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At the January 13 reception celebrating the Topkins-Van Poznak Distinguished Professorship in Anesthesiology are (from left) Dr. Stephen Thomas, the first Topkins-Van Poznak Professor; Dr. Marjorie Topkins; Dr. Antonio Gotto, dean of the Medical College; and Dr. Alan Van...

Unique Suite Characterized by "High Touch — High Tech" Care New York, NY (February 12, 2003) — Weill Cornell Medical Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has opened a new, state-of-the-art Endoscopy Suite in order to promote and practice gastrointestinal health. The...

New York, NY (February 12, 2003) — Our brains are the basis of who we are — our intellect, our personality, and our emotional states. At the same time, diseases of the brain rank at the top of the list...

Big Buddies strike a pose with the "little buddies." This past December, Weill Cornell medical students met with children and their parents in the Alumni Lounge of Olin Hall for a Sunday afternoon of fun. The event was sponsored...

Elizabeth Wilson-Anstey Elizabeth Wilson-Anstey, who has been senior administrative manager in the Office of Student Affairs, has been appointed assistant dean for student affairs, a newly created position at the Medical College. For the past 26 years, Ms. Wilson-Anstey,...

Faculty members and students at the Griffis Faculty Club. From May 31 to June 14, a group of eight Cornell graduate students met at the Biodiversity Laboratory in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, for an intensive two-week course titled "The...

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...