Dean Daniel Alonso was interviewed about the new Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar for both the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle and the Chapel Hill (N.C.) Herald.
Dr. Louis Aronne (medicine) and dietician Kathy Isoldi were part of a special series on weight loss that aired on the CBS Early Show. A special "weight off" Web site maintained by the Early Show recorded more than 235,000 hits in response to the series. Also, Dr. Aronne authored an article, "Weight Control and Proper Nutrition," for a Time magazine special advertising feature, and he discussed the latest treatments for obesity in Women's World.
Dr. Holly Andersen (medicine) was interviewed about women and heart disease for WCBS-FM.
Drs. Flint Beal and Norman Relkin (neurology) were featured in a "special focus" section on Alzheimer's disease in New York magazine's "Best Doctors" issue.
Dr. Emilio Carrillo (medicine) discussed cultural sensitivity in the care of Latino patients in Emergency Medical News.
Dr. Ronald DeLellis (pathology) was interviewed about the pathology of polyps in a Discovery Health documentary about colon cancer.
Dr. Joseph Fins (medicine) discussed the ethics of drug use for pain management in American Medical News.
Dr. Marshall Glesby (medicine) offered a retrospective look on the 20th anniversary of AIDS for UPN-9.
Dr. Stanley Goldsmith (radiology) was interviewed by WCBS-TV about the possibility that the FDA might pull the popular thyroid drug Synthroid from the market.
Dr. Marc Goldstein (urology) was interviewed by Cosmopolitan about differences between circumcised and uncircumcised males.
Dean Antonio Gotto (medicine) offered his views on cholesterol (occasioned by the Federal government's new guidelines) for the "Spotlight on Health" column in the Daily News.
Dr. Claudia Henschke (radiology) was interviewed about early CT screening for lung cancer by the Toronto Star.
Dr. Wayne Isom (cardiothoracic surgery) offered comments to National Inventor's Health Magazine on the use of cardiac surgical devices invented by Dr. Thomas Fogarty.
Dr. Milan Kinkhabwala (surgery) was interviewed for a WNJU (Telemundo) series about a Columbia Presbyterian "living-donor" liver transplant patient who received part of her daughter's liver.
Dr. Elisabeth Lachmann (rehabilitation medicine in surgery) was interviewed about full-figured women and back pain for Mode magazine.
Dr. Jeffrey Laurence (medicine) commented on "AIDS at 20 Years" for Newsday.
Dr. William Ledger (obstetrics and gynecology) was interviewed about vulvodynia (engendered by an HBO "Sex and the City" episode) in the Daily News.
Dr. Sheryl Miller (dermatology) offered advice for outdoor athletes on how to protect their skin, on WABC-TV.
Dr. Robert Min (radiology) discussed his new laser treatment for varicose veins in Bottom Line/Tomorrow.
Dr. John Moore (microbiology and immunology) provided a retrospective look on "AIDS at 20 Years" to Newsday.
Dr. Mark Pochapin (medicine) provided background information about virtual colonoscopy to WCBS-TV.
Dr. Rock Positano (podiatry in medicine), Dr. David Levine (orthopedic surgery), and Dr. David Helfet (orthopedic surgery) were mentioned in a Daily News article about treatment that Mayor Giuliani received at NewYork Weill Cornell's new Foot Center.
Dr. Lawrence Resnick (medicine) was featured in a "special focus" section on hypertension in New York magazine's "Best Doctors" issue.
Dr. Stephen Scheidt (medicine) provided background information about the controversial heart drug Cardura for both the NBC Today Show and NBC Nightly News.
Dr. Samuel Selesnick (otorhinolaryngology) was interviewed on WNBC-TV about how to alleviate ear pain while flying.
Dr. Richard Silver (medicine) discussed the new leukemia drug Gleevec (STI-571) in Newsday.
August 6, 2001
