Dean Pamela's Messages

I returned this weekend from a business trip to a new coating of snow. Not just a dusting, but bona fide snow that glistened in the sun. It continued to snow, and in the evening it was still and soft and beautiful. And early Saturday morning, though I live on, at best, a secondary road, the plows s...

Last week we celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Dr. King was assassinated in 1968, as the turbulent decade of the 60’s drew to a close. During that decade a state governor physically blocked entrance of black students to the state university; civil rights workers were murdered by a group that in...

This weekend saw the wide publication of the good news that for 2017, the death rate from cancer actually fell. There was double good news because one of the most deadly cancers – cancer of the lung – led the decline. New insights into the commonalities inherent in cancers that are more determined ...

It is the start of not only a new year, but a new decade. It’s a time for reflection on the year – and the last ten – gone by, and a time to consider the future. Marsha Palmer, our new internal communications expert, has assembled a list of top ten stories from the medical school for the last year...

It’s holiday party season and this weekend, I went to several. At one, I met a distinguished emeritus faculty member, Jim Sampliner, who has been battling cancer. The first thing he said to me was, “I finished my ninth cycle of chemo last week, so I’m ready to go back to substituting at least in the...

Alumni weekend was a smashing success. It was chaired by two of our faculty, David Rosenberg and Abby Abelson. The enthusiasm was palpable. A record number of alumni came for the presentation on a day in the life of a medical student that underlined how large a part technology plays in our curriculu...

We all talk about mentoring, but it’s not clear that we all mean the same thing by it. Do we mean mentoring or sponsoring? Do we mean a few words of advice here and there, or sustained interest in the mentee’s career, changing goals, and expectations, even if they are not what we would choose for ou...

Our new medical students arrive in a few short weeks and our graduate students will start at various times throughout the summer. All our students possess the intellectual capability to succeed. What we provide is a challenging curriculum to train their minds. But equally important is what we impa...

Last week the Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation celebrated twenty years of support for its Mt. Sinai Scholars program, which aids in the recruitment of junior faculty members to the basic sciences here at the School of Medicine. This visionary foundation’s marvelous investment – a total of $9M to dat...

We are approaching year-end comings and goings. Most of our graduates will be going to residencies located in hospitals spread out across the county; but for some we are delighted that they will be staying here in Cleveland! Many of our medical students matched to the MetroHealth System, Clevelan...