
Alumni Association
- Jul 25, 2019
- 3 min
A Message from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University’s President, Dr. Wayne J. Riley
SUNY Board of Trustees confers new campus name — Downstate Health Sciences University As many of you know, Downstate has a rich history...

Alumni Association
- Feb 15, 2019
- 2 min
Joel M. Ingegno, MD ’62- Obituary
Dr. Joel Michael Ingegno passed away at home in Tampa, Florida, surrounded by his family, on November 7, 2018. He was 81 years of age. ...

Alumni Association
- May 15, 2018
- 1 min
The Alumni Association Appoints New President: Michael T. Goldstein, MD ’74
On May 5, 2018, Dr. Michael Goldstein became the President of the SUNY Downstate College of Medicine Alumni Association. He succeeds Dr....

Alumni Association
- Sep 21, 2017
- 2 min
Presidential Inauguration Ceremony 2017
“If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together.” This past Friday, 9/15/2017, marked the beginning of a new era in...

Alumni Association
- Sep 12, 2017
- 1 min
Robert F. Furchgott Annual Visiting Professor Lecture: Nobel Laureate Dr. Eric Kandel
On Wednesday, September 6 at 3:00 p.m. in BSB Lecture Hall 6, the Robert F. Furchgott Annual Visiting Professor Lecture featured Dr....

Alumni Association
- Jul 11, 2017
- 1 min
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
- May 31, 2017
- 1 min
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
- Mar 10, 2017
- 3 min
Hear Ralph Snyderman, MD ’65, Duke Chancellor Emeritus, Present AOA Lecture March 21
Downstate alumnus Ralph Snyderman, MD ’65, Duke University Chancellor Emeritus and the James B. Duke Professor of Medicine, will present...

Alumni Association
- Jan 11, 2017
- 5 min
Class Notes: January 2017
New class notes received between December 15 and January 13, 2017. If you’re a SUNY Downstate College of Medicine alumn and have reached...

Alumni Association
- Dec 15, 2016
- 5 min
Class Notes: December 16, 2016
Donna Younger, MD ’55 Dr. Younger, an internal medicine physician and Harvard Medical School professor, retired in 2016. Allen...

Alumni Association
- Dec 12, 2016
- 2 min
Remembering Gerald Greenberg, MD ’59, Friend of Downstate
Died November 21, 2015 Gerald M Greenberg, MD, age 83, of Roslyn Heights, NY, died peacefully and gently and with a soft smile on his...

Alumni Association
- Oct 12, 2016
- 2 min
SUNY Downstate Class Notes, Oct. 14, 2016
In Memoriam Harold Bernanke, MD `54 Dr. Bernake died suddenly August 20, 2016 in Rockville, MD at 87. He was a lifelong New Yorker and...

Alumni Association
- Sep 29, 2016
- 9 min
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
- Jul 28, 2016
- 1 min
From the ’60 Linchonian
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Alumni Association
- Jul 28, 2016
- 1 min
Noel Kleppel, MD ’56: The First Fecal Transplants in the US
Dr. Noel Kleppel, MD ’56 presents a little on the history of the current SUNY Downstate and speaks about his role in the first ever fecal...

Alumni Association
- Apr 11, 2016
- 4 min
SUNY Downstate Alumni Honored at Celebrate Downstate
Annually, Celebrate Downstate honors select leaders in the medical, political, media, philanthropic and business worlds whose...

Alumni Association
- Apr 5, 2016
- 2 min
Stephen M. Goldfinger MD, Steps Down as SUNY Downstate Chair of Psychiatry
Stephen M. Goldfinger, MD, will step down from his position as SUNY Downstate Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, his position...

Alumni Association
- Apr 4, 2016
- 1 min
M. Alfred Hayes, MD ’54, Remembered
Physician, epidemiologist and professor M. Alfred Hayes, MD, SUNY Downstate ’54, died Feb. 8, 2016, after a long illness. Dr. Hayes was...

Alumni Association
- Mar 25, 2016
- 2 min
Women’s History Month: Downstate’s Norma J. Goodwin, MD
Norma J. Goodwin, MD: Breaking Barriers Dr. Norma J. Goodwin earned a B.S. from Virginia State University and an M.D. from the University...

Alumni Association
- Dec 21, 2015
- 1 min
Arts and Science: The Brooklyn Stories journal
Elizaveta Efuni is a SUNY Downstate third-year medical student, with plans to go into internal medicine and a special interest in...