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Visitors from around the country stopped by the Weill Cornell booth to learn more about WCMC's international initiatives. Eric Fry, director of the Office of Student Affairs in Qatar, speaks with a visitor in front of the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital...

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center Study Predicts Trauma System Performance for Mass Casualty Incidents NEW YORK (Oct. 31, 2007) — In the face of terrorism and catastrophic natural disasters, modern regional trauma systems that improve survival for critically injured patients...

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Findings, Published in November Journal Hypertension NEW YORK (Oct. 31, 2007) -- High-blood-pressure patients treated for enlarged heart (left ventricular hypertrophy, LVH) who have regression or prevention of LVH may also have a better chance of preventing diabetes....

Dr. Jack Barchas, the Barklie McKee Henry Professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, was honored by the Institute of Medicine at its 37th Annual Meeting on Oct. 8 with the Walsh McDermott Medal, an award bestowed by...

Dr. Stephen Scheidt, an esteemed cardiologist who spent his entire career of nearly 40 years at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, passed away this summer. Dr. Scheidt was a brilliant clinician and research scientist who helped pioneer the field...

Speakers at the press event on COPD included (from left) Jacqueline Fox-Pascal, deputy director of the New York City Asthma Initiative, NYC DOH; Dr. Patricia Cassano, associate professor of nutritional epidemiology, Cornell University; Dr. James Kiley, director of the...

Catheter-Based Interventions May Be Considered a First-Line Therapy Weill Cornell Medical College, Columbia University Medical Center Researchers Lead Study at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital NEW YORK (Oct. 19, 2007) — Minimally invasive catheter-based interventions are increasingly used to treat the estimated eight...

Testes Have Second Purpose Besides Sperm Production NEW YORK (Oct. 17, 2007) — Two reports from physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center shed new light on male infertility. A first report shows that a common cause of male infertility—varicoceles,...

Dr. Ira Jacobson (left) receiving the Physician of the Year award from Dr. Douglas Dieterich, chairman of the American Liver Foundation Greater NY Chapter Medical Advisory Board, Sept. 27. Dr. Ira Jacobson, the Vincent Astor Distinguished Professor of Clinical...

Live Interactive Panel Discussion Featuring: Owen O'Connor, M.D., Ph.D. John P. Leonard, M.D. October 17, 2007 7:00 PM EDT Panelists from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center will discuss the evolving treatment choices for...

Leonard Bernstein Dr. Richard Kogan Leonard Bernstein, who died in 1990 at the age of 72, was one of the greatest musicians and composers America ever produced. An extremely gregarious and energetic man, he was also prone to sweeping...

Two Studies of Once-Promising Idraparinux in New England Journal of Medicine Highlight Necessity of Large, Randomized Trials, Weill Cornell Researcher Says DOHA, QATAR (October 8, 2007) — Patients hoping for an easier alternative to conventional blood thinners may be disheartened...

Isolation of Specialized Subsets of Spermatogonial Stem Cells Help Generate a Wide Range of Cell and Tissue Types, Weill Cornell's Ansary Stem Cell Institute Reports in Nature NEW YORK (Sept. 20, 2007) — Easily accessed and plentiful, adult stem cells...

Renowned Hematologist and Leader in Academic Medicine Named Chairman of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and Physician-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Dr. Andrew Schafer NEW YORK (Sept. 24, 2007) — A renowned hematologist and leader in academic medicine, Dr. Andrew...

Dr. Mary Charlson, the William T. Foley Distinguished Professor of Medicine and professor of complementary and integrative medicine, will oversee quality of life and functional status issues of participants at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell for the Cardiothoracic Surgery Investigations Network—a program...

Adelino Guimaraes has worked at the Weill Cornell Medical College bookstore in some capacity since 1986, and in that time he has seen the school's logo stamped on just about anything that would hold ink. Now working as the...

Dr. Roger Yurt (left), CAC president, and Dr. Mark Pasmantier, chair of the CAC Fundraising Committee, unveil the Medical Center Circle Donor Wall. Drs. Barry Brause, Mark Pasmantier, Morton Coleman and Gerald Loughlin were the Medical Center Circle donors...