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Each and every day, members of our NYU Langone community find new ways to set medical progress in motion. Read their stories.

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Just Move! From Cancer Diagnosis to Weight-Lifting Champ

I thought I had 90 days to live. Now I’m a national powerlifting champion.

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Running Up Heartbreak Hill for Palliative Cancer Care

At age 60, I decided to run my first marathon in support of NYU Langone’s palliative care team.

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From the NICU to the Soccer Field

Samara Sweig shares her experience of having twin girls prematurely and how she’s giving back today through Sala Institute.

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A Community Lifted Me Up

I found new family during my year of cancer treatment.

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Learning Critical Communication Skills to Enhance Care

Sala partners with NYU Grossman School of Medicine to provide lessons to pediatric residents.

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Ensuring Care for Future Patients

Announcing a new Campaign for Sala Institute to meet the needs of children and families when they need it most.

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Teaching the Teachers

How NYU Grossman School of Medicine is reimagining teaching and learning.

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Teaching Digital Health

Prepping practitioners and students for medicine’s tech evolution.

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Taking the ‘Ouch’ Out of Shots

How to help make a child’s vaccination experience positive.

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Sala Institute for Child and Family Centered Care

Because of Sala, teens, too, are empowered and engaged in the design of care through the Youth Advisory Council.