Dr. Daniel Alonso was interviewed about the new Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar for New Physician magazine.
Dr. Brian Apatoff (neurology) was interviewed about new developments in treating multiple sclerosis by Healthology.com.
Dr. Louis Aronne (medicine) was interviewed about the genetics of obesity by Newsweek.
Dr. Ernst Bartsich and Dr. Ioannis Zervoudakis (obstetrics and gynecology) were interviewed by Pregnancy magazine about the dangers of common household items for pregnant women.
Dr. Sandra Belmont (ophthalmology) was interviewed about dry eyes and conjunctivitis for Prevention and Women's Health magazine.
Dr. Jeffrey Borer (cardiovascular medicine) was interviewed about hypoxia by WNBC-TV. The recommendation by an FDA panel chaired by Dr. Borer for more information on the controversial heart drug Cardura was reported in Newsday.
Dr. Selina Chen-Kiang (pathology) and Dr. Anne Moore (medicine) were featured in Oncology Times for their recent awards from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Judges & Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert, respectively.
Dr. Ronald Crystal (medicine) was interviewed about future directions for gene therapy for a special advertising supplement on "leaders in high-tech" health care in The New York Times. Dr. Crystal was also cited in the Cornell Chronicle for his research on gene therapy for cardiac angiogenesis.
Dr. Andrew Dannenberg (medicine) was interviewed about the use of COX-2 inhibitors for cancer prevention and treatment by the ASCO Daily News (the newsletter of the American Society of Clinical Oncology), and about foods that can help fight cancer for DrKoop.com.
Dr. Joseph Fins (medicine) was interviewed about the ethics of deep-brain electrostimulation for Technology Review, MIT's science magazine.
Dr. Suzanne Frye (urology) was interviewed about a possible relationship between interstitial cystitis and chlamydia airborne pneumonia for Healthscout.com.
Dr. Marshall Glesby (medicine) was interviewed by DrKoop.com about managing hyperlipidemia in HIV-positive patients.
Dean Antonio Gotto and Dr. Herbert Pardes were asked to advise Time magazine editors on current leaders in science and medicine to include in Time's upcoming "America's Best" series. Dr. Gotto also commented on the new cholesterol guidelines issued by the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) and published in JAMA for ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, and the Daily News. He was also interviewed about cholesterol-lowering statin drugs by the Washington Post. Dr. Gotto's election as a Fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences was reported in the Cornell Chronicle.
Dr. Warren Johnson and Dr. Jean Pape (international medicine) were interviewed by National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" about the feasibility of anti-retroviral treatment for HIV/AIDS in Haiti (and other less developed countries).
Dr. Douglas Labar (neurology and neuroscience) provided background information on post-traumatic epilepsy to the New York Post.
Dr. Mark Lachs (medicine) was interviewed about stress management in the elderly on the NBC Today Show.
Dr. Nicholas Laoutaris (oral surgery) was interviewed by WebMD about the issue of removing older silver fillings that contain mercury.
Dr. Alan Manevitz (psychiatry) was interviewed about fighting stress with exercise for Marie Claire magazine. He was also interviewed about the psychology of perceptions of normalcy and the place of the abnormal in society for the Discovery Channel.
Dr. Bassem Masri (medicine) was interviewed by WCBS-TV, WNBC-TV and WABC-TV about the new cholesterol guidelines issued by the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) and published in JAMA.
Dr. Carl McDougall (medicine) was interviewed for an hour-long documentary on colon cancer for the Discovery Health channel. The program follows a Discovery Health producer's bout with colon cancer from diagnosis through treatment.
Dr. David Nanus and Dr. Alan Dosik (medicine) appeared on MTV's "The Real World," for which a young cast member and cancer survivor talked with cancer patients at NYWC.
Dr. Simon Paul (medicine) appeared live on WNBC's "Weekend Today in New York" at the AIDS Walk in Central Park, where he provided an overview of AIDS on its 20th anniversary.
Dr. Neil Sadick (dermatology) was interviewed about a new light-based therapy for rosacea on WNBC-TV. For WCBS-TV, he provided background information about antibiotic-resistant acne.
Dr. Gail Saltz (psychiatry) was interviewed about women and weight loss for Newsday.
Dr. Nicholas Schiff (neurology) was interviewed by the Toronto Globe and Mail about EEG testing to assess brain activity of patients in a coma/vegetative state.
Dr. Richard Silver (medicine) was interviewed by the Daily News and the Portland Weekly Journal about the recently FDA-approved leukemia drug Gleevec (STI-571).
Dr. Rache Simmons (surgery) was interviewed about lavage, a diagnostic technique for detecting breast cancer, in the New York Post.
Dr. Carl Vaughan (medicine) was interviewed by the Washington Post about the novel use of statin heart drugs to treat other diseases like cancer.
May 28, 2001
