Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

WDOM Faculty Receive Honors at the Weill Cornell Medicine’s Diversity Awards Ceremony

2019 Diversity Award winners
Two of the WDOM’s faculty were honored for their outstanding service and leadership in promoting diversity in a ceremony on April 22, 2019.

Dr. Hollenberg Receives the 2018 Sidney H. Ingbar Distinguished Lectureship Award

Dr. Tony Hollenberg
The coveted award honors an established investigator who has made outstanding contributions to thyroid-related research over the course of many years.

Dr. Positano Authors Go-to-Resource on Foot and Ankle Medicine and Surgery

Book cover: Pocket Foot and Ankle Medicine and Surgery
Dr. Rock G. Positano has authored a new book targeted to medical professionals in the field of foot and ankle orthopedics and medicine. The new book is part of a highly successful “Pocket Series” of medical specialty notebooks.

Dr. Anthony Hollenberg Appointed Chairman of the WDOM

Dr. Tony Hollenberg
Dr. Anthony Hollenberg, a premier physician-scientist in the field of endocrinology, has been appointed to serve as Chairman of WDOM effective February 1, 2018.

Dinner with DiMaggio: Dr. Positano Authors an Illuminating New Book

Dr. Rock Positano
An illuminating new book has hit the stands. Told from the perspective of podiatrist Dr. Rock Positano, “Dinner with DiMaggio – Memories of an American Hero” reveals a unique narrative on the life of baseball great Joe DiMaggio.

The Department of Medicine Annual Investigators Award Recipients of 2014

Research image
The 23rd Annual Department of Medicine Awards were announced on June 17, 2014. This award is presented annually to members of the Weill Department of Medicine below the rank of professor who perform on outstanding levels in the areas of clinical and/or basic biomedical research. It is supported by the Michael Wolk Foundation.

The 2014 Fellow Award in Research Finalists Announced at Medicine Grand Rounds

2014 Fellows Award Finalists
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 (12th Annual).

In Memoriam: David Becker, M.D.

Dr. Becker was a revered member of the Division of Endocrinology and a nationally and internationally recognized thyroidologist, with particular expertise in thyrotoxicosis and thyroid cancer. Dr. Becker was a pioneer in the use of radioactive isotopes for the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid disease.

Largest Ever Federal Grant Awarded to Weill Cornell

A prestigious $49 million Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) has been awarded from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to Weill Cornell Medical College in support of a new Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC).