The Department of Medicine is saddened to announce that Desiree Pardi, M.D., Ph.D., died peacefully on Sunday, September 6, 2009.
The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that Yoon Kang, M.D., of Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Associates (WCIMA) has been appointed as the first Richard P. Cohen, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medical Education, effective May 1, 2009.
Adding potent research firepower and fresh physical perspectives to combat cancer, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has funded the new Center on the Microenvironment and Metastasis, which will be headquartered at Cornell University. It is one of 12 new research centers across the nation recently announced by the NCI. This grant is for $13 million over five years.
The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that Brendan M. Reilly, M.D., Executive Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs and Professor of Medicine, has been appointed as a Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor of Medicine, effective March 1, 2009.
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.
