[May 17, 2013]

SUNY Downstate Council to Meet

For Immediate Release: Friday, May 17, 2013

Brooklyn – The SUNY Council of Downstate Medical Center will meet Monday, May 20, 2013 at 3:15 p.m. Topics for discussion will include an update on the development of a Sustainability Plan for Downstate Medical Center.More

[May 15, 2013]

Town Hall Meeting Scheduled to Discuss Sustainability Plan for SUNY Downstate More

[May 8, 2013]

SUNY Downstate to Hold Annual University Hospital of Brooklyn Health Fair May 18

SUNY Downstate Medical Center’s University Hospital of Brooklyn will hold its 27th annual community health fair at its Central Brooklyn location in East Flatbush, Saturday, May 18, 2013, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

[April 19, 2013]'

Brooklyn Free Clinic Presents TEDMED Live Conference, April 20

SUNY Downstate Medical Center’s Brooklyn Free Clinic is presenting a TEDMED Live Conference, Saturday, April 20, 2013 at the Gowanus Ballroom, 55 9th Street (between 2nd Avenue and Smith Street), Brooklyn, NY 11215.More

[April 12, 2013]'

Dr. Alan R. Shalita Receives Prestigious Honor from American Academy of Dermatology
Alan R. Shalita, MD, distinguished teaching professor and chair of dermatology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, has been awarded the Gold Medal of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), the organization’s highest honor.More

[April 8, 2013]

STAR Health Center Gets Top Rating for Patient-Centered Care

The Special Treatment and Research (STAR) Health Center at SUNY Downstate Medical Center has received Level 3 recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as a patient-centered medical home (PCMH). Level 3 designation is the highest achievable recognition for a medical group, awarded only to programs that pass a rigorous review process. More

[April 1, 2013]

Tuskegee Syphilis Study Subject of Talk at SUNY Downstate, April 4

“The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Why Does It Still Matter?,” will be the subject of a talk at SUNY Downstate Medical Center on Thursday, April 4, 2013 from 12:00 Noon to 1:00 pm, in the Basic Sciences Building, Lecture Hall 1, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203. More

[March 4, 2013]

SUNY Downstate Offers Screenings and Information on Colorectal Cancer during March

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that colorectal screening saves lives:  “If everyone who is 50 years old or older were screened regularly, as many as 60% of deaths from this cancer could be avoided.”More

[Feburary 22, 2013]

SUNY Downstate Adopts SUNY’s Standardized Financial Aid Award Letter
 
SUNY Downstate Medical Center announced today that it will put in place a new, standardized Financial Aid Letter from the State University of New York, beginning this fall.More

[Feburary 8, 2013]

SUNY Board Approves Recommended Closure of Long Island College Hospital
 
The State University of New York Board of Trustees today voted to support a decision by SUNY Downstate Medical Center leadership to seek approval from the state Department of Health to cease operation of University Hospital of Brooklyn at Long Island College Hospital (LICH) as a full-service inpatient hospital facility. More

[January 14, 2013]

Reverend Al Sharpton to Receive Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Leadership Award

The Reverend Al Sharpton will receive SUNY Downstate Medical Center's Second Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Leadership Award on Thursday, January 24, 2013, at 9:00 a.m., in a ceremony in the Alumni Auditorium. More

[January 4, 2013]                                                  

SUNY Downstate to Be Part of Center for Stroke Disparities Solutions:

Program Is Funded by $12 Million Grant from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Girardin Jean-Louis, PhD, professor of medicine and psychiatry at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, and colleagues from New York University Langone Medical Center and Columbia University Medical Center received a $12 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health, to establish a Center for Stroke Disparities Solutions in New York City.More

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