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Free CME Activity.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ Tuesday, June1, 2021 at 8:00 PM Presentation by Louis J. Auguste, MD, MPH, FACS "Understanding Benign and Not so Benign Diseases of the Breast"  Queens Medical Society Letter to Prevent the Closing of St. John Episcopal Hospital in Rockaway, New York
The NSPC HSC is recruiting volunteer judges NOW for the competition. To learn more details READ HERE, visit www.cstl.org/nspc/be-a-judge/ or contact Kevin Sanders directly at nspc@cstl.org or (516) 764-0045. Photos from 2019 Competition
| What’s in the COVID stimulus bill for doctors and practices? The bill contains provisions that benefit doctors and medical practices. https://www.medicaleconomics.com/view/what-s-in-the-covid-stimulus-bill-for-doctors-and-practices:
The COVID-19 vaccine is now available to all New York residents 16 and older. People who live outside of the state but work or study in New York are also eligible to get vaccinated. People who are eligible based on employment include both paid and unpaid workers. Note: People who are 16 or 17 years old are only eligible for the Pfizer vaccine. New York City is committed to ensuring that access to the vaccine is fair and equitable.
conditions.  The American Medical Association’s (AMA's) Center for Health Equity, in collaboration with the Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) at Morehouse School of Medicine announce a call for applications for the inaugural AMA-SHLI Medical Justice in Advocacy Fellowship. The Medical Justice in Advocacy Fellowship is a collaborative educational initiative to empower physician-led advocacy that advances equity and removes barriers to optimal health for marginalized people and communities. The fellowship will mobilize physicians to be part of the next generation of advocacy leaders, driving meaningful policy and structural changes that produce equity and justice in the communities they serve.
Application deadline is March 31, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. Click here for more information.
Keynote Address to the Medical Scholar Pipeline Graduates at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine. By Louis-Joseph Auguste, MD. Click Here.
About the Author: Louis-Joseph Auguste, MD, MPH, FACS, Surgical Oncology/General Surgery; Clinical Professor of Surgery, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northewell; Chair/Board of Trustees, Medical Society of the County of Queens.
This Viewpoint from AMA CEO James L. Madara, MD, provides important details and context for this acknowledgement including AMA’s 2008 apology, recent actions by our Board and House of Delegates, and the work underway through the AMA Center for Health Equity. By acknowledging the past, the AMA is embracing a discussion about how to begin to heal past harms. |
Guidance for the Distribution of Pulse Oximeters to Patients at Increased Risk for Severe COVID-19. Learn More 
May Health Awareness Campaigns American Stroke Awareness Month with the National Stroke Association Arthritis Awareness Month Healthy Vision Month with the National Eye Institute |
Fuoco Group presents this information to the members of the Medical Society as a member benefit. Extension and Enhancement of PPP Loans The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, makes available an additional $284 billion in PPP loans. What does the “ACT” mean for you and your practice? Click HERE to learn more. |
