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Recent recruits to the Department of Surgery with department chairman Dr. John Daly: (standing from left) Dr. Toyooki Sonoda, Dr. Daly and Dr. Sang Lee; (seated from left) Dr. Jeffrey Milsom, Dr. Howard Israel, Dr. Mia Talmor and Dr....

MD-PhD students and faculty listen to Dr. Frank Douglas speak about his career path in clinical medicine, academia and the pharmaceutical industry.click here to enlarge Dr. Frank Douglas with Dr. Olaf Andersen, director of the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program. Dr....

At the luncheon honoring the family of Joachim Silbermann (seated) are (from left) Dr. Maria Febbraio, assistant professor of cell biology in medicine; granddaughter Karen Silbermann; Dr. Pamela Meluh (MSKCC); Dr. Antonio Gotto, dean of Weill Cornell Medical College;...

Dr. Phyllis August (medicine) was interviewed by Glamour magazine and by Healthscout.com about preeclampsia. Dr. Philip Barie (surgery) was interviewed for a physicians' education video by Merck Drugs about the new Merck drug Invanz. Dr. Barbara Bartlik (psychiatry) was...

Information for this section, which notes promotions and appointments at the rank of associate professor and above, is provided by the Office of Faculty Affairs. Appointments to Professor David H. Goddard, M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine (New York Methodist...

Dr. Robert Allan (psychology in medicine) was interviewed by Crain's New York Business about the ways in which hospitals are helping New Yorkers cope in the aftermath of the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster. Dr. Greg Bauer (surgery) was...

Packing supplies to be delivered to the Bowery Mission and the Humane Society are (from left) Adriane Scola, research technician at Weill Cornell; Rachel Darken, 5th-year MD-PhD student; and Marianna Ruzinova, 4th-year MD-PhD student. Following the World Trade Center...

Joan and Sanford Weill, Dean Antonio Gotto (left), and Cornell President Hunter Rawlings (center) with the portrait presented at the reception. The portrait has been hung in the Medical College lobby at 1300 York Ave. A portrait honoring Joan...

In the second week of the Medical Center's response to the World Trade Center disaster, Weill Cornell faculty were interviewed by the following media. Dr. Robert Allan (psychology in medicine) was interviewed by Crain's New York Business about the...

Francoise Freyre Francoise Freyre, formerly director of student affairs for the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, has been named assistant dean of the Graduate School. "I am delighted to make this appointment, which formalizes the many academic...

Dr. Paul Talalay Dr. Paul Talalay, the John Jacob Abel Distinguished Service Professor of Pharmacology, director of the Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, and founder of the Brassica Chemoprevention Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will be the...

Dr. M. Flint Beal, chairman of the Department of Neurology and Neuroscience and principal investigator for the department's new Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center, explains some of the scientific work to be conducted in the center to Henry Arnhold (right)...

His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifah Al-Thani visits a patient in the Burn Center who suffered serious burns in the attack on the World Trade Center. With the Emir are (from left) Dr. Herbert Pardes, president of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital;...

Condemns Terrorism, Donates One Million Dollars New York, NY (October 1, 2001) — Reaffirming a unique example of international cooperation between an American medical school and a Middle Eastern country, His Highness the Emir of the State of Qatar visited...

Third Edition of a Popular Guide The Latest Scientific Breakthroughs and Techniques, with a Directory of Fertility Specialists New York, NY (October 2001) — One in six American couples of childbearing age has difficulty conceiving — despite the fact that...

The Medical College organized a special panel discussion on Sept. 20 for Weill Cornell students to give them an opportunity to express their thoughts and questions about the many implications of the terrorist destruction of the World Trade Center....

Dr. Joseph Fins, associate professor of medicine and public health and director of medical ethics at NewYork Weill Cornell, wrote these poems reflecting his thoughts on the disaster. The inspiration for "Mosaics and Misery" was the expectant waiting of...