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Device Replaces Printed Texts for 1st- and 2nd-Year Students, Promotes Move From Paper to Electronic Recordkeeping NEW YORK (Sept. 15, 2011) — Weill Cornell Medical College students will now have a wealth of medical information and educational tools at their...

Dr. Neal Flomenbaum Dr. Neal Flomenbaum, professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and emergency physician-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, will present the first Heberden Society Lecture of the 2011–2012 academic year on Tuesday, Oct....

Dr. Joseph J. Fins In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, the journal Health Affairs has added a new recording to its free collection of "Narrative Matters" essay podcasts on iTunes U. "Mosaics And Misery," a poem...

NEW YORK (Sept. 10, 2011) — Dr. Michael Stewart has been named the editor-in-chief of The Laryngoscope, a prestigious academic journal that has been the forum for many groundbreaking advances in the specialty of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery. Dr. Stewart...

Weill Cornell Medical College officially welcomed the class of 2015 on Aug. 23 at the white-coat ceremony, an annual rite of passage for all new students to receive their white coats. After an introduction by Dr. Carlyle Miller, associate...

Dr. Laurie Glimcher to leverage Cornell's enormous strengths in life sciences, physical sciences and engineering NEW YORK (Sept. 7, 2011) — Dr. Laurie Glimcher, one of the nation's leading physician-scientists and researchers, has been named the Cornell University provost for...

Weill Cornell–Led Study Looks at Delayed Gratification in Adults First Tested With Marshmallows and Cookies as Pre-Schoolers Researchers Find Aptitude for Delaying Gratification Is Consistent From Childhood Into Adulthood NEW YORK (Aug. 31, 2011) — A landmark study in the...

Gift Will Fund Studies of Brain Development and the Origins of Psychiatric Illness NEW YORK (Aug. 16, 2011) — A gift from the Mortimer D. Sackler, M.D. family's Canadian foundation, The Sackler Foundation–La Fondation Sackler, will establish and endow two...

Dr. Carl Nathan Dr. Carl Nathan, the R.A. Rees Pritchett Professor of Microbiology and chairman of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College, and his lab are working to discover new drugs in the fight...

Weill Cornell is widely known for its esprit de corps and collaborative research atmosphere, "which is why scientists from all around the world like coming here," says David P. Hajjar, Ph.D., dean of Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences and research dean. "This is why we are hitting big research home runs."

Gap Ascribed to Administrative Costs of Interacting With Multiple Payers U.S. Could Save Almost $27.6 Billion in Annual Health Spending If Administrative Costs for Physicians Were Similar to Those in Canada NEW YORK (Aug. 4, 2011) — Physicians in the...

The Doctors of the Future Scholarship Program, sponsored by WCMC-Qatar, challenges Qatari high school students each year to write an essay on a specific field of medicine. The winners receive a fully funded two-week trip to learn more about...

Weill Cornell Medical College–Qatar Study Is the First to Report on This New Public Health Challenge NEW YORK (Aug. 2, 2011) — HIV epidemics are emerging in several countries in the Middle East and North Africa among men who have...

New Technology Called 'Spinach,' Modeled After Nobel Prize–Winning Green Fluorescent Protein Tool May Reveal Secrets of RNA Biology and Its Role in Disease NEW YORK (July 28, 2011) — The ability to tag proteins with a green fluorescent light to...

"We see people who have tried everything to lose weight but haven't succeeded," says Dr. Louis J. Aronne, clinical professor of medicine and director of the Comprehensive Weight-Control Program at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. "It is very gratifying to be able to help them accomplish their goals, using tools that were not available even four or five years ago. It is amazing to see it work."

Dr. Orli Etingin believes that treating each patient successfully comes down to not just her own experience, but also to the "amazing teamwork" between scientists and physicians at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Hospital Ranks Nationally in 15 of 16 Specialties on U.S. News Best Hospitals Honor Roll NEW YORK (July 19, 2011) — NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital ranks #1 in New York and among the top six in the U.S. out of the nearly...

Dr. Charles L. Bardes, associate dean of admissions and professor of clinical medicine, has been chosen as the 2011 Siegel Family Faculty Award recipient. Dr. Charles L. Bardes The Siegel Family Faculty Award, made possible through an endowed gift...