The Danza Group

Dr. Kenneth Steier, Founding Dean of Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine – Middletown announced today the creation of its Advisory, Advancement and Advocacy Board. The AAA Board was created to assure that the medical school receives significant community input as it develops programs to serve the interests and needs of the Mid-Hudson Valley Region, New York State and the Nation. According to Dr. Jerry Cammarata, Chief Operating officer of the medical school, “Our school has become a central location for foundations, community groups, school districts and government officers to meet and best understand the new role medical education will play in the heart of New York State.”

Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine – Middletown is fortunate to have the following founding members on its AAA Board:

Gerald Berkowitz, Esq. – Partner in the law firm of Jacobowitz & Gubits, LLP
March S. Gallagher, Esq. – Chief Strategy Officer, Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress
Tony Danza – Danza/Leser Group , Developer of the Horton Complex
Jonathan Schiller – Chief Operating Officer , Orange Regional Medical Center
Dr. Ronald Israelski – Director of Medical Education, ORMC
Scott M. Lask – President of the Wedbush Financial Services
Philip Dropkin, Esq.
Dr. Jerry Cammarata – Chief Operating Officer of TouroCOM – Middletown
Dr. Eric Levine – VP of Institutional Advancement Touro College and University System
Dr. Kenneth Steier, Founding Dean, TouroCOM – Middletown and Board Chair

According to Dr. Kenneth Steier, “We are delighted to have these experienced and well-respected leaders in the Hudson Valley joining our Advisory, Advancement, and Advocacy Board. Each member brings a wealth of knowledge from which the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine will directly benefit. It is my hope that our medical school will be part of a growing movement which will provide greater opportunities for the citizens of the Mid-Hudson Valley Region to enjoy a better quality of life and more enriched educational experiences.
The AAA Board is proud to announce the first Community Open House of Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine on March 22, 2015 from 2PM to 5PM, 60 Prospect Avenue, Middletown, New York 10940.

Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine is part of Touro College and University System, and one of this country’s largest healthcare educational systems in the nation. With 5 medical schools across the United States, it graduates one of the largest numbers of physicians each year of any organization. Its graduate physicians practice throughout the United States as primary care physicians, and specialists such as surgeons, dermatologists, cardiologists, Otolaryngologists, Internists, among other important specialties.
For information about Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, please contact:

www.touro.edu/med
Admissions Office
845 648 1000

At the entrance loop of Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine here now stands a 12 foot Crimson King Maple tree dedicated to the Inaugural class of 2014.

According to student doctor Devin Stephenson, “Our class is so very proud of our new medical school and we want to be a part of the growth of the campus, even years after we have graduated. The planting of the inaugural class tree at the entrance loop to the medical school is our symbolic gesture indicating we will always be here for the medical school. We want to thank Mr. Danza and the Danza Group for funding this project and for his personal investment in us.”

Tony Danza, CEO of the Danza Group and Dr. Jerry Cammarata, COO of Touro College along with class members of the Inaugural class of 2014 at the tree planting ceremony.

MIDDLETOWN — Developer Tony Danza remembers how people said he had gone crazy back in 2009, when he announced plans to buy the old Horton Hospital building and turn it into a medical school. READ MORE

By Richard J. Bayne
Times Herald-Record

Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus is pushing a plan to create a cancer treatment center for children at the new Touro College medical school in Middletown, and Touro officials are backing the idea.

Neuhaus outlined the pediatric oncology center plan — in general terms — Friday, while speaking at a county-sponsored healthcare forum at the Newburgh SUNY Orange branch.

“I am one hundred percent convinced that this (the pediatric cancer center) could happen, and the only thing that could screw this up is the politicians,” he said.

Neuhaus talked about the “marriage” the county has developed with the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine branch at the former Horton Hospital building in Middletown, working on ways to increase healthcare availability in the county.

Touro’s provost and CEO, Jay Sexter, said the school would “welcome” the oncology program. “If the county executive thinks we can make it happen, it would be wonderful for patients and students and for the county. It would be unique in New York state,” he said.

Discussing his plans Friday at the forum, Neuhaus, who has young children, recalled how his son, as an infant, contracted an infection and was hospitalized for 10 days at Westchester Medical Center.

“How wonderful it would be to treat kids close to home so they could be close to their families and get professional care,” Neuhaus said, “and, at the same time, marry them with a medical student and give them the hands-on experience that they need.”

Sexter said the program would provide “wonderful” experience for his students. Sexter noted that pediatric oncology centers require a high staffing ratio, about two staffers for every sick child. He said the medical students would help augment the staffing ratio.

But Sexter said that right now, the pediatric oncology center is “in discussion” and “far from happening.” He said the approval process alone could easily take six months.

Photo: The former Horton Hospital in Middletown is the new home of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. Discussions are underway for bringing Orange County’s Medical Examiner’s Office to the site.

MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. — Slip on the 3D glasses and these students are diving head first into Anatomy.

“You can pretty much look at every aspect of the anatomy,” said first year student Zaid Siddique.

He is among the 15 students using this new tech tool Thursday afternoon and he’s learning exactly what Cyber Anatomy is all about.

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The Danza Group was recently awarded a citation for their contribution to medical education. The award, from Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, located in New York City, NY, named Danza Group for their “vision and determination in bringing Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine to the Horton Complex in Middletown, NY.”