Alumni Association
- Mar 30, 2017
- 1 min
SUNY Downstate: Emory Global Case Competition Finalists
SUNY Downstate’s Team (Bridget Furlong, Shelley Jain, George Mo, Brian Starkman, and Zachary Wolner) were selected as finalists out of 24 teams at the Emory International Global Case Competition. “We prepared for months for the weekend long competition in Atlanta (Mar 24-26),” Zachary writes. “Patriot Yang and Angela Yao organized the team and provided us with invaluable insights based on their successes at last year’s competition. When we arrived in Atlanta on Thursday, we b
Alumni Association
- Mar 30, 2017
- 1 min
Watch the AOA Annual Lecture 2017: Ralph Snyderman, MD ’65, on YouTube
Ralph Snyderman, MD ’65, Duke University Chancellor Emeritus, gave the AOA Lecture March 21, 2017, at SUNY Downstate. Learn more about Dr. Snyderman’s ties to Duke and SUNY Downstate, here. #health #history #publichealth #NewYorkCity #medicine #NYC #highereducation
Alumni Association
- Jan 11, 2017
- 3 min
Report Card for a Curriculum: Inaugural Class Graduates From Downstate Integrated Pathways this May
SUNY Downstate’s medical curriculum took a decade to plan and implement The SUNY Downstate Class of 2017 will be the first class to graduate from four years of the College of Medicine’s new Integrated Pathways curriculum, launched in August 2013. “They seem to be doing very well,” said Dr. Jeanne Macrae, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. “Before we declare victory, we want to see how the Match comes out, but they have certainly given us some very good feedback. They
Alumni Association
- Jan 10, 2017
- 3 min
Sidney J. Winawer, MD ’56 Recieves MACG -Samuel S. Weiss Award
Sidney J. Winawer, MD, DrSc (hon), MACG, is internationally recognized for his contributions to the prevention and diagnosis of colorectal cancer, describing the developmental stages of colorectal cancer, defining familial high-risk groups, promoting screening, and demonstrating the reduction in incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer by removal of adenomatous polyps through his leadership of the National Polyp Study. This led to the concept of screening colonoscopy, whi
Alumni Association
- Dec 15, 2016
- 5 min
Running Down a Dream: Downstate Students Marathon for the Free Clinic
SUNY Downstate students and supporters raise $21,000 during the New York Marathon to benefit the Anne Kastor Brooklyn Free Clinic When Ben Naughton was 10 or 11, he got the opportunity from his aunt Anne to make someone else’s life better. The late Dr. Anne Kastor, who helped found the Brooklyn Free Clinic, offered to donate to her nephew’s non-profit of choice for his birthday. This was the dawn of Bionicle and PlayStation 2, and “birthday money” usually means gifts, but “sh
Alumni Association
- Dec 15, 2016
- 2 min
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 Brooklyn Free Clinic moves to the University Hospital of Brooklyn January 4, 2017, on the SUNY Downstate campus, after a decade at its first home, UHB Health Associates at 840 Lefferts Avenue. The clinic had borrowed the office space after hours. The new location, Suite A on the first floor near the University Hospital entrance, is already a wo
Alumni Association
- Dec 13, 2016
- 2 min
Ralph Snyderman, MD ’65 appointed to the Argos
Ralph Snyderman, MD
Photo Duke University Argos Therapeutics Inc. announces the appointment of Ralph Snyderman, MD ’65, and Irackly Mtibelishvily, LL.M., to the company’s board of directors. “It is a privilege to welcome a pair of profoundly accomplished professionals to the Argos board of directors who offer renowned expertise in each of their respective fields,” said Jeff Abbey, president and CEO of Argos. “Dr. Snyderman is widely referred to as the ‘father of personalized
Alumni Association
- Dec 1, 2016
- 2 min
World AIDS Day at SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, New York
Throughout today, panels from the AIDS quilt are on display in the atrium of the Basic Science Building for SUNY Downstate. We remember those people who have passed away during the epidemic, and those who continue to die from this disease. We celebrate those survivors and the amazing modern medicine that has made survival possible. SUNY Downsate events for World AIDS Day December 1, 2016
Display of panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt, sponsored by the Student Center Governin
Alumni Association
- Dec 1, 2016
- 4 min
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 with family and friends, let us be mindful that one guest is not invited–influenza! Influenza has been shown to have a greater impact on American Indians and Alaska Natives and people with chronic medical conditions. The Portland Area IHS and Tribal clinics have been hard at work this year in vaccinating our communities against the flu. One
Alumni Association
- Nov 29, 2016
- 1 min
Giving Tuesday. Support Downstate Medical Students by Giving Today!
Today is Giving Tuesday, a special day for many nonprofits across the United States. Please consider making a donation today to support the work of the Alumni Association for the College of Medicine at SUNY Downstate. Hopefully, you have received our most recent request for both your annual dues and for donations to the Alumni Fund in the mail. Please note that any gifts postmarked with December 1, 2015 will be counted in our Giving Tuesday goals. Our hope is to get at least
Alumni Association
- Nov 17, 2016
- 3 min
Monica Sweeney, MD, `75, Panelist for “Out in the Rural,” the Story of a Health Center &
The remarkable individuals who founded the first rural community health center in Bolivar County, Mississippi more than 50 years ago led “a radical assault on both the medical and the social status quo,” writes Thomas J. Ward Jr. in his new book, Out in the Rural: A Mississippi Health Center and Its War on Poverty, published by Oxford University Press. The story is as “urgent today as it was a half century ago,” according to Publisher’s Weekly. “The Mississippi experiment tes
Alumni Association
- Nov 16, 2016
- 4 min
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 Chafkin, MD `54
Dr. Chafkin writes from Middletown, New Jersey, that he has “finally retired after 51 years.” Gerald I. Shugoll, MD `54
Dr. Shugoll, in North Bethesda, Maryland, became a great-grandfather in June 2016. Leonard Levine, MD `55
Dr. Levine in Alexandria, Virginia, is “retired, but still volunteering.” Michael Sulman, MD `57
Dr.
Alumni Association
- Nov 2, 2016
- 1 min
Brooklyn Health Disparities Center: Conversations on Patient Adherence
The Brooklyn Health Disparities Center, a partnership between SUNY Downstate, Arthur Ashe Institute for Public Health and the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President, is hosting the Friday, Nov. 4 Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Patient Adherence conference. “Our goal is to engage key stakeholders in addressing this critical issue. Therefore, the target audience includes physicians, nurses, community health workers, community-based organizations, community providers, faith-ba
Alumni Association
- Oct 31, 2016
- 2 min
SUNY Downstate Student Profile: Alisen Huang, COM ’19
Alisen Huang received funding from the Alumni Association to conduct summer research, and we followed up with her about the experience. What do you consider your “hometown?” Elmhurst, Queens What did your research entail? We administered questionnaires to stroke patients in the acute setting. The questionnaires assessed fatigue, depression, personality, purpose in life and daytime sleepiness. My summer project evaluated the relationship between purpose in life and daytime sle
Alumni Association
- Oct 11, 2016
- 1 min
SUNY Downstate Student Profile: Patrick Eucalitto, Class of 2018
Where did you do your undergraduate education and what did you study? Georgetown University, Culture & Politics, Class of 2009
Bryn Mawr College, Pre-med Post-bac program, Class of 2014 Who is/was your favorite professor at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine and why? I’ve had too many awesome professors and mentors that make it impossible to decide. What is your favorite memory so far of your time studying at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine? That pre-exam combination of fr
Alumni Association
- Oct 11, 2016
- 3 min
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 Altruista Health clients to translate those innovations into clinical, operational and financial improvements, according to Altuista. Most recently, Dr. Khaneja served as Vice President of Clinical Effectiveness and Pharmacy at EmblemHealth, a large regional health plan serving more than 2.4 million members in New York and Connecticut. At E
Alumni Association
- Oct 7, 2016
- 2 min
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 Medicine at the UCLA School of Medicine and President/CEO of the Minority Health Institute, Inc. in Los Angeles, California. He was born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware. Upon graduating from Howard High School at the top of his class, he was awarded a full scholarship to Harvard University and graduated with honors as the first African Ame
Alumni Association
- Oct 3, 2016
- 3 min
Student Profile: Ellen Song
Class of 2019
From Neighborville, Illinois
Prospective specialties, psychiatry, neurology
Summer research project: Involved Sprague Dawley rats to study 1) recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis (commonly happens in thyroid surgery as an accident), and 2) occlusion of the larynx (laryngospasm) which is a cause of death during epileptic seizures.
Prinicple investigator: Dr. Mark Stewart Ellen Song was one of several students whose summer research was funded by the Alumni Asso
Alumni Association
- Sep 27, 2016
- 1 min
Great Brooklyn Turnout for SUNY Downstate Autism Fair
More than 300 people and nearly 30 local organizations providing services to people with developmental disabilities, including autism spectrum disorder, met at the Grove at SUNY Downstate Sept. 25 for food, fun, information and community. The FDNY and its mascots distributed fire safety information and giveaways for kids, and provided a firetruck for the children to explore, said Ben Schindel, MD/MPH. Children also got to interact with therapy dogs. A performer specializing i
Alumni Association
- Sep 26, 2016
- 2 min
SUNY Downstate Student Profile: Demitri Dedousis
Demitri Dedousis, a third-year SUNY Downstate medical student, presented his preliminary findings, “The Effect of Formative Usage on Summative Grades for Preclinical Medical Students,” Sept. 3 at the Pediatric Medical Student Research Forum at the University of Florida. His travel was funded partially by an Alumni Association travel conference grant, provided by alumni giving. The project goal was to evaluate whether the use of weekly formative exams by first- and second-year