NYCPM faculty at the 1st Transatlantic Wound Science and Podiatric Medicine Conference in Galway, Ireland (left to right): Eileen Chusid, PhD, Michael J. Trepal, DPM, FACFAS, and Robert Eckles, DPM, were joined by Caroline McIntosh, PhD, of NUI Galway (second from left). 

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100% of Class of 2016 Have Passed APMLE Part I

Amenities for New Student Housing Begin to Take Shape

Architectural renderings show beautiful game room (above) and a study area (below) planned for Bridges, the new high-end student housing to (gradually) open beginning in January 2015 on Third Avenue and East 124^th Street.  

$1,000 to ACFAS Student Club at NYCPM from DC Podiatrist

John Steinberg, DPM, Associate Professor at Georgetown University Hospital and the liaison to NYCPM's ACFAS student club, visited the College to speak to students about the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS), residencies, and advanced treatment options in the field of diabetic limb salvage. Dr. Steinberg also presented a check for $1,000 to the student club's executive board from ACFAS (Source: PM News) 

NYCPM Welcomes Q&N!

In October, NYCPM welcomed Q&N Food, familiar to customers of its East 125^th Street store, as it took over the foodservice in the NYCPM cafeteria and brought its fresh and delicious hot and cold offerings to the entire College community. Q&N currently caters other venues, including neighborhood schools and non-profit agencies as well as providing service at the New York airports. Please give a warm greeting to (left to right) Luis, Annette, Ben and Issa.

Posters

The Use of 3D Printing as an Adjunct to Digital Pathology in Slide Analysis, a poster by Zev Leifer, PhD, Professor of Pre-Clinical Sciences at NYCPM, received the Award of Best Poster in Research at the Annual Meeting of the Digital Pathology Association in San Francisco, in what Dr. Leifer reports as a very competitive field.  Dr. Leifer thanks Linda Chusuei of IT and Lonnie Dixon of Building Operations for their help in preparing the poster for presentation.

a poster by Anthony Iorio, DPM ('81), MPH, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Community Health and Medicine and Assistant Dean of Continuing Education at NYCPM, was awarded a Certificate of Achievement in the Case Series/Study category at The Symposium on Advanced Wound Care held in Las Vegas.  

APMA President, Spinosa, DPM ('80), Urges Regular Podiatric Care for Diabetic Patients

Bryan B. Kagan, DPM ('80) Takes Forensic Podiatry on the Road

Adjunct Instructor in the Department of Community Medicine, is lecturing about forensic podiatry in a number of places this fall. First, he lectured at the Pedorthic Footcare Association in Orlando, Florida on October 25. As part of the Professionals In Residence series at John Jay School of Criminal Justice in New York City, he will talk about "A Career in Forensic Podiatry." He has also been invited to lecture at the School of Health, University of Northampton, England where he will present to the faculty and administration and present another lecture to the forensic podiatry students, November 24-25. 

More Alumni News ...

According to PM News, St. Mary's Hospital of Troy (New York) has announced the appointment of Richard T. Bauer, III, DPM ('10) at its Mobile Hyperbaric Centers. Dr. Bauer, III has his practice in Latham, NY and lives in Saratoga.

Also according to PM News, Southwestern Vermont Medical Center has launched a new podiatry surgical residency program at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center headed by William Sarchino, DPM ('87), the program director. The SVMC has a total of six residency slots, two for each year of the program, which offers an opportunity to train with an "outstanding medical staff in a rural hospital."