SOM Class of 2023 Celebrates Match Day

Members of the SOM Class of 2023 celebrated taking their next step in their medical training on Match Day when they gathered in the lobby of the MEC to learn where they were matched to medical residency programs. Each year, the results of the NRMP are disclosed simultaneously at medical schools around the country. At precisely noon on March 17, with the atmosphere rife with anticipation, the students were at last able to tear open their envelopes and learn their match results. This year’s match was the largest in NRMP’s 70-year history, with a record number 42,952 applicants who certified a rank order list (“active applicants”) and 40,375 certified positions. Read the full article on Match Day and view the photo gallery and video. 

GSRF Highlights Impressive Student Research

The GSRF sponsored by the Graduate Student Association on March 14, was a success on all fronts: stellar oral and poster presentations of student-conducted research, a keynote address by Susan J. Baserga, M.D., Ph.D., the William H. Fleming, M.D. Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Professor of Genetics and of Therapeutic Radiology at Yale University, and an opportunity for the New York Medical College community to engage in scientific dialogue and learn about the research accomplishments in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Read the full article on the 34th Annual Graduate Student Research Forum and view the photo gallery. 

SLP Program Brings Adapted Book Project to St. Mary’s Hospital for Children

The SLP program at NYMC prides itself on its ability to prepare graduates for a career in a health care setting. Providing community activities for students to interact with populations they could potentially treat in the future is an impactful strategy implemented by the SLP department. One of those activities includes the SLP adapted book project in collaboration with St. Mary’s Hospital for Children in Bayside, New York. Read the full article about the adapted book project.

County Roadwork on Campus

Westchester County is replacing the curbing along the county roads. Some entrances to the NYMC campus buildings and parking lots share access with the county roads so there may be brief periods when access to our parking lots is impeded. “Please remain attentive and cautious when walking and driving along the roads, as the terrain is changing,” said Ronald Matten, M.P.A., associate vice president of facilities management and capital planning. The project is expected to last five weeks. 

Tai M. Lee, Jr., assistant director of the Center for Disaster Medicine, was invited to teach basic crowd control operations and management at the Front Range Community College’s (FRCC) Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) in Colorado on March 14 and 15. The course taught the FRCC LEA cadets the Colorado POST (Peace Officer Standards and Training) requirements on Constitutional law, protestor ideologies and tactics, and basic formations to safely manage people at large gatherings while upholding the Constitution, protecting the rights of the people to peaceably assemble and free speech.

Padmini Murthy, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., FAMWA, FRSPH, center, professor of health policy and management in the Department of Public Health and director of global health, was honored at the Consulate General of India, New York for their 2023 International Women's Day celebration on March 8. Dr. Murthy was among five women honored by the event, co-organized by The Federation of Indian Associations NY-NJ-CT-NE. 

Lance A. Parton, M.D., FAAP, professor of pediatrics and associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and anesthesiology, and Gigi Abdelhady and Sanjana Arsha, SOM Class of 2023, presented their research at the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research annual meeting in Philadelphia on March 11 and 12.  Abdelhady presented "Are Wingless (Wnt) or SERPINE1 Genetic Variants Associated with Bronchopulmonary dysplasia in ELBW Infants” and Arsha presented “Are Tensin-1 Genetic Variants Associated with Patent Ductus Arteriosus in ELBW Infants." Heather L. Brumberg, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, professor of pediatrics and first female president of ESPR, organized their first in-person meeting since the pandemic.