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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.

Barbados Prime Minister

SUNY Downstate Welcomes Barbados Prime Minister

by Office of The President - September 26 , 2022

SUNY Downstate welcomed the Honorable Mia Amor Mottley, the Prime Minister of Barbados, to the campus for a town hall conversation with Bajan constituents in the tri-state area. PM Mottley was in New York to attend the annual United Nations General...

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Tags: Community, Events

White Coat Feature

White Coat Ceremonies Kick off Exciting Year for Newest Medical Students

by Office of The President - September 26 , 2022

I was honored to welcome the 2022-2023 first-year medical students to one of the most exciting rites of passage in pursuing the noble career of medicine. The White Coat Ceremony is a rite of passage for medical students and was created by the Arnold...

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Tags: Awards, Ceremony, Education, White Coat Ceremony

In Case You Missed It

by Office of Communications & Marketing - September 26 , 2022

Well-Being Study to Compare Mental and Overall Health Among Haitian and Haitian American Groups

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Shout-Outs

by Office of Communications & Marketing - September 26 , 2022

Midwifery students Su Yun (Esther) Hong and Lisa Craig for receiving Dorothea M. Lang CNM Memorial Scholarships from the American College of Nurse-Midwives Foundation.

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Must-see Downstate TV

by Office of Communications & Marketing - September 26 , 2022

A conversation with Downstate president Wayne J. Riley, M.D., New York Academia of Medicine president Judith A. Salerno, M.D., and Vot-ER executive director Aliya Bhatia.

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Dr. John LaRosa Announces Retirement from Downstate

September 12 , 2022

Last week, John C. LaRosa, M.D., officially retired from the Downstate faculty, where he served as Professor of Medicine and Public Health. Before joining the faculty full-time, Dr. LaRosa served as the 15th president of Downstate Health Sciences...

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UHD Performs first Brooklyn Barostim Implantation for Heart-Failure Patient

by Office of Communications & Marketing - September 12 , 2022

Congratulations to the team of Adam Budzikowski, M.D., Ph.D., Panos Kougias, M.D., and MSc, Marina Svyatets, M.D. who recently completed UHD's—and Brooklyn’s—first successful implantation of the Barostim™ Baroreflex Activation Therapy. The...

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9-11 Memorial Pool

A Tribute to the 9/11 Lost

by Office of Communications & Marketing - September 12 , 2022

Twenty-one years ago, the United States experienced one of the worst attacks on American soil when 2,977 people died in the Twin Towers, Pentagon, and Shanksville, PA attacks of September 11, 2001.

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College of Medicine Student Receives Harvard Hope Scholars Prize

by Office of Communications & Marketing - September 12 , 2022

Congratulations to fourth-year College of Medicine student Christopher D. George, who is among this year’s Harvard Medical School Hope Scholars—an esteemed prize awarded to medical students of color who have extensively contributed to biomedical...

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BioBat Company Admitted to Mayo Clinic Mentorship Program

by Office of Communications & Marketing - September 12 , 2022

Biotia, Inc., a woman-led, early-stage health technology startup located at Downstate’s BioBAT life sciences incubator at the Brooklyn Army Terminal, is one of only seven companies admitted to the second cohort of a Mayo Clinic program designed...

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Occupational Therapy and Doctor of Nursing Practice Programs Granted Accreditation

by Office of Communications & Marketing - September 12 , 2022

The Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) has granted full accreditation to the School of Health Profession's Occupational Therapy Program for ten years. After a rigorous self-study and site review, ACOTE found our Occupational...

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