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Dr. Setu Vora, clinical fellow in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, took this photo while on his honeymoon in Sydney, Australia, and it became the cover of a recent Archives of Internal Medicine edition. Dr. Vora...

Drs. Antonio Gotto and O. Wayne Isom Dr. Antonio Gotto, dean of the Medical College and a world-renowned authority in the field of cardiovascular disease, was presented with the "Achievement in Cardiovascular Science and Medicine Award" at the 13th...

From left: Dr. Antonio Gotto; Corinne Greenberg; Maurice Greenberg; and Dr. Herbert Pardes, president and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, perform the ceremonial ribbon-cutting at the dedication ceremony. Sanford Weill, chairman of Weill Cornell's Board of Overseers, delivers opening remarks....

Infusion of Antibody for 7 Days Dramatically Boosts Nerve Cell Survival After Brain Injury New York, NY and Dallas, TX (March 19, 2004) — Dead and dying nerve cells directly affected by stroke, other injury, or neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's...

Dr. Flint Beal, the Anne Parrish Titzell Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, and Dr. Jean Pape, professor of medicine, have been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors bestowed...

Dr. Walter F. Riker Dr. Walter F. Riker, the Revlon Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology and Toxicology, died Feb. 20 at the age of 87. Dr. Riker was one of the leading researchers who studied how nerves control muscle function,...

Dr. Antonio Gotto; Charlotte Ford, Hospital Board of Trustees member; Iris Cantor; Marifé Hernandez and Lisa Perry, Hospital Board of Trustees members; and Dr. Herbert Pardes. Cyma Rubin; Anita Gotto; and Dr. Antonio Gotto Vanessa Williams; Mary Testa; Whoopi...

Lymphoma Research Foundation Grant to Support Clinical and Laboratory Studies New York, NY (February 27, 2004) — A $950,000 grant to fund the study of a new treatment approach for mantle cell lymphoma was recently awarded to Weill Cornell Medical...

Chronicle of a Cell Death Foretold New York, NY (February 25, 2004) — Within minutes of a stroke or other brain injury, neurons begin to die, a process that is followed by a cascade of further cell death, due in...

Using a Three-Dimensional Virtual World to Cure Patient's Fears New York, NY (February 25, 2004) — Dr. JoAnn Difede, a psychologist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and an expert in the treatment of trauma, is using virtual reality...

Medical student John Peoples, '06, discusses his poster exhibit "Cytokine Expression in Neonatal Cord Blood in Response to Lactobacillus Plantarum, Lp299v and Staphylococcus Epidermis (S.epi)," with Dr. Carol Storey-Johnson. From left: Medical student Jennifer Rossi, '07; Dr. Susanna Cunningham-Rundles,...

New York City high school teachers gave up their weekends to participate in a professional development workshop held at Weill Cornell on Jan. 17 and 18. The workshop was organized by the Outreach Office of Weill Cornell Graduate School...

New York, NY (February 20, 2004) — Dr. Bernice Grafstein, a noted expert in the field of neuroregeneration research and the Vincent and Brooke Astor Distinguished Professor in Neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medical College, has been honored with Women in...

New York, NY (February 19, 2004) — Debunking a popular myth about vasectomy, a new study by physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center finds that vasectomy reversal is highly effective, even 15 years or more after the vas deferens,...

Dr. Barron Lerner Dr. Barron Lerner, the Angelica Berrie-Gold Foundation Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, will present the Heberden Society Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 19, at 5 p.m. in...

Finding May One Day Help Patients Recover from Heart Attacks New York, NY (February 12, 2004) — Weill Cornell Medical College researchers have discovered that injecting a growth factor called PDGF-AB along with bone marrow cells into the heart can...