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Dr. Robert Burakoff has been named vice chair for ambulatory services for the Weill Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, and site chief for the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital and Weill Cornell Medicine.

Dr. Robert Min has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Weill Cornell Medicine’s Physician Organization, effective Jan. 1. Dr. Adam Stracher has been named chief medical officer of the physician organization and promoted to associate dean for clinical affairs.

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the month of July. 

A compound used in traditional Chinese medicine to lower blood pressure also strongly combats Zika virus infection of the brain, and may protect against Zika-associated birth defects, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center scientists. 

Dr. Michael G. Stewart is taking on an expanded role as vice dean at Weill Cornell Medicine, and Dr. Peter N. Schlegel has been appointed senior associate dean for clinical affairs.

Dr. Bishoy Faltas, an assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and an oncologist at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, has been awarded a Career Development Award from the Department of Defense to investigate the biology of a family of proteins thought to drive resistance to chemotherapy in the advanced stages of bladder cancer.

Two Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have received 2017 Clinical Scientist Development Awards from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to support their ongoing research projects. 

Alexandra Lebenthal can’t recall a time growing up when her hands didn’t shake uncontrollably. Since age three, she has dealt with essential tremor, a neurological disorder that left her struggling with everyday activities like cutting food, pouring drinks and holding a pen.

Dr. Hugh Hemmings, Jr. has been appointed senior associate dean for research and Dr. Todd Evans has been appointed associate dean for research at Weill Cornell Medicine.

A protein found in the cells lining blood vessels plays a central role in preventing fluid and inflammatory cells from leaking into lung tissue in a low-oxygen environment, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers discovered.

Genetic mutations caused by rearranged chromosomes drive the development and growth of certain colorectal cancers, according to new research conducted by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

By studying the effects of immune cells that surround blood vessels in the brain, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have discovered a new pathway involving these cells that may contribute to the cause of Alzheimer’s disease.

Like many surgeons, Dr. Jason Spector is often faced with the challenge of securely closing the abdominal wall without injuring the intestines.

Dr. Sylvia Karasu and her husband both had fathers who were morbidly obese. The two men suffered serious medical consequences from their weight including adult-onset diabetes, chronic heart disease and hypertension.

A deeper understanding of the brain’s connectivity network of neurons and its relationship to the organ’s deep tissue could allow researchers to predict brain spatial patterns and recognize what processes relate to neurological disorders.

Raised in a family of physicians, Dr. Barbara Sampson, MD ’94, always knew she wanted to go into medicine.

Dr. Rebekah Gee, MD ’02, is the top doctor in a state with some of the nation’s most serious health problems. Since January 2016, Dr. Gee has led Louisiana’s health department.

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the month of June.

Amanda Garfinkel, a third-year medical student at Weill Cornell Medical College, was awarded a one-year fellowship from the Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation.