Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar announced on Thursday that a Brooklyn man pleaded guilty to violating New York State Environmental Conservation Law by selling a prohibited wild animal part – a cougar head – to an undercover officer. The defendant additionally turned over […]
BOROUGH PARK — While the surgical profession is still a largely male-dominated field, Maimonides Medical Center has taken a lead in shaking things up a bit. According to Dr. Rebecca Rhee, program director for the general surgery residency and chief of the division of colon and rectal surgery, it demonstrates a seismic shift. “The Times […]
BOROUGH PARK — “The Times They Are A-Changin,” Bob Dylan penned back in 1964 — and some 60 years later, the lyric still has relevance. At Maimonides Medical Center, the lyric might have reverberated last July when the hospital welcomed its first-ever all-female class of surgical residents. Earlier this year, to celebrate National Female Physician […]