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The NewYork Weill Cornell Medical Center Alumni Council (CAC) honored 30 physicians and health care professionals last month for exemplary service to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Antonio M. Gotto Jr., the outgoing Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean...

In a "defining moment" for New York City, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced Monday that Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology won a competitive bid to establish an applied sciences campus on Roosevelt Island. Cornell and Technion...

FDA-Initiated International Consortium of Orthopaedic Registries (ICOR) Will Work to Develop an Infrastructure for Enhanced Safety Monitoring NEW YORK (Dec. 21, 2011) — Responding to a need for better post-market surveillance of orthopedic devices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

Physicians and researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College and nearby institutions marked the end of the trading day at the New York Stock Exchange Dec. 19 in a show of solidarity in the fight against stomach and esophageal cancer,...

Planetree Designation Recognizes Hospital's Focus on Patient Comfort, Dignity, Empowerment and Well-Being WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Dec. 16, 2011) — NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's Westchester Division has been formally named by Planetree Inc. as a "Planetree Designated Patient-Centered Hospital" in recognition of the...

Weill Cornell Medical College achieved extraordinary growth in the past 15 years, Dean Antonio M. Gotto Jr. announced in the State of the Medical College address.

Multicenter Clinical Trial Launches, Led by Dr. JoAnn Difede at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell With Collaborators From Emory University and the University of Southern California Study to Recruit Military and Civilian Personnel With PTSD Related to the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars NEW...

Steven Kelsey, first-year medical student at Weill Cornell Medical College, talks with fellow student Sarah Haviland, both of whom are recipients of the U.S. Navy's Health Professions Scholarship Program. Kelsey decided to go to medical school after a successful...

New Research Reports on New Method That Reveals Complete Set of Aberrant Signaling Pathways That Give Rise to Cancers NEW YORK (Dec. 1, 2011) — One major obstacle in the fight against cancer is that anticancer drugs often affect normal...

Analysis Comparing Implants With Various Metal, Ceramic and Polyethylene Combinations Shows Equivalent Effectiveness While Presenting Evidence of Safety Concerns Associated With Metal-on-Metal Implants NEW YORK (Nov. 29, 2011) — More than 270,000 Americans get hip replacement surgeries every year —...

Weill Cornell Researchers Report Development and Use of New Mouse Model That Could Show the Way to New Treatments and Prevention Strategies for Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate in Humans NEW YORK (Nov. 28, 2011) — Scientists at Weill Cornell...

As Congress debates strategies for deficit reduction, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-New York, is cautioning Congressional members to consider the role federal funding has in achieving scientific breakthroughs before enacting spending cuts. Speaking on the floor of the House of...

New Study Shows 40 Percent of Seniors Cared For by a Home Health Agency Are Taking a Prescription That Is Potentially Unsafe or Ineffective to Them NEW YORK (Nov. 21, 2011) — Older adults receiving home health care may be...

 Researchers From Weill Cornell Medical College Report That the New Technique Is Greater Than 90 Percent Sensitive in Identifying Melanoma, the Deadliest Form of Skin Cancer NEW YORK (Nov. 21, 2011) — Determining whether a mole is a potentially life-threatening...

Dr. Cary Reid speaks as part of the expert panel on racial and ethnic disparities in pain management on Oct. 12 at Baruch College. Researchers at Weill Cornell are convening local New York City stakeholders — community-based organizations, potential...

Weill Cornell Physician-Scientists Say This Vulnerability Can Be Attacked by a Targeted Drug Already in Clinical Trials to Treat Other Types of Cancers NEW YORK (Nov. 17, 2011) — An international team of researchers led by clinicians at Weill Cornell...

Dean Antonio M. Gotto Jr., in the presence of media and distinguished guests, unveiled the name of Weill Cornell's new medical research building, the Belfer Research Building.

Dr. Phyllis August Dr. Daniel Skupski Two Weill Cornell Medical College physicians will be recognized this weekend by the Preeclampsia Foundation for their exemplary care of pregnant women with hypertension disorders. Dr. Phyllis August, a professor in the Department...

Archives of General Psychiatry Study Suggests Common Diagnostic Subcategories Like Asperger Syndrome Are Flawed and Provides Questionable Value NEW YORK (Nov. 9, 2011) — To diagnose autism spectrum disorders, clinicians typically administer a variety of tests or scales and use...

Dr. Joseph J. Fins Dr. Joseph J. Fins has been installed as president of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH), a position he was elected to in recognition of his major contributions to bioethics and broad expertise...