Maimonides Summer Research Experience Culminates in Night of Research
This year, 39 first-year medical students across eight departments participated in Maimonides Summer Research Experience. Started in 2020, the transformative eight-week program is designed to foster the advancement of medical research while promoting diversity and inclusion in the field. This year’s Night of Research took place August 2nd at Barclays Center and marked students’ graduation from the Summer Research Experience. The event showcased students’ research projects, celebrating their dedication to medical exploration and Maimonides’ commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in medicine. The 2023 program cohort represented a significant expansion over previous years. Formerly, the program accepted only ten students in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery. For more information on research at Maimonides, visit https://maimo.org/research/.
AHA Recognizes Jaffe Comprehensive Stroke Center for Highest-Quality Stroke Care
The Jaffe Comprehensive Stroke Center at Maimonides has been recognized for the 15th year in a row by Get with the Guidelines® awards from the American Heart Association (AHA). The Stroke Team earned four awards, including the Get With The Guidelines – Stroke GoldPlus quality achievement award, the highest-level recognition a hospital can receive from AHA for fast and effective stroke care. The team also earned the Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus award, Target: Stroke Honor Roll Advanced Therapy award, and the Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll award recognizing that we provide patients with Type 2 diabetes with the most up-to-date, evidence-based care when hospitalized due to stroke. With 2,000 stroke patients each year, the Stroke Team is there for all in need of expert, life-saving stroke care.
Early Pregnancy Assessment Center Expands Capabilities with New Technology
Maimonides’ Early Pregnancy Assessment Center (EPAC) this summer celebrated the arrival of two new ultrasound units, thanks to a $500,000 grant awarded through NYS Governor Kathy Hochul’s “Expanding Safe and Supportive Medical/and or Procedural Abortion Access in New York State initiative.” The new technology will allow the EPAC to better achieve its mission of serving patients with necessary, time-sensitive care in early pregnancy, especially for patients with concerns and complications. It is Brooklyn’s first and only hospital-based provider with this mission. For more information, click here.
Maimonides Medical Center Upgrades Post Anesthesia Care Unit
Maimonides Medical Center this summer opened its upgraded Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU). The PACU offers expanded capacity with 19 patient bays, additional isolation rooms, state-of-the-art patient monitoring equipment, and brand-new stretchers and patient beds. This achievement marks another milestone in our ongoing campus modernization projects plan, including the CTICU, kitchens, Pediatric Emergency Room, and the upcoming Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Brooklyn Stroke Symposium Presentations Now Available Online
More than 400 participants attended this year’s Brooklyn Stroke Symposium, presented by presented by the Jaffe Comprehensive Stroke Center at Maimonides, Maimonides Neurosciences Institute, and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Department of Neurology. Experts from Maimonides and elsewhere presented on new research and clinical paradigms of the diagnosis and management of acute ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. Video recordings of presentations from the symposium are now available to view here.
