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105th NYCPM Commencement Confers Doctor of Podiatric Medicine Degrees upon 88 Graduates
François Fournier, President, U.S. Commercial, Advanced Wound Management, Smith & Nephew, Delivers Keynote Address; Fournier Is One of Three Who Receive Honorary Degrees
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Left to right: NYCPM President & CEO Louis L. Levine; Honoree and Keynote Speaker François Fournier; NYCPM Chairman Maj. Gen. William F. Ward, AUS (Ret.); Honorees Wayne L. Bakotic, DO and Terry O'Sullivan.
An enthusiastic audience of families and friends greeted each of the 88 graduates who crossed the Alice Tully Hall stage at the 2016 Commencement of the New York College of Podiatric Medicine (NYCPM) on May 25th. Louis L. Levine, President and CEO of the College, presided over the ceremonies and conferred the degrees. Faculty hooded the candidates and presented them with their diplomas, before the graduates all took the Hippocratic Oath, led by Michael Trepal ... Read more
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Find lots of graduation and awards photos on the web! Follow the link for more.
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2016 NY Wound Care Symposium to Explore Interdisciplinary Approach
The 2016 NY Wound Care Symposium is the first that combines NYCPM's Wound Care Symposium with Mt. Sinai Heart, which is presenting the 19th annual CCVVC (the Complex Coronary, Valvular and Vascular Cases) meeting. With presentations by faculties from both NYCPM and Mt. Sinai, the June 14 conference will explore diabetes, bone infections, wounds, ulcers, treatments, limb salvage and amputations. According to Anthony R. Iorio, DPM, MPH, Co-Director ... Read more
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Get to Know ...
NYCPM's Faculty:
Susan M. Rice, DPM
Associate Professor of Surgical Sciences
Chair, Scholarship Committee
Susan M. Rice, DPM ('88), cares a lot about her students and about her profession, and it's obvious no matter what else she's talking about. Dr. Rice graduated cum laude with a BS in Biology from Manhattan College in 1984, and graduated as a DPM from NYCPM cum laude in 1988. She spent her two-year surgical residency with NYCPM rotating through College-affiliated hospitals.
This busy faculty member maintains a private practice in Tarrytown, NY and manages the Facebook page for the Foot Center of New York, the College's clinical affiliate. She is married and has three children -- Dr. Rice "truly feels" that one is able to manage a work-family balance as a ...
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Patricia Nicholas, DPM ('93) Voted President-Elect by NYSPMA, Named to Top 10 Caribbean-born Women Doctors
Patricia Nicholas, DPM ('93),
is the President-elect of the New York State Podiatric Medical Association and founder of the Kindest Heart Foundation, which was established following a volunteer stint in her homeland after the devastating earthquake of 2016.
According to newsamericasnow.com, she has also been named one of the top 10 Caribbean-born women doctors.
Born in the late 1960's in Haiti,
Dr. Nicholas migrated to the United States in 1982 and graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn in 1984. She received a Bachelor's of Science degree from St. Francis College in 1989 and graduated from NYCPM in 1993; she completed her residency at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center. Dr. Nicholas has a private practice in Wading River, NY and is Past President of the Caribbean American Medical and Scientific
Association.
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Faculty and Student Authors Celebrated;
Bibliographies on Web for First Time
On consecutive Wednesdays in May, faculty and student authors were honored and feted with luncheons and presented with commemorative certificates; the printed bibliographies of their works, compiled by NYCPM librarians, were distributed on each occasion.
President and CEO Louis L. Levine congratulates faculty author Gregory Taylor, DPT
At the student celebration, Dr. Michael J. Trepal, DPM, VP of Academic Affairs and Dean, complimented the students on the skills they've gained ... Read more
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DeanTrepal Honored by Metropolitan Hospital
Dr. Michael J. Trepal, DPM, VP of Academic Affairs and Dean, was honored in mid-May by the medical staff of Metropolitan Hospital at its annual Medical Staff Dinner, this year held at Glen Island Country Club in New Rochelle, NY.
In photo above, posing with Dr. Trepal are NYCPM faculty who also work at Metropolitan: Robert A. Eckles, DPM, MPH; Kevin Jules, DPM; Dr. Trepal, his wife Kathleen, Loretta Logan, DPM; Thomas DeLauro, DPM. |
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Delicious Cook-Off Raises Funds for Medical Mission to Jamaica
IPC members who will go on the medical mission to Jamaica later this month
at the cook-off: Left to right, front row: Sharon Barlizo, DPM, Rusheena Bartlett, Ammar Al-Ruaiay, Ibn Ansari. Back row: Gireesh Reddy.
The International Podiatry Club held its second annual cook-off competition in May and a great time was had by all who sampled the abundance of delicious foods and voted for their favorites. The goal was to raise funds to sponsor a team - four podiatric medical students, a resident and an attending - to go on a medical mission to Kingston, Jamaica in June.
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Press Ganey Report Lauds Lincoln Medical Center Podiatry
Dr. Anthony R. Iorio, DPM ('81), MPH, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Community Health and Medicine; Assistant Dean for Continuing Medical Education, and Chief of Podiatry at Lincoln Medical Center, announced that the Press Ganey Report for Lincoln for the first quarter of 2016 showed "considerable improvement." The overall assessment of the medical practice report for the podiatry clinic there was 93.8, compared to 78.1 from last year and compared to 82.9 for participating HHC sites and 92.4 for the state average for podiatry in participating hospitals. Dr. Iorio congratulated
Sharon Barlizo, DPM, Kristina Karlic, DPM ('07), Samuel Adegboyega, DPM ('06) and
Nicholas Argerakis, DPM ('09). "This could not be possible without you leading our residents and students," he said. "I applaud you all!" Press Ganey "
provides patient satisfaction surveys, management reports
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and national comparative databases for the integrated health care delivery system."
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NYSPMA Lawyer Teaches Professional Ethics to Third-Year Students
Mr. Andrew Feldman, Esq., general counsel for NYSPMA, visited NYCPM on April 20 to deliver a lecture on professional ethics to third-year students.
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Poster
Zev Leifer, PhD
, Professor of Pre-Clinical Sciences,
attended the Conference on Genetics and Genomics in May, and presented a poster there. That's not unusual, but the conference was; it was online and free. There were all the features of a physical conference -- an Exhibit Hall (where attendees could chat with vendors), a Lounge (where attendees could chat with scientists), a Resources area and a Poster Hall (for viewing the posters) - but without the flight delays and the expense. Explore the conference here
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An Unusual tRNA Synthetase Action Leading to Unusual Amino Acid Incorporation Leading to Unusual Protein Folding Leading to Unusual Neurological Disease: The Story of BMAA. A Review and Three Proposals. Find it here in
Poster Hall
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Dr. Leifer reports that he has been invited to be a member of the Organizing Committee of a Bioinformatics and Computational Pathology Workshop (CPW) in conjunction with the 15
th Annual European Conference on Computational Biology, to be held in The Hague in September. See:
http://cpw.pathomation.com
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Public Health Club Volunteers for Special Olympics
On May 19
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the Public Health Club invited NYCPM alumnus Glenn Weiss, DPM ('80) to give a demonstration of how to perform a foot screening for athletes in the Special Olympics. This was in preparation for the May 21
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Special Olympics - Hudson Valley Spring Games, where a handful of students volunteered for the "fit feet" program.
In top photo above, left to right: Shalanda Hall, Adenike Sonaike, Dr. Glenn Weiss, Chung Him Tse, Austin Brown demonstrate ranges of motion.
Bottom photo, at the foot screening, left to right Dr. Pam Hoffman, Chung Him Tse, Duan Zhang, Craig Paruszewski, Grace Tsai, Sara Stachura, Darren Doi, Harsha Amirthajothi, Saba Jahanbin, Mai Pham, Austin Brown, Adenike Sonaike, Brittany Hervey, Shalanda Hall, Dr. Glenn Weiss.
All students are Class of 2018, except Tse and Zhang, Class of 2019.
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In Memoriam
Arthur Steinhart, DPM (1945-2016)
Arthur Steinhart, DPM ('76), past Chair of the NYCPM Department of Medical Sciences and longtime professor who spent his entire career at NYCPM, died on May 24 after a long illness.
This appreciation is by Thomas DeLauro, DPM ('76), Professor and Chair, Department of Podiatric Medicine: "He was an astounding clinician, thinker and my classmate. He held advanced degrees in microbiology and nutrition in addition to his doctorate in podiatric medicine. He would spend untold hours researching his lecture presentations. We all sought his opinion and unique perspective. He is survived by his loving wife, sons and grandchild. He deeply loved the NYCPM, our profession, and most of all, the students he so strongly molded. We already miss him."
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Several NYCPM Alumni Elected by NYSPMA
At the recent NYSPMA House of Delegates in Cooperstown, NY, NYCPM alumni were elected to a number of positions. President-elect is
Patricia Nicholas, DPM ('93) (see related story, left);
Paul Liswood, DPM ('93) was elected Vice President;
Nicholas Argerakis, DPM ('09) and
Nicholas D'Angelo, DPM ('89) were elected Trustees to three-year terms; and
Emilio Goez, DPM ('90), was elected Trustee to a one-year term.
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Upcoming Community Events
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Thursday, June 16, 10am-2pm, EAP Health & Wellness Fair
, NYS Psychiatric Institute, 40 Haven Avenue, New York, NY 10032. NYCPM students will provide screenings and distribute information.
Saturday, June 25, 10am-2pm, Christ Temple of the Apostolic Faith Health Fair 2016
, Christ Temple Church, 13-17 West 128th Street, New York, NY 10027. Health information, healthful snacks, games, music. NYCPM students will provide screenings and distribute information.
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