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The President’s Bulletin is a bi-weekly publication created to keep students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, friends, and others informed about the latest news at Downstate Health Sciences University. We hope you enjoy reading the articles and find them informative and useful.
SPECIAL NOTE:
The President's Bulletin will resume immediately after the New Year. Happy Holidays!
by Office of the President - December 2 , 2025
As we begin a new academic year, I am pleased to welcome our returning students, faculty, and staff and warmly welcome the new students joining each of our colleges at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (Downstate).
by Office of the President - December 2 , 2025
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...
Tags: Neurology, Neurosurgery, Surgery
by Office of the President - December 2 , 2025
New evidence from the nationwide TOP Trial (Transfusion Trigger After Operations in High Cardiac Risk Patients) suggests that a small but meaningful shift in clinical practice may help protect adults with heart disease as they recover from major...
Tags: Surgery
by Office of the President - December 2 , 2025
Downstate received national and international attention this month after a study by Ekenedilichukwu Nnadi, M.D., Chief Resident in Internal Medicine and Primary Care, was presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions. The research...
by Office of the President - December 2 , 2025
The experience of having a baby can change dramatically from one Brooklyn neighborhood to the next. Families in Central Brooklyn face some of the highest rates of pregnancy complications in New York, shaped by chronic stress, housing instability,...
Tags: Community
by Office of the President - December 2 , 2025
Later this month, David Wlody, M.D., will receive the Distinguished Service Award from the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists (NYSSA) at the Post Graduate Assembly in Anesthesiology, one of the organization’s highest honors. With more...
by Office of the President - December 2 , 2025
As December 7 approaches, we pause to honor a day that altered the course of history and shaped an entire generation. While the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 feels distant, the memories still reverberate in American life, including here at Downstate,...
by Office of the President - November 18 , 2025
As we begin a new academic year, I am pleased to welcome our returning students, faculty, and staff and warmly welcome the new students joining each of our colleges at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (Downstate).
by Office of the President - November 18 , 2025
Downstate’s School of Public Health strengthened its global footprint with the release of Health and Healthcare Systems: A Global View, published by Springer on October 31, 2025. Five faculty members contributed chapters examining health systems...
Tags: School of Public Health
by Office of the President - November 18 , 2025
Enitza George, M.D., MBA, MSAI, Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine and Chief Population Health Officer, was an invited panelist at Becker’s Hospital Review’s national webinar, “Proactive, Personalized, Preventive: Redefining...
Tags: Family Medicine
by Office of the President - November 18 , 2025
Some stories truly come full circle. For Vanessa Vales-Lewis, Ph.D., M.Phil., that circle begins and ends at Downstate. Born at University Hospital at Downstate and growing up in Brooklyn, she discovered her passion for science education through...
by Office of the President - November 18 , 2025
We proudly congratulate Lashawn Peña, a fourth-year student in Downstate’s College of Medicine and MPH candidate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, on receiving the 2025 William and Charlotte Cadbury Award, the highest honor presented...
by Office of the President - November 18 , 2025
Downstate took a significant step toward achieving fair and inclusive healthcare in Brooklyn with the launch of the Brooklyn Health Equity Index (BKHI), a new survey tool designed to understand better and address racial and cultural differences in...
by Office of the President - November 18 , 2025
Downstate’s STAR Program is extending its impact far beyond Brooklyn, partnering with communities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia to help strengthen public health systems where HIV continues to grow.
by Office of the President - November 18 , 2025
Under the leadership of Dean Lori Escallier, Ph.D., RN, CPNP-PC, FAAN, Downstate’s College of Nursing is expanding its faculty at a time when nursing schools nationwide face educator shortages.
by Office of the President - November 4 , 2025
Downstate continues to strengthen its partnership with the VA New York Harbor Health Care System through research that informs better care for aging patients. A recent study led by Downstate and VA investigators, published in JAMA Surgery on October...
by Office of the President - November 4 , 2025
As we begin a new academic year, I am pleased to welcome our returning students, faculty, and staff and warmly welcome the new students joining each of our colleges at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (Downstate).
by Office of the President - November 4 , 2025
At our recent Domestic Violence (DV) Awareness panel discussion, From Harm to Healing: Reframing Domestic and Gender-Based Violence Through a Public Health Lens, three distinguished panelists explored how trauma-informed care, survivor leadership,...