ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE 
MINUTES OF SENATE COUNCIL MEETING 

WED JUNE 24, 2020 

FINAL

PRESENT: Drs. Gordon Tomaselli, Ed Burns, Nerys Benfield, Allison Ludwig, Ms. Shelly Motzkin

VIA ZOOM: Drs., Julia Arnsten, Jonathan Lai, Myles Akabas, Anita Autry-Dixon, Anne Bresnick, Robbie Burk, Jill Crandall, Johanna Daily, Matthew Gamble, Chandan Guha, Tanya Johns, Elizabeth Kitsis, Susan Klugman, Courtney Niland, Victor Schuster, Pamela Stanley; Mr. Ryan Graff

1. Meeting minutes from the Jun 3, 2020 Senate Council were discussed and revised.
2. Diversity and inclusion, as well as mechanisms to address bias and discrimination were discussed. To promote diversity and inclusion among the Faculty Senate members, a short statement will be included to Chairs as Departments decide upon their Senate representatives for 2020-2021.
3. Continued phase II reopening of Einstein was summarized by Dean Tomaselli. The health check/reporting system is working well. On the clinical side, elective surgeries and other normal activities have resumed. Students have returned to clinical rotations.
4. The health advisory issued by Governor Cuomo regarding 14-day quarantine for travelers from states with high COVID-19 rates was discussed. This will affect some incoming students and post-doctoral fellows. The list of states that are included on the health advisory is likely to change as the summer goes on.
5. Dean Tomaselli indicated that generation of the Montefiore (and Einstein) strategic plans – which were put on pause due to COVID-19 – would resume and be adapted for the “postCOVID19” world.
6. The Presidential executive order on student visas, and their potential impact on Einstein, was discussed.
7. Updates were provided on the search for the new Cancer Center Director, and Chairs of Emergency Medicine and Anesthesia. 

The meeting adjourned at 3:02 p.m.

Respectfully submitted, 
Jonathan Lai, Ph.D. 
Vice Speaker, Einstein Senate