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After nearly 11 years as Dean of Stony Brook University’s Renaissance School of Medicine and Senior Vice President of Health Sciences, Dr. Kenneth Kaushansky will be retiring from the university at the end of the academic year.
According to a statement to faculty and staff on Jan. 4 from President Maurie McInnis, Kaushansky will exit his role as dean on Jan. 31 and remain senior vice president until the end of the spring semester. Kaushansky joined Stony Brook in June 2010, and has been in charge of overseeing both medical schools and the university hospital system that is spread throughout Suffolk County.
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Telemedicine can help surgical practices to thrive during the pandemic
A new study that records patient volume at Stony Brook Medicine s Bariatric and Metabolic Weight Loss Center reveals that follow-up telehealth visits are highly effective during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study, published in the December issue of the
Annals of Surgery, serves as an example that surgical practices can continue to thrive with the help of telemedicine during the pandemic.
Embracing telemedicine has been extremely effective for our practice and certainly can be for other practices during this pandemic. Our patients and multiple healthcare providers involved in metabolic health and bariatric surgery services find telemedicine to be effective, because in-person care is not necessary for certain aspects of patient care and follow-up, and telemedicine saves time and reduces exposure risks for patients and providers alike.
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STONY BROOK, NY, December 18, 2020 - A new study that records patient volume at Stony Brook Medicine s Bariatric and Metabolic Weight Loss Center reveals that follow-up telehealth visits are highly effective during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study, published in the December issue of the
Annals of Surgery, serves as an example that surgical practices can continue to thrive with the help of telemedicine during the pandemic. Embracing telemedicine has been extremely effective for our practice and certainly can be for other practices during this pandemic, says Aurora D. Pryor, MD, lead author on the paper, Director of the Bariatric and Metabolic Weight Loss Center, and Professor of Surgery at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. Our patients and multiple healthcare providers involved in metabolic health and bariatric surgery services find telemedicine to be effective, because in-person care is not necessary for certain aspec