Dr. William R. Fair Dr. William R. Fair, professor emeritus of urology, died on Jan. 3 in Sarasota, Fla., from complications with colon cancer. He was 66. Dr. Fair, who was member emeritus at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, was...
Dr. Charles K. McSherry Dr. Charles K. McSherry, clinical professor emeritus of surgery, died on Dec. 13 at NewYork Weill Cornell Medical Center from complications with kidney and heart disease. He was 70. Dr. McSherry was internationally renowned for...
Dr. John A. Evans Dr. John A. Evans, emeritus professor of radiology, radiologist-in-chief, and former chairman of the department at The NewYork Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, died on Dec. 24 at the age of 92. A nationally renowned radiologist and...
Richard Kogan, pianist and clinical instructor in psychiatry. Weill Cornell's Humanities and Medicine Series (2001-2002) continues on Wednesday, Feb. 6, with a lecture/performance on "Music and Illness (Beethoven, Schumann and Gershwin)" by pianist and Weill Cornell psychiatrist Dr. Richard...
Julie Rudnicki, Ph.D., alumna of the Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences, is director of International Project Management (Virology/Immunology) at Boehringer-Ingelheim. Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences' Office of Career Services hosted a "Career Pathways Seminar" in December for...
Cutting the ribbon at the ceremony of the Department of Medicine are (from left) Dr. Ralph Nachman, chairman of the Department of Medicine; Dr. Rees Pritchett, professor of clinical medicine; Leona Helmsley; Dr. Herbert Pardes, president and CEO of...
Dr. Edward Laws Dr. Edward Laws, the W. Gayle Crutchfield Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Virginia, will be the guest of Weill Cornell's Department of Neurological Surgery as the William D. Stubenbord Visiting Professor on Tuesday, Jan....
Bryan Burt accepts the 2001 Goldmann Student Merit Award at the 65th Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner of the Public Health Association of New York City held on Nov. 8. Bryan Burt, third-year medical student, received the top prize...
Work by Weill Cornell Scientists Points to Possible New Target for Drugs To Treat Tuberculosis New York, NY (January 25, 2002) — One of the challenges posed by the tubercle bacillus, which causes tuberculosis (TB), is to understand how the...
New York, NY (January 24, 2002) — Cornell University, in Ithaca, N.Y., and Weill Cornell Medical College, in New York City, together have nine researchers who are among the world's most often-cited authors, according to a new World Wide Web...
Reveal How HIV Escapes an Inhibitor Articles Report Results with Antagonists of an HIV Receptor, CCR5 New York, NY (January 15, 2002) — Two recent papers in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences — with Professor John P. Moore...
Extraordinary Gifts Launch $750 Million Capital Campaign; $332 Million — or 44% — Raised Toward Goal A Major Boost for New York City in the New Year; Mayor Michael Bloomberg Joins in Announcement New York, N.Y. (January 8, 2002) —...
Special Gala Raises Funds and Honors Weill Cornell's Dr. Warren Johnson New York, NY (January 2, 2002) — GHESKIO — a leading Haitian health facility dedicated since 1982 to research, services, and training in HIV/AIDS and other deadly infectious diseases...
Findings Suggest New Strategies for Diagnosis, Prediction, and Therapy Synthesizing a Drug Found in Japanese Deep-Sea Sponges New York, NY (January 2, 2002) — An article just published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation — by lead authors Drs. Noel...
Carolyn Reid, acting director of the Samuel J. Wood Library and the C.V. Starr Biomedical Information Center. Carolyn Reid, associate director of the Medical Library, has been appointed acting director for the Samuel J. Wood Library and the C.V....
Cutting the ribbon at the dedication of the Ambulatory Oncology Suite are (from left) Dr. Roy Silverstein, chief of the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology; Dr. Ralph Nachman, chairman of the Department of Medicine; Dr. Mark Pasmantier, clinical...
Weill Cornell was well-represented at the 43rd annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) held in Orlando, Fla., Dec. 7–11. Dr. Roy Silverstein, Dr. Leif Bergsagel, Dr. John Leonard and Dr. James Bussel were special invited speakers...
Firefighters from Engine 44 were among many local firefighters and police officers whose heroic efforts were recognized at the "Honoring Our Community" reception. From left: Firefighter Edward Kennedy; Firefighter Richard Boeri; Lt. Kevin Rice; Dr. Lisa Staiano-Coico, senior associate...
Welcoming staff and employees to the Day of Unity program are (from left) Valerie Grubman, Weill Cornell Human Resources; Dr. Antonio Gotto, dean of Weill Medical College; Josephine Sanchez-Cooper, Weill Cornell Human Resources; and Myrna Manners, vice provost for...
The Academic Medicine Development Company (AMDeC) Foundation and The New York Biotechnology Association (NYBA) are presenting a special six-part monthly breakfast seriesFrom Concept to Companyto provide practical information for biomedical scientists who may wish to take their discoveries from...
