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Leading Pathologist to Head College 's Key Medical Practice Organization NEW YORK (August 10, 2005) — Dr. Daniel M. Knowles -- an internationally recognized hematopathologist and Chairman of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Weill Medical College of...

Computer-Based Rhythm Interpretations Are No Substitute for Cardiologist NEW YORK (August 10, 2005) — Americans will receive an estimated 100 million electrocardiograms (ECGs) this year to diagnose heart disease — including heart attack, acute angina, and hypertrophy (enlarged heart). A...

New Appointment Affirms Medical School's Commitment to Clinical Excellence NEW YORK (August 9, 2005) - Dr. E. Darracott Vaughan Jr. — one of the world's foremost urological clinicians, researchers and educators, and former Chief Medical Officer of the Weill Cornell...

Study Shows We Can "Unlearn" Processes as Involuntary as Reading, with Implications for Placebo Effect, Broader Consciousness NEW YORK (August 1, 2005) - A new study using an old, misunderstood technique - hypnotic suggestion - finds the brain can override...

American Hospital Association "Quest for Quality" Prize Recognizes Innovation in Quality, Safety, and Patient Care NEW YORK (July 27, 2005) — NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is one of four hospitals nationwide, and the only hospital in the New York metropolitan area, recognized...

Funded by Komansky Family, New Center Promises to Make Pediatric Care More Accessible, Advanced, and Supportive NEW YORK (July 28, 2005) — An exciting initiative to improve the medical care of children at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center is underway....

Tctex-1 May Help Direct Nerve Outgrowth, Conducting "Cross-Talk" Between Disparate Regions of the Axon NEW YORK (July 25, 2005) -- A molecule first identified by Weill Medical College of Cornell University scientists as useful in intra-cellular transport mechanisms appears to...

The Class of 2005 raise their hands in affirmation of the Hippocratic Oath, a hallowed rite of passage in becoming a doctor. Dean Gotto addresses the graduates and their families at Carnegie Hall, from a stage lined in red...

Tricia Desvarieux, '05, winner of the Alan Van Poznak Award for Excellence in Anesthesiology, with Dr. Antonio Gotto at the 2005 Convocation for Weill Cornell Medical College. Weill Cornell graduates and faculty were honored at the 2005 Convocation ceremonies,...

Kenolisa Onwueme, '05, is presented with the 2005 Distinguished Student Commencement Speaker Award by Dr. David Hajjar, dean of the Graduate School, and Francoise Freyre, assistant dean of the Graduate School. Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences held its...

The Class of 2005 raises their hands while reciting the new Hippocratic Oath, an ancient rite of passage given fresh, modern relevance. Click here to read the new Hippocratic Oath. Revisiting a hallowed ritual in medical education, a special...

Dr. Richard Coico Dr. Richard Coico has been named Cornell University vice provost for inter-campus affairs, a joint appointment with Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. His term began April 15, 2005, and will continue through June...

The 53 conference participants gathered outside the Medical College. The Department of Neurological Surgery and the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Weill Cornell, leaders in minimally-invasive skull base surgery, held their first combined course on Advanced Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery...

Dr. Anthony Convit, Dr. David Nathan, Dr. Gotto and Dr. Mary Charlson, who headed the committee to select speakers for the annual symposium. The third annual Irving Weinstein Visiting Lectureship in Nutrition and Disease Prevention on May 24 invited...

The venerable Harvey Society, which sponsors a lecture series of scientific interest each year, observed its 100th birthday with a suite of distinguished speakers at The Rockefeller University's Caspary Auditorium on May 19, touching upon advances in science, the...

The speakers at the Breast Cancer Symposium field questions from women in the community. At Weill Cornell's seventh annual Breast Cancer Symposium, experts from several Medical College departments spoke to a general audience about the latest breakthroughs, treatments and...

Current and previous members of Departmental Associates gather to hear the latest medical research. Commemorating another successful year at Weill Cornell Medical College, the Departmental Associates, a group of community individuals helping to support research at Weill Cornell, met...

The Council Dinner honored Eleanor Elliott and Stephen Weiss for their commitments to the Medical College. Celebrating grand achievements in equally grand surroundings, the Spring 2005 Annual Council Dinner on June 2 invited celebrants to the Metropolitan Club on...

A crowd gathers to watch the historic cornerstone being laid into place on the south façade of the Whitney Pavilion on June 12, 1930. During the month of June, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center - the chief clinical partner...