The Internal Medicine Residency Training Program, directed by Dr. Lia Logio, has been selected by Apple as a "Distinguished Program" in education. Apple makes this selection based upon a program's exemplary learning environment, innovation, leadership and excellence.
Seven residents from within the NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Training Program have been selected for induction into the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS). This prestigious honor recognizes individuals who exemplify humanistic patient care and who can serve as role models in medicine.
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 10 Medicine Grand Rounds (13th Annual).
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.
Dr. Faltas is currently focused on molecular profiling of metastatic platinum-resistant urothelial bladder carcinoma, a disease with no approved therapies. In particular, he is investigating the molecular changes that occur as urothelial cancer evolves under the effect of chemotherapy and metastatic spread. Identifying these molecular changes will hopefully lead to finding "druggable" targets for translation into therapeutic clinical trials.
As a featured speaker at the AMEC conference, entitled "Unsilencing the Unheard and the Underserved," Dr. Garrett-Bakelman addressed vital issues concerning SNMA member's education and health disparities. Topics covered included potential paths to be taken to become a physician-scientist; career options post graduate training; and approaches to work-life balance.
The Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) has accepted the abstract of two residents-in-training, Scott Purga and Caroline Andrew. Their study has shown that a simple visual aid tool is cost-effective and improves compliance with intake and output (Is and Os) documentation for inpatients who have "volume-critical" diagnoses.
The department's Quality Improvement Patient Safety Committee (QIPS), co-chaired by Drs. Jennifer Lee and Robert Kim, has received a Learning Health System Champion Research Award from the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC). The award recognizes innovations in medical education, care delivery, research, and diversity.
The Weill Department of Medicine recently received a donation from New York Cardiology Associates that has enabled iPads to be distributed to every resident training in internal medicine. It's part of a large initiative to enhance the learning environment in the age of information.
The department announces a new fellowship which is designed to train generalist clinician-scientists for careers in global health research. Over the past decade, there has been a heightened recognition of the need for generalist clinician-scientists in global health, reflecting the rise of non-communicable diseases in resource-limited settings and the importance of primary care for sustainable health improvements.
