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Yahoo
03-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
PRM Welcomes Dr. Faraj Touchan, MD, to Enhance Endometriosis Care in the Tri-State
PRM Opens Three Centers of Excellence for Endometriosis in New York and New Jersey New York, NY, June 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New York, NY (June 3, 2025) – Pelvic Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) is proud to welcome Dr. Faraj Touchan, MD, a highly skilled gynecologic surgeon specializing in minimally invasive and robotic-assisted surgery, to its Centers of Excellence in Englewood and Florham Park, New Jersey, as well as New York and Great Neck, New York. With over a decade of experience and an unwavering dedication to patient-centered care, Dr. Touchan is set to elevate PRM's commitment to comprehensive, multidisciplinary endometriosis treatment, establishing the first PRM Centers of Excellence in New Jersey and two Centers of Excellence in New York – in the city and on Long Island. Dr. Touchan brings a wealth of experience, having performed over 250 complex gynecologic procedures annually and more than 600 intricate robotic-assisted surgeries. His expertise lies in treating deep-infiltrating endometriosis, including cases affecting the bowel, bladder, ureters, and beyond. His meticulous surgical approach and mastery of retroperitoneal dissection ensure precise lesion removal while prioritizing fertility preservation and long-term relief. Dr. Touchan believes in a multidisciplinary, whole-patient approach that not only focuses on surgical excision but also integrates pain management and rehabilitation. He understands that endometriosis is a lifelong condition requiring ongoing support and tailored treatment plans. By combining excision surgery with The PRM Protocol™, he aims to desensitize hyperactive pain receptors and provide long-term symptom relief. 'Endometriosis requires a lifetime journey of support and treatment. Recurrence is a hallmark of the disease, making pre- and post-operative rehabilitation essential for optimizing surgical outcomes and enhancing recovery,' Dr. Touchan stated. Beyond his clinical practice, Dr. Touchan is a dedicated educator, mentor, and advocate for advancing endometriosis care. He has trained future surgeons, presented at major medical conferences, and served as faculty and surgical mentor at multiple institutions, including RWJ-Barnabas Health, the University at Buffalo, and St. Barnabas Medical Center. He is also a member of AAGL and ACOG, frequently presenting as a thought leader in minimally invasive gynecologic surgery. Dr. Touchan's commitment to endometriosis advocacy extends beyond the operating room; he ran the 2024 NYC Marathon in support of endometriosis patients, raising awareness for the pain and suffering they endure. At PRM, they recognize that successful endometriosis treatment requires more than surgery alone. Dr. Touchan's philosophy aligns perfectly with their multidisciplinary model, ensuring patients receive comprehensive care before, during, and after excision surgery. His expertise, combined with PRM's rehabilitation-focused approach through the PRM Protocol™, offers patients the best chance for lasting relief and improved quality of life. ### About Pelvic Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) PRM is a national, multi-disciplinary physician practice specializing in the treatment of chronic pelvic pain—a condition affecting 15% of women and 10% of men. Founded in 2017, PRM delivers care through its proprietary, office-based PRM Protocol™, a non-surgical treatment series designed to safely and effectively relieve pain from conditions such as endometriosis, pelvic floor dysfunction, and post-surgical pelvic pain. Led by Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Allyson Shrikhande, a leading physiatrist in pelvic pain, and CEO Dr. Gautam Shrikhande, a Harvard- and Columbia-trained vascular surgeon, PRM has grown to serve patients in 14 markets nationwide. With a commitment to innovation and patient-centered care, PRM's National Centers of Excellence drive ongoing patent care for endometriosis, education, and advanced diagnostics to improve outcomes in this underserved area of medicine. Learn more at Media Contact: Theresa Porcaro PRM tporcaro@ +1 561-337-1185 CONTACT: Theresa Porcaro Pelvic Rehabilitation Medicine 561-337-1185 tporcaro@ in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Fast Company
08-05-2025
- Sport
- Fast Company
The nonprofit behind New York City's marathon is running toward a new goal: content creation
Once a year, a crowd of thousands of runners fill Central Park as they look up at the sky with joy, relief, exhaustion, and tears, knowing they just completed the iconic TCS New York City Marathon. Recognizing the endless storytelling opportunities that come from the event, New York Road Runners (NYRR), the nonprofit behind the marathon, is launching its own production studio, East 89th St Productions. 'It was clear to me that this was a huge opportunity for the organization from the first day that I went to the finish line of the marathon,' NYRR CEO Rob Simmelkjaer says. 'It's rare that you can look and see total strangers by the hundreds, having a moment that you know they're never going to forget.' Named after NYRR's early headquarters on Manhattan's Upper East Side, East 89th St Productions partnered with Tribeca Studios to produce Final Finishers, a short documentary film showcasing the last tens of thousands of runners crossing the finish line in the final hours of the NYC Marathon. The film is set to premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival on June 12. 'A very significant next step' The launch of NYRR's production studio is a continuation of a larger effort to reach and connect with wider audiences through content creation. Prior to assuming his leadership position in December 2022, Simmelkjaer spent almost 10 years at ESPN and eight years at NBC Sports. At the start of his tenure at NYRR, he set out long-term plans, including broadening awareness of NYRR's initiatives beyond organizing over 60 local races. Due to his background in media, Simmelkjaer saw content creation and storytelling as the logical next step towards building awareness and community. 'I had to sell both internally and externally the idea that this was an essential part of what we do, because we needed to be talking to our existing audience of runners and members and stakeholders in a new way,' he says. In addition to expanding its existing content creation team, which focused on broadcasting the races and managing the organization's social media, Simmelkjaer branched into podcasting. With over 100 episodes, ' Set the Pace ' features stories from runners, as well as running tips, every Thursday, in partnership with Peloton. 'The podcast was like a beachhead for us. It kind of planted our flag on the beach in terms of content,' Simmelkjaer says. 'The studio is a very significant next step in the evolution of this vision.' Take the money and run In addition to building community engagement, content creation is also driving the nonprofit toward another goal: diversifying revenue streams. While NYRR relies primarily on race entry fees and philanthropic donations, content creation opens the door for monetization, new partnerships, and the creation of a deeper connection between donors and the nonprofit's mission. 'At the heart of every nonprofit is a mission and that mission can always be told as a story or a set of stories,' Simmelkjaer says. The expansion to content creation as a broader strategy can also be adopted by other mission-based nonprofits, visually showcasing the impact of an organization. 'When donors support a cause, there is something that is moving them to support that cause,' Simmelkjaer says. 'There's something the nonprofit is bringing about a world that the donor wants to see. When you can see in really human and understandable terms what impact that an organization is having, I think that's going to be more powerful than any PowerPoint presentation can ever be.'
NBC News
06-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC News
Olympians revamp the sport of track with new professional league
MIRAMAR, Fla. — The homestretch of a track is a familiar place for American sprint legend Michael Johnson. That's where he broke nine world records. And at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, it was where he pulled away from the competition for two of his four Olympic golds. Now, near Miami, he can reflect on his new mission: creating a first-of-its-kind professional league for Olympic track stars. 'I'm able to, every now and then, just step back and go, 'Yeah, this looks really good. This is exactly what we wanted and how I envisioned it,'' Johnson said as he admired the venue for the U.S. debut of Grand Slam Track, the new league he founded last year. 'In track as a sport, you have the fastest people in the world who don't have an opportunity to prove it, but every four years,' he told NBC News. 'So Grand Slam Track provides that opportunity for the best, the fastest people on the planet to compete and race against one another, and fans are the beneficiaries of that.' Grand Slam Track is headlined by household names such as two-time reigning Olympic 400-meter hurdles gold medalist and world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and three-time Paris Olympic gold medalist Gabby Thomas. 'I wasn't in their position. I had the benefit of having had an Olympics in the U.S. and was able to establish a brand and have my moment in that Olympics,' Johnson explained. Unlike other professional track and field competitions, Grand Slam Track is contracting athletes to compete in the league for a full season: eight races across four meets every year. The first took place in Kingston, Jamaica, last month. Two others are scheduled in Philadelphia and Los Angeles after this weekend's competition. 'Now you have the opportunity in between those Games to establish yourself and prove that I am one of the best in the world, because I am part of a league of the best in the world,' Johnson said. Following the pandemic and a condensed Olympic cycle, running is in a boom. The 2024 NYC Marathon broke the record for finishers: 55,646. The next two largest were also last year in Berlin and Paris. Grand Slam Track and the investors behind it are betting on that momentum. The league says it's secured more than $30 million in financing from investors and strategic partners. More than $12 million of that funding is going toward athlete prize money, with $100,000 up for grabs for the winners of each event — that's on top of guaranteed contract pay The stars are following the money. The league's inaugural season features more than 30 medalists from the Paris Games who are expected to compete at each meet. Thomas told NBC News that for athletes like her, the prize money represents 'the first time you can go compete in the regular season and just make what we're worth.' While some track stars are guaranteed a paycheck and slot at each meet, other athletes are invited to specific meets. Dylan Beard, a hurdler who qualified for the Olympic trials while working at Walmart last year, got the biggest payday of his career at the premier event in Jamaica by placing second in his event group. 'It means a lot to the athletes who don't have the contracts and sponsorship that can bring in that kind of money throughout the years, which requires us to work a part-time job or part-time jobs,' Beard said. For Johnson, it's about paying racers to race. 'No one has ever put Gabby Thomas or any other track athlete under contract to be a racer,' he said. 'Like basketball players are put under contract to play basketball. Football players are put under contract to footballers.' To keep audiences engaged, Johnson's league prioritizes head-to-head competition, with athletes competing across six event groups, each group racing twice at each slam with the winner determined by their combined finishes. Not every Olympic event is represented. That didn't keep away U.S. heptathlon champion Anna Hall, who stepped into the 400-meter hurdles at the latest slam. 'Honestly, I just had FOMO like, fear of missing out,' she told NBC News ahead of her races. 'I know there's no multi here, but I want to find something I can race and line up in, so I'm excited to be included.' The sport's rising star called it 'an opportunity that track's needed and earned for a long time.' Key to Johnson's approach is celebrating the athletes like the elite performers they are. Racers lined up for a red-carpet style 'drip check' — named for Drip Water, one of the league's sponsors — ahead of the first day of the meet. Some of the stars then sat for panels with their competitors, throwing down the gauntlet before they set foot on the track, building storylines and raising the stakes. 'It's so good for the sport. Just to have this type of attention,' Thomas said. 'Coverage is something that we need, and we're celebrating athletes and showing our personalities, and that's huge.' Still, not every star from Team USA is on board with the league yet. Gold medalists, including Noah Lyles and Sha'Carri Richardson, are among the holdouts. Johnson's confident it's only a matter of time before the holdouts sign up.
News.com.au
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
‘Bogan' act that Aussies can't agree on
A fierce debate has been sparked after one of the women behind a successful wellness brand asked whether wearing one particular item in public was acceptable. Podcast co-hosts Laura Henshaw and Steph Claire Smith were speaking about things that their KICPOD listeners hated, but everyone else around them seemed to love. On the list were matcha, cheese and coffee. Crocs were also on the list, and it reminded Ms Henshaw about a trend she noticed while in New York City for the NYC Marathon. 'There's something else I've started wearing, in New York, that I feel like in Australia you actually feel like you can't wear out of the house. Ugg boots,' she said. Ms Smith said she was shocked, admitting she thought it was common in Australia to do so. Ms Henshaw said that the perception in Australia was that it was 'bogan' to wear Uggs outside, while in New York they were seen as 'chic'. The popular influencer added that she bought a specific pair of Ugg Boots that she'd seen a lot of women wearing in New York, and when she wore the shoes to her chiropractor he asked why she was wearing them. 'And he's very stylish,' the 32-year-old health and wellness star said. Her co-founder added: 'I feel like they're in, and he's behind.' Ms Smith said the fashion had gone from Birkenstocks, to clogs, and now to slide on Uggs — and it would be a huge trend this winter. The clip has sparked fierce debate, with many declaring it's fine to wear them – but there were certain caveats. 'I feel like you can only wear them to the supermarket late at night. That's where I see them most,' one commented. Another said: 'Haha this is funny. Literally wore my cropped ones to work the other day.' 'I wear mine everywhere! With active wear to pilates, with jeans to the footy, trackies to the supermarket. No shame here,' one declared. Another weighed in: 'Super common in Perth … or maybe we all just like to walk in our pjs. 'I personally have three pairs and I walk in them everyday. Hubby walks with them to site as a tradie before changing to his work boots.' 'Nooo! CHIC! With a pair of wide leg slouchy pants over = 10/10,' one said. Another social media user added: 'All the pilates princesses wear them and have been for a long time lol.' 'All the girls in Europe wear them I just went there for winter! 100 per cent will be wearing here,' another added. One commented: 'I mean, people go barefoot (don't get my started) in shopping centres here … Uggs are fine.' 'It's like day drinking, When poor people do it it's bogan but when rich people do it it's chic,' another said. One listener added: 'As long as your outdoor uggs are different to your indoor uggs it's okay.' 'I think the full boots are bogan but those low ones with red pattern could be Australian chic,' one social media user said. Many people in the comment section insisted that Australians buy Uggs that are made in Australia, after Australian brand UGG Since 1974 revealed it was forced to change its name in the US over a trademark lawsuit.
Yahoo
21-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Binghamton Move Out Project wins Volunteer Recognition Award
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – An effort to support the needy while keeping perfectly good items out of the landfill has received some special recognition. The Conrad and Virginia Klee Foundation held its annual grantee reception last week at the Phelps Mansion Museum. During the event, Klee gave its Volunteer Recognition Award to the Binghamton Move Out Project. The all volunteer non-profit collected unwanted items from Binghamton University students as they leave their dorms or off-campus housing at the end of the school year. Johnson City native Christina Fuller founded the organization while she was a Junior at BU in 2018. 'We work so hard. The Move Out Project, it's a lot of work, but we know that we're doing good work. To be in a room with a bunch of other leaders in the community who are also doing wonderful work. Some of them are even donation partners of ours, it feels so good to be recognized,' said Fuller. Fuller says the Move Out Project works with about 30 other local organizations, such as the Children's Home and the American Civic Association, to distribute the goods. She says they collect mostly clothing but also some furniture, small appliances and even food. Klee Executive Director Amanda McIntyre says Move Out's 140 volunteers do impressive work. 'We can all give something, whether it's a check or it's your time, we all have something to give. We can all do it together so no matter what chaos is happening beyond this community, there's a lot we can do to make it a better place to call home,' said McIntyre. Klee also gave the Move Out Project a $2,500 grant. Klee is also offering Community Change Maker micro-grants. For more information, go to Binghamton Move Out Project wins Volunteer Recognition Award Binghamton runner participating in NYC Marathon, raising money for charity Jablon Studios hosts Easter egg hunt Juveniles involved in alleged reckless driving incident in Town of Fenton Business of the Week: Bridgewater Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
