New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York, is a private medical school founded more than 150 years ago. New York Medical College is now a member of the Touro College and University System. New York Medical College occupies a beautiful suburban Westchester County campus just fifteen miles outside New York City. Other Touro System health sciences programs occupy the same campus, giving New York Medical College students attractive local options for clinical coursework, residencies, and internships. An innovative clinical skills simulator and biotechnology center add to NYMC's attractions. Your NYMC matriculation has doubtless encouraged you in pursuit of your medical career ambitions.
The prospect of dismissal from New York Medical College must be every bit as daunting as your matriculation at NYMC has been encouraging. You've invested a great deal in your medical education and surely don't want to lose it. Yet academic progression and professionalism issues have derailed other medical students and could compromise your education if you don't get the help you need to fix your medical student issues. Illness, disability, death of a loved one, and a dozen other life events might have contributed to your dismissal risk. But whatever your circumstances entail, retain the Lento Law Firm's premier Education Law Team for the skilled and experienced defense you need to rescue your New York Medical College education.
New York Medical College Common Dismissal Grounds
NYMC Academic Progression Issues
New York Medical College maintains Academic Dismissal and Appeals Guidelines that students must meet to avoid academic progression dismissal. Those guidelines state that “if a student has more than two failing grades within an academic year, fails a course for the second time, or fails to meet the requirements of remediation, the student is subject to dismissal.” The same policy permits remediation of marginal performance in three or more courses in a year but warns that the student may have to repeat the year. The policy further cautions that “a student whose performance consists of a record of multiple deficiencies or failures, including failure of any remediation program, is subject to dismissal” from the college. Academic dismissals happen in challenging medical programs, including at New York Medical College.
NYMC Professionalism Issues
New York Medical College's Academic Dismissal and Appeals Guidelines further warn of dismissal for professionalism issues: “If a student demonstrates behavior that is inconsistent with the standards of professional values and behaviors expected of physicians, the student is subject to dismissal.” Medical student professionalism issues can run the gamut from dishonesty, such as cheating on exams, falsifying clinical hours, or altering medical records, to disrespect for patients or colleagues, clinical incompetence, and performing while intoxicated. Even professional dress and demeanor and social media use breaching patient confidentiality can result in disciplinary charges risking dismissal. A Touro System Code of Conduct supplements the New York Medical College's guidelines with specific prohibitions against things like drug or alcohol abuse, theft, and violence.
New York Medical College Adjudication Process
A school's adjudication process becomes important when defending dismissal over contested charges. New York Medical College's Academic Dismissal and Appeals Guidelines refer contested disciplinary charges and outcomes to a Student Academic Progress Review Committee. The Committee may adopt its own procedural rules, but those rules must generally provide due process. Due process generally includes fair notice of the charges and a fair hearing before an impartial decision maker. An accused NYMC student may thus expect to learn the details of the school's charges and evidence and have a reasonable opportunity to challenge that evidence with the student's exonerating or mitigating evidence. The accused student may also challenge Review Committee members for bias or conflicts of interest. The Review Committee makes the initial disciplinary decision up to and including dismissal.
New York Medical College Appeal Process
New York Medical College's Academic Dismissal and Appeals Guidelines provide that a student suffering an adverse Review Committee dismissal decision may appeal to the Medical College dean. The dean may decide alone or appoint an ad hoc appeal committee to advise the dean on the appeal decision. To perfect an appeal, the accused student or student's retained attorney must submit the appeal within five days of the adverse decision to the Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs. The Medical College dean must decide within thirty days of the student's appeal.
New York Medical College Sanctions
New York Medical College's Academic Dismissal and Appeals Guidelines clearly authorize a student's dismissal. But the policy also authorizes unspecified remediation. Typically, remediation plans can include options like academic or other counseling, probation, repeated coursework or assignments, supplemental training or education, and recovery benchmarks. Non-punitive sanctions may be your best option if school officials discern a strong basis for some action. Retain skilled and experienced defense representation to help you generate, evaluate, and negotiate favorable options short of suspension or dismissal.
New York Medical College Student Defense
Medical students make huge investments in their education. Your experience getting into and progressing through New York Medical College is likely no different. You know all that your success to this point has involved. Don't throw it away for lack of skilled and experienced dismissal defense representation. Medical school appeals, disciplinary hearings, and settlement conferences take refined academic administrative discernment, advocacy, and skills. Retain the premier defense services you need to ensure your best New York Medical College disciplinary outcome.
New York Medical College Special Relief
If you have lost every hearing and appeal but still face dismissal, you may have another option. Relying on the national reputation and relationships of attorney Joseph D. Lento, the Lento Law Firm Education Law Team has successfully negotiated reinstatement for some students even after they lost all prior proceedings. College and university general counsel offices and other oversight channels will consider the school's litigation and regulatory risks. Let the Lento Law Firm Team help you explore this alternative special relief option.
Premier Defense Available at New York Medical College
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