In Case You Missed It
By Office of the President | Apr 17, 2023
San Antonio Express News
Renowned Physician eyes end to inequities—April 12
Featuring: President Wayne J. Riley, M.D., delivered “Our Quest for Health Equity,” the Twentieth Anniversary Frank Bryant Jr. MD, Memorial Distinguished Lecture at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). The annual lecture series honors Dr. Bryant, a leader in his community and Texas medical professional societies and one of the first African American students to attend the UTMB School of Medicine.
Politico
The Fight Upstate for Downstate—April 10
Featuring: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Caribbean Life
Friends of Sion Hill Honor Outstanding Four—April 5
Featuring: Clifford V. Young, M.D., FACP, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine.
Gothamist
COVID-19 Upended NYC’s Nursing Workforce. 3 Years Later, Hospitals are Trying to Rebuild It—April 4
Featuring: College of Nursing Students Laurel Katz-Bohen and Diane Torcell; includes photos of the CON’s Simulation Center.
Haitian Times
Raising Money to Serve Haitians: A Delicate Act for Many Nonprofits—March 30
Featuring: Christina Pardo, M.D., MPH, Clinical Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology Vice Chair of Quality Improvement and Innovation and Director of Health Equity.
Holidays / Observances
Hospital Employee Observances
- 3/2: National Hospitalist Day
- 3/3: National Employee Appreciation Day
- 3/8: Registered Dietitian Nutrition Day
- 3/17: National - Residency Match Day
- 3/19: Certified Nurses Day
- 3/21: World Social Work Day
- 3/30: National Doctors Day
- 3/31: Anesthesia Tech Day
Health Awareness Observances
- 3/1: Baby Sleep Day
- 3/1: Self-Injury Awareness Day
- 3/2: World Teen Mental Health Day
- 3/3: World Birth Defects Day
- 3/4: Brain Injury Awareness Day
- 3/9: World Kidney Day
- 3/10: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- 3/17: World Sleep Day
- 3/20: National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- 3/20: World Oral Health Day
- 3/21: World Down Syndrome Day
- 3/24: World Tuberculosis Day
- 3/25: National Cerebral Palsy Day
- 3/26: Epilepsy Awareness-Purple Day
- 3/28: American Diabetes Alert Day (American Diabetes Assoc.)
Cultural/Religious/ Miscellaneous Observances
- 3/8: International Women’s Day
- 3/6-7: Purim (Jewish; sundown to sundown)
- 3/8: Holi (Hindu; Festival of Colors; sundown to sundown)
- 3/17: St. Patrick’s Day
- 3/20: Spring Equinox
- 3/20: Nowruz (Persian New Year)
- 3/31: International Transgender Day of Visibility
Hospital Employee Observances
- 3/12-18: Patient Safety Awareness Week
- 3/13-17: Healthcare HR Professionals Week
- 3/20-25: National Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week
- 3/25-31: National Physicians Week
Health Observances:
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3/1-6: National Aplastic Anemia & MDS Awareness Week
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3/4-10: Endometriosis Awareness Week
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3/5-11: World Glaucoma Week/Save Your Vision Week
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3/12-18: National Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
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3/12-18: National Sleep Awareness Week
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3/12-18: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
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3/12-18: Sleep Awareness Week
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3/12-19: MS Awareness Week3/13-19: Brain Awareness Week
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3/19-25: National Inhalants and Poison Prevention Week
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3/20-26: National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week
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3/27-4/2: World Autism Acceptance Week
Cultural/Religious/ Miscellaneous Observances
- 3/22-4/21: Ramadan (Muslim; sundown to sundown)
National Cultural Months
- National Women’s History Month
- National Irish-American Heritage Month
Hospital Employee Observances
- Child Life Month (Association of Child Life Professionals)
- National Professional Social Workers Month
Health Observances:
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American Red Cross Month
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Bisexual Health Awareness Month
- Brain Injury Awareness Month
- Colic Awareness Month
- Deep-Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month
- Hemophilia Awareness Month
- Malignant Hyperthermia and Training Awareness Month
- Myeloma Action Month
- National Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
- National Breast Implant Awareness Month
- National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
- National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
- National Developmental Disabilities Month
- National Endometriosis Awareness Month
- National Essential Tremor Awareness Month
- National Eye Donor Month
- National Kidney Month
- National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
- National Nutrition Month
- National Poison Prevention Awareness Month
- Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
- Save Your Vision Month
- Trisomy Awareness Month
- Vascular Anomalies Awareness Month
- Workplace Eye Health and Safety Awareness Month
Calendar of March observances, celebrations, and recognitions!