News

4th Consecutive Year College Has Been Selected for the Prestigious Honor $2.5 Million Grant Supports Research Into Potential Pharmaceutical Targets for Treating Vascular Complications of Diabetes NEW YORK (May 21, 2007) — A leading authority and pioneer in the pharmacology...

NEW YORK (May 21, 2007) — In a move to improve global public health, Weill Cornell Medical College students have helped place a lifesaving heart disease drug onto the World Health Organization's (WHO) list of essential medicines. This list is...

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Study Outlines Plan to Efficiently Inoculate With Minimal Disruption to Patient Care NEW YORK (May 18, 2007) — Community preparedness for a bioterrorism attack or influenza outbreak has been the focus of much interest and effort in recent...

Weill Cornell Experts Also Available for Commentary on Breaking News and Other Stories at AUA Conference Embargoed Until Day & Time of Specific Presentation NEW YORK (May 18, 2007) — NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center urologists are presenting exciting new...

Dr. Charles Inturrisi, professor of pharmacology, is the president-elect of the American Pain Society (APS), the national organization dedicated to improving pain management through research, education and clinical practice. The multidisciplinary group, based in Glenview, Ill., was founded 30...

On hand to help unveil the portraits of former Department of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) chairmen were (from left) Dr. Antonio Gotto, dean of Weill Cornell Medical College; Dr. Michael Stewart, chairman of the Department of ENT; Dr. Laura Forese, SVP,...

From left: Dr. Peter Guida, co-chair of the Greenberg Award dinner; Dr. Joseph Hayes; Maurice Greenberg; and Arthur Mahon, vice chairman of the Board of Overseers and a trustee of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Addressing family, friends and colleagues, Dr. Hayes...

New Weill Cornell Paper Shows That These Judgments Do Not Bias; In Fact, They Make for Better Research NEW YORK (May 14, 2007) — Medical research scientists in public health and other areas routinely make ethical value judgments, even if...

Enzyme Thought Essential to All Synaptic Function Acts More Subtly, Weill Cornell and Yale Researchers Find NEW YORK (May 11, 2007) — An unexpected finding on how nerve cells signal to one another could rewrite the textbooks on neuroscience, says...

Modified Surgery Is Easily Incorporated Into Standard Care, Say Researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell NEW YORK (May 11, 2007) — Thousands of men facing surgical removal of the prostate due to cancer may someday have one less thing to worry about:...

27th Annual Award Honors 44 Years of Outstanding Service at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell NEW YORK (May 10, 2007) — An esteemed cardiologist and pioneering advocate for the benefits of information technology in medicine, Dr. Joseph G. Hayes has been named the...

Weill Cornell Experts Also Available for Commentary on Breaking News and Other Stories at the Conference NEW YORK (May 5, 2007) — NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center physician-scientists are presenting exciting new research at the 2007 American Transplant Congress 7th...

Otha W. Linton, M.S.J. Otha W. Linton, M.S.J., will present the final Heberden Society Lecture of the 2006-2007 academic year on Thursday, May 10, at 5 p.m. in Uris Faculty Room (A-126) at 1300 York Ave. The title of...

Dr. Antonio M. Gotto Jr. Dr. Antonio M. Gotto Jr., provost for medical affairs and dean of Weill Cornell Medical College, will give his annual presentation on the "State of the Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences"...

From left: Dr. Louis Aronne, Dr. Sapna Parikh, Dr. Mia Talmor, Dr. Barbara Bartlik, Iris Cantor, Dr. Herbert Pardes and Dr. Orli Etingin at the 5th Annual Iris Cantor Press Luncheon, April 17.click here to enlarge Leading physicians from...

Dr. Claudia Henschke, professor of radiology and principal investigator of the International Early Lung Cancer Action Program. Dr. David Yankelevitz, professor of radiology and cardiothoracic surgery and co-director of the Lung Cancer Screening Program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell. On Friday,...

Student a capella group, The Aneurhythms, perform "In Remembrance" at the Anatomy Memorial Service, April 17. The donation of a loved one's body to a medical school is a gift that can change many lives: those of medical students,...

Weill Cornell Experts Also Available for Commentary on Breaking News and Other Stories at AAN Conference NEW YORK (April 27, 2007) — NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center physician-scientists are presenting exciting new research at the 2007 American Academy of Neurology...

Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi, the Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor of Surgery and chairman of the Department of Surgery, is the recipient of numerous recent honors. On April 11, Dr. Michelassi delivered the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Lecture at the Baylor...