New York College is proud to have a group of prominent and distinguished associates who may participate in seminars, publications, continuing education, the development of new programs and/or advisement to the College.

Michael Balboni, Government Solutions Head, Cardinal Point Strategies

Former New York State Deputy Secretary for Public Safety, former New York State Senator from the 7th Senate District in Nassau County, Long Island (1997 - 2006) and before that served eight years in the state Assembly; chaired the Senate Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs; also served on the standing Senate committees on Aging, Environmental Conservation, Higher Education, Insurance, Judiciary and Labor; earned his Juris Doctor from St. John’s University School of Law; was counsel to former Senator John R. Dunne and the New York State Senate Judiciary Committee and counsel to the deputy majority leader of the Senate; was appointed Deputy County Attorney in Nassau County; has authored several Law Review articles and is an adjunct professor of political science at Adelphi University.

Robert Duarte, M.D., Certified Acupuncturist

Doctorate of Medicine Ponce School of Medicine; Associate Attending in Neurology; Long Island Jewish Medical Center; Director, Long Island Jewish Medical Center Pain & Headache Treatment Center; Medical Director; Transitions of Long Island Rehabilitation for Head Injury; Pain Clinic Coordinator; Board Certified in Pain Management; Board Certified Neurologist; Certified Medical Acupuncturist; Assistant Professor of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; American Pain Society; International Association for the Study of Pain; American Headache Society; American Academy of Neurology; Advisory Board Member; Glaxo-Smith Kline, Merck, Astra-Zeneca and Janssen.

Richard Karpinski, M.D.

Doctorate of Medicine Harvard Medical School; surgical residencies Boston City Hospital, New England Deaconess Hospital and New York University Medical Center, Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery; served as Chief, General Surgery Service and a Major in USAF; Board Certified in Plastic Surgery and General Surgery; Fellow of American College of Surgeons; member American Society of Plastic Surgeons, New York County Medical Society, Medical Society of the State of New York; affiliated with St. Lukes/Roosevelt Hospital; faculty appointments - Teaching Fellow and Instructor in Anatomy, Harvard University, Tutor in Surgery, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, Clinical Fellow in Surgery, Harvard University, Clinical Instructor in Surgery, Creighton University, Clinical Instructor in Plastic Surgery, New York University, Instructor in Plastic Surgery, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, Assistant Clinical Professor, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons; committee memberships – New York County Medical Society, St. Lukes/Roosevelt Hospital; member Board of Directors, Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Co.; papers – “MISAR: A Miniature Information Storage and Retrieval System” and “A Prospective Trial Comparing Biobrane, Duoderm and Xeroform for Skin Graft Donor Sites”; book chapter – “Surgical Treatment of Axillary Hyperhidrosis”; presentations – “Facial Embryology”, “Flap Operation for Medical Patients”, “Limb Salvage:microsurgery”, “Breast Reconstruction”, Surgical treatment of Decubitus Ulcers”, “An Approach to Treating Wounds”, “Axillary Hyperhidrosis: Treatment by Excision or by Suction Adenectomy”, and “How to Make a Skin Graft Fail”.