2007 News
:: Robert I. Grossman, New Dean of NYU School of Medicine
:: Dedication of Heart Disease Research & Treatment Center to Dr. Antonio Gotto, Cornell Dean
:: AMSNY Academic Medical Centers Roundtable Discussion
:: Education for Readiness & Response: Psychosocial Aspects of Terrorism & Disaster
:: 32nd Annual NAMME Conference, September 19-23, 2007 in Philadelphia, PA
:: CMS Proposed Rule for GME Funding Elimination
:: Governor Spitzer Allocates Money for Stem Cell Research
:: Palliative Care Education and Training Act
:: Post Baccaulaureate Program Gets Additional Funding for 2007-2008
:: 2007 Minority Research Program at Buffalo School of Medicine
:: The Curie Academy Accepting Applications
:: Dr. Dennis Charney Appointed Dean of Mount Sinai School of Medicine
:: Best Hospitals 2006
Dr. Robert I. Grossman took office as NYU School of Medicine's 15th Dean and CEO on July 1, 2007. He has announced that critical steps will be taken to recombine the NYU School of Medicine and the NYU Hospitals Center into a unified, fully integrated academic medical center - thus recreating the many benefits enjoyed when the medical school and the hospitals were more closely joined
Read entire letter from Dr. Grossman.
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Dr. Antonio Gotto Jr., Dean of Weill Cornell Medical College, was honored with the dedication of a new, state-of-the art center for heart disease research and treatment in Instanbul, Turkey. The Center will be known as the Antonio M. Gotto Jr., MD Center for Cardiology and Cardiovascular Diseases.
Read article.
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On June 7th, AMSNY, in conjunction with Senator Kemp Hannon and Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, sponsored a Roundtable Discussion in Albany on Academic Medical Centers and their importance to medical education in New York State, targeting legislators and their aides. The goal was to increase understanding of the medical education process, define what constitutes an academic medical center, and describe their relationship with patient care, education, research, and public policy in NYS. Approximately 70 people participated in the discussion which was led by Vincent Verdile, MD, Dean, Albany Medical College and Vice President of the AMSNY Board of Trustees. Presentations were also given by Richard Fine, MD, Dean, Stony Brook University Medical Center; Ralph L Nachman, MD, Associate Dean for Clinical Research, Weill Cornell Medical College; David Hirsch, PhD, Executive Vice President for Research at Columbia University; and Henry Pohl, MD, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs at Albany Medical College.
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The 1-day workshop: Diagnosing and Managing the Psychosocial Aspects of Terrorism and Disasters on July 25, 2007 is geared towards clinicians and first responders. The 3-day workshop: Teaching Psychosocial Aspects of Terrorism and Disasters on July 24-26 is a train-the-trainer course which received the 2006 Innovations Award from the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education. Both courses are being held at the New York Academy of Medicine and are at no cost to participants due to AAMC/CDC grant funding. Sessions are highly interactive and address the following key issues:
- Care of individual patients
- Care of self and team
- Communicating with the public through the media
For further information or to register, please contact: Marian Anderson, RN, MA, MS at marian.anderson@nyumc.org or 212-263-3071.
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The National Association of Medical Minority Educators (NAMME) is hosting its 32nd Annual Conference on September 19-23, 2007 in Philadelphia, PA.
The theme of the conference “Cultivating Diversity in Health Professions” is geared towards health professionals, educators, students and community representatives.
NAMME is a national organization dedicated to improving the overall health status of racial/ ethnic populations, who because of past laws and/or social customs, have been historically underrepresented in and/or underserved by the health professions. This is accomplished through increasing students' access to and graduation from programs for health professionals, student advocacy, policy development and legislation, networking and professional development, and related research.
Full program information.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a proposed rule eliminating federal Medicaid payments for Graduate Medical Education (GME). This rule follows the President's expressed intent in his FY 2008 budget. Total elimination for federal funding of Medicaid GME would cost New York approximately $3 billion over five years.
CMS' proposed rule.
The regulation was published in the Federal Register on May 23, 2007. CMS will accept comments through June 22, 2007.
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Governor Spitzer Allocates Money for Stem Cell Research
The stem cell legislation calls for $100m in FY 2007-2008 (beginning April 1, 2007)--and includes an additional $500 million to be allocated over a 10 year period, totaling $600 million. A portion of these funds will come from the conversion of HIP from a for-profit to not-for-profit company.
The bill provides for creation of an Empire State Stem Cell Board within the State Department of Health, comprising a Funding Committee and an Ethics Committee, both of which will be chaired by the Commissioner. Each committee will have 12 members in addition to the Chair: 6 of whom are appointed by the Governor and 6 who are nominated by legislative leaders.
The funding of stem cell research was a high priority for AMSNY—in particular, there were 2 items which the organization felt were important to be included in any stem legislation: the establishment of an independent scientific peer review committee; and the lack of 3:1 dollar match for grant awards. We were successful in attaining both of these objectives.
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Palliative Care Education and Training Act
The Governor and Legislature have enacted the Palliative Care Education and Training Act. This bill provides $4.6 million for:
- undergraduate medical education in palliative care
- graduate medical education in palliative care
- the development of a NYS Palliative Care Education & Training Council
- the development of criteria for and an application and award process for `Centers for Palliative Care Excellence’
- Palliative Care Practitioner Resource Centers
The funds will be distributed through a competitive grant process and will take into consideration the applicants’ plans to incorporate palliative care longitudinally through out the medical school curriculum according to professionally recognized standards. An example of one such standard is Palliative Education Assessment Tool (PEAT), developed by the New York Academy of Medicine, the Associated Medical Schools of New York, & Weill Cornell Medical College, as a collaborative effort when Attorney General Vasco wanted to mandate palliative care education as part of the medical school curriculum. This issue came up again in 2005—and as such, a collaborative effort between a number of medical schools, hospital groups, patient care groups and AMSNY developed the legislation that was just approved.
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Post Baccalaureate Program Gets Additional Funding for 2007-2008
The FY 2007—2008 budget also includes $639,000 for the AMSNY Post Baccalaureate Program. The Post-Baccalaureate Program, run jointly through AMSNY and University of Buffalo for over 15 years, provides one year of academic enrichment for medical school applicants.
The funds will also allow for the continuation and expansion of pipeline programs already in place, housed at the Sophie Davis College of Biomedical Education, Staten Island University Hospital, and the City College of the City of New York. The pipeline programs include the STEP program, an educational enrichment program that enhances and strengthens pre-requisite math and science skills of disadvantaged high school and undergraduate collage students, and the Pathways to Careers in Medicine and Research program, which supports undergraduate basic science students by pairing them with NIH-funded researchers.
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Summer 2007 Minority Student Research Program at the Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
The ten-week program (May 23-August 3, 2007)
offers a research training experience to
selected outstanding minority undergraduate
and preclinical medical students. Participants
will work in the laboratories of distinguished
senior faculty investigators and will participate
in didactic conferences that address developmental
physiology and research methodology.
Travel to and from Buffalo, housing, and a
stipend are provided.
Download application form
Download brochure
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The CURIE Academy at Cornell University Accepting Applications for Summer Program
The CURIE Academy is a one-week summer residential program (July 21-28, 2007) for high school girls who excel in math and science. Primary goals of this program include:
- Exposing girls to the exciting opportiunities existing for them in engineering.
- Helping girls understand that women belong and are needed in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.
- Demonstrating the connections between the study of engineering and solving problems affecting people and society.
Go to Curie Website
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Dr. Dennis Charney Appointed Dean of Mount Sinai School of Medicine
March 13, 2007
Kenneth L. Davis, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of The Mount Sinai Medical Center, on Monday announced the appointment of Dennis S. Charney, M.D., as Dean of Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs of The Mount Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Davis had served as Dean of the School since 2003. Dr. Charney joined Mount Sinai in July 2004 as Dean of Research. In January 2006, he became Dean for Academic and Scientific Affairs for Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Senior Vice President for Health Sciences of The Mount Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Charney is a neurobiologist and leader in the study and treatment of serious mood and anxiety disorders.
-Dr. Kenneth L. Davis, M.D., President and CEO, The Mount Sinai Medical Center
-Dr. Dennis Charney, M.D., Dean of Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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New York-Presbyterian, Mount Sinai Medical Center and NYU Medical Center Named Best Hospitals 2006 in New York Magazine.
Archives
:: AMS Granted Renewal
for STEP Program
:: Title VII Budget Cuts Have Severe
Consequences for Health Professions
:: AMS Applies for Grant to Address
NYS Physician Shortage
:: Ian Taylor, MD, PhD Named Dean
of the College of Medicine at SUNY Downstate
:: Michael E. Cain, MD Named Dean
of UB Medical School
AMS
Granted Renewal for STEP Program
The New York State Education Department (SED) has granted
AMS renewal funding for the Science and Technology Entry
Program (STEP) for FY '06-'07. STEP is a series of
educational enrichment programs for economically disadvantaged
and underrepresented high school and college students. The
mission of these programs is to enhance and strengthen pre-requisite
math and science skills in order to facilitate their entry
and graduation from college and health professions schools.
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Title
VII Budget Cuts Have Severe Consequences for Health Professions
For years, AMS and similar advocacy organizations have warned
that budget cuts to the Title VII Health Professions Act
would have severe consequences to the future of medical education
and healthcare. Recently, the New York Times focused their
attentions on the threats these cuts pose on the Hispanic
Center of Excellence at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
in the Bronx.
The center, the first such Hispanic center in the state,
teaches medical students and doctors of various backgrounds
about Hispanic culture and conducts research on Latino health
issues. The center recently lost all of its financial support
from the federal government - about 80% of the center's
operating budget. Still the work will continue as Dr. Hal
Strelnick, the center's director states: "This is
a vital program. We're going to do it whether the federal
government is there or not."
The Title VII Health Professions Programs administered
by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
were cut by 51.5 percent in the final FY 2006 Senate Labor-HHS
Appropriations Committee bill. Included in these cuts was
the elimination of the geriatric and rural health training
programs, the Health Education and Training Centers (HETCs),
and the workforce information and analysis programs. In
addition, the Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP)
and Centers for Excellence (COE) are cut by 89 percent
and 65 percent, respectively.
For
the complete NY Times Article, click here.
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AMS
Applies for Grant to Address NYS Physician Shortage
The physician shortage in New York State and nationally,
represents both a change in the supply and demand of physicians
and also inadequate distribution of physicians in some rural
and urban areas. The Association of American Medical Colleges
called for a 30% increase in physicians by 2020.
In an effort to improve the physician shortages in underserved
areas, AMS will conduct a study to assess the needs and available
resources in NYS and make specific recommendations to address
this problem. The work will be implemented by a workgroup
comprised of the fourteen NYS medical schools; pipeline programs;
the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY); the
New York State Office of Rural Health; and the Area Health
Education Centers (AHECs).
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Ian
Taylor, MD, PhD Named Dean of the College of Medicine at
SUNY Downstate
Ian L. Taylor, MD, PhD will succeed Dr. Eugene Feigelson
as Dean of the College of Medicine at SUNY Downstate. Dr.
Taylor was formerly the Associate Senior Vice President for
the Health Sciences and Dean of the School of Medicine at
Tulane University.
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Michael
E. Cain, MD Named Dean of UB Medical School
Michael E. Cain, MD was appointed dean of the School of
Medicine and Biomeidcal Sciences at the University of Buffalo,
effective November 1st. He succeeds Michael Bernardino, who
resigned in February 2003.
For
the full article, click here.
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