<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/12-02/leadership-black-neurosurgeons.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>12/02/2025 05:30:00 AM</pubDate><title>New Leadership at the American Society of Black Neurosurgeons</title><sub-title/><description>Congratulations to Ernest J. Barthélemy, M.D., MPH, MA, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Neurology, and Public Health at Downstate, and Director of Acute Care Neurosurgery at One Brooklyn Health/Brookdale University Hospital. Dr. Barthélemy was formally installed last month as President of the American Society of Black Neurosurgeons (ASBN), marking a significant milestone for him and a great moment of pride for Downstate.</description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="https://www.downstate.edu/faculty/surgery/_images/barthelemy.png" alt="Ernest J. Barthélemy, M.D., MPH, MA"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/12-02/leadership-black-neurosurgeons.xml</loc><tags><tag>Neurology</tag><tag>Neurosurgery</tag><tag>Surgery</tag></tags><categories/></item>