Dr. Brian Apatoff (neurology) was interviewed by WCBS-TV about the clinical value of the recently FDA-approved multiple sclerosis drug Rebif.
Dr. William Apfeldorf (psychiatry) was interviewed by Bloomberg Radio about continuing psychological issues in the general population six months after Sept. 11.
Dr. Louis Aronne (medicine) was interviewed by the New York Post about the dangers of being overweight. He was also interviewed by Healthscout.com about the FDA's removal from the market of LipKinetix, a dietary supplement for weight loss which may cause severe liver damage (based on a study in the April 16, 2002, Annals of Internal Medicine). Dr. Aronne and Dr. Wayne Isom (cardiothoracic surgery) were interviewed by Medizine about health lessons from the cardiac case of David Letterman.
Dr. Phyllis August (medicine) was interviewed by Healthscout.com about how moderate alcohol consumption can lead to a reduced risk of developing hypertension in young women (from Annals of Internal Medicine).
Dr. Ernst Bartsich (obstetrics and gynecology) was interviewed by Healthscout.com about a possible hereditary basis for endometriosis, and again by Healthscout.com about alternatives to hysterectomy (for a feature story).
Dr. Gregory Bauer (surgery/Burn Center) was interviewed by the Record (a New Jersey newspaper), the New York Resident, and UPI on the occasion of the discharge of the last World Trade Center burn patient, Donovan Cowan, from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Bauer was also interviewed by the Philadelphia Inquirer about the case of World Trade Center survivor Ling Young.
Dr. Diane Bersen (dermatology) was interviewed by Medstar TV about the effect of stress on the skin.
Dr. Palmer Bessey (surgery/Burn Center) was interviewed by the Philadelphia Inquirer about the treatment of burns. He was also interviewed by BBC about the burn treatment and recovery of a World Trade Center survivor, Brian Reeves, six months after Sept. 11.
Dr. Eric Cassell (public health) was interviewed by Business Week about tissue banking, engendered by his participation in a national panel on the subject.
Dr. Mary Charlson (medicine) was interviewed by Crain's New York Business about a professional education series that may be starting at Weill Cornell's Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine (CCIM).
Dr. Stephen Chasen (obstetrics and gynecology) was interviewed by a freelance writer, Jennifer Reno, about high-risk pregnancy.
Dr. Marylene Cloitre (psychology in psychiatry) was interviewed by the Daily News about the reaction of survivors to a television documentary about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Dr. Joseph Cooke (medicine) was interviewed by Healthscout.com about whether long-term exposure to air pollution increases the risk of lung cancer and heart disease (from a March 6 JAMA article). He was also interviewed by Women's Health Advisor about asthma in women.
Dr. Andrew Dannenberg (medicine) was interviewed by Newsday about serendipitous advances in medicine, such as the new use of COX-2 inhibitors for the treatment of cancer as well as arthritis. He was also interviewed by Glamour magazine about the importance of COX-2 inhibitors in nutrition.
Drs. Joseph Del Pizzo and Ernest Sosa (urology) were interviewed by Newsday for a major feature about a mother-daughter kidney transplant through a hand-assisted laparoscopic method.
Dr. Richard Devereux (medicine) was interviewed for a video news release by Merck and DWJ Television about hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
Dr. JoAnn Difede (psychology in psychiatry) was interviewed by The New York Times about how World Trade Center survivors and families are coping six months after the disaster. She was also interviewed by Crain's Health Pulse about post-traumatic stress. Dr. Difede also provided background information to the Philadelphia Inquirer about exposure therapy for a WTC burn victim who is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Dr. Orli Etingin (medicine, medicine in obstetrics and gynecology) was interviewed by Health magazine about the effect of changes to the menstrual cycle on overall health.
Dr. Joseph Fins (medicine) was widely quoted in the print and broadcast media after the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy, of which he was a member, held its last meeting on March 7. Media coverage included Reuters Health, Scripps Howard News Service, Yahoo News, CNN/Money, KNXV-TV (Phoenix), WCPO-TV (Cincinnati), Albuquerque Tribune, Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel, Black Enterprise, Memphis Commercial Appeal, Corpus Christi Caller Times, Northbrook (Ill.) Monday Morning Quarterback, Anderson (S.C.) Online, Wichita Falls Times Record, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Abilene (Tex.) Reporter News, Rock Hill (S.C.) Herald, Anchorage Daily News, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer, The Bakersfield Californian, Fresno Bee, The Sacramento Bee, Hilton Head (S.C.) Island Packet and Beaufort (S.C.) Gazette. Dr. Fins was also interviewed by Prevention Magazine (for a feature article), and by the Wall Street Journal, about advance directives for end-of-life care.
Dr. Maura Frank (pediatrics) was an editor and consultant for a special medical issue of Kids Discover.
Dr. Mitchell Gaynor (medicine) was interviewed by Crain's New York Business about complementary and integrative medicine centers, particularly Weill Cornell's CCIM, and their educational programs for practicing physicians.
Dr. Steven Goldman (neurology and neuroscience) was cited by Newsday for his Feb. 18 talk to the American Association for the Advancement of Science on regenerating brain cells.
Dr. Marc Goldstein (urology) was interviewed by Rosie magazine about male infertility after treatment for cancer, and by Newsweek about advances in microsurgical treatments for male infertility (a feature article). He was also interviewed by Popular Science about new male fertility techniques.
Dean Antonio Gotto was interviewed by HealthNewsDigest.com and KYMX Radio (St. Louis) about the new Cornell Illustrated Encyclopedia of Health. He was also interviewed by Cornell Chronicle about the Medical College's new magazine Weill Cornell Medicine.
Dr. Karen Green (medicine) was interviewed by Bloomberg Radio about the importance of breast self-examination (engendered by a recent article in The New York Times). She was also interviewed by Healthscout.com about the value of genetic testing for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes for breast and ovarian cancer. Dr. Green was also interviewed by Women's Health Advisor about questions raised about the use of estrogen.
Dr. Roy Gulick (medicine) was interviewed by the Record (a New Jersey newspaper) about a Merck HIV vaccine study.
Dr. Gregory Harmon (ophthalmology) was interviewed by WNBC-TV about the use of vitamin C to prevent cataracts (engendered by a recent study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition).
Dr. Claudia Henschke (radiology) was interviewed by Radiology Today (a publication of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists) about the value of mammography. Dr. Henschke was also interviewed by the Atlanta Business Chronicle about the International Early Lung Cancer Action Project (I-ELCAP), and her work in the detection and treatment of lung cancer.
Dr. Lloyd Hoffman (plastic surgery) was interviewed by New York magazine about NewYork Weill Cornell's Plastic Surgery Clinic.
Dr. Jeffrey Laurence (medicine) was interviewed by Newsday about a new anti-HIV drug, SCH C.
Dr. Bruce Lerman (medicine) was cited in an advertising supplement to The New York Times Magazine about modern heart pacemakers.
Dr. Alan Manevitz (psychiatry) was interviewed by the Medical Herald about postpartum depression and the risk of mothers committing homicide (engendered by the Andrea Yates case).
Dr. John Moore (microbiology and immunology) was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal about CCR5 entry inhibitors as a treatment for HIV infection. He was also cited in Nature, New Scientist (a British publication) and ScienceNOW for his views on a Department of Defense/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases HIV vaccine study. Dr. Moore was also cited in La Recherche (a French science magazine) with regard to HIV vaccine trials.
Dr. Kutluk Oktay (obstetrics and gynecology) commented on the first human uterus transplant (which was reported in the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics) in the Washington Post and WebMD. Dr. Oktay was also interviewed for the Discovery Channel (by Ivanhoe Productions) about his innovative research on ovarian tissue transplantation to the forearm to preserve reprodutive function in women who undergo chemotherapy or radiation for cancer.
Dr. Sunil Panchal (anesthesiology) was interviewed by Health TV for a patient-education segment on pain management that will air in hospitals in the U.S. and Canada, including NYPH.
Dr. Cynthia Pfeffer (psychiatry) was interviewed for a Columbia School of Journalism student article about the lack of services for adolescents with mental illness.
Dr. Mark Pochapin (medicine) was interviewed by WNBC-TV's "Weekend Today in New York" on March 9, and by Bloomberg Radio on the same day, about the prevention, detection and treatment of colon cancer (March was Colon Cancer Awareness Month). He also participated in a video news release for Pharmacia's Colon Cancer Awareness Campaign, discussing the use of COX-2 inhibitors for the treatment of colorectal cancer. Later, he appeared live on NBC's Today Show about colon cancer screening, and he spoke with Healthscout.com about diets that can lower one's risk of colon cancer (from a study in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention).
Dr. Rock Positano (podiatry in medicine) devoted one of his columns in the Daily News to the subject of hip replacement, citing Dr. Geoffrey Westrich (orthopaedic surgery).
Dr. Amir Raz (psychiatry) was cited by HealthNewsDigest.com (Avantgo) for his study showing that sleeping newborns can learn to distinguish speech sounds (from his article in Nature—and our press release—syndicated to more than 3,000 sites worldwide).
Dr. Norman Relkin (neurology and neuroscience) was interviewed by Women's Health Advisor about the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's.
Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld (medicine) was interviewed by the Daily News and KLMO (Seattle radio) about his latest book, Power to the Patient.
Dr. Zev Rosenwaks (reproductive medicine in obstetrics and gynecology) was interviewed by Newsday, by Rosie magazine and by Rosie.com about the use of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PIGD) for Alzheimer's disease (from a February 27 article in JAMA). He was interviewed by the Asahi Shibun (a Japanese newspaper) about PIGD and sickle-cell anemia. He was also interviewed by People about celebrities (such as Celine Dion) putting parenthood ahead of career, and by Popular Science about the latest IVF techniques. Dr. Rosenwaks was also interviewed by the CBS Evening News about the first human "uterus transplant" (which was reported in the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics). Dr. Rosenwaks also commented on two March 7 NEJM studies on the alleged association between birth defects and in vitro fertilization, and between low birthweight and assisted reproductive technology; media coverage included the Wall Street Journal, Time magazine, WCBS-TV, WNBC-TV, and, for background information, The New York Times, NBC Nightly News and ABC World News Tonight.
Dr. Glenn Schattman (obstetrics and gynecology) was interviewed by the Daily News about endometriosis and its treatment.
Dr. Peter Schegel (urology) introduced a community seminar, "Life After Prostate Cancer," which drew an audience of 150 on March 6. Presenters at the seminar included Dr. Francois Eid (urology).
Dr. Michael Schuster (medicine) was interviewed by Bloomberg Newswire about Aranesp, a recently FDA-approved medication for the treatment of anemia, currently under review for use in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
Dr. Robert Schwager (surgery) was interviewed by Women's Health Advisor about a new type of mini-facelift.
Dr. David Silbersweig (psychiatry, neurology and neuroscience) and Dr. Emily Stern (radiology in psychiatry) were interviewed by Newsweek about imaging the brains of schizophrenics (engendered by the Andrea Yates case and the movie "A Beautiful Mind").
Dr. Gregory Siskind (medicine) was interviewed by Healthscout.com about the safety of drugs and the value of clinical trials.
Dr. Dirk Sostman (radiology) was interviewed by Newsday about full-body scans.
Drs. Kotha Subbaramaiah and Mark Pochapin (medicine) were interviewed (for background information) by Bloomberg Newswire on the cell biology of COX-2 and the efficacy of COX-2 inhibitors for the treatment of colon cancer.
Dr. Carl Vaughan (medicine), joined by Olympic figure skater Peggy Flemming, appeared on a satellite-TV educational campaign, entitled "Go for the Goal," that was broadcast to 18 cities nationwide on March 5. The broadcast focused on the dangers of elevated cholesterol and was sponsored by Pfizer.
Dr. Roger Yurt (surgery/Burn Center) was interviewed by The New York Times for an update on World Trade Center burn survivor Lauren Manning. Dr. Yurt was also interviewed by the Associated Press about burn treatment and care.
April 1, 2002
