Notes from Dean Nosanchuk
Our amazing Class of 2021 celebrated graduation in person (!!!) on the Einstein campus on May 27, 2021, supported and cheered on by their loved ones along with students, staff, faculty, and other guests. I was honored to host Kevin Li (in photo) in my laboratory during his gap year and throughout the past academic year, and he represents one of the incredible and resilient Class of 2021 students who found great success despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are so proud of our graduates and we wish them the very best as they set forth on the next steps of their exciting journeys.
Meanwhile, the Class of 2024 resiliently and smoothly completed their first year at Einstein and students are actively engaged in summer research and other growth experiences. The Class of 2023 efficiently transitioned to USMLE Step 1 preparations or Clerkships, and the clinical students are already making a positive impact on the patients they are working with and learning from. The Class of 2022 is in their final year and are writing personal statements, updating CVs and learning about the process for successfully Matching in their preferred field for ongoing medical training.
The faculty and staff in our MD program are continuing our efforts to optimize and improve our "new" curriculum for all our Class years. Our Task Forces working on our nascent Service Learning, Integration, and Impact programs continue to meet to develop strategies for the successful deployment of new, exciting, and impactful curricular activities.
And... Einstein is now formally and fully accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education https://www.msche.org/institution/9220/ and, thus, recognized as accredited by the United States Department of Education! This completes our transition from Yeshiva University's accreditation and opens new educational opportunities for Einstein.
Featuring: Anatomy Sectra Table
Dr. Priti Mishall and a few of our awesome MS1 students using the Sectra anatomy table.
On Thursday, May 27 we celebrated our 63rd Commencement Ceremony with a joint on-campus and virtual ceremony honoring our Class of 2021. More than 100 graduates gathered on the Price Center lawn to receive their degrees in a physically distant way. We were so happy to be able to give guests of our graduates the opportunity to also join the celebration on campus via live stream. The Einstein campus came together to celebrate our graduates in such a heartwarming way despite the circumstances. We haven’t had an on campus ceremony in decades so being able to celebrate at Einstein, our home, was incredible.
Special shout out to Ms. Sara Weiner and Ms. Emilee Tu!
Dr. Michael Cabana, Physician-in-Chief of the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM), sent Department-wide emails acknowledging these two students as "CHAMpions".
Dr. Cabana communicated to Sara Weiner that he "appreciate[s] [her] extra effort and advocacy for our patients and families."
As for Emilee Tu, Dr. Cabana wrote, "I appreciate the extra effort you give for our complex patients and families to make sure every detail is addressed. It is this type of work that makes CHAM a special place for our community and a great children’s hospital."
It is obvious that Sara and Emilee's efforts are noticed and appreciated by their colleagues. Congratulations and thank you for being examples of exemplary Einstein students.
CUNY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH GRADUATION
We are thrilled that our first cadre of Einstein MD-MPH students virtually received their MPH degrees from the CUNY School of Public Health on June 3, 2021. Congratulations to Jennifer Luk, Nicole Turturro and Samuel Nemiroff for being awarded the Dean's Merit Award for Service for the 2021 graduating year. In order to receive this award, these students needed to achieve around a 4.0 GPA and be recommended by faculty.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS BY MEDICAL EDUCATION FACULTY
EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
Ludwig AB, Meholl MM, Baum SG, Cassese T, Nosanchuk JD. Moving medical students into shared housing during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Med Ed and Curricular Development. 2021 May 31;8:1-5. doi.org/10.1177/23821205211018702 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/23821205211018702
Kirch, S. PhD and Sadofsky, M. MD, PhD. "Medical Education From a Theory–Practice–Philosophy Perspective." : Academic Pathology: Volume 8 DOI: 10.1177/23742895211010236. PubMed Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33959676
Gurvich, A., Shridhar, N., Felman, A., Shi, M., Pinkas, A., Downie, S. A., & Mishall, P. L. (2021). A novel accessory muscle in the flexor compartment of anterior forearm inserting into the tenosynovium of the flexor pollicis longus. Folia Morphol (Warsz). doi:10.5603/FM.a2021.0036 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31169299/
SCIENCE PUBLICATIONS
Since the last Bulletin, Dr. Nosanchuk has published 10 more scientific original articles (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nosanchuk), and this also signifies a new milestone as he now has over 300 peer-reviewed publications!
Einstein Students in the Press
An opinion piece by Emma Goldberg was published in The New York Times, titled "What the Covid Rookies Saw". Iris Lin, M.D., a recent Einstein Graduate had her story and experience shared in this essay (photo from NYT).
"In the final stretch of Iris’s last semester of medical school, she and her classmates were drawn into the riptide of a historic crisis. She’d planned to spend her spring celebrating the end of medical school and preparing for the start of her career in internal medicine. Instead, she joined the front lines of the fight against a plague." Click the button below to read further.
MEET OUR WONDERFUL EDUCATION STAFF!
Shaquana Sheppard is a Senior Data Analyst who works closely with the Director of Assessment, Evaluation and Quality Improvement, Dr. William Burton, and Data Analyst, Ms. Ashley Scott to form the Assessment, Evaluation and Quality Improvement (AEQI) unit under the Office of Medical Education. Ms. Sheppard earned her Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from St. John’s University and Bachelor of Science in Business Management at Stony Brook University. She came to Einstein in 2015, as the Office of Medical Education’s first data analyst with over 10 years of experience working in diverse industries, including human resources, legal, banking, and higher education. Ms. Sheppard has been actively involved in transforming how our complex data is used. Her major responsibilities focus on examining, analyzing, and visualizing data into insightful business information and reports that are utilized for decision making in future developments and initiatives in the MD program at Einstein.
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