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Thomas Lee Jr., '79, Donald Goldstein, '57, and Dean Gotto. Allan Ropper, '74, Frederick Basilico, '76, John Nagurney, '72, and Judith Basilico, '74. Maureen Tierney, '83 and Richard Lee, '83. Continuing a series of regional alumni gatherings, Dean Antonio...

The 91 Weill Cornell clinical faculty named below were selected for listing in the recently published update of America's Top Doctors, a widely distributed consumer-information guide published by Castle Connolly (2001). The specialty designations are those used in the...

At a luncheon held on April 10, Lisa and Sanford Ehrenkranz were honored for their generous pledge to endow a new professorship to be called the Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz Professorship in Women's Health. In attendance were Dr....

Dr. Daniel Alonso was interviewed by University Business about the new Medical College in Qatar. Dr. Craig Basson (medicine) was interviewed by New Scientist on the importance of the number of genes in the human genome. Dr. Sandra Belmont...

In March and April, Weill Cornell students and faculty reached out to public schools in the community in organizing three special programs. During Brain Awareness Week (March 12–18), Weill Cornell's Department of Neurology and Neuroscience participated in Family Science...

Dr. David M. Clayson (1934–2001) Dr. Clayson receives the Dean's Award for Lifetime Achievement in Teaching presented by Dean Antonio Gotto (right) and Dr. Jack Barchas (left), chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, at the award reception on Feb....

Congratulations to Dr. Antonio Gotto, dean of the Medical College and professor of medicine (cardiology), who has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the prestigious, 221-year-old honor society whose mission is "to cultivate...

Dr. Joseph Schlessinger Dr. Joseph Schlessinger, the Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Professor and chairman of pharmacology at New York University Medical Center and director of NYU's Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, will be the guest of the Department...

Dr. Lee Reichman Dr. Lee Reichman, executive director of the National Tuberculosis Center at the New Jersey Medical School, will be the guest of the Department of Medicine on May 3 as the 2001 Donald Zucker Visiting Professor. He...

Dr. Richard Silver (second from left) and Barbara Silver, who were guests of honor at a luncheon hosted by the Medical College on April 2 to recognize the establishment of the Richard T. Silver Distinguished Professorship in Medical Oncology,...

New York, NY (April 30, 2001) — Dr. Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Medical College of Cornell University and a world-renowned authority in the field of cardiovascular medicine, has been elected a Fellow...

New York, NY (April 24, 2001) — Dr. Selina Chen-Kiang, Professor of Pathology at Weill Cornell Medical College and the leader of a research team on multiple myeloma based at New York Weill Cornell Medical Center, was recently named "Researcher...

Dr. Daniel Alonso (dean's office) was interviewed by The New York Times and Radio MIDRE (of Argentina) about his future assignment as the first dean of Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. The establishment of the Weill Cornell Medical...

Dr. Marcus Reidenberg, professor of pharmacology and medicine, has received the 2001 Alumnus of the Year Award from Temple University School of Medicine. Dr. Reidenberg received his M.D. from Temple in 1958. The award, conferred annually by Temple's medical...

At a memorial service on April 18, first-year medical students remember 22 individuals who donated their bodies to medical education and science. First-year medical students held a memorial service on April 18 in the Olin Hall courtyard to remember...

Dr. Brian Apatoff (neurology) was interviewed by the New York Post on multiple sclerosis. Dr. Louis Aronne (medicine) has begun a series of appearances on the CBS Early Show, commenting on and monitoring a weight-loss program for five participants....