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Dr. Rache Simmons A research project headed by Dr. Rache Simmons, the Weiskopf Associate Professor of Surgical Oncology and medical director of clinical research at Weill Cornell Medical College, has been chosen as the primary recipient of this year's...

It's not an ordinary day on the 13th floor of the Weill Greenberg Center. Weill Cornell scientists are studying an MRI of an adolescent brain, but in a way that defines cutting-edge technology. A participant examines the dynamic changes...

New Weill Cornell Collaboration Uses Computer-Modeling Techniques to Help Resolve Bottlenecks in Drug Distribution and Medical Personnel Staffing NEW YORK (Aug. 22, 2008) — In the past 10 years, the global campaign to expand treatment for millions of people with...

National Leader in Evidence-Based Medicine NEW YORK (Aug. 18, 2008) — A noted proponent of evidence-based medicine, Dr. Brendan M. Reilly has been appointed executive vice chair for clinical affairs in the Department of Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical...

NEW YORK (Aug. 7, 2008) — Joel Stein, M.D., a leading national figure in stroke research and patient care, has been named chief of the Coordinated Program in Rehabilitation Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center, Weill Cornell Medical College and...

Innovative donor chain performed at NewYork–Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center NEW YORK (Aug. 4, 2008) — The lives of three Los Angeles–area kidney transplant patients were transformed by one of the West Coast's first three-way...

Diabetes Surgery and New Interventional Treatments Offer New Hope to Patients With Type 2 Diabetes NEW YORK (August 4, 2008) — The 1st World Congress on Interventional Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes will bring together leading experts in diabetes, endocrinology,...

Research on Innovative ShangRing Device Planned for Africa NEW YORK (July 31, 2008) — With the recent endorsement by the World Health Organization (WHO) and scientists worldwide of adult male circumcision as an important strategy for HIV prevention, there is...

Renowned Pioneer in Microsurgery and Male Infertility Has Innovated Numerous Surgical Techniques NEW YORK (July 31, 2008) — An internationally recognized pioneer in microsurgery and male infertility, Dr. Marc Goldstein has been named the Matthew P. Hardy, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor...

Results Favor IGIV Anti-Amyloid Immunotherapy Over Placebo CHICAGO (July 30, 2008) — NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center announced today the nine-month interim results of an ongoing Phase II clinical trial of GAMMAGARD Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IGIV) for Alzheimer's disease at the...

Benefits Include Dramatically Faster Recoveries With Equal, or Better, Surgical Precision NEW YORK (July 30, 2008) — Robotic surgery, largely pioneered for prostate cancer surgery, is rapidly being adapted for use in other areas, including for bladder cancer patients. Urologic...

Membrane Protein Is Key to Bacteria's Defense Against Immune Cell Acidification During Infection, According to New Research by Weill Cornell Medical College Scientists NEW YORK (July 29, 2008) — With antibiotic resistance on the rise, tuberculosis is emerging as a...

Breakthrough Findings from Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University Medical Center May Lead to New Therapies for Mental Illnesses, Addiction NEW YORK (July 28, 2008) — In a first, scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University Medical...

Weill Cornell Medical College Researcher Developed a Single-Molecule Tracking Technology That Is Revolutionizing Cellular Biology and Drug Discovery NEW YORK (July 15, 2008) — The National Science Foundation has awarded Weill Cornell Medical College researcher Dr. Scott Blanchard its prestigious...

Achieved Highest Possible Score in Advanced Technologies and Patient Services NEW YORK (July 11, 2008) — NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital ranks first in the New York City metropolitan area and sixth in the nation, according to U.S. News Media Group's 2008 edition...

Following High-Blood Pressure Drug Treatment, Women At Greater Risk Than Men For Enlarged Heart Finding May Explain Steeper Rates of Cardiovascular Disease Later in Life For Women NEW YORK (July 1, 2008) — Women may respond less favorably than men...

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Findings Show Greater Survival With Earlier High Caloric Feeding NEW YORK (July 1, 2008) — Clinician-scientists from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center are suggesting an immediate and important change to guidelines used in the care of patients with...

New Findings Reported by NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Physician-Scientists NEW YORK (June 26, 2008) — There is new evidence linking risk for one kind of fracture with long-term use of bisphosphonates — drugs like Fosamax that are prescribed to treat osteoporosis in...

Already one of the nation's pre-eminent medical schools, Weill Cornell Medical College moved boldly in the past year to set in motion a plan to build on its legacy of excellence; attracting the best and brightest medical students from...

Dr. David Lyden, the Stavros S. Niarchos Associate Professor in Pediatric Cardiology, associate professor of cell and developmental biology and associate professor of pediatrics, presented the 8th Annual Leonard Weiss Memorial Lecture at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in...