Issue 28 - Aug 20, 2024

Our Top Stories

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Strengthening CAR-T Therapy to Work Against Solid Tumors

Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have shown that a breakthrough therapy for treating blood cancers can be adapted to treat solid tumors—an advance that could transform cancer treatment.

9 U.S. News and World Report Best Hospitals award badges

One of the Nation’s Best. Yet Again.

Montefiore Einstein ranks in the top 1% of hospitals for complex specialty care in cancer, diabetes & endocrinology, geriatrics, heart & vascular, neurology & neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology & lung surgery and urology. Our member hospitals, including Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains Hospital, Montefiore Nyack Hospital and Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital, continue their national and regional leadership.

A view of a glass-fronted professional medical building; Montefiore Einstein Orthopedic Surgery, Montefiore Einstein Advanced Care, Montefiore Nyack and Burke Rehabilitation all offer services under one roof in the custom-designed, future-forward facility.

Montefiore Einstein Premieres One of the Most Comprehensive, State-of-the-Art Freestanding Facilities for Total Orthopedic Care in the Nation

Montefiore Einstein Orthopedic Surgery, Montefiore Einstein Advanced Care, Montefiore Nyack and Montefiore Einstein's Burke Rehabilitation all come together to offer orthopedic and spine services under one roof in a custom-designed, future-forward 60,000 square foot facility.

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Best Heart Transplant Outcomes in the U.S.

Best risk-adjusted 1-year survival in the U.S. (hazard ratio 0.34 – Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) report, July 2024).

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Making Long-Term Memories Requires Nerve-Cell Damage

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine found that a stimulus sets off a cycle of DNA damage and repair within certain hippocampal neurons that leads to stable memory assemblies—clusters of brain cells that represent our past experiences.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine Celebrates Its 66th Commencement

First Living Organ Donor to Respond to Live and Let Live Campaign Meets Her Match

Montefiore Einstein Living Organ Donor Campaign: Increasing the Transplant Organ Pool

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“Objetivo: Tu Salud” Focuses Its Lens on Living Organ Donation

Montefiore Einstein Awarded $2 Million New York State Department of Health Grant to Advance Education and Training of Community Health Workers

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Low-Vision ‘Tech Pals’ Youth Mentors Bring Life Changing Mobile Technology Skills to Visually Impaired Elders

Closing the Experience-Complexity Gap with a $300K Grant to Train, Retain and Advance Montefiore Einstein’s Novice Nurses

Nursing Receives $300,000 Grant for New Retention Project TRAINN@ME

Montefiore Einstein’s Cardiology 2023 Highlights: Leaders in Cardiac Care and Research Making Groundbreaking Strides in Heart Transplantation, Structural Valve Interventions and Arrhythmia Management

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“Eliminate Asthma Attacks? The Latest Treatments for Breathing Easier” By Mauli Desai, MD

Young Men’s Health Initiative Provides Preventive Care and a Medical Home at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein For Underserved 18 – 24 Year Olds

“5 Questions to Recognize If Anxiety Is Normal Or a Problem” By Simon A. Rego, PsyD, ABPP, A-CBT

In the Mix

Continuing Our Decade-Long Tradition of Marching on World Pride Day

Barbie Like Me Campaign Brings Joy to Pediatric Dermatology Patients Thanks to Einstein Medical Student Diana Zarowin and Mattel, Inc

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Sixteen Years Proudly Partnering with the Wildlife Conservation Society on Run for the Wild at the Bronx Zoo

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Second Annual Black Men in White Coats Youth Summit Spotlights Careers in Pathology at Event for High School and Middle School Students

The Arthur D. Emil Caregiver Support Center Celebrates 13 Years of Providing a Refuge to Those Helping Loved Ones During an Illness

Marta Gavora, the ‘Sherlock Holmes’ of Microbiology, Retires After 54 Remarkable Years of Service

Marta Gavora, the ‘Sherlock Holmes’ of Microbiology, Retires After 54 Years

New Collection, “The Joy of Flowers,” Brings Light and Happiness To Montefiore New Rochelle

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New York City Research and Improvement Networking Group (NYC RING) Marks 20th Anniversary with Uplifting Convocation

Attendees talk with staffers at the Montefiore Einstein Stroke Awareness event.

Stroke Awareness Event Highlights How to Stop Stroke Before It Starts, Recognize Symptoms and Respond Quickly When Stroke Occurs

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Donors Honored and Transplant Recipients Celebrated at Flag-Raising Ceremony Hosted by Montefiore Einstein, Donate Life and LiveOnNY

Philip O. Ozuah, MD, PhD, President and CEO, Montefiore Einstein, Honored by City and State New York as Healthcare Power 100 Leader for the Fourth Consecutive Year

Philip O. Ozuah, MD, PhD, President and CEO, Montefiore Einstein, Receives Prestigious 2024 Ellis Island Medal of Honor

Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center’s BOLD Program Honored for Transformative Impact on Cancer Care

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Montefiore Einstein Cardiothoracic Surgeons Receive Multiple Prestigious Awards and Grants from The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Foundation

Gloria Kenny, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer, Recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review as a CHRO to Know

Laurie E. Cohen, MD, Elected as the Next President of the Pediatric Endocrine Society

Frank Sosnowski Honored for His Pharmaceutical Leadership by Becker Hospital Review

Frank Sosnowski Honored for His Pharmaceutical Leadership by Becker’s Hospital Review

Lilliam A. Perez, Vice President, Government and Community Relations, Honored by PoliticsNY and amNY Metro as a Power Player in Corporate Social Responsibility

Elodia Mercier, BS, MS, RN-C, NE, Recognized by Minority Nurse as a Champion of Nursing Diversity

Daniel José Correa, MD, MS, FAAN, Named Associate Dean for Diversity Enhancement

Katherine R. Baumann, MD, MS

Attending Physician, Academic General Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein, and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Matthew S. Wieder, MD

Associate Director, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Residency Program, Attending Physician, Vitreoretinal Surgery, Montefiore Einstein, and Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, and Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine