

Alumni Association
Dec 15, 20162 min read
The Student-Run Brooklyn Free Clinic moves to Clarkson Avenue January 4
The Brooklyn Free Clinic is one of many programs supported in part by medical alumni Photo courtesy of SUNY Downstate The student-run...
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Alumni Association
Dec 15, 20165 min read
Class Notes: December 16, 2016
Donna Younger, MD ’55 Dr. Younger, an internal medicine physician and Harvard Medical School professor, retired in 2016. Allen...
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Alumni Association
Oct 27, 20162 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...
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Alumni Association
Sep 23, 20161 min read
Photos: SUNY Downstate Alumni Wine & Cheese Event Sept. 22
Mark the next one, Dec. 15, 2016, on your calendars! Dan Nicoll, MD ’72, catches up with Louis Cregler, MD ’75 From left to right,...
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Alumni Association
Sep 15, 20165 min read
Leave Downstate and Go Anywhere: Diversity and a Vision for Urban Health
A conversation with Carla Boutin-Foster, MD ’94, MS SUNY Downstate Associate Dean for Diversity Education & Research The SUNY Downstate...
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Alumni Association
Sep 14, 20162 min read
SUNY Downstate News Digest, Sept. 15, 2016
Shaundelle Moore Goldsmith, JD, director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, has been recognized...
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Alumni Association
Aug 24, 20162 min read
Salvatore Volpe, MD ’86, to Receive National PCMH Practice Award
The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative annually honors three distinguished primary care champions from across the country that...
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Alumni Association
Aug 22, 20162 min read
Mark Stewart MD, PhD ’91, Named SUNY Downstate Interim Provost
Dr. Mark Stewart was named Interim Provost for SUNY Downstate on August 18, 2016. From Michael Lucchesi, MD, Downstate Officer in Charge...
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Alumni Association
Aug 15, 20162 min read
Orientation First Impressions: Meet 3 New SUNY Downstate Med Students
Undergrad college or university: I went to Vassar College for undergrad where I majored in Political Science and minored in Chemistry....
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Alumni Association
Aug 3, 20161 min read
Devon John, MD appointed SUNY Downstate Interim Chair of Surgery
Dr. John was recruited to Downstate in August 2010, and has served as chief of transplantation surgery. He completed his residency and a...
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Alumni Association
Aug 1, 20162 min read
Ayman Fanous, MD Appointed Downstate Chair of the Department of Psychiatry
The appointment, effective August 1, followed an international search, with a special focus on the confluence of psychiatry and the field...
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Alumni Association
Aug 1, 20162 min read
SUNY Downstate Welcomes Class of 2020
The Class of 2020’s 190 students hail from 15 states and 69 different undergraduate colleges and universities, according to the...
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Alumni Association
Jul 28, 20161 min read
From the ’60 Linchonian
#health #SUNYdownstate #medicaleducation #medicalstudentsupport #Brooklyn #newyorkhistory #NewYorkCity #medicine #Flatbush #NYC...
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Alumni Association
Jul 26, 201624 min read
David H. Abramson, MD: Leaps in Retinoblastoma Treatment in the Span of One Career
To watch a video of the lecture, search for SUNY Downstate on iTunes University. Lecture given at the annual Alpha Omega Alpha Honor...
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Alumni Association
Jul 22, 20162 min read
Dr. Jeffrey Borer to chair ceremonies at 21st World Congress on Heart Disease
On Saturday, July 30, the Founder and Chairman of the International Academy of Cardiology, Dr. Asher Kimchi, will greet the Congress’...
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Alumni Association
Jul 21, 20162 min read
Douglas R. Lazzaro, MD ’90, Interim Head of Downstate Department of Surgery
Dr. Antonio Alfonso stepped down from the Clarence and Mary Dennis Chair of the Department of Surgery in June, but is continuing as a...
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Alumni Association
Jul 19, 20161 min read
Stanley J. Goldsmith MD ’92 named Fellow of the SNMMI
Dr. Goldsmith has been named a Fellow of the SNMMI by The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. The designation is awarded...
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Alumni Association
Jul 18, 20161 min read
Approved Alumni-Supported Programs for 2016/17
For more information on the above programs, click here: Support for students presenting at conferences SUNY Downstate full-year research...
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Alumni Association
Jul 18, 20162 min read
Residencies Start for Downstate’s Class of 2016
It’s halfway through July, and if residency orientations haven’t already started for Downstate’s newest graduates, they will start soon....
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Alumni Association
Jul 18, 20162 min read
Downstate Presidential Search Update, Dr. Michael Lucchesi Named Interim Head
From Nancy L. Zimpher, Chancellor State University of New York We are pleased to announce that after much input from numerous Downstate...
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