News from NYU Langone Health
$75M Donation Advances New NYU Langone Florida Medical Building. (The Construction Broadsheet)
The Construction Broadsheet (2/26) reports, “NYU Langone Health said it plans to build a new Florida ambulatory facility, a project made possible by a $75 million donation from the Julia Koch Family Foundation.” Ken Langone, chair of the NYU Langone Board of Trustees said, “Palm Beach County is full of New Yorkers, many of whom now live there year-round.” Regarding a separate location in Garden City, NY, Vicki Match Suna, AIA, Executive Vice President and Vice Dean for Real Estate Development and Facilities, said, “The physical environment plays a powerful role in healing and overall wellbeing, and this informed every aspect of our holistic approach to designing and constructing this facility, both inside and out.”
Also reporting is the Palm Beach Post (USA) (2/27).
Grossman Receives $1.6 Million Research Grant. (Washington Square (NY) News)
The Washington Square (NY) News (2/27) reports, “The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded NYU’s Grossman School of Medicine over $1.6 million to support health care research.” An NYU Langone Health spokesperson told WSN the ‘funding will support a variety of research projects’ at Grossman.” Steve Ritea, senior director, Media Relations, NYU Langone Health said, “This important funding helps NYU Langone Health and the NYU Grossman School of Medicine continue to pioneer the medical breakthroughs that provide hope and healing for all.”
$1B Donation Makes New York Medical School Tuition Free and Transforms Students’ Lives. (AP)
The AP (2/27) reports, “Ruth Gottesman, a former professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the widow of a Wall Street investor, announced Monday that she is donating $1 billion to the school in the Bronx,” allowing four-year students to “immediately go tuition free, while everyone else will benefit in the fall.” Six years ago, “Ken Langone, chair of the NYU Langone Board of Trustees and Elaine Langone gave $100 million to the NYU Grossman School of Medicine that went to an endowment fund to make tuition free for all current and future medical students.” Last year, “the Langones gave $200 million to the NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine to endow a full-tuition scholarship program and guarantee free tuition for all medical students.”
Wendy Williams Has Aphasia and Frontotemporal Dementia. What Are These Diseases? (Washington Post)
The Washington Post (2/23) “The most accurate term” for frontotemporal dementia “would be frontotemporal lobar degeneration, which is more specific to the process going on in the brain, said Joel Salinas, MD, MBA, clinical assistant professor, Department of Neurology, the Pearl I. Barlow Center for Memory Evaluation and Treatment at NYU Langone Health and chief medical officer of Isaac Health.”
Long COVID Doesn’t Always Look Like You Think It Does. (TIME)
TIME (2/27) There is “no universal experience of Long COVID, says Leora Horwitz, MD, professor, Departments of Population Health, and Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine who researches the condition through the federal RECOVER Initiative.”
From the Decline of Private Practice to the ‘Minefield of Prior Authorization’: The Most Dangerous Trends in Spine, Orthopedics. (Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review)
The Becker’s Orthopedic & Spine Review (2/27) Peter G. Passias, MD, clinical associate professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery at NYU Langone Health, said, “Given the increasing rapidity of expanding technology and techniques, one major issue we need to address in spine surgery is the rapid adaptation of novel techniques and technology just based on novelty, without adequate properly designed and honest research and training to support the optimal usage of these technologies.” Salvador E. Portugal, MBA, DO, assistant professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, said “there are many emerging technologies gaining popularity that show promise in treating specific causes of low back pain via regenerative medicine, basivertebral nerve ablation, and neuromodulation.”
How Does Psoriasis Spread Throughout the Body? Study Helps Explain. (Medical News Today)
Medical News Today (2/27) “Jose U. Scher, MD, associate professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology at NYU Langone Health in New York,” said, “Our initial goal was to find measurable molecular signals that could tell us who is more likely to develop severe psoriasis as well as who is at higher risk of developing related disorders that often accompany psoriasis, such as arthritis and cardiovascular disease.” Shruti Naik, PhD, associate professor, Departments of Pathology, Medicine, and the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology at NYU Langone” Health, said, “Our study serves as a valuable resource for the scientific community, offering the most comprehensive archive of cellular and molecular features involved in both diseased and healthy skin.”
AI Enables Phones to Detect Depression from Facial Cues, Study Shows. (UPI)
UPI (2/27) “Biomarkers of depression, particularly those that are passively recorded and don’t require much effort from the user, are clearly needed, Dan Iosifescu, MD, professor, Department of Psychiatry, part of NYU Langone Health in New York City, told UPI via email.”
Wendy Williams: How Early Signs of Aphasia and Dementia Can Be Overlooked. (Healthline)
Healthline (2/27) “Joel Salinas, MD, MBA, clinical assistant professor, Department of Neurology, the Pearl I. Barlow Center for Memory Evaluation and Treatment at NYU Langone Health and Chief Medical Officer at Isaac Health, said that FTD [frontotemporal dementia] can present in various forms, including those that affect language.”
Staying Active and Safe in Cold Weather. (KRCW-TV Portland (OR))
KRCW-TV (2/27) Mikhail Vaynblat, MD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery with NYU Langone Health said “it’s been shown by decades of multiple medical studies how beneficial” exercise is “whether it’s cold weather, warm weather for cardiovascular function and for mental health as well.”
Also reporting was KREX-TV (2/27).
Why Are Doctors Charging for Administrative Tasks? (Fox Business)
Fox Business (2/27) “Fox News medical contributor Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine” of NYU Langone Health “reacts to doctors charging for medication refills and doctors’ notes on ‘The Bottom Line.’”
