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NYCPM Class of 2020 Students Receive White Coats in Ceremony
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The NYCPM Class of 2020 has been oriented, celebrated and made to feel at home, but in early September, class members received the first real symbol of their entry into medical education: their white coats.
At the White Coat Ceremony, held September 6, 2016 at the New York Academy of Medicine, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Academic Dean Michael J. Trepal, DPM ('81) made a ... Read more
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Faculty Retreat Features Valuable Presentations, Meetings and Recognition
The 2016 Faculty Retreat on September 16 was a packed day of presentations and meetings kicked off with a distribution of well-deserved awards by President and CEO Louis L. Levine and COO and VP Administration Joel Sturm, with thanks. The awards, for length of service at NYCPM, were given to: Peter Barbosa, PhD; Kristina Karlic, DPM; Michael Rothstein, MSN; ... Read more and see more photos!
COO Joel Sturm (left) and President and CEO Louis L. Levine (right) congratulate Dean Michael J. Trepal for his 35 years of service to NYCPM.
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Get to Know ...
NYCPM's Faculty:
Jeffrey J. Cusack, DPM
Assistant Professor of Orthopedics and Pediatrics
Barbara Resseque, DPM
Professor of Orthopedics and Pediatrics
They met in NYCPM's Department of Orthopedics and Pediatrics and have lived and worked together ever since.
Doctors Jeffrey Cusack (1981) and Barbara Resseque (1980) met here as students, were both born on the same day in August, and have been married for 35 years. Dr. Cusack, born in New Jersey, earned a BS in Chemistry at the University of Miami, while Dr. Resseque, born in New York City, earned ... Read more
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2016 Residency Fair the Biggest Yet
NYCPM's Residency Fair coordinators,
Traci Bologna, Rebecca Calder and Vrunda Dalal, all Class of 2018, went all out and produced the largest Fair to date on September 9th. Sixty-six hospitals (plus the U.S. Army) from 16 states plus the District of Columbia were represented; their tables occupied five large rooms as well as the second floor hallway.
Lisa K. Lee, Dean for Student Services and Enrollment Management, said that the Fair was a success due to the hard work of the coordinators and all of the NYCPM staff and student volunteers who also contributed their efforts. An Alumni Reception followed the Residency Fair; the alumni were all "very impressed with our current students," according to Dean Lee.
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Chairman Ward Recognized for Combat Role in Korean War
At the August 26th meeting of the NYCPM Board of Trustees, President and CEO Louis L. Levine presented a certificate and medal of appreciation to Board
Chairman Major General William F. Ward, Jr., A. U. S. (ret.), in honor of his combat role in the Korean War. The certificate and medal had been delivered to President Levine via former defense minister of South Korea, Kwon Young Hae. The ribbon attached to the medal bears a flag from each country that fought in that war. Board Vice-Chairman Gabriel P. Caprio, center above, joined in the presentation.
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Only at NYCPM: Forensic Podiatry Course Returns
Student takes linear measurement of a footprint.
NYCPM will once again offer the elective course "
Introduction to Forensic Podiatry" this year, taught by
Bryan Kagan, DPM ('80). Students will be introduced to the world of forensic sciences and the discipline of forensic podiatry, a subspecialty of podiatric medicine, and will be instructed on basic techniques to assist in the criminal and civil investigation process. NYCPM is the only podiatric medical school offering this course and is the first to be planning and developing a digital forensic podiatry library section for student and faculty access.
The seven-week course is open to second, third and fourth-year students. There is also a Forensic Podiatry Club, of which
Scott Burstyn (2018) is president.
Student using an inkless pad for creating a footprint.
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Poster
Dr. Zev Leifer Presents ePoster at International Conference
Zev Leifer, PhD,
Professor of Pre-Clinical Sciences at NYCPM, presented an ePoster -- Zev Leifer's Lab - Access to an International Collection of Digital Pathology Images: Archiving and Retrieval in a Database Format -- at the Third International Conference on Big Data Analysis and Data Mining, in London, England, September 26-27 -- without leaving New York. The ePoster format allowed Dr. Leifer to keep teaching at NYCPM while his work was presented at the conference.
He adapted a website,
http://Quartzy.com, for use in digital pathology archiving and retrieval. Dr. Leifer explains: "It is a database system, wherein I have links, annotated, to numerous slides available in a digital/virtual format. It can be used to construct an undergraduate course, or for Tumor Board reviews or for various testing formats. The data mining aspect relates to the ability to access slides located at decentralized, internationally located slide collections, rather than having massive in-house storage needs."
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Key Textbook by Dr. Mark Swartz Translated into Chinese
 Mark H. Swartz, MD, Dean for Medical Education and VP for Professional and Medical Affairs at NYCPM and Medical Director of the Foot Center of New York, published the first edition of his Textbook of Physical Diagnosis: History & Examination in 1989; it is now in its 7th edition (2014) and is the standard text for teaching the subject in the U.S. The text has just been translated into its 15th language -- Chinese -- translated and released ... Read more
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APMWA Announces 30th Annual Student Writing Competition
As announced in the September 15 issue of PM News, The American Podiatric Medical Writers Association has announced its 30th Annual Student Writing Competition.
Here are the rules:
- All papers MUST be non-technical in nature. Appropriate subjects include practice management, ethics, law, education, or any topic that would be suitable for a lay publication.
- There is no word limitation. Papers will be graded for content, style, grammar, neatness, and overall impact.
- First prize will be one thousand dollars ($1,000), sponsored by an APMA Educational Foundation endowment from Dr. and Mrs. Steven Berlin, and recognition in the APMA NEWS and the APMWA Newsletter. Honorable Mention Certificates may also be awarded.
- This competition is open to ANY enrolled podiatric student.
- Entries must be received by 4/1/17 via e-mail at bblock@podiatrym.com. Entries become the property of APMWA, which may arrange publication of the entry.
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Upcoming Community Events
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Saturday, November 19, noon-3pm, NHEMA Walk, 125th Street and Madison Avenue, NY, NY 10035. Community street celebration, foot screenings, health information.
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