One in Five Older Women With Early Breast Cancer Experience Delayed or Incomplete Radiation Treatment NEW YORK (Dec. 1, 2008) — A new analysis of the National Cancer Institute's cancer registry has found that as many as one in five...
New England Journal of Medicine Study by NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Ophthalmologist and Surgeon Highlights Advanced Techniques Used to Save Vision NEW YORK (Nov. 26, 2008) — Retinal detachment, a condition that afflicts about 10,000 Americans each year, puts an individual at...
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Study Shows a Near Doubling of Survival Compared With No Radiation; Gives New Hope to Patients NEW YORK (Nov. 25, 2008) — Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest and most difficult to treat cancers. Now, in a...
New Procedures, Some Pioneered by NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Surgeons, Subject of Recent Review NEW YORK (Nov. 18, 2008) — Thousands of Americans suffering from the chronic inflammatory bowel condition known as Crohn's disease are leading longer, healthier lives due to innovative...
Appointment to Professor H. Refik Burgut, Ph.D., Visiting Professor of Biostatistics in Public Health (Education). K.S. Clifford Chao, M.D., Professor of Radiation Oncology. Scott D. Emr, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry. (Dr. Emr is Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor in the...
From left: Dr. Herbert Pardes, Dr. Orli Etingin, Dr. Gail Saltz and Dr. John Leonard at the 26th Annual Women's Health Symposium, Oct. 15. Leading medical experts in oncology and psychiatry gathered Oct. 15 to discuss and answer questions...
Dr. Donald Fischman, a noted educator, administrator and authority in the field of biomedical sciences, celebrated the occasion of his retirement among colleagues and friends on Nov. 6 in Griffis Faculty Club. Dr. Fischman, a 1961 graduate of Cornell...
Dr. Costantino Iadecola, the G.C. Cotzias Distinguished Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medical College, and chief of the Division of Neurobiology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, has been chosen as the winner of the 2009 Willis Lecture Award....
Drs. John P. Leonard, Mark A. Rubin and E. Darracott Vaughan, leaders in oncology at Weill Cornell Medical College, have joined Dr. Andrew J. Dannenberg, director of the Weill Cornell Cancer Center, to assist in the development and implementation...
NEW YORK (Nov. 8, 2008) — Leading cardiologists and cardiovascular experts at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell's Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute and Weill Cornell Medical College are presenting new basic and clinical research findings at the American Heart Association (AHA) meeting...
As Division Chief, Dr. Casalino Will Lead Efforts to Improve Quality and Efficiency of Clinical Care NEW YORK (Nov. 4, 2008) — Dr. Lawrence P. Casalino has been named chief of the Division of Outcomes and Effectiveness Research in the...
Before Dr. Nancy Andrews and her family moved to North Carolina, where she would become dean and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Duke University School of Medicine, she and her husband visited a number of prospective schools for...
Sesame Street's Grover helped announce the New York launch of emergency preparedness kits for children at NYP/Weill Cornell. Also on hand were (from left) Joseph F. Bruno, commissioner of NYC Office of Emergency Management; Gary E. Knell, president and...
NEW YORK (Oct. 30, 2008) — Weill Cornell Medical College announced today that it has received two $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grants will support innovative global health research projects: "Untimely Triggering...
"Food for the Fight" DVD Produced by American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Offers Tips for Healthy Nutrition During and After Cancer Treatment NEW YORK (Oct. 30, 2008) — Good nutrition is vitally important to both cancer...
He Will Lead Computer-Modeling Efforts to Prepare for Public Health Emergencies NEW YORK (Oct. 29, 2008) — A leading authority in using computer models to predict and plan for public health emergencies, Dr. Nathaniel Hupert has been named director of...
Dr. Peter Pressman, clinical professor of surgery and director of the Genetic Risk Assessment Program for Breast Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, and Dr. Yashar Hirshaut, medical oncologist and clinical associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell,...
John A. Kastor, M.D. John A. Kastor, M.D., will present the first Heberden Society Lecture of the 2008–2009 academic year on Monday, Nov. 3, at 5 p.m. in Uris Faculty Room (A-126) at 1300 York Ave. The title of...
While the ultimate goal of miniaturizing Dennis Quaid and injecting him into patients to zap away all that ails them remains maddeningly beyond our grasp, the use of nano- and micro-fabrication tools and techniques for both clinical and basic...
Dr. Peter Wilson presented an oral history of the Payne Whitney Clinic, Sept. 10. Even at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, where the world's finest physicians practice, Dr. Peter Wilson stands out. A professor of clinical psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College...
