Sanford Weill, Jeffrey Lehman, and Peter Meinig at the annual Weill Cornell Medical College Overseers-Cornell University Trustees joint board meeting. Dr. Antonio Gotto gives the "Report of the Provost." Joan Weill and Dr. David Hajjar, dean of WCGSMS and...
A Dreaded Family Inheritance Concludes New York, NY (January 28, 2004) -- In a significant scientific achievement, physicians and scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have successfully employed preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for retinoblastoma. The result was the world's...
New York, NY (January 22, 2004) — Weill Cornell Medical College has received a $250,000 grant from the Avon Foundation to support a unique new meditation-based stress reduction program for women who have been treated for breast cancer or gynecologic...
Finding Could Help Patient's Blood Cells Bounce Back Rapidly After Bone Marrow Suppression New York, NY (January 21, 2004) — While "location, location, location" has long been the mantra in real estate, it may soon become the buzzword of stem...
Results May Indicate Need for Increased Anti-Smoking Efforts Directed at Girls and Women New York, NY (January 9, 2004) — Women have twice the risk of developing lung cancer from smoking as men, according to a study by a physician-scientist...
WCMC-NY students converse with WCMC-Q students (on screen) via videoconference. On Sunday, Nov. 16, at 9:30 a.m. EST (5:30 p.m. Qatar time), history was made when the first-ever overseas student government meeting between Weill Cornell Medical College in New...
According to Two Researchers from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the Findings Will Change How Physicians Treat Disease New York, NY (January 5, 2004) — Two physician-scientists from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital were co-authors of a new study which demonstrates that earlier laser treatment for...
When a Parent Commits Suicide, What Happens to the Children Left Behind? New York, NY (December 31, 2003) — The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention has awarded a two-year grant to Weill Cornell Medical College psychiatrist and noted childhood bereavement...
NewYork Weill Cornell Physician-Scientist Served on Government-Mandated Panel That Issued Recommendation on Planned Response to Radioactive Iodine Exposure Potassium Iodide Not Effective Against "Dirty Bomb" New York, NY (December 17, 2003) — Potassium iodide (KI) pills should be available to...
House Calls Program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Helps City's Elderly New York, NY (December 16, 2003) — Run by the Wright Medical Center on Aging at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, House Calls is a program that brings physicians to the...
NYC teachers simulate the spread of HIV virus in the HIV Transmission lab. NYC teachers perform restriction enzyme digests during the DNA Profiling lab. NYC teachers study different anatomical and functional regions of the sheep brain. NYC teachers utilize...
From left: Dr. Michel Gagner, Dr. William Stubenbord, Dr. Antonio Gotto and Dr. Alfons Pomp. The Department of Surgery hosted a cocktail reception for the new "Weill Cornell Weight-Loss Surgery Program" on Nov. 25, in the Griffis Faculty Club....
First Clinical Study of Its Kind Shows Atherosclerosis Appears Earlier and More Commonly in Lupus Patients — Increased Risk for Heart Attack and Stroke Lupus — Not Cardiovascular Risk Factors — Causes Higher Prevalence of Atherosclerosis in Lupus Patients, Contradicting...
Dr. David Abramson, clinical professor of ophthalmology and director of the Robert M. Ellsworth Ophthalmic Oncology Center at Weill Cornell, delivered the 5th Annual Philip P. Ellis Lecture on Sept. 19, at the Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute of...
From left: Dr. Louis Aronne; Dr. Herbert Pardes; Myra Mahon and Joan Weill (Co-chairs); Dr. Orli Etingin; Dr. Lisa Callahan; and Dr. Neil Kavey. On Oct. 22, the twenty-first annual Women's Health Symposium, sponsored by NewYork Weill Cornell Medical...
From left: Dr. Patricia Allen (Journal Co-chair); Douglas McIntyre (Journal Co-Chair); Anita Gotto; Dr. Antonio Gotto; Bunny Koppelman (Cabaret Co-Chair); Charles Koppelman (Cabaret Co-Chair); Lisa Ehrenkranz (Cabaret Co-Chair); Sanford Ehrenkranz (Cabaret Co-Chair); Dr. Nancy Wexler; Dr. Herbert Pardes; and...
The 13th Medical Complex Art Show, sponsored by the Weill Cornell Medical Library, attracted a wide range of creatorsfrom the artistically inclined to the budding neophyte. But regardless of how one's work was judged on the artistic totem pole,...
Steven Rosalie (Dean's Executive Office) - 10 yrs. Dana Fulmore (Academic Affairs) - 10 yrs. Nicole Miller (Public Health) - 10 yrs. Kathleen Stenger (Human Resources) - 5 yrs. At an awards presentation held in the Griffis Faculty Club...
Pictured with Dr. Gotto and Mr. Rosalie is Susan Zakoian, of the Department of Finance, who has served the Medical College for 45 years. Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld (Medicine) - 45 yrs. Dr. Peter Wilson (Psychiatry) - 45 yrs. Dr....
Dr. Victor Dzau The Department of Medicine will host Medicine Grand Rounds with Dr. Victor Dzau as the 2003 Dr. Aaron Feder Visiting Professor, on Thursday, Nov. 20, at 11 a.m. in Uris Auditorium. Dr. Dzau will present a...
