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The Center for Comprehensive Spine Care takes a multidisciplinary approach to treat patients suffering from back, neck, hand and joint pain, arthritis, spinal stenosis, sciatica, rotator cuff injuries, disc injuries and carpal tunnel syndrome, among other conditions.

Dr. David Carr-Locke has been recruited as clinical director of the Center for Advanced Digestive Care at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Artificial intelligence (AI) can help scientists predict what combinations of already existing drugs may work in different types of cancer.

With the goal of advancing Weill Cornell Medicine’s mission to nurture the best future healthcare leaders, the Feil family has made a $12.5 million gift to establish a state-of-the-art student center.

Institutional leaders issue a statement on a recent immigration executive order.

Cornell University Interim President Hunter Rawlings issue a statement about a recent immigration executive order.

Dr. Samie Jaffrey wins the John J. Abel Award and other awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the month of January. 

For Dr. Heather Yeo, medicine is synonymous with family.

Startup Symposium and Poster Session Scheduled for Jan. 26

A gene essential for making blood vessels in embryos can successfully transform amniotic cells into therapeutic blood vessel cells.

New research provides insights into why the brain is so reliant on sugar to function.

Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi, an internationally renowned physician-scientist in the field of lung disease, has been named the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell University’s provost for medical affairs.

The Department of Anesthesiology Residency Program at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished Program for its success in creating a digital learning environment using mobile technology.

When Roy Pizzarello suddenly had a stroke, he was fortunate to get to the hospital quickly. For stroke patients, such early intervention is vital. 

NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine are among the nation’s top healthcare institutions in supporting revised vaccination guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the human papillomavirus.

Two doctors – Dr. Lewis C. Cantley, M.S. ’73, Ph.D. ’75, and Dr. Kristy Richards ’90  – are growing radically collaborative research connections between Weill Cornell Medicine and the College of Veterinary Medicine, adding new discoveries to the university’s long history of research that benefits animals and people. 

Researchers have developed a modular immune organoid that can replicate the anatomical structures found within lymph nodes.

For a survivor of both breast cancer and a brain aneurysm, Sandy Sherman considers her most recent diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis to be “a blip on her screen.” Even though Sherman’s disease is irreversible, her steadfast optimism has helped drive research advances in pulmonary fibrosis – especially at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Dr. Fernando J. Martinez has been named chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center.

As a tumor grows, the environment surrounding the cancer stiffens, as does the tumor itself. And there is another effect of that stiffening: damage to the blood vessels of the tumor.