MEDICAL COLLEGE INTERIM DEAN APPOINTED

Pamela Ludmer, M.D., M.S., associate dean for curriculum integration and clinical assistant professor of pediatrics and medicine at New York Medical College (NYMC), will serve as the School of Medicine (SOM) interim dean for undergraduate medical education and faculty lead for the SOM”™s relationship with the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME). 

Ludmer joined NYMC in 2012 as director of the fourth-year curriculum and was promoted to her current position as associate dean in 2019. Since being appointed to the faculty at NYMC, she has distinguished herself as a leader and a role model. As chair of the Steering Committee on Curricular Redesign, she played and continues to play an integral role in the development of the new SOM medical education curriculum, which was launched last fall. Ludmer is also responsible for the creation of the fourth-year Specialty Track curriculum, the Transition to Fourth Year program, and the new required curriculum in Health Systems Sciences. For her work on the curriculum,  Ludmer was recognized with the SOM Dean”™s Award for Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in 2022. She is also the recipient of the curriculum innovation award from NYMC in 2013 for her development of novel online courses in emergency medicine and critical care, and has 

received multiple Excellence in Teaching and Mentorship awards and Student Senate Appreciation awards.