Faculty-Penned Blog Reflects on Life of a Doctor

What is it like to be a practicing physician in today’s world of breakthrough technologies, expanding therapeutic options, insurance challenges, health policy debates and increasingly savvy e-patients? Faculty members at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University will provide a rare window into the lives of doctors navigating this evolving landscape with “The Doctor’s Tablet,” a new blog recently launched on Einstein’s website.

“Einstein’s faculty members have a wealth of unexpected stories – and varied perspectives on pressing medical issues – waiting to be shared,” said Gordon Earle, associate dean of the Philip and Rita Rosen Department of Communications and Public Affairs. “Many of them are also gifted writers with sharp points of view. We decided it was the right time to create an outlet for them.”

“The Doctor’s Tablet” will tackle a range of subjects, from doctors’ personal experiences in clinical practice to considered viewpoints on medical questions of the day. Beyond the world of statistics, paperwork and policy, daily interactions in medicine are usually quite personal – for doctor and patient alike. “The Doctor’s Tablet” will reflect this reality, offering thoughtful contributions to the ongoing conversation on the state of healthcare and translational research and how both intersect with people’s lives.

“We expect ‘The Doctor’s Tablet’ to be thought-provoking, but we’re also hoping it will spark vigorous debate and discussion,” said Paul Moniz, managing director of communications and marketing, who will help oversee the blog along with social media manager, David Flores. “In an open academic environment such as Einstein’s, frank and honest discourse is encouraged and we hope readers will jump in and engage with the authors – and each other,” Moniz added.

Visit “The Doctor’s Tablet” and read the introductory post.

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Students Get Inside Look at Executive Leadership from CEOs and Captains of Industry in Weekly Lecture Series

Beginning in February, Yeshiva University students will have the unique opportunity to hear from and interact with today’s most influential and successful business leaders, entrepreneurs, trailblazers and innovators from top companies around the world as part of the Annual Kukin Entrepreneurial and Executive Leadership Series presented by YU’s Syms School of Business. The series, sponsored by Doris and Dr. Ira Kukin, begins on February 5 at 10 a.m. and runs every Friday through April 27 at YU’s Beren Campus, Yagoda Commons, 215 Lexington, New York City.

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Speakers include: Seth Merrin, CEO and director of Liquidnet; Mark Gerson, president and CEO of Gerson Lehman Group; David Sable, Global CEO of Young & Rubicam; Kim Diamond, senior managing director at Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc.; Abbe Raven, president and CEO of A&E Television Networks; Warren Eisenberg, co-founder and co-chairman of Bed Bath & Beyond; Benjamin Brafman, Esq., Brafman & Associates, P.C.; Gail Magaliff, CEO of F·E·G·S Health and Human Services System; and Warren Struhl, founder and chairman of Popcorn Indiana, Dale and Thomas Popcorn, co-founder and CEO of PureBrands/Sheets Energy and Chief Inspiration Officer of Successories, Inc.

“This course provides our students with the unique opportunity to interact with world-class business leaders in an intimate and comfortable setting,” said Dr. Moses Pava, director of Syms. “Every Friday morning, students push beyond their textbook understanding and glimpse into the world of business from the perspective of some of the wisest, most powerful and most experienced practitioners in the world.”

Past speakers include Izzy Borovich (El Al), Mickey Drexler (J. Crew), Howard Jonas (IDT), Sumner Redstone (Viacom), Michael Bloomberg,  Ivan Seidenberg (Verizon), Fred Wilpon (NY Mets), Bob Catell (KeySpan/National Grid) and Neal Shapiro (Thirteen/WNET), among other luminaries.

The three credit course (no prerequisite) is open to all undergraduate students at Syms, Stern College for Women and Yeshiva College. For more information about the Kukin Lecture Series or to RSVP, contact Professor Steven Nissenfeld a snissenf@yu.edu.

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