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On November 15, we held our 176th Anniversary Discourse and Annual Meeting at our East Harlem headquarters.

We enthusiastically inducted our newest cohort of Fellows and Members and to welcome the 176th Discourse speaker Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Editor in Chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the JAMA Network, as our discourse speaker.

We were honored to also be joined via video by special guest, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Amid the grave health and security challenges happening around the world, Dr. Tedros paused to address the NYAM community, including our 2023 cohort of Fellows & Members, to discuss the urgency of addressing the climate and health crisis. 

NYAM Board Chair Dr. Wayne Riley, NYAM President Dr. Ann Kurth, and discourse speaker Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo at NYAM’s 176th Anniversary Discourse and Annual Meeting.

NYAM President Dr. Ann Kurth with Discourse speaker Dr. Kirsten Bibbens-Domingo.

NYAM President Dr. Ann Kurth welcomes the incoming 2023 cohort of new Fellows and Members at the 176th Anniversary Discourse and Annual Meeting.

NYAM’s 176th Anniversary Discourse speaker Dr. Kirsten Bibbens-Domingo, Editor in Chief, Journal
of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and JAMA Network.

NYAM’s Journal of Urban Health Editor in Chief Dr. David Vlahov with Discourse speaker
Dr. Kirsten Bibbens-Domingo.

New Fellow Eric Wei, MD, MBA, FACEP and Barbara Green, PhD at the reception after the Induction
of the Fellows.

New Fellows, Priscilla Samuel, DNP, FNP-BC, Josephine Ataa Agyei, BSN, RN, and KatieLynn
D. Rodriguez, BS, MS at the post induction Reception.

New Fellow Ivorie Farley-Cook, BS, MS and her mother at the post-reception Induction.

NYAM Nursing Section Leadership with Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Editor in Chief of the Journal
of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the JAMA Network.

New Student Member Emily Burroughs, BA with NYAM President Ann Kurth, PhD, CNM, MPH and NYAM Board Chair Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP.

New Member Ivorie Farley-Cook, BS, MS with NYAM President Ann Kurth, PhD, CNM, MPH and
NYAM Board Chair Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP.

New Fellow Korede Kafayat Yusuf, MBBS, MPH, PhD with NYAM President Ann Kurth, PhD, CNM, MPH
and NYAM Board Chair Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP.

New Fellow Jordan Yakoby, EdDc, DNP, MBA, ACNP-BC, CCRN, CNE, FCCM with NYAM President
Ann Kurth, PhD, CNM, MPH and NYAM Board Chair Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP.

New Fellow Fay Wright, PhD, RN, APRN-BC FCCM with NYAM President Ann Kurth, PhD, CNM, MPH and NYAM Board Chair Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP.

New Fellow Richard Glover with NYAM President Ann Kurth, PhD, CNM, MPH and NYAM Board Chair
Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP.

Chandra Daniel, PhD with NYAM President Ann Kurth, PhD, CNM, MPH and NYAM Board Chair
Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP.

New Fellow Fay Wright, PhD, RN, APRN-BC FCCM and Jordan Yakoby, EdDc, DNP, MBA, ACNP-BC, CCRN,
CNE, FCCM at the reception after the Induction of the Fellows.

New Fellows, Members, and Student Members getting ready to be formally inducted into the New York Academy of Medicine.

Reception after the New Fellow, Member, Student Member Induction.

Reception after the New Fellow, Member, Student Member Induction.

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176th ANNIVERSARY DISCOURSE SPEAKER DR. KIRSTEN BIBBINS-DOMINGO

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS is the 17th Editor in Chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the JAMA Network. She is the Lee Goldman, MD Endowed Professor of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco. 

Dr. Bibbins-Domingo is a general internist, cardiovascular disease epidemiologist, and a national leader in prevention and interventions to address health disparities. She is a physician-scientist who has used observational studies, pragmatic trials, and simulation modeling to examine effective clinical, public health, and policy interventions aimed at prevention. 

Dr. Bibbins-Domingo previously served as the inaugural Vice Dean for Population Health and Health Equity in the UCSF School of Medicine and the Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at UCSF. She co-founded the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital that generates actionable research to advance health equity and reduce health disparities in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, and nationally. 

Dr. Bibbins-Domingo was a member of the US Preventive Services Task Force from 2010-2017 and led the Task Force as the vice-chair and chair from 2014-2017. She is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, the National Academy of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Special thanks to the NYAM Advocates for Health Equity for their generous support of our public programming.