Issue 6 - August 31, 2022 All Issues Our Top Stories Dean Gordon F. Tomaselli, MD, Announces His Transition to Emeritus Status as the Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean of Albert Einstein College of Medicine “It has been the honor and privilege of a lifetime to serve as the Dean at my alma mater.” —Gordon F. Tomaselli, MD, Dean, Albert Einstein College of Medicine One of the Nation’s Best—Again Placing in the top 1% of hospitals for complex specialty care in cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, geriatrics, neurology and neurosurgery, and obstetrics and gynecology, member hospitals continue regional leadership. Montefiore Einstein Successfully Performs the World’s First HIV-Positive to HIV-Positive Heart Transplant One of only 25 U.S. centers eligible to offer this complex surgery, our heart transplantation team is internationally renowned for spearheading innovative methods. Deeper Dive Presidential Lecture Exemplifies Montefiore Einstein’s Full Spectrum of Outstanding Research Montefiore Einstein Cardiac Surgery Brings Complex Care to White Plains Hospital Heart Program After Years Crisscrossing the Country Looking for Answers, It Was Montefiore Einstein That Diagnosed Mary-Margaret’s Rare Heart Condition “A Vaccinated Expectant Mom Can Pass Antibodies to Her Baby in the Womb” by Montefiore Einstein’s Brenda I. Anosike, MD, MPH, and Rodney L. Wright, MD, MS In the Mix A Call to Standardize Abortion Education Across U.S. Medical Schools Montefiore Einstein Leadership in Gynecologic Oncology Expands to St. John’s Riverside “What to Know About Dehydration and How to Avoid It” by Sybil Hodgson, MD, Department of Family and Social Medicine, Montefiore Einstein A BOLD Idea: Free Program Offers Counseling, Education and Support Services to Cancer Patients Awards & Honors Philip O. Ozuah, MD, PhD, President & CEO, Montefiore Medicine, Honored by Crain’s as a 2022 Notable Health Care Leader Susan Fox, President & CEO, White Plains Hospital, Honored by Crain’s as a 2022 Notable Health Care Leader Sharmila K. Makhija, MD, MBA, Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health, and Professor, Gynecologic Oncology, Honored by Crain’s as a 2022 Notable Health Care Leader Miriam Knoll, MD, DABR, Director of Radiation Oncology, Montefiore Nyack Hospital, Honored by Crain’s as a 2022 Notable Health Care Leader New Faces/New Roles Ronald C. Samuels, MD, MPH Associate Division Chief for Pediatric Complex Care, General Pediatrics, and Medical Director for LINCS Complex Care Program, CHAM Kimberly J. Reidy, MD, FAAP Chief of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics at CHAM and Albert Einstein College of Medicine Clinical Trials Understanding Chronic Health Conditions Among Men and Women Living with HIV Upcoming Free Workshop to Help Montefiore Einstein Caregivers Better Cope with Grief and Loss
Dean Gordon F. Tomaselli, MD, Announces His Transition to Emeritus Status as the Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean of Albert Einstein College of Medicine “It has been the honor and privilege of a lifetime to serve as the Dean at my alma mater.” —Gordon F. Tomaselli, MD, Dean, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
One of the Nation’s Best—Again Placing in the top 1% of hospitals for complex specialty care in cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, geriatrics, neurology and neurosurgery, and obstetrics and gynecology, member hospitals continue regional leadership.
Montefiore Einstein Successfully Performs the World’s First HIV-Positive to HIV-Positive Heart Transplant One of only 25 U.S. centers eligible to offer this complex surgery, our heart transplantation team is internationally renowned for spearheading innovative methods.
After Years Crisscrossing the Country Looking for Answers, It Was Montefiore Einstein That Diagnosed Mary-Margaret’s Rare Heart Condition
“A Vaccinated Expectant Mom Can Pass Antibodies to Her Baby in the Womb” by Montefiore Einstein’s Brenda I. Anosike, MD, MPH, and Rodney L. Wright, MD, MS
“What to Know About Dehydration and How to Avoid It” by Sybil Hodgson, MD, Department of Family and Social Medicine, Montefiore Einstein
Philip O. Ozuah, MD, PhD, President & CEO, Montefiore Medicine, Honored by Crain’s as a 2022 Notable Health Care Leader
Susan Fox, President & CEO, White Plains Hospital, Honored by Crain’s as a 2022 Notable Health Care Leader
Sharmila K. Makhija, MD, MBA, Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health, and Professor, Gynecologic Oncology, Honored by Crain’s as a 2022 Notable Health Care Leader
Miriam Knoll, MD, DABR, Director of Radiation Oncology, Montefiore Nyack Hospital, Honored by Crain’s as a 2022 Notable Health Care Leader
Ronald C. Samuels, MD, MPH Associate Division Chief for Pediatric Complex Care, General Pediatrics, and Medical Director for LINCS Complex Care Program, CHAM
Kimberly J. Reidy, MD, FAAP Chief of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics at CHAM and Albert Einstein College of Medicine
