Government Relations

Gilda Ventresca-Ecroyd, Chair
New York University School of Medicine

MISSION
To coordinate, develop and advocate on issues that are of importance to medical schools and to medical education, in particular, within the 15 NYS medical schools.

BACKGROUND
The Government Relations Committee is a standing committee of AMSNY. Through the committee, AMSNY has been able to effect statewide policy changes for the state’s medical schools. Its accomplishments include:

• In the 1980’s, AMSNY advocacy led to the imperative that healthcare practitioners must treat people with AIDS. NYS was the first in the nation with such a mandate.
• AMSNY was also instrumental in obtaining $4 million in State funding for the development and implementation of an ambulatory care curriculum for medical students in School Based Health Centers.
• More recently, the Governor awarded $600 million in stem cell research thanks to the advocacy effords of AMSNY and its member institutions.