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Vol. 41, No. 25
August 18, 2016
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John Tsunis takes Gold Coast public
In just over eight years, the bank is listed on oTC Pink
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New W.S. Mount exhibit on display Also: Homeless Animals Day in Smithtown, ‘rapunzel’ at the Engeman Theater
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Photo from Stony Brook Medicine
From left: Kenneth Kaushansky, dean, Stony Brook University School of Medicine; Samuel L. Stanley Jr., president, Stony Brook University; and Dennis S. Charney, dean, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai shake hands at a signing ceremony at Stony Brook Medicine.
Mather still in limbo as SB Med affiliates with Mt. Sinai By TALIA AMoroSANo Two major medical institutions have agreed to team up, and the partnership could lead to big scientific breakthroughs. In order to create more academic research opportunities and streamline and expand clinical care initiatives, Stony Brook Medicine and Mount Sinai Health Sys-
tem have entered into a comprehensive affiliation agreement. The change will promote interinstitution collaboration encompassing all five of Stony Brook’s Health Science schools, Stony Brook University Hospital, all 25 academic departments of the Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System facilities and Medical School, and
the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, inclusive of seven hospitals and an expanding ambulatory network. Facilitators of the partnership believe that the expansion of clinical trials and research opportunities for both institutions will prompt research and studies that could lead to major discoveries, especially in the treatment and
understanding of disease. Dr. Kenneth Kaushansky, senior vice president for Health Sciences at Stony Brook University, noted that the alliance will make use of the strengths of each individual institution. “What we both get out of the affiliation is enhanced possibilities for science and education,”
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