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| For his many contributions to paleontological research, Dr. Nikos Solounias was awarded the NYIT Presidential Award for Outstanding Achievement in Scholarship. He was honored at this year's NYIT convocation by President Giuliano and Vice President Ross-Lee. |
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| Dr. Matthew Mihlbachler, Assistant Professor of Anatomy, has published a major monograph on the anatomy and evolution of the Brontotheriidae, an extinct family of hoofed mammals that once roamed North America and Asia. The book-length work represents the culmination of nearly ten years of scientific research conducted in museum collections around the world. Mihlbachler, along with Assistant Professor of Anatomy Sunny Hwang, is currently on an expedition to Mongolia's Gobi desert with a team of paleontologists searching for fossil remains from the dawn of the age of mammals. |
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| Academic Medicine
Fellow Salvatore Docimo,
along with medical student Dellene
Kornitsky (OMS-I), Dr.
David Elkowitz, DO (Dept. of Biomedical
Science) and Dr. Bennett Futterman,
MD (Depts. of Anatomy and Biomedical
Science) recently published a
paper entitled "Surgical
treatment for acromioclavicular
joint osteoarthritis: patient
selection, surgical options, complications,
and outcome". Download a
pdf of this article by clicking
here. |
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Matthew Mihlbachler
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Matthew
Mihlbachler, PhD, Assistant
Professor of Anatomy, and Nikos
Solounias, PhD, Professor
of Anatomy, were awarded a grant for
exploratory research from the National
Science Foundation. The two-year grant
will support a research program focused
on the dietary habits of prehistoric
North American mammals, and their
responses to climate change. Their
study has major implications for modern-day
climate change and Earth's escalating
biodiversity crisis. |
Nikos Solounias |
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 Dr.
Kristian Carlson |
Kristian
Carlson, PhD, Assistant Professor
of Anatomy, presented his research, "Directly
relating trabecular architecture to locomotion
– an experimental model of locomotor
behavior effects" at the annual meeting
of the American Association of Physical
Anthropologists (AAPA) in Columbus, Ohio.
Dr. Carlson also collaborated on a second
project, entitled "An experimental
test of activity effects on femoral diaphyseal
shape", with colleagues from Stony
Brook University. |
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Luke
Gerges, OMS-II, is co-author of a
paper recently accepted for publication in
the Journal Anatomical Science International.
The paper describes an anatomical variation
of tendons crossing the ankle joint which
is significant for surgeons performing arthroscopic
surgery of the ankle. |
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| Dr.
Brian Beatty, Assistant Professor
of Anatomy, was primary author or co-author
on five scientific presentations delivered
at this year's meeting of the Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology, held in Austin TX. |
 Brian
Beatty |
The
posters and lectures deal largely with the
evolution of marine mammals, and the discovery
of new fossils. Dr. Matthew Mihlbachler,
Assistant Professor of Anatomy, presented
his research at the same meeting, focusing
on the ecology of extinct rhinos. |
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| Visitors in the
anatomy lab - NYCOM alumni working in local
hospitals often reach out to our Anatomy Department
for postgraduate training experiences. This
month, neurosurgery residents from North Shore/LIJ
practiced two surgical procedures used to
treat patients with tumors of the brain or
pituitary gland. Residents and students from
the Emergency Department of Good Samaritan
Hospital also visited, to practice life-saving
emergency room techniques. |
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