

"Don't Give Up": A Q&A with Diane Kaufman, MD' 79
In 2019 Dr. Diane Kaufman, child psychiatrist, poet, author, artist and SUNY Downstate alumna received the Alumni Association's Dr. Frank...
Alumni Association
Jun 30, 20214 min read
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Alumni Today Fall 2018
Note from the Executive Director, Kristian R. Balgobin: The Alumni Association would like to thank our editor, Constance Shames, MD ’63....
Alumni Association
Jan 18, 20191 min read
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A Message from the Alumni Association President: Physician Burnout or Physician Abuse
Since the advent of the Electronic Medical Record (EMR), the practice of medicine has radically changed. EMRs offer the advantage of...
Alumni Association
Jan 17, 20192 min read
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A Message from the Alumni Association President: The Patient Didn’t Fill My Prescription
How often have you had the experience where you have written a prescription for what you felt was the best medication to treat a...
Alumni Association
Dec 14, 20182 min read
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A Message from the Alumni Association President: “Why I Hated Downstate”
What would prompt the President of an Alumni Association to write an article with this title about a school that positively impacted our...
Alumni Association
Nov 16, 20182 min read
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SUNY Downstate News: September 2018
News: September 3rd: Labor Day September 9th- September 11th: Rosh Hashanah SUNY Downstate Announcements: August 17th: SUNY Downstate...
Alumni Association
Sep 14, 20181 min read
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Board Member Dr. Carla Boutin-Foster Speaks at 2018 NMQF Leadership Summit and Spring Health Braintr
Alumni Association Board Member and Associate Dean of Diversity Education and Research, Dr. Carla Boutin-Foster was a member on the...
Alumni Association
Jul 16, 20181 min read
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SUNY Downstate News: June 2018
News: May 23rd: Emergency Medical Services for Children Day May 28th: Memorial Day June: Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month ...
Alumni Association
Jun 15, 20182 min read
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Class Notes: June 2018
Howard Maker, MD ’56 continues to serve as the senior neurologist at Mount Sinai Union Square and Chief of Neurology at New Bridge...
Alumni Association
Jun 15, 20181 min read
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Alumni Association Staff Changes
The Alumni Association is delighted to announce a new addition to the staff. Ashley Williams has been hired to fill the position of...
Alumni Association
May 15, 20181 min read
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Young Alumni Celebration
On Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at SUNY Global Center in Manhattan, alumni from the class years of 1993-2017 came out to celebrate their...
Alumni Association
Apr 23, 20181 min read
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Class Notes: April 2018
Howard D. Dorfman, MD’51 is celebrating his 90th birthday this summer. He would also like to mark the recent publication of the 2nd...
Alumni Association
Apr 15, 20181 min read
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Class Notes: March 2018
Class Notes: Paul A. Jacobs, MD’54 is still involved with the Orthopaedic Surgery Department of the Medical College of Wisconsin, but is...
Alumni Association
Mar 15, 20182 min read
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Class Notes: February 2018
Class Notes: Arthur D. Drazan, MD’61 has been retired since 1991 as a DABR, FACR, and DABN. He continues to fish, play gold, and is an...
Alumni Association
Feb 13, 20185 min read
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Class Notes: January 2018
Class Notes: Howard Maker, MD’56 Continues as Senior Neurologist as Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City and Chief of Neurology at...
Alumni Association
Jan 12, 20187 min read
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SUNY Downstate News: January 2018
News: January 1st – Happy New Year Jan 15th – Martin Luther King Day is celebrated SUNY Downstate Announcements: January 10, 2018:...
Alumni Association
Jan 12, 20181 min read
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Alumnus Profile: Scott Coyne, MD’77
Dr. Scott Coyne moonlighted as a police officer in Long Island on weekends as a SUNY Downstate med student, reading JAMA in the precinct...
Alumni Association
Jan 3, 20186 min read
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2017 Year in Review
We celebrate the many donors and members of the Alumni Association College of Medicine SUNY Downstate for their support of medical...
Alumni Association
Dec 29, 20171 min read
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SUNY Downstate News: December 2017
December 1 is World AIDS Day December 12 – 20 Hanukkah is celebrated December 25 Christmas Day SUNY Downstate Announcements: SUNY...
Alumni Association
Dec 13, 20172 min read
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Class Notes: December 2017
Class Notes: Irwin Berkowitz, MD’72 Dr. Berkowitz has retired from the practice of Pediatrics after 41 years at Chestnut Ridge...
Alumni Association
Dec 12, 20172 min read
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