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Alumni Association Blog Post

May 12, 2016
1 min

Brooklyn Stories Celebrates Another Journal Well Done

The annual journal of poetry, fiction, art and photography gives Downstate the chance to shine creatively, and is funded by alumni...

Alumni Association

May 12, 2016
2 min

Class Notes 5-12-16: News Briefs on 9 Alumni

Lauren Howard Lucke, MD ’52, deceased Dr. Lucke was born in Jefferson, Iowa, August 24, 1926, and died Dec. 15, 2015. He graduated from...

NYS-ITRP Wins $1.5 M for HIV Research Training in Kazakhstan

Alumni Association

May 12, 2016
3 min

NYS-ITRP Wins $1.5 M for HIV Research Training in Kazakhstan

The New York State International Training and Research Program (NYS-ITRP), directed by SUNY Downstate Medical Center Distinguished...

Black Doctors as a Significant Workforce in Health, SUNY Downstate panel 5/12/16

Alumni Association

May 9, 2016
1 min

Black Doctors as a Significant Workforce in Health, SUNY Downstate panel 5/12/16

Twenty-five percent of the US population is black or Hispanic, while only 15% percent of doctors are black or Hispanic, according to the...

Allison Reiss, MD ’83, Leads AHA-Funded Heart Study

Alumni Association

Apr 29, 2016
4 min

Allison Reiss, MD ’83, Leads AHA-Funded Heart Study

Winthrop receives American Heart Association Grant-in-Aid for study linking low dose methotrexate to second heart attack prevention By...

Alumni Association

Apr 29, 2016
2 min

Student Profile – Ben Johnston ’17

The Alumni Association has been asking students to complete a questionnaire so that we can introduce them to you as they would like to be...

Gloria Glantz shares Holocaust experience at Downstate

Alumni Association

Apr 29, 2016
1 min

Gloria Glantz shares Holocaust experience at Downstate

Noon, Thursday, May 5, 2016, in Alumni Auditorium Gloria Glantz was born in Wegrow Poland in 1939, and fled the Holocaust to live in four...

Miriam Vincent, MD ’85, appointed Executive SUNY Downstate Director for Healthcare Innovation,

Alumni Association

Apr 26, 2016
2 min

Miriam Vincent, MD ’85, appointed Executive SUNY Downstate Director for Healthcare Innovation,

Dr. Miriam T. Vincent has been appointed SUNY Downstate Executive Director for Healthcare Innovation and DSRIP. “In collaboration with...

Robert B. Nussenblatt, ’72 MD, MPH, NEI Chief, dies at 67

Alumni Association

Apr 25, 2016
2 min

Robert B. Nussenblatt, ’72 MD, MPH, NEI Chief, dies at 67

World Ophthalmology leader was a SUNY Downstate MD Rememberance courtesy of the NEI (click for original post) Robert Nussenblatt, MD,...

The Life & Achievements of Gerald W. Deas, MD ’62, MPH

Alumni Association

Apr 25, 2016
1 min

The Life & Achievements of Gerald W. Deas, MD ’62, MPH

An assembly at noon, Tuesday, April 26 at the SUNY Downstate Faculty Lounge, HSEB, 8th Fl. Room E867, Dr. Deas will receive the Office of...

Downstate Student Publishes, Experimental Neurology

Alumni Association

Apr 19, 2016
1 min

Downstate Student Publishes, Experimental Neurology

SUNY Downstate medical student John Odackal published research initially funded by alumni giving John won an Alumni Fund Summer Research...

Alumni Association

Apr 15, 2016
3 min

18 Downstate Alumni News Briefs

Alumni news submitted to the Alumni Association from March 15 to April 15, 2016. If you have news to share, please email it to...

SUNY Downstate Competes for Global Health at Emory

Alumni Association

Apr 15, 2016
2 min

SUNY Downstate Competes for Global Health at Emory

Alumni giving made travel possible “It was an amazing experience,” said student Patriot Yang. “It tests you on a personal level, on your...

Gainosuke Sugiyama, MD ’05, appointed as SUNY Downstate Chief, General Surgery

Alumni Association

Apr 14, 2016
1 min

Gainosuke Sugiyama, MD ’05, appointed as SUNY Downstate Chief, General Surgery

Gainosuke “Gai” Sugiyama, MD ’05, associate professor of clinical surgery at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, has been appointed Downstate...

Downstate Alumni Benefits! Entertainment and Brooks Brothers discounts

Alumni Association

Apr 13, 2016
1 min

Downstate Alumni Benefits! Entertainment and Brooks Brothers discounts

For more information, visit www.downstate.edu/alumni/member-benefits/, and call us at 718-270-2075 or email alumni@downstate.edu for...

Alumni Association

Apr 13, 2016
1 min

SUNY Downstate Panel on Refugee Crisis

The refugee crisis is a public health crisis M. Monica Sweeney, MD, MPH and the SUNY Downstate School of Public Health are sponsoring a...

Improving Doctor Communication with Improv

Alumni Association

Apr 12, 2016
1 min

Improving Doctor Communication with Improv

Dr. Belinda Fu uses improv techniques to enrich doctor-patient communication. Click here to watch her full, filmed workshop. Belinda Fu,...

SUNY Downstate Alumni Honored at Celebrate Downstate

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...

Stephen M. Goldfinger MD, Steps Down as SUNY Downstate Chair of Psychiatry

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...

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