Medical School Alumni

More than 170 Weill Cornell Medicine leaders, donors, students and alumni gathered May 1 to celebrate the completion of the institution’s new $260 million student residence—and the reveal of its official name.

On May 16, 389 expected graduates – 109 medical doctors, 46 physician assistants, 80 with doctorates and 154 with master of science degrees – in the Class of 2024 received their degrees from Weill Cornell Medicine during the institution’s annual commencement ceremony at Carnegie Hall.

Weill Cornell Medicine faculty members and alumni were honored with awards for their exemplary achievements in research, education and patient care during the institution’s commencement activities on May 15 and 16.

Students from the Weill Cornell Medical College Class of 2024 were recognized for their dedication to scholarship, excellence in research, devotion to teaching and service and exceptional professional qualities on May 15 during Convocation.

Of the 109 Weill Cornell Medical College students graduating in May, 107 garnered residencies, with 87 percent of them matching to top postgraduate residency specialty programs.

The institution is constructing a modern new student residence that, when it opens in 2025, will expand the scope of the institution’s Upper East Side campus and nearly double the existing student residential living space.

Nick Rosenfeld’s passion for medicine is profoundly personal, as is his desire for cultivating enduring relationships with patients.

More than 350 expected graduates – 104 medical doctors, 86 with doctorates and 190 with Master of Science degrees – in the Class of 2023 received their degrees from Weill Cornell Medicine during the institution’s annual commencement ceremony at Carnegie Hall on May 18.

Dr. Margaret “Peggy” Bia, M.D. ’72, professor emeritus of internal medicine at Yale School of Medicine, has been awarded the Weill Cornell Medical College Alumni Association Award of Distinction.

A scholarship program Weill Cornell Medicine created in 2019 reduces medical education debt for students with financial need, freeing them up to take full advantage of medical school, while pursuing a path in medicine based on their passions and interests. The program covers tuition, fees, housing and living expenses.

Medical students received special awards, prizes and certificates, acknowledging their exceptional academic achievement, scholarship, research, teaching and service. 

Weill Cornell Medicine is celebrating more than a century of excellence in medical education, scientific discovery and patient care, commemorating 125 years since its founding. The institution is also celebrating the 25th anniversary of the renaming of its medical and graduate schools on April 30, 1998, in deep appreciation for the exemplary leadership of longstanding supporters Sanford I. Weill and his wife, Joan Weill.

Dr. Fauci shared 10 lessons from the global health crisis on March 29 in a packed Uris Auditorium. His grand rounds presentation was part of the 2023 Ralph L. Nachman, MD Visiting Professorship, sponsored by the Weill Department of Medicine.

Weill Cornell Medicine’s Class of 2023 gathered to open their match envelopes, an annual rite of passage, at a ceremony on the Starr Foundation-Maurice R. Greenberg Conference Center Terrace of the Belfer Research Building. Students celebrated their achievements and shared their excitement with fellow classmates, family and friends.

Rana Barghout didn’t realize the power of her story until she shared it. It had been five years since she experienced homelessness, living in a car for months with her two younger siblings after a tragic house fire left her parents in the hospital. 

The award honors an alumnus who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in research, education or patient care, and has brought acclaim to the institution.

All of the 116 students in Weill Cornell Medical College’s Class of 2022 who entered the match this year secured postgraduate residency positions, 87 percent of which at institutions ranked in the top 50 by U.S. News and World Report.

Building on their longtime commitment to social justice, equity and diversity, Louise and Leonard Riggio have made a $5.6 million gift to Weill Cornell Medicine to establish a named scholarship for Black medical students with financial need. 

For the Class of 2024, their first year of medical school was anything but typical.

On Aug. 20, 106 students in Weill Cornell Medical College’s Class of 2025 received their short white coats during an outdoor, in-person White Coat Ceremony.