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Dr. Green's final reflections on CUNY School of Medicine's mission and future plans
1:50:26
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4 min
Dr. Carmen Renée Green offers final reflections on the CUNY School of Medicine's mission, emphasizing the school's role in making dreams a reality for aspiring healthcare professionals from diverse backgrounds. She also discusses future plans and invites council members to visit the school.
- Dr. Green highlights the school's role in supporting 'dreamers' and first-generation students pursuing careers in medicine
- She mentions the school's diverse student body and the amazing support from parents
- Dr. Green discusses plans to develop programs that enhance healthcare in New York City, addressing deficits in various specialties
- She invites council members to visit the school and meet with students and parents
- The discussion concludes with mutual expressions of gratitude and commitment to supporting CUNY and its students
Carmen Renée Green
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Yeah.
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And I would say to you, we thank you for this time.
1:50:31
You know, we know there's a lot of dreamers out there and so is the dean.
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And, there are a lot of parents who've always unfortunately, we had a little video and now that Samara is gone, I don't know if we can get it to you.
1:50:49
But a little video that just shows about how diverse, you know, our student body is, how amazing their parents are.
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You know, these are first generation kids in general.
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So I say we're dreamers and we're trying to make, you know, dreams become reality for those who want to be going to medicine, whether it be, you know, a physician or a PA.
1:51:14
We're looking at also thinking about how we put together programs that enhance the City of New York.
1:51:22
And so, or where there's deficits.
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And so, clearly nursing is a specialty that But we think about things in an interprofessional way.
1:51:33
Just to be clear, I'm Dean of the Medical School.
1:51:37
But we're looking forward to coming back and sharing our progress.
1:51:43
And we hope you invite us back.
1:51:45
I'm sorry.
Eric Dinowitz
1:51:45
Only if you talk about phenotypes.
Carmen Renée Green
1:51:47
We can talk about phenotypes.
1:51:48
Genotypes.
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You know.
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And then, you know, we can talk variability.
1:51:57
So again, you know, we're excited about this.
1:52:00
And so, we would invite you to the school.
1:52:02
I think we would love to have you come out, meet some young people, look at what we're doing.
1:52:09
But I thank you for your ongoing support.
Eric Dinowitz
1:52:12
Thank you.
1:52:12
I'd love to come by and, you know, see firsthand the work you're doing.
1:52:18
Also, meet some of those students and and the parents, you know.
1:52:21
It's you spoke about the parents.
1:52:23
That's you know, every parent, I think, works so they can give a better life to their kids than they were able to have for themselves.
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And in many cases, that's what you're doing.
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You're, you're, as a school, you're giving a better life for our students.
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They can go out and give a better life, a healthier life for their community members.
1:52:48
So thank you very much for your testimony today for everyone from CUNY School of Medicine who has come.
1:52:56
And I look forward to that visit, and to a working relationship where we can provide the support Thank you.
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That you need so you can continue to provide for our city.
1:53:07
Thank you.
1:53:08
Thank you very much.
1:53:16
K.
1:53:18
Okay.
1:53:20
You protecting me.
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For in person testimony, we have someone signed up.
1:53:23
Christopher Leon Johnson.
1:53:26
Are you in the room?
1:53:29
Okay.
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There's anyone who wants to sign up to testify, you can see the sergeant in arms in the back and fill out the slip.
1:53:45
K.
1:53:46
Seeing no one.
1:54:00
K.
1:54:01
I would like to thank you again, for coming today.
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As as I mentioned, there's incredible work, that you're doing and incredible work that we need to continue to do.
1:54:13
And we in this council are gonna continue to support CUNY and fight for CUNY as we have done in every budget cycle.
1:54:20
Despite the challenges from the federal, state, or local government, this council is committed to supporting CUNY because we know that there's no better return on investment than an investment in our students.
1:54:33
I wanna thank everyone for for coming today.
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And with that, this hearing is adjourned.