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Dr. Richard Kogan Weill Cornell's Humanities and Medicine Program will present "Music and Illness (Part 2): Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky," with Dr. Richard Kogan, clinical instructor in psychiatry and director of the Human Sexuality Program in the Department of Psychiatry...

  Dr. David B. Skinner Dr. David B. Skinner, who guided the successful merger of The New York Hospital and The Presbyterian Hospital to form NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, died on January 24 at NewYork Weill Cornell Medical Center, one day after...

Dr. Claudia Henschke, professor of radiology and chief of the Division of Chest Imaging, is co-author of "Lung Cancer: Myths, Facts, Choices—and Hope" (W.W. Norton & Company). Dr. Henschke and co-author Peggy McCarthy, a leading patient advocate, provide important...

Dr. Ruth Lax, clinical associate professor of psychology in psychiatry, has been elected by her peers as a 2003 fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), for her exceptional and outstanding contributions to the research, teaching and practice of...

At the Jan. 6 press conference celebrating Lt. Stephen Halliday's discharge from the Burn Center are (from left) Dr. Palmer Bessey, professor of surgery and associate director of the Burn Center; wife, Linda; Lt. Halliday; Dr. Herbert Pardes, president...

Dr. Robert Dallek Weill Cornell's Humanities and Medicine Program will present "Hidden Illness in the White House," with Dr. Robert Dallek, a presidential historian and professor of history at Boston University, on Thursday, Jan. 23, at 5 p.m. in...

At the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions in Chicago, Ill. last November, three Weill Cornell presenters were selected as finalists for the competition in electrophysiology. Dr. Steven Hao, for his work, "Beta Blockade Flattens the Cardiac Action Potential...

Larry Kramer Weill Cornell's Humanities and Medicine Program will present "A Conversation with Larry Kramer" to be held on Monday, Jan. 13, at 5 p.m. in Uris Auditorium. Mr. Kramer is a renowned playwright, outspoken AIDS activist and co-founder...

Dr. Mildred Witkin Dr. Mildred Witkin, clinical assistant professor of psychology in psychiatry, died May 18. She was 82. An eminent therapist, author and lecturer, Dr. Witkin was a former associate director of the Human Sexuality Program in Weill...

Jeffrey Lehman, dean of the University of Michigan Law School, will become president of Cornell University in July. Cornell University's Board of Trustees has appointed Jeffrey Lehman, dean of the University of Michigan Law School, as its 11th president,...

Dr. William Ledger, chairman emeritus and professor of obstetrics and gynecology, was recently honored by his colleagues and friends on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology organized a special international symposium on Unresolved...

Dr. Robert Michels (seated) receives a standing ovation from colleagues and friends. Dr. Arnold Cooper (seated) receives a standing ovation from colleagues and friends. A highlight of the program was a spoof of a psychoanalytic "couch" session performed by...

Despite torrential rains, more than 400 alumni returned to the Medical College on Oct. 10-12, 2002, to celebrate the biennial alumni reunion. The theme, "Celebrating New York," was chosen in commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the terror attacks...

Larry Kramer Weill Cornell's Humanities and Medicine Program will present "A Conversation with Larry Kramer" to be held on Monday, Jan. 13, 2003, at 5 p.m. in Uris Auditorium. A renowned playwright, outspoken AIDS activist and founder of the...

Dr. Jerry Halpern, clinical assistant professor of surgery, was honored by the Chief Dental Consultant to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner of New York and the New York Society of Forensic Dentistry at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Sept....

Dr. Farrington Daniels Dr. Farrington Daniels, professor emeritus of medicine and of public health, died on Nov. 12. He was 84. A groundbreaking dermatologist, Dr. Daniels' early research helped lead to the correlation between ultraviolet radiation (UV), sunburn, skin...