Portraits of alumni who've devoted their expertise to their alma mater
R. A. Rees Pritchett, M.D. '48, first came to Weill Cornell as a medical student in 1944; he went on to do his residency at what was then New York Hospital and to have a long and storied career as a physician and faculty member. This year marks Pritchett's 70th anniversary on campus, making him one of the longest-serving Weill Cornellians in history.
Though Pritchett's tenure is indeed remarkable, he's hardly the only alumnus who returned to campus — or never left. The faculty boasts dozens of medical college graduates who have not only done their residencies at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, but have gone on to spend their careers here, forging decades-long relationships with the institution and with each other.
Weill Cornell Medicine offers portraits of some of those alumni — from venerable veterans to young residents at the beginning of their careers.
Photographs by John Abbott.
This story first appeared in Weill Cornell Medicine, Vol. 13, No. 3.