Dr. Margaret Altemus (psychiatry) was interviewed by BBC radio about the brain chemical oxytocin.
Dr. Nasser Altorki (cardiothoracic surgery) and Dr. Jeffrey Tepler (medicine) were mentioned in a People magazine feature about "Good Morning America" movie critic Joel Siegel, who was their patient.
Rosemary Bakker (geriatrics) was interviewed by WCBS-FM radio on the Division of Geriatrics' GEM (Gerontologic Environmental Modification) program for the elderly.
Dr. David Behrman (surgery) was interviewed by Glamour magazine about common tongue irritations.
Dr. Jeffrey Borer (medicine) commented on Fox-5 and the Daily News about the high incidence of heart disease among men in New York City.
Dr. David Brillon (medicine) was interviewed by Medstar television about a national study called GoKinD to explore the genetics of diabetic neuropathy.
Dr. John Caronna (neurology) was interviewed by Fox News about neurological injuries in boxing (prompted by the injuries suffered by boxer Beethaven Scottland).
Dr. Eric Cassell (public health) was interviewed by CBS Evening News, WCBS-AM radio and TV Cultura (Brazil) about ethical issues related to embryonic stem-cell research.
Dr. Ronald Crystal (medicine) was featured in a one-hour Discovery Health documentary on treating baldness with gene therapy.
Dr. John Daly (surgery) commented on WebMD about anesthesia being more arduous for women than for men (prompted by a March 24 British Medical Journal study).
Dr. Joseph Fins (medicine) was interviewed by Time magazine and the Daily News about the ethics of embryonic stem-cell research. He was also interviewed for CNN's "Greenfield at Large" about this and other new technologies.
Dr. Caitlin Fiss (obstetrics and gynecology) was interviewed by CBS Evening News and WB11-TV about the risk of women giving birth naturally after having had a Caesarean section (prompted by a New England Journal of Medicine article and New York Times story).
Dr. Dennis Fowler (surgery) was interviewed by U.S. News & World Report for its "Best Hospitals" issue about new developments in minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Bloomberg News interviewed him about the use of haptic devices for training in MIS. (In the field of "virtual reality," haptics involves the development of devices that allow users to manipulate and "feel" virtual objects with respect to such features as shape, temperature, weight and surface texture. Surgical simulation and medical training are among the leading areas of development for haptic devices.)
Drs. Maura Frank and Allison Beitel (pediatrics) were cited in an Our Town article about the Medical Center's TAPP (TeenAge Pregnancy and Parenting) program, which uses gift certificates as an incentive for young mothers to bring their babies in for vaccinations.
Dr. Richard Friedman (psychiatry) was interviewed for CNBC about the economics of antidepressants.
Dr. Lloyd Gayle (plastic surgery) was included in Black Enterprise magazine's survey of the leading African-American physicians in the U.S.
Dr. Mitchell Gaynor (medicine) was interviewed by Crain's New York Business and Crain's Health Pulse about Weill Cornell's Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine. Glamour interviewed him about breast cancer prevention for young women.
Dr. Gunnar Gouras (neurology) commented on WABC-TV and in the Wall Street Journal on a Massachusetts General Hospital study about a possible cause of Alzheimer's disease.
Dr. Richard Granstein (dermatology) was interviewed by Associated Press, Newsday, the Los Angeles Times, WABC-TV and Medstar television concerning a New England Journal of Medicine article about a promising drug and treatment approach to psoriasis and autoimmune disease. Dr. Granstein wrote the accompanying NEJM editorial.
Dr. Roy Gulick (medicine) was interviewed by HealthScout.com about HIV infection and exercise.
Dr. Lloyd Hoffman (plastic surgery) was featured in a UPN-9 story that cited the Division of Plastic Surgery clinic as a reputable place to have one's tattoos removed.
Dr. Wayne Isom (cardiothoracic surgery) was interviewed for CBS Evening News and CNN's Larry King Live concerning Vice President Cheney's heart treatment. Dateline NBC interviewed him about the new AbioCor implantable replacement heart. He was also interviewed by The New York Times about bypass surgery for older patients.
Dr. Jonathan Jacobs (medicine) was interviewed by WCBS-TV and Reuters TV about an NIH report that questions whether condoms can prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
Dr. Warren Johnson (medicine) provided travel tips for going abroad in the Daily News.
Dr. Karl Krieger (cardiothoracic surgery) and Dr. John Lamberti (pediatric cardiology) received attention in the New York Post and on Channel 11 for providing free treatment to an 11-year-old boy from the Dominican Republic, who required life-saving heart surgery.
Dr. John P. Leonard (medicine) commented in the Wall Street Journal on Bexxar, a new cancer drug.
Dr. Bruce Lerman (medicine) was interviewed by WCBS-TV, WCBS radio and Time about Vice President Cheney's heart treatment.
Dr. Patricia Fogarty Mack (anesthesiology) received attention in the Medical Herald for Weill Cornell's REMEDY program, which ships supplies to needy institutions abroad.
Dr. Alan Manevitz (psychiatry) was interviewed by Newsweek about loneliness.
Dr. Carl McDougall (medicine) was included in Black Enterprise's survey of the leading African-American physicians in the U.S.
Dr. Bassem Masri (medicine) was featured with one of his patients in a New York Times "Men's Health" section on men and heart disease.
Dr. John Moore (microbiology and immunology) was interviewed by National Public Radio about the ability of the AIDS virus to adapt to the human immune system (prompted by a study in Nature).
Dr. Susana Morales (medicine) was interviewed by the San Jose Mercury News about cultural health awareness: how disease affects various ethnic groups differently.
Dr. Carl Nathan (microbiology and immunology) was interviewed by the Boston Globe and the Dallas Morning News about the role of nitric oxide in fireflies' flash control system (prompted by an article in Science).
Dr. Herbert Pardes, Dr. Wayne Isom (cardiothoracic surgery), and Larry Schafer (development) were interviewed for an article on hospital philanthropy by Crain's New York Business.
Dr. Gianpiero Palermo (embryology in obstetrics and gynecology) and Dr. Takumi Takeuchi (obstetrics and gynecology) were interviewed by the Associated Press and the New York Post about a new in-vitro fertilization technology for women who have no eggs. The news was also covered by the Times of London, BBC, Wall Street Journal, ABC World News Tonight, National Public Radio, CNN.com and WebMD.
Dr. Larry Resnick (medicine) was interviewed by Cosmopolitan magazine about the safety of using over-the-counter diuretics for bloating.
Dr. Zev Rosenwaks (reproductive medicine in obstetrics and gynecology) was interviewed for The New York Times magazine about new in-vitro fertilization technology. For Time, Dr. Rosenwaks was interviewed about multiple IVF births and selective reduction. The Financial Times (London) also interviewed him about menopause and infertility.
Dr. Gail Saltz (psychiatry) was interviewed about post-partum depression by Newsweek, Time, The New York Times, USA Today, CBS Evening News, NBC Today Show and WNBC's Today in New York. This was prompted by the Texas mother charged with murder for killing her five children.
Dr. Bruce Schackman (public health) wrote a "Letter to the Editor" in The New York Times about establishing an independent federal commission to provide health cost-benefit analysis.
Dr. Michael Schuster (medicine) was interviewed by the New York Post about the development and treatment of second cancers in children.
Dr. Rachelle Scott (dermatology) was included in Black Enterprise's survey of the leading African-American physicians in the U.S.
Dr. Alan Segal (neurology) commented on NBC Nightly News about an American Heart Association study on stress as a risk factor for stroke.
Dr. David Silbersweig (psychiatry, neurology and neuroscience) commented on CBSHealthWatch.com about an imaging study of brain response to pain (prompted by an article in Science).
Dr. Rache Simmons (surgery) spoke on an international radio broadcast about the latest research and treatments for cancer. The program aired locally on WEVD.
Dr. Philip Stieg (neurological surgery) was featured in a Glamour magazine article about a fetal pig brain-cell transplant that he performed to treat stroke. He also provided background information to CBS News on embryonic stem-cell research.
Dr. Carol Storey-Johnson (medicine) was included in Black Enterprise's survey of the leading African-American physicians in the U.S.
Dr. Adam Stracher (medicine) was interviewed by 1010-WINS about the physical and mental effects of heat stroke and its prevention (prompted by the death of football player Korey Stringer, who suffered heatstroke during preseason training).
Dr. Mia Talmor (plastic surgery) was interviewed for a UPN-9 feature on Weill Cornell's plastic surgery clinic as a place where elective cosmetic surgery can be obtained at reasonable and reduced rates.
Dr. Carl Vaughan (medicine) was interviewed by CBSHealthWatch.com about the use of statin drugs to reduce breast cancer risk.
August 20, 2001
