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NEW YORK (Jan. 4, 2010) — Dr. Joseph J. Fins has been elected president of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) in recognition of his major contributions to bioethics and broad expertise in the field. He will assume...

  Dr. Shari Midoneck Dr. Shari Midoneck, The Ehrenkranz Family/Orli R. Etingin, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in Women's Health and associate professor of clinical medicine, has been appointed to the position of associate dean of academic affairs at...

From the world-class education, patient care and research breakthroughs that have been part of our legacy, Weill Cornell Medical College has a lot to be proud of — not the least of which are the hundreds of faculty and staff...

89th Annual Meeting of Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease (ARNMD) Co-Organized by NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell NEW YORK (Dec. 16, 2009) — War is hell, as the old saying goes — with loss of life and limb, destruction of...

  Dr. Roger Yurt (center) is presented with the 2009 Outstanding Service Award by Dr. Frank Chervenak, CAC president (right), and Dr. Vinod Malhotra, chair of the CAC Awards & Nominations Committee. The Lifetime Dedication Award is presented to Dr....

Diet and exercise. The Cornell Center for Behavior Intervention Development aims to study behavioral interventions to reduce obesity and related morbidity. For the obese and overweight, that's the traditional route to slimming down and heading off certain medical ailments —...

Weill Cornell Joins With Cornell's College of Human Ecology, Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health, and Others Center to Reach More Than 300,000 Metro-Area Seniors Via Extensive Community Partnerships, Including Through the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System NEW YORK (Dec. 3, 2009)...

Top hepatologists and hepatitis C researchers gathered at Weill Cornell Medical College on Friday, Nov. 13, for the conference "Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus in Patients on Opiate Agonist Treatment." The conference attracted prominent physicians and scientists from the fields...

Made Possible Through Gifts Totaling $65 Million From The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust NEW YORK (Dec. 2, 2009) — The Center for Digestive Care at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center has been established with a mission...

Weill Cornell Researchers Develop Simple Self-Assessment Questionnaire NEW YORK (Dec. 1, 2009) — Nearly a third of those with diabetes don't know they are ill. Now, researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have developed a new screening tool aimed at...

A Key Clinical Component of the Center Opens Today: The Outlook at Westchester Is the Only Specialized Psychiatric Inpatient Eating Disorders Program in NY State WHITE PLAINS & NEW YORK, NY (Dec. 1, 2009) — NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical...

Consensus Statement Recognizes the Legitimacy of Surgery as a Dedicated Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes in Carefully Selected Patients NEW YORK (Nov. 23, 2009) — A first-of-its-kind consensus statement on diabetes surgery is published online today in the Annals of...

Upcoming Clinical Trial Will Test Compound in Patients NEW YORK (Nov. 22 2009) — Physician-scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered a molecular mechanism that may prove to be a powerful target for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a...

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Study Opens Blood-Brain Barrier to Deliver High-Dose Chemotherapy to Malignant Brain Tumors May Avoid Common Side Effects of Systemic Chemotherapy NEW YORK (Nov. 17, 2009) — Neurosurgeons from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center performed the world's first intra-arterial...

Faster, More Accurate Lab Testing With Results That Glow in the Dark Scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College are studying a way that may some day speed up lab testing by instantaneously measuring proteins within biological samples. Dr. Samie...

Alumni Honors Dr. Nabel Dr. Elizabeth G. Nabel, a 1981 alumnus of the Medical College, has been named president of the Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals. Dr. Nabel is also director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)...

Weill Cornell Medical College is partnering with Cornell University and the University of Buffalo to create the Center on the Microenvironment and Metastasis. Funded by a $13 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, the Center is one of...

ITHACA & NEW YORK, NY (Nov. 16, 2009) — Adding potent research firepower and fresh physical perspectives to combat cancer, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has funded the new Center on the Microenvironment and Metastasis, which will be headquartered at...

On Oct. 1, the Department of Neurosurgery held a party in the Griffis Faculty Club to celebrate The Spine Center. The party was attended by The Spine Center staff, friends, fellows and colleagues. Dr. Philip Stieg, chairman of the...

Laparoscopic Methods Compare Favorably With Open Surgery in Seven-Year NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Study of Patients With Notoriously Challenging Cancers of the Rectum NEW YORK (Nov. 10, 2009) — Laparoscopic surgery has been used in the treatment of intestinal disorders for close...