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About Us

Private Career School Concord Rusam is dedicated to providing an excellent education, which would lead our students to a lifelong career in highly demanded fields. We are based in New York City and are proud to teach some of the most in-demand programs in today's dynamic environment.

Each of our instructors is certified in their respective fields; they are highly knowledgeable and motivated to help each student succeed.

Our school has cultivated a roster of successful alumni who graduated from our programs and are employed in well-paying positions, such as Clinical Medical Assistant, Nurse Aide, Phlebotomy Technician, Electrocardiography Technician, Home Health Aide, Medical Billing, and Coding, Pharmacy Technicians. Concord Rusam provides complete theoretic and practical education followed by national examination hosted on school premises.

Our school also offers a practical Review Course for the NCLEX examination to receive a Registered Nurse License. This course includes lectures, books, handouts, CDs with test questions, and educational videos.

All Private Career School Concord Rusam programs are licensed by the New York State Department of Education.

Please visit www.acces.nysed.gov/bpss to see our listing.

We provide personalized job placement assistance for all of our graduates, including assistance with resumes, referrals, and recommendation letters.

On-site state and national certification testing- take your licensing exam at the same place you completed your training and practice!

We are a certified testing site for all the national exams such as Phlebotomy Technician National Exam, Clinical Medical Assistant National Exam, EKG National Exam, Patient Care Technician National Exam.

Private Career School Concord Rusam provides the fastest and most effective career training programs in NYC at the lowest tuition costs.

We are located in midtown Manhattan at the corner of 8th Ave and 31th Street, across from the Penn Station, near all major subways, buses, NJ Transit, Metro-North, and LIRR.

Private Career School offers a wide variety of tuition options for our students to give everyone a fair opportunity to attend our schools and become successful. Students may choose a weekly payment plan, pay in full, or, in some cases, be eligible for tuition grants through NYC agencies. We work with all students to help and support.

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Meet the team

Instructors
Management
Each one of our instructors is certified in their respective field; they are highly knowledgeable and motivated in helping each individual student succeed. Concord Rusam's management team is a group of passionate, talented people responsible for establishing a schoolwide vision of commitment to high standards and the success of all students

Gregory Zilberman

Gregory is a licensed instructor and a Registered Nurse at Montefiore Medical Center. Originally Gregory is from Ukraine and got the primary medical education and work experience there. He worked as a Physician Assistant until moving to the United States in 1987. He has worked in different nursing fields, and as of today, holds a position as a Surgical/Clinical Registered Nurse. Mr. Zilberman has been teaching at Concord Rusam School since 2007.

Ella Smelyanskaya

Ella graduated from Odesa Medical School in 1975 and worked as an Anesthetist for 20 years in Ukraine. After moving to the United States, Ella graduated from a nursing school and received a New York State Registered Nurse License. She worked as a Recovery /ICU Nurse at Beth Israel Medical Center and as an Oncology Nurse at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center for 13 years. Ella has been teaching at Concord Rusam since 2007.

Pavel Shifmiller

Pavel graduated from Zaporozhe Medical School in 1976 with a Cum Laude(honors) diploma. He worked in Kherson Hospital of Infectious Diseases as an attending physician and then as a Department Head for 18 years. Additionally, he studied at Kyiv State Medical Institute and later at Moscow State Medical Institute, majoring in Developmental Studies. In America finished all doctors’ exams (USMLE, the step I and II, and TOEFL), and worked in a Medical Office for 9 years. From 2005 Pavel works as a teacher of different medical disciplines, including Medical Assisting, Electrocardiography, Phlebotomy. Pavel has been teaching in Concord Rusam since 2007.

Svetlana Zhukovskaya

Svetlana is our Medical Billing and Coding instructor. She graduated from Belarusian Educational institute in 1989 with a degree in teaching. She has been an instructor for the Medical Billing and Coding program for the past ten years; important to mention that she has 21 years of experience in the field. Currently working as a Medical Billing Coordinator at NYU Langone Medical Center.

Gisela Molot

Meet your Sterile Processing Technician Program Instructor, Gisela Molot! She is a Certified Sterile Processing Technician Program Instructor and a Staff Development Coordinator at NYU LANGONE ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL with 15 years of experience in the Sterile Processing department. Gisela holds various certifications, such as CIS, CHL, and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
She is passionate about success and teaching students the depth of the sterilization process, explaining regulatory requirements and job specifications, and preparing students for the national exam.

Yuri Kurashvili

School President The school President, Yuri Kurashvili, businessman and philanthropist, originally from St. Petersburg, Russia, founded Private Career School Concord Rusam in 2007. Yuri graduated from Leningrad State University with a Law Degree. For many years now, Yuri supports the students who are the newcomers to the United States and helps them achieve their dream of working in the medical specialty and other fields.

Iryna Bizhyk

School's Director Iryna, originally from Ternopil, Ukraine, graduated from Ternopil Economic University with the degree in Management. She joined Concord Rusam as the students' advisor and got recently promoted to the Director's position. Iryna is a rising start in her field, known for her innovative contributions and impactful work.

Yekaterina Chizhikova

Office Manager Yekaterina Chizhikova graduated from Kyiv Pedagogical University and received her BS and MBA from the universities in New York.

Mission and Objective

Our mission at Concord Rusam is to provide our students with high-quality post-secondary education and prepare them for entry-level positions. We are dedicated to achieving our goal by implementing the following:

  • Use innovative teaching methods to help our students retain information effectively.
  • Annual review of all state requirements and curricula to ensure that students receive the most current information for their respective fields.
  • Provide resume workshops and interview preparation to assist students with attaining occupancy.
  • Continue correspondence with graduates to ensure that they are satisfied with the outcome of their education.

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