Faculty Positions

Weill Cornell Medical College seeks an internationally recognized investigator to become the Founding Director of our new Center for Metabolic Health. The director will develop a robust, multidisciplinary, interdepartmental research program in the diagnostics and therapeutics of diabetes, obesity and related metabolic diseases. The Director of the Center for Metabolic Health will be a scientist of the highest caliber who possesses outstanding leadership skills and the vision to develop and lead a team of scientists and physician-scientists employing cutting-edge technologies and cross-disciplinary expertise to understand the causes and develop treatments for a variety of metabolic diseases. Appointees within the center will be from across departments at the medical college and make use of state-of-the-art cellular and molecular biology, genetics, proteomics and metabolomics approaches. This position is an opportunity to join a preeminent medical center that is set within a diverse patient population, to strategize and lead a vital effort that will establish a new center of excellence, and to further a new era in breakthrough research and life-saving therapies in metabolism.

Weill Cornell Medical College is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and maintains close ties with neighboring institutions, including Rockefeller University and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Candidates should submit a letter of interest and CV to:
John P. Leonard, M.D., Interim Chair
Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
Interim Physician-in-Chief
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
525 East 68th Street, Box 130, Room M-522
New York, NY 10065
medchair@med.cornell.edu