News & Updates

Haley & Beth Shine at UVM’s Snow Season Education Retreat

We’re thrilled to share that Haley Wheeler, M.A., CCC‑SLP, CBIS —our PATMDTA Scholar Fellow—and Beth West, EdD —our Executive Director—represented the Patricia A. Tietjen, MD Teaching Academy (PATMDTA) at the 2026 Snow Season Education Retreat hosted by the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine. Learn more about the event ➡️ here. Together, Haley and […]

Honoring Excellence: Truly Award Nominees

The Truly Awards celebrate the physicians and nurses of Northwell Health for their compassion, innovation, ambition, leadership and inclusivity. This is a special time to show our appreciation and recognize all our 1,164 physician and 1,536 nurse nominees for the positive impact they have on our patients, team members, and communities. Voting opens January 26, […]

PATMDTA at The Generalist in Medical Education Conference

This trio expertly delivered a panel on the significance behind The Critical Moment Dialogue (CDM): A framework for Intercultural Learning in Medicine at The Generalist in Medical Education Conference in San Antonio, Texas, Thursday October 30, 2025, 2:10pm – 3:10pm. On the experience, Beth shared: “I loved working on this workshop with Judy and Nicole, […]

Spark Tank Innovation Challenge 2025 PATMDTA Recipients

The Spark Tank Innovation Idea Challenge, where innovation meets healthcare. This unique platform invited Nuvance/ Northwell Health employees to bring forward their groundbreaking ideas aimed at enhancing patient care, safety, and operational efficiency across our network.  🥇First Place: Erin McLaughlin – Machine Learning Model for Predicting Violent and Aggressive Behavior in Hospitalized Medical and Surgical […]

Just Announced: Journal of Forensic Nursing publication ED/Forensic area issue 20205/2026

The Nuvance Health Teaching Academy is proud to announce the publication of scholarly work by Danielle Paravati, MSN‑Ed, RN, CEN, TCRN, SCRN, SANE‑A, a continuing scholar of the 2022–2023 Clinician Educator Cohort. Danielle’s research will appear in the Journal of Forensic Nursing, with the print edition featured in the 2026 ED/forensic area issue. Digital publication […]

Nuvance / Northwell Health expands professional development for advanced practice providers

Richard Cassa, PA‑C, MPAS, MBA, Director, Norwalk/Yale PA Surgical Residency Program, strengthens the APP community through leadership and lifelong learning He most recently co-hosting the ‘APPs in Clinical Medicine’ conference this Friday, September 26, 2025. On the experience, he shared: “Honored to have Co-directed a CME course tailored for advanced practice professionals- and what an […]

“Kindness as a Clinical Skill”: Keynote at the 2025 Gold Humanism Summit

Jeanne Morgante, DPT, Ed, was invited to keynote at the 2025 Gold Humanism Summit: The Person in Front of You held in Baltimore, Maryland, September 17–20, 2025. Her path to the national stage began not with a planned project, but with a chance encounter at a PATMDTA Educational Leadership Luncheon, where she joined an informal […]

Featured on Mapping Ties: Stories of Togetherness at Work Podcast

The Teaching Academy is proud to highlight Beth West, EdD, whose leadership in clinician education and dedication to building collaborative learning communities continue to shape the culture of teaching across Nuvance Health—now Northwell Health. Beth recently joined podcast host Anamaria Dorgo on the Mapping Ties: Stories of Togetherness at Work podcast, where she shared the […]

“Finding Community”: Celebrating a Doctor of Education Milestone

This past August, Beth West, EdD, earned her Doctor of Education (EdD) in Educational Leadership from the University of Bridgeport, marking a tremendous milestone in her academic and professional journey. She also successfully defended her dissertation, Finding Community: A Transpersonal Phenomenological Inquiry of the Lived Experiences of Clinician Educators in a Community of Practice. Her […]

Transforming Residency Education with Advanced POCUS Techniques

The Teaching Academy is proud to highlight the work of scholar Lee Shapley, MD, whose dedication to clinical education, resident development, and bedside teaching continues to strengthen care at Vassar Brothers Medical Center (VBMC). He joined Nuvance Health Vassar Brothers Medical Center in 2023, serving as core faculty for the Internal Medicine Residency Program, where […]