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President Bush greets Dr. Jean Pape. At a special meeting held early last year at the White House, Dr. Jean Pape, professor of medicine at Weill Cornell and director of GHESKIO in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Groupe Haitien d'Etudes du Sarcome...

Dr. Nathaniel Hupert introduces the case and assignments to the Class of 2006. The Medical College staged an innovative bioterrorism exercise on March 25 in Weill Auditorium for the Class of 2006. The session, led by Weill Cornell faculty...

Christopher Towe (left) celebrates his match with two friends. He will be a resident at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, with a specialty in general surgery. More than 100 medical students packed Archbold Commons Student Lounge on March 18 for "Match," the...

Laser Treatment Eliminates Varicose Veins in Minutes New York, NY (May 3, 2004) — Summertime is almost here and that means it is time to pull out the Bermuda shorts and mini-skirts, but for many Americans summertime fashion can be...

New York, NY (May 1-6, 2004) — Experts in the field of psychiatry from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital will present new developments in the areas of education, clinical care and research at the 157th annual American Psychiatric Association meeting beginning May 1....

55th Annual Award for Research Recognizes Innovations of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Psychiatry Chairman and Psychiatrist-in-Chief New York, NY (May 2004) — World-renowned neuroscientist, psychiatrist, and innovative researcher in brain metabolism, Dr. Jack D. Barchas has received the 2004 American Psychiatric Association...

24th Annual Award Honors NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Cardiothoracic Chairman and Surgeon-in-Chief New York, NY (April 29, 2004) — World-renowned cardiothoracic surgeon and educator, Dr. O. Wayne Isom has been named the recipient of The 24th Annual Maurice R. Greenberg Distinguished Service...

Weill Cornell Medical College to Receive $3.6 Million for CT Screening Research New York, NY (April 26, 2004) — A new screening technology that could detect lung cancer much earlier than ever before was funded today through matching grants of...

Inhibitor Is Engineered That Prevents Nerve Cell Death in Laboratory-Grown Cells Data Suggest Potential Target for Alzheimer's Disease Treatments New York, NY (April 16, 2004) — Researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons...

Dr. Andrew Dannenberg, the Henry R. Erle, M.D.-Roberts Family Professor of Medicine, professor of medicine in surgery, and co-director of the Cancer Prevention Program at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, served as co-chairman of the 95th Annual Meeting of the American Association...

Dr. O. Wayne Isom Dr. O. Wayne Isom, the Terry Allen Kramer Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, has been named the recipient of the 2004 Maurice R. Greenberg Distinguished Service Award. He...

Dr. Clive Svendsen Dr. Clive Svendsen, director of the Stem Cell Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Waisman Center, will be the guest of Weill Cornell's Department of Neurology and Neuroscience as the William D. Stubenbord Visiting Professor....

Dr. Ralph D. Feigin Dr. Ralph D. Feigin, the J.S. Abercrombie Professor and chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston), will be the guest of Weill Cornell's Department of Pediatrics as the William D....

From left: Dr. Nancy Nealon, Dr. Sudhir Diwan, Daisy Soros, and her husband, Paul Soros. On March 3, Daisy Soros, Weill Cornell Campaign vice chair and overseer, hosted an "Information Please" breakfast event entitled "Managing Your Pain: New Approaches,"...

From left: Business Office staff Grace Wilkens, Lisa Stumpo, Christopher Kells and Ann Adenbaum. NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell employees were celebrated at the annual Employee Appreciation Day on March 12. The Garden Café was temporarily transformed into a retro-styled hangout replete...

From left: Dr. Katherine Hajjar, Dr. Antonio Gotto, and Madeline and Kevin Brine in the Department's Papanicolaou Library. Dr. Monn Monn Myat describes her research during tours of the Department's renovated laboratories. Dr. Katherine Hajjar welcomes guests. On the...

Front row, left to right: Dr. Storey-Johnson, Jillian Polis, Michael Keyoung and Joseph Habboushe. Second row, left to right: Bill Cunningham, Nady Richard and Jennifer McCartt. Students were treated to dinner catered by Pyramid Coffee. On March 4, students...

Medical students and event organizers at the APAMSA Northeast Conference were: (Back row) Singyour Li - Weill Cornell, MSI; Jaehon Kim - Weill Cornell, MSI (APAMSA treasurer); Richard Kim - UMDNJ, MSII; Michael Kim - Johns Hopkins Medical College,...