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Connections

Dominick P. Purpura came to have many valuable connections throughout his career as a neuroscientist. As he was the Dean of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University, he came to know many other neuroscientists such as Bernard Cohen (Mt. Sinai), Carlos A. Diaz-Balzac (Yeshiva University), and Steven U. Walkley (Albert Einstein). One of Purpura’s most significant colleagues was Harry Grundfest (Colombia University). Between the two of them and various other colleagues, they wrote over 40 published papers between 1951-1955. They also laid groundbreaking research for neuropharmacology. Their findings involved how to use pharmacological devices to obtain critical information about the system that was being researched. As he was influenced by his predecessors, his teachings influenced those he had touched in his later years. Others such as Dr. Pasko Rakic and Dr. Norman Lamm were colleagues of him during his time as dean. Purpura lit the way for future neuroscientists with his findings of Epilepsy and neurophysiology. Edward R. Burns M.D. (executive dean at Einstein) shared that Purpura revolutionized how medical education was taught. Many of his methods were adopted from medical schools across the country.