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NEW YORK (Feb. 27, 2007) — Alan Paau has been named to the newly created position of vice provost for technology transfer and economic development at Cornell University and Weill Cornell Medical College. He has also been named executive director...

Ongoing Clinical Research Study of "Corkscrew" Device Gives Hope to Patients Who Arrive at Hospital Outside 3-Hour Window for Drug Treatment NEW YORK (February 26, 2007) — If more than three hours pass between the time a patient experiences a...

First Study of Its Kind to Develop a Tool to Identify Patients Who Are Most at Risk NEW YORK (February 26, 2007) — Chronic kidney disease (CKD), a serious and progressive medical condition, has been and remains under-identified. While it...

Work by NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell's Surgeon-in-Chief Focuses on Preventing and Reducing Bowel Stricture Recurrence NEW YORK (Feb. 20, 2007) — Decades of painstaking research has yielded the most in-depth look ever at the management of bowel stricture recurrence in patients who...

Two Genes Interact to Control Iron Absorption Manipulating Iron Sensor Protein Levels in Blood Could Safeguard Patients NEW YORK (Feb. 13, 2007) — Led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, an international group of scientists...

Dr. Cynthia Pfeffer, professor of psychiatry, has been named to receive the Mortimer J. Blumenthal Memorial Award from the UJA Federation of New York's Mental Health Professionals Division, at the organization's annual reception on March 8 in New York...

Dr. Richard Granstein, chairman of the Department of Dermatology, welcomes press and attendees of the Clinique Skin Wellness Center at the Weill Greenberg Center, Jan. 25. From left: Lynne Greene, global president of Clinique; Dr. Granstein; Dr. John Carucci;...

Dr. Antonio Gotto (left) and Dr. Joseph Fins at the special medical ethics seminar on Feb. 3. Dean Gotto moderates a mock ethics-committee meeting. The act of a graduating medical student taking the Hippocratic Oath is considered a time-honored...

Dr. Claudia Henschke will lead the FAMRI-IELCAP Collaborative Network projects to study secondhand smoke on never-smokers. Dr. Antonio Gotto From left: Elizabeth Kress, Executive Director of FAMRI; and former flight attendants and advocates Patty Young, Lani Blissard, Bland Lane...

From left: Dr. Warren Johnson, chief of the Division of International Medicine and Infectious Disease; Dr. Peter Hotez, director of the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Disease Control; and Dr. Antonio Gotto, dean of Weill Cornell Medical College, at...

Phase I Trial Confirms Targeting Ability of PSMA Antibody Treatment, a Potentially Major Advance in Cancer Care NEW YORK (February 12, 2007) — For the first time, physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City have demonstrated...

$8.7 Million Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI) Grant to Fund Effort to Enhance Early Detection and Treatment Flight Attendants, Food and Entertainment Industry Professionals, and Other Nonsmokers Exposed to Smoking Environments Recruited NEW YORK (February 1, 2007) — Until...

Innovative Approach Places Universities on Front Lines in Global Health Battle Student-Driven Movement Gains Momentum, High-Profile Support NEW YORK (February 1, 2007) — Thought leaders in global health convened at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City this week...

A review article by Dr. Ronald Crystal, chairman of the Department of Genetic Medicine, and Dr. Timothy O'Connor, assistant research professor of genetic medicine, has been cited by www.ionchannels.org as the second most influential publication in the gene therapy...

Dr. Carl Nathan, director of the Milstein Program in Chemical Biology at Weill Cornell, addresses attendees at the conference on tuberculosis on Jan. 12. Dr. Nathan and Dr. Tido von Schoen-Angerer, director of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières' Campaign...

Cornell President David Skorton delivers his first Grand Rounds lecture on Jan. 18 at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Ralph Nachman, chairman of the Department of Medicine, and President Skorton. President Skorton chats with Department of Surgery Chairman Dr....

From left: Peter Meinig, chairman of the Cornell University Board of Trustees and member of the Weill Cornell Board of Overseers; Dr. Robin Davisson; Joan Weill; Dr. David J. Skorton, president of Cornell University; Sanford I. Weill, chairman of...

Mayor Bloomberg Helps Dedicate Award-Winning Center and Cites Significant Contributions of Benefactors Sanford Weill and Maurice Greenberg; Proclaims January 26 as "Weill Cornell Medical College Day" First Clinical Building in Weill Cornell's 109-Year History Reflects Success of Advancing the Clinical...

$1 Million Gifts Supported by Endowed Gifts Clinical Scholars in Public Health, Women's Health, Neonatology, Dermatology and Gene Therapy NEW YORK (January 22, 2007) — Five physician-scholars have been granted newly established prestigious Clinical Scholar Awards by Weill Cornell Medical...