Educating Tomorrow's Doctors
$1 MILLION GIFT FROM GRATEFUL PATIENT CREATES ENDOWED CHAIR
Dr. Lewis Britton was installed as the Catherine Sheer Britton Endowed Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery. The chair, funded with a $1 million gift from an anonymous donor, was named in memory of Dr. Britton’s late wife, Catherine Sheer Britton, who passed away in 2003.
(Times Union, Daily Gazette)
FUTURE COURSE SET ON MATCH DAY
Fourth year medical students received residency assignments during the highly anticipated—and widely covered—Match Day.
(Times Union, Daily Gazette, Business Review, Capital News 9, WXXA, WTEN, WNYT)
MVP HEALTH CARE MAKES PLEDGE FOR UNIQUE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
Albany Med received $200,000 commitment from MVP Health Care to support Project MedSCOPE, which offers medical students the opportunity to partner with community organizations and physicians to help address unmet health care needs of the underserved.
(Times Union, Record, Business Review, Glens Falls Business Journal, Visions)
ON DOCTOR'S WALL, AN MBA
Dr. Henry Pohl and medical student Chris Macomber discussed why an increasing number of physicians are pursuing degrees in business.
(Times Union)
TEDDY BEAR HOSPITAL DAY
Medical College students hosted the 12th annual “Teddy Bear Hospital Day” event, designed to familiarize children with medical procedures.
(Times Union, Daily Gazette, Visions)
CELEBRATING COMMENCEMENT
Albany Medical College awarded 199 degrees at the 170th Commencement ceremonies. The keynote speaker, Dr. Robert Lefkowitz, was a recipient of the 2007 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research.
(Times Union, Daily Gazette)
MOVING TOWARD INDEPENDENCE
Departing medical students donated their furniture to the Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless.
(WRGB)
NEW VICE DEAN FOR CLINICAL AFFAIRS
Dr. Ferdinand Venditti was promoted to vice dean for clinical affairs, a key component of the Faculty Practice.
(Times Union, Daily Gazette, Business Review)
MED STUDENT NAMED FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR
Third-year medical student Misty Richards was awarded the prestigious Fulbright United States Student Scholarship to study at the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry in Tokyo.
(Daily Gazette)
ALBANY MED RECEIVES STATE GRANT TO SHARE HIV EXPERTISE
Albany Medical College received a $392,000 grant from the NYS Department of Health to continue efforts to educate upstate primary care providers about the latest in HIV medicine.
(Times Union, Business Review)
NEW MEDICAL STUDENTS WELCOMED WITH WHITE COATS
One-hundred forty-nine first-year students arrived at the Medical College in August where they were greeted with the traditional “White Coat Ceremony,” during which they were helped into their trademark white coats by second-year students.
(Times Union)
ALBANY MED ONE OF 10 NATIONWIDE TO RECEIVE PILOT PROGRAM GRANT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE INTERVENTION
The Medical College received a $375,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to train medical residents to identify patients at risk for substance/alcohol abuse or misuse, to briefly intervene, and to refer them to treatment.
(Times Union, Business Review)
MEDICAL STUDENTS EXPOSED TO RURAL HEALTH CARE
Albany Med and Bassett Healthcare announced a partnership to establish a regional clinical campus for third year medical students at Bassett’s Cooperstown campus in an effort to expose students to practicing medicine in rural areas.
(Times Union, Business Review, Oneonta Daily Star, Mountain Eagle, Delaware County Times, The Evening Times, Tri-Town News, Observer-Dispatch, WKTV-Utica)
