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Dr. Gary Wormser Dr. Gary Wormser will be the guest of the Department of Medicine on April 18 as the 2002 Donald Zucker Visiting Professor. Dr. Wormser is vice chairman of the Department of Medicine at New York Medical...

Daisy Soros welcomes guests to the "Information Please" breakfast on "Drug Interactions: Beyond the Warning Label." Keynote speakers Dr. Joseph Hayes (left) and Dr. Mitchell Gaynor (right) with Dr. Antonio Gotto, dean of the Medical College. On Feb. 26,...

Dr. Katherine A. Hajjar, new chairman of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology. Dr. Katherine Amberson Hajjar has been appointed chairman of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at Weill Medical College. Dr. Hajjar, who formerly was...

Dr. Brian Apatoff (neurology) was interviewed by WCBS-TV about the clinical value of the recently FDA-approved multiple sclerosis drug Rebif. Dr. William Apfeldorf (psychiatry) was interviewed by Bloomberg Radio about continuing psychological issues in the general population six months...

Dr. Florence Marshall Dr. Florence Marshall, professor of clinical pediatrics, died on Feb. 22 from complications with cancer. She was 80. Dr. Marshall, a pediatric community health and pediatric AIDS specialist, joined the faculty in 1959, and was a...

Weill Cornell student Markus Little, Class of 2005, checks the blood pressure of a health-fair participant. Renee Rolston, a 2002 HPREP graduate, paints a gold star on the face of a young girl. Representatives from Manhattan Borough President C....

David Lederman, inventor of the Abiocor artificial heart. David Lederman, Ph.D., inventor of the Abiocor Artificial Heart and founder of Abiomed Inc., will speak about the vision and process of development of the artificial heart via an interactive videoconference...

Dr. Nancy Andreasen Dr. Nancy Andreasen, the Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and the director of the Mental Health Clinical Research Center, will be the guest of Weill Cornell's Department...

Dr. Ronald Adelman (medicine) was interviewed by American Medical News about providing care for centenarians. Dean Daniel Alonso was interviewed by Ithaca Journal about Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. Dr. William Apfeldorf (psychiatry) was interviewed by Healthscout.com about...

Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences student and Tae Kwon Do club member Tomas Fernandez-Alfonso watches Dr. Carrie Bromleigh practice an inside swing kick. The Tae Kwon Do club, sponsored by Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences Student Executive...

In March 2003, Weill Cornell Medical College will again be visited by a survey team of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) of the Association of American Medical Colleges and the American Medical Association. The LCME accredits the...

Dr. Antonio Gotto, provost for medical affairs and dean of Weill Medical College, will give his annual presentation on the "State of the Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences" on Tuesday, June 18, at 4 p.m. in...

From left: Dr. Sang Lee, Dr. Jeffrey Milsom and Dr. Toyooki Sonoda (Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery). Dr. Felice Schnoll-Sussman (left) and Dr. Ellen Scherl (Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology). The Departments of Surgery and Medicine and Weill...

The Weill Cornell Physician Organization (PO) held its first-ever "Midwinter Icebreaker" on Feb. 5 in the Griffis Faculty Club. The event was an ideal opportunity for many of the organization's 650-strong membership to gather in an informal setting. Many...

Participants in the March 4th meeting of the NewYork Weill Cornell Council were (from left) Dr. Antonio Gotto, dean of the Medical College; Dr. Shahin Rafii, associate professor of medicine; Dr. Steven Goldman, the Nathan Cummings Professor of Neurology;...

Richard Rose (center), president of the Cancer Research and Treatment Fund, presents a check for $400,000 to Dr. Antonio Gotto, dean of the Medical College. Joining in the presentation were (from left) Dr. Roy Silverstein, chief of the Division...

Dr. Joel Pardee The Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, with its 257 Ph.D. students and 205 faculty drawn from Weill Medical College and the Sloan-Kettering Institute, was one of five graduate schools in the life sciences featured...

The Faculty Associates, Division of Medical Ethics faculty, and Weill Cornell staff, from left: Pat Gutter; Dr. Soumitra Eachempati; Dr. Barrie Raik; Dr. Alvin Mushlin; Dr. Frank Miller; Pamela Brumberg, Lucius N. Littauer Foundation; Dr. C. Ronald MacKenzie; Lauren...

Weill Medical College's Continuing Medical Education (CME) Committee has approved the following educational activities for fall 2001. Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery (8 CME credits): March 13 For information/registration, contact Linda Franklin at 746-6027. Faculty Development in Clinical Teaching (2 CME...

Dr. David Hajjar Dr. David Hajjar, the Frank H.T. Rhodes Distinguished Professor in Cardiovascular Biology and Genetics and dean of the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, is currently serving as president of the American Association of University...