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NIH Grant for Peter Barbosa, PhD and Jeffrey Weiss, PhD, is Funded;
Effects of Mindfulness Training on Chronic Inflammation in HIV Patients to be Studied
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The grant application submitted to the NIH by
Peter Barbosa, PhD, Professor of Pre-Clinical Sciences at NYCPM and his Dual-PI collaborator, Jeffrey Weiss, PhD, Associate Professor of General Internal Medicine and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Mt. Sinai, entitled "Effects of Mindfulness Training on Chronic Inflammation in HIV-Infected Adults," has been funded!
Based on the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn and his Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course, the investigators will seek "two levels of outcomes" in their subjects, according to Dr. Barbosa. First, they will look for improvement in the psychological ... Read more
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!
As the holidays approach, I am immensely proud of and grateful to the students, faculty and staff that have consistently provided a high level of podiatric services to our community neighbors for over 100 years. I am also grateful for the ongoing innovations that have kept the College and Foot Center at the cutting edge of podiatric medicine.
To our current faculty, students and staff;
to our alumni across the United States and around the world; and to our dear neighbors, I wish the warmest, safest and most joyous of holiday seasons, shared in the glow of family and friends.
Louis L. Levine, President and CEO
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Get to Know ...
NYCPM Faculty:
Anthony R. Iorio, DPM ('81), MPH
Assistant Dean for Continuing Education
Associate Professor and Chairman, Department of Community Health and Medicine
Professor, Department of Medicine
Community health is always uppermost in the mind of
Anthony R. Iorio, DPM ('81), MPH
, whether it's the health of the College's local community, East Harlem, or the health of distant communities overseas.
Dr. Iorio graduated from NYCPM in 1981, completed his residencies at two VA hospitals in 1983 and went into private practice in Connecticut, becoming a partner in 1985; he still practices there. He earned his MPH degree from New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY in 2003 and joined the faculty of NYCPM in July of 2004. At the College, ... Read more
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Rabbi Ephraim H. Sturm Scholarship Established
Joel Sturm, Chief Operating Officer of NYCPM, has established a scholarship fund in the name of his late father, who was a beloved member of the faculty as an adjunct instructor in Medical Ethics in the Department of Community Health and Medicine. Two awards will be offered annually in amounts to be determined.
The Sturm family has set these criteria for the award:
- Student-candidates must have completed the course in ethics with a grade of B or higher.
- Total GPA through the third semester should be no less than a 3.0.
- Students should demonstrate a commitment to community or volunteerism that may be shown as student government participation, volunteering at health fairs, activity in student clubs, or activities in their own communities.
- Students must have taken a student loan of at least 50% of their tuition.
The first award is expected to be presented at the annual awards ceremony in 2016.
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NYCPM's Schuster Biomechanics Seminar Gathered Experts from Across the U.S.
From left to right: J. David Skliar, DPM ('57), (former Professor Emeritus and speaker); John McNerney, DPM ('75), (speaker); Joseph D'Amico, DPM ('73), Professor and past Chair of the Department of Orthopedics, and Scientific Chair of the seminar.
Sponsored by an education grant from Jerry Seinfeld, the third annual Richard O. Schuster, DPM Memorial Biomechanics Seminar was held at NYCPM on November 14, 2015, and featured a once-in-a-lifetime assembly of preeminent speakers from all across the U.S. Joseph D'Amico, DPM ('73), Professor and past Chair of the Department of Orthopedics, served ...
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Joffrey Ballet Learns from FCNY Physical Therapy Team
The Foot Center of New York's physical therapy team led a successful workshop on Injury Prevention & Recovery Education for Dancers in November. FCNY's Gregory Taylor, DPT, Director of FCNY's Physical Therapy department and Jessica Botvinick, DPT, led the medical students of the Orthopedic Club of NYCPM in an informative event with the Joffrey Ballet Concert Group. Club President Mika Hirano (2017), far left above, said, "We had first-, second- and third-year members all working together to educate the dancers about how podiatry can help keep them dancing. It was great to be exposed to the pathologies associated with ballet dancers and to be in their environment." In photo above, Dr. Taylor is front row left in yellow shirt, Dr. Botvinick is standing far right in violet tank top.
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NYCPMers Care for Runners at TCS New York City Marathon
Medical team, including many NYCPM students, with Nicholas Argerakis, DPM ('09), front row left, at the TCS New
York City Marathon.
NYCPM faculty and students have participated on the medical team at the New York City Marathon for well over 20 years. Volunteering as part of the medical team for sporting events such as the New York City Marathon, Boston Marathon, Hamptons Marathon, ... Read more
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Publications
Bryan B. Kagan, DPM
('80), adjunct instructor of forensic podiatry at NYCPM, wrote "Forensic Gerontology: A Podiatrist's Perspective of the Dynamic "Functioning" Foot and the Need for Research to Develop an Interpretive Approach," published in the November/December 2015 issue of the Journal of Forensic Identification. The Journal is the official publication of the International Association for Identification and is devoted to publication of research and information about forensic identification in its various disciplines.
Robert A. Eckles, DPM
, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Sciences and Dean of Clinical Education and Graduate Medical Education, was part of Podiatry Management Magazine's PM Roundtable/Footwear & Podiatry on "How to Recommend the Proper Athletic Footwear," reported in an article by Marc Haspel, DPM ('88), published in Podiatry Management Online in its October 2015 issue, and noted in the November 30, 2015, PM News.
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Hamilton E. James, COO of Blackstone Group, Donates $100K to NYCPM's Mandel Scholar-ship Fund
Hamilton E. James, COO and member of the Board of the Blackstone Group, a New York-based global asset firm
, has donated $100,000 to NYCPM's Stanley S. Mandel Student Scholarship Fund.
Deputy Board Chairman Rock G. Positano DPM ('88), MSc, MPH,
presented the check to
College President and CEO Louis L. Levine at the meeting of the NYCPM Board of Trustees in December.
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President and CEO Louis L. Levine Donates to Scholarship Fund
NYCPM President and CEO Louis L. Levine presented the College with his annual personal donation of $3,000 to the Louis L. Levine Scholarship Fund.
President Levine has established this fund in addition to others he has founded at NYCPM, including the Millennium Fund and The President's Fund.
Mr. Levine's contributions and fund-raising over the years have grown to be one of the College's largest sources of student scholarships.
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New Scholarship Offered by Alumnus Howard F. Robins, DPM ('73)
Howard F. Robins, DPM ('73), has generously offered to fund a $5,000 scholarship each year to an entering student.
Dr. Robins remembers the support he received as a married student with a child during his time here at NYCPM and he now wants to be able to do the same for others.
His criteria for the award are as follows:
1. Student must be married with a child.
2. Student must demonstrate financial need as determined by the Office of Financial Aid.
3. Award to be payable in four installments over a four-year period provided student is making satisfactory academic progress.
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Trustee Fallon, DPM ('94), Makes Generous Personal Donation
At the December meeting of the NYCPM Board,
Trustee Kathleen Reilly Fallon, DPM ('94), LHD, presented additional donations to President Levine from her family.
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A Dual-Purpose Thanksgiving Feast
NYCPM's first Annual
SNPMA Thanksgiving Multicultural Feast was held right before the Thanksgiving holiday and Club President, Zakiyyah Waters (2017), deemed it a great success. In addition to preparing ethnic cuisine, participants were encouraged to wear clothes that reflect their cultures. All proceeds from the SNPMA (
Student National Podiatric Medical Association)
Multicultural Thanksgiving Feast, $300, were donated to IRIS house, a food pantry serving the community of Harlem.
According to president Waters, the mission of the multicultural feast was to "provide for families in need within our extended community of Harlem, so that they may have the opportunity to break bread with their loved ones this Holiday season," in addition to promoting collegiality.
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