On May 17, 2017, the Weill Department of Medicine (WDOM) hosted a graduation event for Quality University – WDOM (QUDoM) Class of 2017, beginning with presentations of their quality improvement (QI) research projects at WDOM Grand Rounds.
The Weill Department of Medicine is delighted to announce that Dr. Nicole Cruz has been named the National Hispanic Medical Association Resident of the Year. This honor will be bestowed at the NHMA National Meeting in Washington, DC in May 2017.
Dr. Lia Logio has been featured in a video for “We Are Weill Cornell Medicine.” She discusses her career in medicine and her passion for teaching.
A new summer program is enabling Weill Cornell medical students to learn about the intersection between medicine and business. The students are exposed to leadership and management activities over 8 weeks, including hospital administration, finance, patient safety, and research projects.
Dr. B. Cameron Webb, who trained in our internal medicine residency program, has been selected for the prestigious honor of a White House Fellowship. Founded in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, the White House Fellows Program offers exceptional Americans first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government.
Initiated in 2002, the Fellow Award in Research is presented annually to fellows within the Weill Department of Medicine who have presented outstanding research. This year's finalists were announced at the June 22 Medicine Grand Rounds.
Established in 1995, the David E. Rogers Memorial Research Award encourages medical residents to continue their investigative research in internal medicine. Each year, senior medical residents submit research abstracts, and four finalists are chosen to present their work during medical grand rounds.
On May 25, 2016, the Weill Department of Medicine (WDOM) hosted the third Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) Poster Session to share results of the many innovative projects conceived and led by WDOM faculty and residents. This year's event showcased five projects internally funded by the WDOM and also included thirteen independent posters from abstracts selected during an open call for abstracts earlier this year.
The Weill Department of Medicine is delighted to report that three of its residents-in-training won teaching awards at the Weill Cornell Medical College convocation held on May 24 in Uris Auditorium.
Dr. Michael G. Knight, who trained in internal medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine, has been named as one of the '40 Under 40 Leaders in Health' by the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF). The NMQF is an organization dedicated to eliminating health disparities through innovation, collaboration and data-driven initiatives.
