Jeanie Huang Weill Cornell's Department of Human Resources has announced the appointment of Jeanie Huang as manager of immigration. Ms. Huang will be responsible for administering the J-1 Exchange Visitors Program for research scholars and the H-1B visa status...
Dr. Karen Davis Dr. Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund, will be the guest of the Department of Public Health as the 2003 Lorraine and Ralph Lubin Visiting Professor (April 15-16). Dr. Davis will present the David Rogers...
Sharon Olds Weill Cornell's Department of Psychiatry will host "Some Poems About Birth, Sex, Love, Death: A Conversation with Sharon Olds," on April 9, as part of the 2002-2003 Dean's Hour Lecture Series. The program, which will begin at...
Improved Diagnosis and Potential Treatment Options Should End "Neglect Syndrome" New York, NY (April 1, 2003) — A physician-ethicist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center calls for enhanced research into severe brain injury in a paper in the April...
Multimodal Imaging Techniques May Lead to Changes in Clinical Practice for Severely Brain-Injured Persons New York, NY (March 31, 2003) — At the American Academy of Neurology meeting in Honolulu today, Dr. Nicholas Schiff of Weill Cornell Medical College will...
Powerful Non-Surgical Options Include Radiation Therapy, Seed-Implant Therapy, and Cryotherapy New Technology, Robotic Prostatectomy, Preserves Urinary Continence and Sexual Function for Those with Prostate Cancer New York, NY (March 20, 2003) — NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital — at both its NewYork Weill...
Dr. David Abramson (ophthalmology) was profiled by WABC-TV regarding the Oncology Center-Retinoblastoma Clinic. Dr. Nasser Altorki (surgery) was interviewed by Newsweek about a patient who responded positively to Celebrex treatment for non-small-cell lung cancer. Dr. Louis Aronne (medicine) appeared...
Dr. Antonio Gotto (left), dean of the Medical College, and Dr. Herbert Pardes (right), president of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, with speakers Dr. Felice Schnoll-Sussman and Dr. Ellen Scherl at the March 4 meeting of the NewYork Weill Cornell Council. The...
Weill Cornell and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital honored their dedicated staffs at "Employee Appreciation Day" on March 14. Employees, faculty and students enjoyed a brief tropical getaway as they were given leis, crowns and beads while enjoying the music of a...
Discovery of New Intracellular Membrane and New Role for PECAM Helps to Elucidate Body's Natural Immune Response New York, NY (March 17, 2003) — Under normal conditions white blood cells, or leukocytes, circulate in the blood stream waiting to be...
National Cancer Prevention Newsletter and Web Site Debut New York, NY (March 17, 2003) — While the three decades since the start of the American "War on Cancer" have witnessed many innovative offensive strategies to treat the disease, a new...
Discovery Promises New Strategies for Treating Neurodegenerative and Demyelinating Diseases, as well as Stroke and Trauma New York, NY (March 13, 2003) — In the latest issue of Nature Medicine, researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College report the discovery of...
Estrogen Replacement Therapy May Benefit Brain Function New York, NY (March 14, 2003) — In the current issue of The Journal of Neuroscience, Dr. Teresa Milner, Professor of Neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medical College, presents new evidence supporting the importance...
First Academic Medical Center To Use eICU® Technology To Improve Care, Lower Cost, and Reduce Medical Errors New York, NY (March 13, 2003) — NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital announced today the launch of a next-generation intensive care unit (ICU) system, which will...
Weill Cornell Medical College has completed the Institutional Self-Study in preparation for the LCME (Liaison Committee on Medical Education) accreditation site visit scheduled for March 23-26. The LCME accredits the educational programs leading to the M.D. degree at medical...
Weill Cornell's Humanities and Medicine Program presents "Positive Exposure," a presentation in which former fashion photographer Rick Guidotti joins Dr. Diane McLean, Dr. Jessica Davis and Dr. Ronald Crystal in a unique collaboration to investigate the social and psychological...
Dr. LaSalle Leffall Jr., the 2003 David S. Speer Lecturer at Weill Cornell. Dr. LaSalle Leffall Jr., the Charles R. Drew Professor of Surgery at the Howard University College of Medicine, will be the guest of Weill Cornell's Department...
Dr. Jeffrey Cohen Weill Cornell's Office of Research and Sponsored Programs has announced the appointment of Dr. Jeffrey Cohen as associate dean for responsible conduct of research. Dr. Cohen joins Weill Cornell from the U.S. Department of Health and...
Medical Information Management Is Critical for Complex HIV Care New York, NY (March 10, 2003) — Weill Cornell Medical College's Department of Public Health has been awarded an impressive $1.6 million Ryan White Grant to study the benefits of information...
Andrew Solomon Weill Cornell's Humanities and Medicine Program will present "Noonday Demon," a discussion by writer Andrew Solomon, to be held on Wednesday, March 5, at 5 p.m. in Uris Auditorium. In the program, Mr. Solomon, who has lectured...
