Board Member Dr. Carla Boutin-Foster Speaks at 2018 NMQF Leadership Summit and Spring Health Braintr
Alumni Association Board Member and Associate Dean of Diversity Education and Research, Dr. Carla Boutin-Foster was a member on the...
Alumni Association
- Jun 15, 2018
- 2 min
SUNY Downstate News: June 2018
News: May 23rd: Emergency Medical Services for Children Day May 28th: Memorial Day June: Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month ...
Alumni Association
- Jun 15, 2018
- 1 min
Class Notes: June 2018
Howard Maker, MD ’56 continues to serve as the senior neurologist at Mount Sinai Union Square and Chief of Neurology at New Bridge...
Alumni Association
- May 15, 2018
- 1 min
Alumni Association Staff Changes
The Alumni Association is delighted to announce a new addition to the staff. Ashley Williams has been hired to fill the position of...
Alumni Association
- Apr 23, 2018
- 1 min
Young Alumni Celebration
On Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at SUNY Global Center in Manhattan, alumni from the class years of 1993-2017 came out to celebrate their...
Alumni Association
- Apr 15, 2018
- 1 min
Class Notes: April 2018
Howard D. Dorfman, MD’51 is celebrating his 90th birthday this summer. He would also like to mark the recent publication of the 2nd...
Alumni Association
- Mar 15, 2018
- 2 min
Class Notes: March 2018
Class Notes: Paul A. Jacobs, MD’54 is still involved with the Orthopaedic Surgery Department of the Medical College of Wisconsin, but is...
Alumni Association
- Feb 13, 2018
- 5 min
Class Notes: February 2018
Class Notes: Arthur D. Drazan, MD’61 has been retired since 1991 as a DABR, FACR, and DABN. He continues to fish, play gold, and is an...
Alumni Association
- Jan 12, 2018
- 7 min
Class Notes: January 2018
Class Notes: Howard Maker, MD’56 Continues as Senior Neurologist as Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City and Chief of Neurology at...
Alumni Association
- Jan 12, 2018
- 1 min
SUNY Downstate News: January 2018
News: January 1st – Happy New Year Jan 15th – Martin Luther King Day is celebrated SUNY Downstate Announcements: January 10, 2018:...
Alumni Association
- Jan 3, 2018
- 6 min
Alumnus Profile: Scott Coyne, MD’77
Dr. Scott Coyne moonlighted as a police officer in Long Island on weekends as a SUNY Downstate med student, reading JAMA in the precinct...
Alumni Association
- Dec 29, 2017
- 1 min
2017 Year in Review
We celebrate the many donors and members of the Alumni Association College of Medicine SUNY Downstate for their support of medical...
Alumni Association
- Dec 13, 2017
- 2 min
SUNY Downstate News: December 2017
December 1 is World AIDS Day December 12 – 20 Hanukkah is celebrated December 25 Christmas Day SUNY Downstate Announcements: SUNY...
Alumni Association
- Dec 12, 2017
- 2 min
Class Notes: December 2017
Class Notes: Irwin Berkowitz, MD’72 Dr. Berkowitz has retired from the practice of Pediatrics after 41 years at Chestnut Ridge...