Alumni Association
- May 15, 2018
- 2 min
College of Medicine Class of ’89 Reunion
Names and Specialties (from L to R) Mariano Rocky Chutuape Cardiology Dennis Slavin Pain Management Tom McGinn. Internal Medicine Danny Alpert Gastroenterology Kevin Sullivan Anesthesia Critical Care Dan Wilen. Orthopedics Aaron Freilich Cardiology Frank Gerardi. Gastroenterology Bill Urban
Alumni Association
- Jan 12, 2017
- 2 min
SUNY Downstate News: January 2017
Dr. Allen J. Norin Elected to Represent New York State Transplant Laboratories on the Histocompatibility Committee of UNOS Allen J. Norin, PhD, D (ABHI), professor of medicine and of cell biology and director of transplant immunology and immunogenetics at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, was elected to represent the New York State Transplant Laboratories on the Histocompatibility Committee of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). UNOS oversees the organ transplant waitin
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
- 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
Alumni Association
- Sep 23, 2016
- 1 min
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, foreground, Bandele Omokoku, MD ’75, Vinette Greenland, MD ’79, Dan Nicoll, MD ’72 and Louis Cregler, MD ’75 Bandele Omokoku, MD ’75 and Louis Cregler, MD ’75, talk in front of Alumni Auditorium From left to right, William Urban, Jr. MD, ’89, Joseph Merlino, MD, MPA, and Paul Pipia, MD, ’89 Robert Iskowitz, MD ’66, Walter Diamond, and M. Monica Sw
Alumni Association
- Sep 20, 2016
- 1 min
Anonymous Alumnus Donates 200 iPad Minis to 1st-Year Downstate Med Students
Downstate’s first-year medical students got a highly anticipated email Tuesday, September 20. The more than 200 iPad minis purchased by an anonymous Downstate alumnus for the entire class were ready to pick up in the Alumni Office. “It’s easier to pull stuff up for anatomy,” said med student, Vinny Sinatra, waiting to pick up one of the 7.9-inch, 32GB iPads. “You can put it in a Ziploc bag and take it to anatomy with you. It’s small enough to fit in your coat pocket.” Student
Alumni Association
- Sep 15, 2016
- 5 min
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 Office of Diversity Education and Research supports diverse students interested in pursuing medical education. It’s an important initiative for SUNY Downstate, Dr. Boutin-Foster said. The students are increasingly diverse, medicine is increasingly global, and Brooklyn, in particular, provides a singular opportunity to develop standards to im
Alumni Association
- Sep 14, 2016
- 2 min
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 with the Diversity Visionary Award from INSIGHT into Diversity magazine. The award honors individuals who have made significant contributions to diversity in higher education. Read more from SUNY Downstate, here. Ayman Fanous, MD, has been named professor and chair of the Department of Psychiatry at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Dr. Fanous w
Alumni Association
- Aug 24, 2016
- 2 min
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 have dedicated their careers to promoting advanced primary care and the patient-centered medical home. Salvatore Volpe, MD ’86, will receive the Patient-Centered Medical Home Practice Award for outstanding dedication to promoting a coordinated health care system that achieves improved quality and access at lower costs during the PCPCC Annual
Alumni Association
- Aug 22, 2016
- 2 min
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 and Chief Medical Officer: Dr. Stewart, who currently serves as dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Vice Dean for Research, is an accomplished academician, researcher, and administrator with proven leadership skills and a deep understanding of both Downstate and SUNY academic strengths and regulations. Dr. Stewart is widely respected
Alumni Association
- Aug 10, 2016
- 1 min
White Coat Ceremony Inducts 190 Downstate Doctors-in-Training
The SUNY Downstate Class of 2020 put on their white coats and took the Hippocratic Oath Thursday, August 4 in Alumni Auditorium. The annual White Coat Ceremony is made possible by alumni giving. Watch the ceremony, here! Keep tabs on the alma mater that matters on Twitter and Facebook. Support student programs like the
White Coat Ceremony. Give today! #health #SUNYdownstate #medicaleducation #Brooklyn #NewYorkCity #university #medschool #SUNYDownstateAlumni #highered
Alumni Association
- Aug 3, 2016
- 1 min
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 research fellowship at SUNY Downstate from 1988-1995, and then completed a joint Downstate/NYU fellowship in kidney and liver transplant surgery from 1995-1997. Afterward, he accepted a faculty appointment at NYU. He was appointed director of kidney and pancreas transplantation in 2006. “Dr. John is a committed educator and an exemplar of se
Alumni Association
- Aug 1, 2016
- 2 min
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 of genomics conducted in the context of a cluster recruitment model, “seeking to advance Downstate’s stature in the burgeoning field of genomic health,” according to Carlos N. Pato, MD
Dean of the College of Medicine. A committee of nine diverse faculty from within and without the department searched for the best candidate for chair, and th
Alumni Association
- Jul 28, 2016
- 1 min
From the ’60 Linchonian
#health #SUNYdownstate #medicaleducation #medicalstudentsupport #Brooklyn #newyorkhistory #NewYorkCity #medicine #Flatbush #NYC #university #medstudents #highereducation #medschool #Brooklynhealth #SUNYDownstateAlumni #alumnisupport #faculty #highered
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 transplants in the USA to help cure C-Diff. #health #SUNYdownstate #medicalarticle #medicaleducation #Brooklyn #newyorkhistory #NewYorkCity #university #medstudents #highereducation #medicaltechnology #medschool #SUNYDownstateAlumni #highered
Alumni Association
- Jul 26, 2016
- 24 min
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 Society lecture and dinner, March 22, 2016, funded by the Downstate Alumni Association. The speaker was David H. Abramson, MD, FACS, Chief, Opthalmic Oncology Service, Sloan Kettering, Professor of Ophthalmology atWeill-Cornell Medical. AOA – Alpha Omega Alpha Honor
Annual Lecture: Ocular Oncology Update, David H. Abramson, MD, FACS
Chief, Oph
Alumni Association
- Jul 21, 2016
- 2 min
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 Distinguished Teaching Professor and member of the senior faculty. His previous position has been posted and the School of Medicine has received inquiries from interested candidates. A search committee is forming to assess candidates and to make recommendation. “We have defined what we believe will be a solid management structure that will ensu
Alumni Association
- Jul 19, 2016
- 1 min
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 to members who have made significant contributions to the science, clinical practice and field of Nuclear Medicine. As a Past-President of the SNMMI, past Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, author of 5 textbooks and over 300 scientific articles, member of the American Board of Nuclear Medicine, Dr. Goldsmith was awarded the d
Alumni Association
- Jul 18, 2016
- 2 min
Class Notes: News Briefs on Downstate Medical Alumni
Proctor Child, MD ’49, deceased
Dr. Child died April 7, 2012. He trained as a resident in pathology at the US Army’s Fitzsimons General Hospital in Denver. He was a veteran of World War II, and the Korean War, serving 26 years in the military, two years in the Navy, and 24 years in the Army. Dr. Child retired as a Lt. Colonel in the US Army Medical Corps in 1967. During his career, he served at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington as Assistant Chief in the G
Alumni Association
- Jul 18, 2016
- 1 min
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 scholarship
Global Health Elective for medical students, SUNY Downstate School of Public Health
The Brooklyn Free Clinic
SUNY Downstate Medical Educators Pathway Be a part of the opportunity — give today #health #SUNYdownstate #communityhealth #Brooklyn #diversity #NewYorkCity #NYC #university #medstudents #highereducation #medschool #Brookl