Dr. Mark Lachs, associate professor of medicine, co-director of the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, and a noted authority on elder abuse, will discuss elder abuse at the Dean's Hour, on Wednesday, May 3, at 5 p.m., at the...
Drs. Harry Arlis, Arnold Breitbart and Robert Grant will present a talk on "Body Sculpting for the Millennium: Liposuction, Breast Reduction/Augmentation and Tummy Tucks," on Tuesday, May 2, at 7 p.m., at Weill Cornell's Uris Auditorium (York Avenue &...
The 20th Annual Vincent duVigneaud Memorial Research Symposium, hosted by the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, will be held on Tuesday, May 2, throughout the day. The symposium features award-winning research presentations and poster sessions by Weill...
Weill Cornell medical students have formed a special team to participate in "AIDS Walk NY" in Central Park on Sunday, May 21, for the benefit of programs sponsored by the Gay Men's Health Crisis organization. Staff and faculty are...
Dr. Rich Trifiletti, assistant professor of neurology and pediatrics at Weill Cornell, will discuss "Tourette's Syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: New Biological Perspectives," at the Dean's Hour, on Wednesday, April 26, at 5 p.m., at the Weill Education Center Auditorium...
Dr. Bartha Knoppers, a world-recognized authority on bioethics and professor of law at the University of Montreal, continues the prestigious Millennium Lecture Series"Revolutionizing Medicine in the 21st Century: The Impact of Genetics and Molecular Biology"on Tuesday, April 25, at...
Pianist Jonathan Biss will perform works by Beethoven (Fantasia, Op. 77), Schumann (Kreisleriana, Op. 16), Janacek (Sonata 1905From the Street), Schonberg (Six Little Pieces, Op. 19) and Chopin (Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52) at the Tri-Institutional...
Congratulations to: Dr. Scott Goldsmith, associate dean for continuing medical education, whose outstanding work led to renewal of our accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). Dr. Lisa Staiano-Coico, senior associate dean for research, who was...
Sixty minority 10th- and 11th-grade students from high schools in all five boroughs of New York City recently completed the 11th annual session of Weill Cornell Medical College's HPREP enrichment program, which seeks to boost enrollment of underrepresented minorities...
With an $8 million gift, Weill Cornell has established the Center for Aging Research and Clinical Care. Uniquely conceived in that it is intended to foster linkages among basic research in aging, clinical research in aging, and patient care,...
Dr. Francis Collins, director of NIH's National Human Genome Research Institute, will address the "Medical and Societal Consequences of the Human Genome Project," on Monday, April 24, at 4 p.m., at the Alumni Auditorium of the Columbia University College...
Drs. Mark Lachs and Ronald Adelman, co-directors of Geriatrics and Gerontology at Weill Cornell, will present a talk on "Successful Aging: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Strategies to Age Well," on Tuesday, April 18, at 7 p.m., at Weill...
Dr. Gunter Blobel, last year's Nobel Prize Recipient for Medicine and professor of cell biology at The Rockefeller University, continues the prestigious Millennium Lecture Series"Revolutionizing Medicine in the 21st Century: The Impact of Genetics and Molecular Biology"on Tuesday, April...
A demonstration of InforMax's Vector NTI Suite Sequence Analysis Software for interested molecular biologists will take place on Monday, April 17, from 1 to 3 p.m., in Room A-126. This software package performs design of new cloning strategies, design...
The Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences will offer its annual writing course to graduate students, medical students and fellows, on Monday evenings from April 17 to June 19. The course will be held at 6:30 p.m. in...
Dr. Samuel L. Katz, chairman emeritus of pediatrics at Duke, will discuss "Vaccines in the New Millennium" at the Dean's Hour on Wednesday, April 12, at 5 p.m., at the Weill Education Center Auditorium (C-200). This special presentation is...
Dr. Harold Varmus, the new president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and former director of the NIH, kicks off the Millennium Lecture Series "Revolutionizing Medicine in the 21st Century: The Impact of Genetics and Molecular Biology" on Tuesday, April...
Dr. Arnold J. Levine, president of The Rockefeller University, will present the Fourth Annual Nancy Pritzker Award Lectureship on Monday, April 10, at 9 a.m., in Weill Cornell's Uris Auditorium (1300 York Ave. @ 69th St.). Dr. Levine will...
The Office of Academic Affairs has appointed Cathie M. Currie, Ph.D., as associate director of the Office of Curriculum and Educational Development (OCED). She has also been appointed to the faculty as an assistant professor of psychology in the...
Weill Cornell's newest primary care practice siteCornell Medical Associates–East Sidehas opened at 201 E. 80th St. between Second and Third Ave. The practice includes five physicians in internal medicine, five pediatricians, and two ob-gyns. Dr. Adam R. Stracher, assistant...
