Dr. Antonio Gotto's Editorial, in a Leading Cardiology Journal, Finds Low-Dose Statins' Benefits Outweigh Risks New York, NY (September 17, 2004) — Cholesterol-busting statin medications have revolutionized the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease (CHD), the leading killer of...
Program Now Offers One of the Largest Faculty and Most Robust Endovascular Training Experiences in U.S. New York, NY (September 9, 2004) — The vascular surgery residency program at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has been expanded to include the Columbia University Medical...
Auto-Antibodies a New, Unsuspected Source of Cognitive Damage, but Drugs Could Prevent Decline New York, NY (September 9, 2004) — For years, experts have puzzled over the fact that lupus patients often experience accelerated declines in thinking and memory as...
Leading Specialist in Treatment of Gastrointestinal Cancer and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Named Chairman of Surgery at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Surgeon-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center New York, NY (September 9, 2004) — Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi,...
New York, NY (September 2, 2004) — Thanks to bioinformatics researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College, cell biologists around the globe will soon have a powerful new tool to model complex biochemical processes within the cell, uploading and manipulating new...
Gene Associated with Human Development — and Cancer New York, NY (September 2, 2004) — For the first time, scientists have shown how the activity of a gene associated with normal human development, as well as the occurrence of cancer...
Rise Expected To Continue as Population Ages Noninvasive, Catheter-Based Procedures Increased by a Whopping 979% in the Late 1990s New York, NY (September 2, 2004) — The number of vascular procedures — everything from repair of aneurysms to angioplasty for...
Researcher Helped Push Through Approval in Under 6 Months; Drug Is Approved for Diagnosing Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, and Epilepsy New York, NY (August 31, 2004) — An innovative PET "tracer" drug manufactured at Weill Cornell Medical College received the U.S....
Appointments to Professor Mohammed Akhtar, M.B.B.S., Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. David Kissane, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry. (Dr. Kissane is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.) Karl Pillemer, Ph.D., Professor of Gerontology in Medicine. (Dr. Pillemer is...
As chief librarian, Carolyn Reid will continue to broaden access to electronic resources. Carolyn Reid has been appointed to the Frances and John L. Loeb Librarianship of Medicine and director of the Medical College's Samuel J. Wood Library and...
After a year-long review and site visit, the Continuing Medical Education (CME) program at Weill Cornell has been accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). The CME program reports to Dr. Carol Storey-Johnson, senior associate dean...
In honor of Haiti's 200 years of independence, the Weill Cornell chapter of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) sponsored an informative discussion on the republic and the health status of Haitian-Americans. The event, held June 3 in the...
Sir Paul Nurse engages a Weill Cornell audience, including Dr. David Hajjar, with his presentation on biological aspects of medicine. Sir Paul Nurse, president of The Rockefeller University, delivered the Menard and Anna Gertler Visiting Professor in Medicine Lecture...
Dr. Jack Barchas (right), recipient of the 2004 American Psychiatric Association Award for Research in Psychiatry, with his proud son, Isaac. Dr. Barchas delivers the keynote address at the 2004 APA annual meeting. Dr. Jack Barchas, chairman of the...
Dr. Antonio Gotto delivers lecture in Doha, Qatar. Dean Gotto with William Gordon, M.D., '54, and Mary and Joseph Indenbaum, M.D., '52, in Los Angeles. While in L.A., Dean Gotto met with Cornell University undergraduates who were interested in...
For the fourth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report's annual "America's Best Hospitals"Â survey has ranked NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital among the top 10 hospitals in the country. It is the only hospital in New York and the tri-state area...
The Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development has announced that it will build a 350-bed, $900 million, all-digital specialty teaching hospital in Doha, Qatar, complete with an $8 billion endowmentthe largest cash endowment of a hospital and...
Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi, a world-renowned expert in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease with 30 years of experience, has been named chairman of the Department of Surgery and the Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor...
Francoise Freyre, assistant dean of the Graduate School (left) and Dr. David Hajjar, dean of the Graduate School (right), congratulate John Biggins, a recipient of the 2004 Julian R. Rachele Prize. At convocation ceremonies for Weill Graduate School of...
