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Dr. Sibel Klimstra (center), recipient of the AAGP Educator of the Year Award, with Dr. Ike Ahmed (left), chair of AAGP's Teaching and Training Committee, and Dr. Gary S. Moak, AAGP president. Dr. Sibel Klimstra, associate professor of clinical...

Appointment to Professor Gary S. Dorfman, M.D., Professor of Radiology. Osama Gaber, M.B., B.Ch., Professor of Surgery (Transplantation). (Dr. Gaber is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.) Richard A. Goldfarb, M.D., Clinical Professor of Urology. (Dr....

David Jensen, a career specialist in the science industry, offering advice to postdocs on how to succeed in academia. Department of Biochemistry chairman Dr. Frederick Maxfield discussing the importance of networking. For the past four years, postdocs and the...

Genetic Analysis of Colon Cancer Patients Reveals Higher Levels of Autozygosity — Identical Copies of DNA Inherited From Both Parents — Than Controls NEW YORK (March 25, 2008) — Like the subtext of a novel, the human genome sequence harbors...

Eager and excited Weill Cornell students moments before finding their Match Day results. Dean Antonio M. Gotto Jr. toasts the Class of 2008. A table covered with 96 sealed envelopes awaited the students. Challon Perry (left) celebrates his match...

Dr. Claudia Henschke (left), with (from left) Bill Novelli, CEO of AARP and chairman of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; Dr. Cheryl Healton, president and CEO of the ALF; and Dr. Thomas H. Peterson, medical director of quality at...

If the line stretching all the way down the hallway wasn't enough of a clue, Weill Cornell Medical College employees had to have known something special was going on when they finally got through the front door of the...

Eliminating This Dormant but Threatening Form of the Bacteria Could Prevent TB's Spread, Weill Cornell Researchers Say New Immunological Approach — For First Time, Non-Dividing, Non-Replicating TB Bacterium Is Targeted NEW YORK (March 13, 2008) — Success in the laboratory...

Screen Uses "Metabolomic Profile" to Spot Disease-Linked Changes, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Team Reports NEW YORK (March 11, 2008) — A test that profiles molecular biomarkers in blood could become the first accurate diagnostic test for Parkinson's disease, new research shows. The...

Dr. Philip Barie, professor of surgery and public health and chief of the Division of Critical Care and Trauma at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, has been installed as the president of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). The SCCM comprises...

Student Julie Lian discussing her research study on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at Medical Student Research Day, Feb. 27. Student Marc Soares (right) presenting his research to Dr. Michele Fuortes (left) and Dr. Mark Lachs (second from left)....

Ronald O. Perelman (far right) is joined by (from left) Dr. David Hajjar, Dr. Herbert Pardes and New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn to announce a generous gift of $50 million to establish the Ronald O. Perelman Heart...

Recognizes Humanitarian Work to Enhance Medicine Through Training of Physicians in Emerging Countries NEW YORK (March 6, 2008) — In recognition of their humanitarian work to enhance medicine through the training of physicians in emerging countries, Dr. Antonio M. Gotto...

Research in Diabetes Surgery Offers Clues to Origins of the Disease Diabetes May Be Disorder of Upper Intestine, Therefore Amenable to Surgical Treatment, According to a New Article by NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Surgeon-Scientist NEW YORK (March 5, 2008) — Growing evidence...

Honor Recognizes His Achievements in Prevention of Heart Disease NEW YORK (March 4, 2008) — Weill Cornell Medical College Dean Antonio M. Gotto Jr. was inducted into the Nashville Public Schools Hall of Fame today by the Nashville Alliance for...

NEW YORK (Feb. 29, 2008) — Teens who can recognize and resist the persuasive tactics used in alcohol ads are less likely to succumb to alcohol advertising and peer pressure to drink. The results of a three-year study of inner-city...

SCORED Screening Test Accurately and Efficiently Identifies Individuals With Silent Chronic Kidney Disease NEW YORK (Feb. 28, 2008) — The general public is not sufficiently aware that chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a serious and progressive medical condition. It remains...

Establishes Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute: A "Medical Town Square" Dedicated to the Treatment of Heart Disease Supports Research and Clinical Initiatives at Newly Named Ronald O. Perelman and Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine NEW YORK (Feb. 28, 2008)...