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NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 29 -- David Vlahov, PhD, has been named Interim Executive Director of The New York Academy of Medicine effective at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 1. Vlahov steps into the temporary leadership post until a full-time President is named to succeed Jeremiah A. Barondess, MD. Dr. Barondess???s Oct. 1 retirement concludes 16 years as the Academy???s first full-time President.
Vlahov informed the full Academy staff at a meeting this morning, and said he plans to meet with executive staff in each division in the days and weeks to come. ???I want to reassure the staff and the public through the transition that there will be institutional stability and strategic development,??? Vlahov said, during an interview on the eve of his announcement. ???I think Dr. Barondess has done a terrific job. The dignity and respect of what???s inherent in this institution is in large part reflective of what he???s brought to the job. I hope to be able to maintain that, and bring my own flavor and style to the job.???
Vlahov joined the Academy on Jan. 1, 1999, as Director of the Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies. He will continue in that role while also serving as the Academy???s interim leader. In a letter to the Board of Trustees yesterday, Board Chairman Thomas Q. Morris, MD, stated that Vlahov will have ???full responsibility and authority for administration of the institution and management of the staff and programs.??? Morris wrote that he anticipates ???an announcement concerning the presidential search in the near future.???
Vlahov stressed that he will work to foster more collaboration, to strengthen and sustain research initiatives in the face of a shrinking funding environment. Among his first tasks as interim leader is to review the objectives for the Academy and its various divisions and to consider their potential for growth through a strategic process that is part of 2007-2009 budget planning.
An expert in the area of HIV and other infectious diseases, as well as in substance abuse, Vlahov holds valuable relationships with leaders of academic and health institutions in New York City, nationally, and around the world. He said he will work to strengthen the Academy???s formal links to universities in attempt to attract still more talented scientists here.
Vlahov has served since 2002 on the New York City Board of Health, which is responsible for approving and amending health law in New York City. He is the founding President of the International Society for Urban Health, works for the World Health Organization as a designated ???expert??? in urban health, and is an appointed member of the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Vlahov is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine and a Professor at several institutions: the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, New York University Medical School, Cornell Weill Medical School, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University. He completed his BSN and MS in Nursing at the University of Maryland and earned a PhD in epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His research has been widely supported by funding agencies including the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vlahov has over 490 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has been the primary advisor for over twenty doctoral and post-doctoral students.
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Posted on September 29, 2006
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The 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture - The Affordable Care Act: An Insider’s View
Featured Speaker: Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
November 19, 2012 - The NYAM Section on Health Care Delivery welcomes Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who will deliver the 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture on "The Affordable Care Act: An Insider's View."
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The New York Academy of Medicine with support from the New York State Heath Foundation released a new report, Federal Health Care Reform in New York State: A Population Health Perspective.
This report identifies opportunities that build on both the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and New York’s ongoing efforts toward improving the health of its 19 million residents.
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