Dr. Ronald Adelman (medicine) was interviewed by American Medical News about providing care for centenarians.
Dean Daniel Alonso was interviewed by Ithaca Journal about Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar.
Dr. William Apfeldorf (psychiatry) was interviewed by Healthscout.com about post-traumatic stress disorder.
Dr. Louis Aronne (medicine) was mentioned in The New York Times for the help he provided to TV personality Biff Henderson in losing weight. Dr. Aronne was also interviewed by Healthscout.com about the dangers of herbal weight-loss drugs.
Dr. Phyllis August (medicine) was interviewed by WABC-TV about the health risks associated with the overuse of anti-inflammatory drugs.
Dr. Barbara Bartlik (psychiatry) contributed to the Women's Guide to Health and Healing (Oxford University Press), providing advice for women with sexual problems.
Dr. Ernst Bartsich (obstetrics and gynecology) was interviewed by Healthscout.com about the overuse and misuse of hysterectomies (a comment on an American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology report).
Dr. Gregory Bauer (surgery) participated in a press conference on Feb. 21 for the last of the World Trade Center burn patients to leave the Burn Center. CNN, MSNBC, Fox News Channel and NY1 covered the event live. Among other media who covered the event were WCBS-TV, WNBC-TV, WABC-TV, WOR-TV, WB-11, ABC Network, CBS Network, NBC Network, Fox News, Reuters TV, AP-TV, WXTV (Channel 41), WCBS Radio, WINS Radio, Reuters, Bloomberg News, Newsday, Daily News and New York Post.
Dr. Flint Beal (neurology and neuroscience) was interviewed by WCBS-TV about a New England Journal of Medicine study, "Plasma Homocysteine as a Risk Factor for Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease."
Dr. Lauren Broch (psychiatry) was interviewed by The New York Times about the sleep problems of young people.
Dr. Thomas Caputo (obstetrics and gynecology) was interviewed by Bloomberg Radio about a new blood test to detect ovarian cancer (engendered by a Lancet article).
Dr. Stephen Chasen (obstetrics and gynecology) was interviewed by WebMD about the growing number of women over 40 getting C-sections.
Dr. Andrew Dannenberg (medicine) was interviewed by Associated Press, and cited by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute and Oncology Times, about COX-2 as a novel target for cancer prevention and treatment.
Dr. Mariana DeLorenzo (medicine) was cited by Oncology Times News International as a winner of a Cancer Research Fellowship Award.
Dr. Joseph Del Pizzo (urology) and Dr. William Stubenbord (surgery) were interviewed by Newsday, Fox 5 News and WINS Radio about the laparoscopic removal of a kidney from a daughter for transplantation in her mother. Dr. Del Pizzo also participated in a one-hour call-in program about the operation on WOR Radio (the Joan Hamburg Show).
Dr. Rosemary Desloge (otorhinolaryngology) was interviewed by Fox 5 ("Good Day New York") about the possibility that sippy cups can cause speech development problems in young children (engendered by a Wall Street Journal article).
Dr. Richard Devereux (medicine) was interviewed by Healthscout.com about anti-hypertensive treatment and left ventricular hypertrophy (engendered by his forthcoming paper in Circulation).
Dr. JoAnn Difede (psychiatry) was interviewed by ABC Good Morning America, the BBC and National Geographic for background information about the new virtual reality as exposure therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder. With Dr. Philip Wilner (psychiatry), Dr. Difede was interviewed by Crain's New York Business about the American Psychiatric Association funding for treatment of post-traumatic stress patients following the World Trade Center tragedy.
Dr. Donna Dimichele (pediatrics) was interviewed by Bloomberg Radio about a Von Willebrand disease awareness campaign.
Dr. Francois Eid (urology) was interviewed by Savoy about erectile dysfunction in African-American men.
Dr. Orli Etingin (medicine and obstetrics and gynecology) was interviewed for a segment of "To the Contrary," a public affairs program, about access to health care for women.
Dr. Joseph Fins (medicine) was interviewed by The New York Times about the medical ethics of physician connections to outside spas and salons. He was also interviewed by Prevention magazine and by Medscape about advance directives for end-of-life care.
Drs. Christine Frissora and Bradley Connor (medicine) were interviewed by the Daily News about the Norwalk virus.
Dr. Mitchell Gaynor (medicine) was interviewed by First for Women about the vocal practice of toning and how it relieves stress.
Dr. Steven Goldman (neurology and neuroscience) was cited in HealthNewsDigest.com about the use of stem cells and progenitor cells for brain repair.
Dr. Marc Goldstein (urology) was interviewed by GQ about nocturnal emissions. He was also interviewed by the Cincinnati Enquirer about reversing a vasectomy or tubal ligation; by Urology Times about the first study on the genetic basis of varicoceles (varicose veins in the scrotum); and by the American Urological Association News about testes and biopsy indications.
Dean Antonio Gotto commented in Crain's New York Busines and Crain's Health Pulse about the appointment of Dr. Kenneth Berns as president of Mt. Sinai Medical Center.
Dr. Richard Granstein (dermatology) was interviewed by the Chicago Tribune about the effects of stress on the skin (engendered by his paper in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology).
Dr. Barbara Hempstead (medicine) published a paper in Science about a new paradigm for cell survival and cell death. The paper was covered by the Cornell Chronicle.
Drs. Claudia Henschke and David Yankelevitz (radiology), Dr. Olli Miettinen (medicine), and three colleagues published an article in The Lancet rebutting an analysis by two Danish scientists casting doubt on the value of mammography. Media coverage included CNN, ABC World News Tonight, CBS Weekend News, PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, CBS Radio, Bloomberg Radio, WINS Radio, Newsday, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Bergen Record, Houston Chronicle, Miami Herald, Seattle Times, Chicago Tribune, Bloomberg News, Reuters Health, Modern Healthcare's "Daily Dose," Crain's Health Pulse, Nature, Nature Medicine, The Oncology Watch, Women's Health Advisor and OB/GYN News. Dr. Henschke was also interviewed by CBS "60 Minutes" and NBC "Weekend Today" for background information. When HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson reiterated the government's support for regular mammography, Dr. Henschke was interviewed by Healthscout.com. On another matter, Dr. Henschke was interviewed by Newsday about the New York Early Lung Cancer Action Project (NYELCAP). And she was interviewed by U.S. Medicine about the "pros" of lung cancer screening (the article will address both pros and cons).
Dr. Ira Jacobson (medicine) was interviewed by Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News about future treatments for the hepatitis C virus.
Dr. Samie Jaffrey (pharmacology) was highlighted in Crain's New York Business' "40 Under 40" special issue about 40 outstanding New Yorkers under the age of 40.
Dr. Roberto Levi (pharmacology) and Dr. Randi Silver (physiology and biophysics) published an article on a histamine receptor and its role in heart attacks, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The article was covered by the Cornell Chronicle.
Dr. Alan Manevitz (psychiatry) was interviewed by Bloomberg Radio about camaraderie and loneliness while watching the Super Bowl. He was also interviewed by WOR Radio (the Joan Hamburg Show) about post-partum depression (based on the Andrea Yates case).
Dr. Robert Millman (psychiatry) was interviewed by Reader's Digest about Acquired Situational Narcissism.
Dr. Margaret Moline (psychiatry) was interviewed for television (a segment broadcast on 85 local stations from Dallas to Wausau-Rhinelander) and for syndicated radio (the Jameson Broadcast) about ENADAlert, a nutritional supplement that has been tested for use in sleep-deprived persons.
Drs. John Moore and Shawn Kuhmann (microbiology and immunology) published two articles about new anti-HIV drugs in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The articles were covered by the Cornell Daily Sun. Dr. Moore was also interviewed by HIV Plus about the crafting of an effective HIV vaccine. With Dr. Roy Gulick (medicine), Dr. Moore was interviewed by Poz Partner about entry inhibitors, a new class of anti-HIV drugs. Dr. Moore was also interviewed by Science about a Thai vaccine trial.
Dr. Joel Pardee (Graduate School of Medical Sciences) was interviewed by the journal Science for a special advertising supplement on graduate schools, in which Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences was prominently featured.
Dr. Mark Pochapin (medicine) was interviewed by Medical Crossfire about screening and treatment for colon cancer. He was also interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, Healthscout.com and Bloomberg News about detecting pre-cancerous colon lesions through a fecal test. Healthscout.com also interviewed him about the question, "Is colonoscopy an effective means of surveillance for secondary colon tumors?" (engendered by an article in the February 19 Annals of Internal Medicine). He was also interviewed by Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News about pancreatic disorders and new treatments for pancreatic cystic lesions. And, with Dr. Nasser Altorki (cardiothoracic surgery), he was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal and Associated Press about COX-2 inhibitors.
Dr. Dix Poppas (urology) provided background information to the Discovery Channel on circumcision. He was also cited in the Medical Herald for winning the New York Academy of Medicine's prestigious Edwin Beer Fellowship.
Dr. Calvin Roberts (ophthalmology) was interviewed by Healthscout.com about vitamin C's effect in reducing the development of early-onset cataracts (based on an article in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition).
Dr. Zev Rosenwaks (reproductive medicine in obstetrics and gynecology) was interviewed by NBC Nightly News about whether fertility drugs may increase the risk of ovarian cancer. He was also interviewed by Time magazine about preserving fertility after breast cancer. With Dr. Helen Liu (reproductive medicine in obstetrics and gynecology), he was interviewed by the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, La Razon (Madrid) and the Italian Daily News about the successful tissue engineering of endometrial lining (Weill Cornell research presented at the Association of Reproductive Medicine meeting).
Dr. Neil Sadick (dermatology) was interviewed by Fox 5 News about a National Cancer Institute study linking tanning salons to skin cancer.
Dr. Gail Saltz (psychiatry) was interviewed by Entertainment Tonight about the socialization of anorexia in America.
Dr. Nicholas Schiff (neurology) was cited in HealthNewsDigest.com for his talk to the American Association for the Advancement of Science on Feb. 15 about detecting consciousness in severely brain-injured persons.
Dr. Peter Schlegel (urology) was interviewed by Forbes magazine about testicular sperm extraction and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).
Dr. Suzanne Schwartz (surgery) appeared in footage of the Wound Care Lab and Burn Center for a fund-raising video for the Jewish Renaissance Center.
Dr. David Silbersweig (psychiatry, neurology and neuroscience) provided background information to ABC World News Tonight about brain-imaging research. He was also interviewed by Newsday about brain function in the mentally ill during hallucinations and during periods of calm.
Dr. Rache Simmons (surgery) was interviewed by The New York Times about the effectiveness of mammograms in preventing death from breast cancer. She was also interviewed by Newsday about new techniques in breast surgery, and by Biography magazine about the proactive prevention of breast cancer. With Dr. Peter Schlegel (urology), Dr. Andrew Dannenberg (medicine), and Dr. Claudia Henschke (radiology), Dr. Simmons was interviewed by the AARP Newsletter about new advances in cancer treatment.
Dr. Richard Stein (cardiology) was interviewed by The New York Times about calculating the benefits of managing stress (engendered by a Duke University study published in the American Journal of Cardiology).
Dr. Zhong S. Sun (pediatrics) won a Mallinckrodt Foundation research award for his work on "biological clock" genes. The award was covered by the Cornell Chronicle.
Dr. Alexander Swistel (surgery) was interviewed by Time magazine about new approaches to breast cancer.
Dr. Daniel Wagner (neurology in psychiatry) was interviewed by Time Out about insomnia. He was also interviewed by WCBS-TV about a University of California at San Diego study stating that adults who sleep five to seven hours a night live longer than those sleeping eight hours or more.
Drs. Roger Yurt and Palmer Bessey (surgery) participated in the press conference for Elaine Duch, a World Trade Center burn patient, when she left the Hospital on Jan. 29. CNN and Fox News covered the press conference live. Other coverage included CNN.com, Associated Press, New York Post, Daily News, USA Today, Newsday, Bloomberg News Nervice, NBC News, CBS News, PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, ABC News, all local television stations, WINS Radio, Bloomberg Radio, WCBS Radio and British television.
March 25, 2002
