Mid-Hudson Resident Presents at New York Society of Addiction Medicine Conference

Mid-Hudson Resident Presents at New York Society of Addiction Medicine Conference

Last month, Dr. Umara Saleem, third-year resident in the Mid-Hudson Family Medicine Residency Program, presented at the 2018 NYSAM (NY Society of Addiction Medicine) conference. She presented on promoting Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) training in family medicine residency programs – using the Institute’s training curriculum as an example. She specifically presented research on how a large percentage of the residents …read more

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Dr. Dennis Charney Presents Grand Rounds on March 9th

New York, NY (March 7, 2018) – Dennis Charney, MD, will present the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health’s March Grand Rounds. His presentation, titled “Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life’s Greatest Challenges,” will provide learners with an understanding and overview of how psychological stress alters brain function, the psychobiological mechanisms of human resilience …read more

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Allan Clear Presents Grand Rounds on December 8th

New York, NY (December 7, 2017) – Allan Clear, will present the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health’s December Grand Rounds. His presentation, titled “NYS DOH AIDS Institute Drug User Health Priorities and Initiatives,” will provide learners with an understanding and overview of the key functions of the Office of Drug User Health, the …read more

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Icilma V. Fergus, MD, Presents Grand Rounds on November 10th

Her presentation, titled “Approach to Cardiovascular Disease Management for the High Risk Population,” will provide learners with an understanding and overview of cardiovascular disease topics relevant to an urban community with high CV morbidity and mortality, knowledge of new technology and advances in the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease, and bring awareness of new approaches for cardiovascular care including Precision Medicine, access and cardio metabolic contributors.

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Dr. Jack Geiger, Creator of U.S. Community Health Center Model, Presents Grand Rounds on October 13th

His presentation, titled “America’s Community Health Centers: origins and future,” will enable learners to understand the creation of the discipline of community-oriented primary care in apartheid South Africa, to trace the political process by which this model of health care was created and developed in the United States, and to examine the spread of this model to 142 nations with widely varying systems of health care.

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The Institute’s Dr. Ephraim Back Receives Program Director Recognition Award from the AFMRD

  Kingston, NY (April 4, 2017) – The Institute for Family Health is delighted to announce that the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors (AFMRD) presented Dr. Ephraim Back, residency program director for the Institute for Family Health’s Mid-Hudson Family Medicine Residency Program in Kingston, NY, with a bronze level Program Director Recognition Award

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Dr. Michael Fine Presents Grand Rounds on March 10th

New York, NY (March 7, 2017) —Michael Fine, MD, will present the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health’s February Grand Rounds. His presentation, entitled “Health Care Economics 101,” will enlighten learners on what portion of US health care spending is for primary care and how the US spending on medical services impacts public health …read more

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Dr. Joshua Brody Presents Grand Rounds on February 10th

New York, NY (February 8, 2017) — Joshua Brody, MD, will present the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health’s February Grand Rounds. His presentation, entitled “Lymphoma immunotherapy: re-purposing our patients’ immune systems to kill cancer,” will help learners understand the difference between passive and active immunotherapy, the mechanism of antibody, T-cell, and CAR-T cell approaches …read more

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Dr. Oliver Fein Presents Grand Rounds on January 13th

New York, NY (January 11, 2017) — Oliver Fein, MD, will present the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health’s January Grand Rounds. His presentation, entitled “Health Care Reform? Trump Proposals vs. Single-payer,” will identify the current challenges facing the U.S. healthcare system, assess the proposed reforms that are likely under a Trump administration, describe …read more

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Harriet Washington Presents Grand Rounds on December 9th

New York, NY (December 7, 2016) – Harriet Washington will present the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health’s December Grand Rounds. Her presentation, entitled “Medical Apartheid and the Persistence of Ethical Memory,” will identify three historical research abuses that persist to some extent in contemporary US practice, discuss two inadequacies of the “judging our …read more

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