On February 10, Dr. Warren D. Johnson, Jr., former Chief of Infectious Diseases, and now Director of the Center for Global Health within the Department of Medicine's Infectious Diseases Division, was honored during an inauguration ceremony, in which a new clinical facility was named The Warren D. Johnson, Jr. Medical Center.
Dr. Holly Andersen, of the Division of Cardiology in the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, has been appointed Director of Education and Outreach at the new Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. The newly created position underscores the Institute's strong commitment to raising awareness about the risks of heart disease.
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Judy Tung has accepted the position as Interim Director of WCIMA, pending a national search for a new Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine.
As an internationally recognized leader in clinical research in HIV, Dr. Gulick led one of the first studies of 3-drug combination antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection which ultimately redefined the standard-of-care for HIV treatment and lead to dramatic declines in HIV-related morbidity and mortality.
Dr. Ralph Nachman served as the chairman of the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell from 1990 to 2007 and is presently the Lewis Thomas University Professor of Medicine and the Associate Dean for Clinical Research.
Brendan M. Reilly, M.D., has been appointed Executive Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Medicine of Weill Cornell Medical College and the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, effective July 1, 2008.
Each year some of the nation's most outstanding young physicians join Weill Cornell's faculty. They are attracted to Weill Cornell because they know it is here they will provide the best possible patient care, collaborate in research aimed at improving the health of millions, and educate tomorrow's top physicians.
