NYU Physician / Fall 2005

Volume 57, No. 1

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Bridging the "Quality Chasm"
Medical educators are once again sounding the alarm that the system is broken. Can it be fixed again?
By Richard I. Levin, M.D.
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The Making of a Doctor, 2005
How do you train a doctor in the age of managed care and the information explosion? NYU has some answers.
By Gary Goldenberg
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From the Editors
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From the Dean
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News from Medicine
Researchers Gain Insights into Learning and Self-Repair in the Ever-Dynamic Brain
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New Computer Program Uses Brain Scans to Assess Risk of Alzheimer's Disease
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Prion Vaccine Delays Brain Release
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Cabbies Get Tested for TB with Drive-by Readings
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A Protein Called Stat Provides a Platform for Potential Cancer Therapies
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How Muscle Cells Pump It Up
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Around Campus
NYU Receives Coveted Magnet Award for Excellence in Nursing.
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NYU Designated First Site for Stroke Care
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Ten NYU Programs Rank Among Top 50 Nationwide in U.S. News & World Report's Annual Survery.
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Smilow Research Center Nears Completion
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Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Celebrates 50th Anniversary
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Faculty News
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Medical Education
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Obituaries
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Photo Essay
A new book pays tribute to NYU medical students who volunteered at the morgue after 9/11.
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Boot Camp for the Brain
After an auto accident left her brain injured, Cara Ferber came to NYU's Brain Injury Day Treatment Program to mend her mind and regain her life.
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Why He Made the Biggest Gift
Q&A with Jan T. Vilcek, M.D., Ph.D., who has
made a gift estimated at $105 million to the School of Medicine.
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Profile: Like Father, Like Son - and Grandson
Like his father before him, Aaron Kenigsberg, M.D., ('83), became a doctor. And like his father before him, so will his son.
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Alumni News
Faculty and alumni were recognized for their achievments on Alumni Day, April 12, 2005…
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