Dr. Debra Leonard Appointed Chief Diversity Officer to Help Foster Culture of Inclusiveness, Diversity and Equity in Academic Leadership NEW YORK (September 15, 2009) — Weill Cornell Medical College has announced the establishment of the Office of Faculty Diversity in...
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Former Patient David Letterman on Hand to Unveil Patient-Focused Center for the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Heart Disease Dramatic Gateway Designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Creates a "Medical Town Square" NEW YORK (September...
All faculty, staff and students of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, Weill Cornell Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, MSKCC, RU, and HSS are encouraged to submit up to six (6) images of their artwork to the...
Members of the Class of 2013 receive their first white coats from Weill Cornell faculty at the White Coat Ceremony, Aug. 25. Late one night, Dr. Jason Kendler, clinical associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, received...
Dr. Michael Stewart Weill Cornell Medical College is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael Stewart has been appointed the new senior associate dean for clinical affairs at the Medical College, effective January 1, 2010. Dr. Stewart will fulfill this...
Weill Cornell Medical College has announced the establishment of the Office of Faculty Diversity in Medicine and Science, dedicated to fostering a culture of inclusiveness, diversity and equity in academic leadership. Dr. Debra Leonard Dr. Carla Boutin-Foster Dr. Rache...
Qatari high school students Chantelle D'mello (left) and Nadia Hussain explore the properties of dry ice and sublimation while waiting for a centrifugation to finish. Medicine, as a career, is not something people just fall into. The rigors and...
Appointment to Professor Ghalia Mohammad Bin Hamad Al-Thani, M.B.B.S., Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Courtesy). Dr. Al-Thani is the Minister of Health in Qatar. Sorin J. Brener, M.D., Professor of Medicine. Dr. Brener is on staff at New York Methodist...
Abnormal QRS Duration Linked to Increased Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death, According to Research by NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell NEW YORK (Aug. 27, 2009) — QRS duration (QRSd) is one of several measures of heart function recorded during a routine electrocardiogram (ECG)....
New York City Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta Opens the 21st Annual Phoenix Society's World Burn Congress for Burn Survivors Aug. 27-29 Event Hosted by the Hearst Burn Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell and the New York Firefighters Burn Center Foundation NEW...
Tips From Pediatricians at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital and the NewYork-Presbyterian Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children's Health NEW YORK (August 2009) — The first day of school always requires preparations — notebooks, pens and a new set...
$300,000 From Samuels Foundation to Help Coordinate Abuse Interventions NEW YORK (Aug. 11, 2009) — NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center will create a New York City Elder Abuse Center in order to improve intervention and treatment for elder abuse cases...
Collaborative work between faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College and Cornell University in Ithaca has been highlighted in an article on the Web site of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. To read the article, visit www.nibib.nih.gov/Training/TherapeuticUltrasound....
Jeffrey Russ hasn't been at Weill Cornell Medical College very long, arriving from the University of Pennsylvania, via Denver, Colorado, in 2008. But Russ has made the most of his time, first winning a spot on the...
On Aug. 10, 2009, Weill Cornell Medical College will join with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and the Hospital for Special Surgery in establishing an entirely smoke-free campus. The policy governing Smoke-Free WCMC will be added to the employee and student handbooks....
Weill Cornell Medical College Cost Effectiveness Study Looks at Potential Value of New Genetic Test for Guiding Chemotherapy Treatment NEW YORK (July 27, 2009) — For the 29,000 patients in the United States with metastatic colorectal cancer, chemotherapy with irinotecan...
Delays Could Overwhelm Hospitals, According to New Study by Weill Cornell Medical College Public Health Researchers One of Two Studies by Weill Cornell's Nathaniel Hupert in the July/August Journal Medical Decision Making NEW YORK (July 24, 2009) — A large...
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Team Finds Protein Produced by Gene Fusion That May Also Be Targeted for New Therapies NEW YORK (July 23, 2009) — Researchers from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have discovered a new gene fusion that is highly expressed...
Study Finds Growth Factor Higher in Blacks Compared to Whites NEW YORK (July 13, 2009) — Physician-scientists from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center believe that a heightened level a certain growth factor in the blood may explain why blacks have...
It is a fact: almost half of all death and disability in developed countries is caused by heart disease and stroke. And it is atherosclerosis — the hardening of arteries with plaque buildup — that is at the root...
