NYMC Goes Gold

On September 24, the New York Medical College (NYMC) community gathered on the steps of 19 Skyline Drive-decked out in gold to show their support of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

October 07, 2019
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Group Headshot where participants are dressed in gold
NYMC Goes Gold 2019

Spearheaded by Mitchell S. Cairo, M.D., front row, third from left, professor of pediatrics, medicine, pathology, microbiology and immunology, and cell biology and anatomy, and director of the Children and Adolescent Cancer and Blood Diseases Center at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center, NYMC Goes Gold has become an annual tradition at the College. According to Dr. Cairo, an internationally recognized force in the fight to improve treatments for patients with childhood cancer, events like this which raise awareness are very important to the cause.