SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

News Releases 2017

November 30, 2017

First Total Removal of the Pancreas and Successful Islet Autotransplant in Brooklyn for the Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis

November 27, 2017

Novice Pilots Improve Visual Responses to Emergency Simulation by Watching Experts’ Eye Movements

November 13, 2017

SUNY Downstate’s Dr. Brahim Chaqour Receives $2 Million for Research Into Treatment of Incurable Vision-threatening Diseases

October 9, 2017

SUNY Downstate Awarded $10 Million from National Institutes of Health

October 5, 2017

SUNY Downstate’s Incubator Program Launches Company Revolutionizing
Bone Marrow Transplant Process

September 15, 2017

SUNY Downstate Signals New Chapter with the Inauguration of Dr. Wayne J. Riley as the 17th President of the Academic Medical Center

August 23, 2017

SUNY Downstate Transitions Physician Assistant Program to the Master of Science Curriculum

August 9, 2017

SUNY Downstate Researchers Receive Award from National Science Foundation to Study Restoring Vision

August 3, 2017

SUNY Downstate President Dr. Wayne J. Riley Named to Board of Trustees of Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS)

July 17, 2017

Dr. Rainer W. G. Gruessner Named Chair of Surgery at SUNY Downstate

June 20, 2017

Antimicrobial Products Can Do More Harm than Good

June 14, 2017

Dr. Lori A. Escallier Named Dean of the College of Nursing at SUNY Downstate

June 13, 2017

Amid Russia Conflict and Drug Epidemic, SUNY Downstate Researchers Battle HIV in Ukraine

June 6, 2017

SUNY Ranks Among Top 100 Worldwide For Patents Granted In 2016

June 5, 2017

Hundreds of New Health Professionals Graduate from SUNY Downstate Medical Center

May 31, 2017

Dr. Ramaswamy Viswanathan Honored by American Psychiatric Association

May 24, 2017

Three Types of Work Stress Increasing in the U.S., According to SUNY Downstate Researchers

May 4, 2017

SUNY Downstate and Maimonides Medical Center Create Joint Regional Chair in Neurology to Serve the People of Brooklyn

March 21, 2017

SUNY Downstate Medical Students Excel in 2017 National Residency Match

March 20, 2017

Downstate Allergy and Immunology Research Projects by Medical Student and Resident Recognized with News Media Interviews at National AAAAI Meeting in Atlanta

March 15, 2017

Pilot Eye Movements Change Noticeably By Two Hours In-Flight

March 13, 2017

Locked-In ALS Patients Answer Yes or No Questions with Wearable fNIRS Device Created at SUNY Downstate

March 9, 2017

Active Shooter Symposium to Be Held at SUNY Downstate Wednesday, March 22

March 2, 2017

Empire State Development Announces 43 More Companies Choose to Grow in New York State and Commit to Creating 640 New Jobs

February 27, 2017

Lack of Oxygen, Not Excessive Stimulation, Cause for Half of Seizure-Related Brain Damage in Epilepsy

February 21, 2017

Drugs that Alter Inhibitory Targets Offer Therapeutic Strategies for Autism, Schizophrenia

February 16, 2017

New Test May Quickly Identify Mild Traumatic Brain Injury with Underlying Brain Damage

January 24, 2017

SUNY Board of Trustees Appoints Dr. Wayne J. Riley as President of Downstate Medical Center

January 13, 2017

Nancy L. Zimpher, Chancellor of the State University of New York, to Receive Downstate Medical Center’s 2017 Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Award

January 9, 2017

Bioethicist Dr. Arthur Caplan to Speak on Organ Donation, January 11

January 5, 2017

Dr. Steven Schwarz Is the Recipient of the 2016 Murray Davidson Award