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Young Investigators Award Recipients of 2023

The 31st Young Investigators Award was announced on June 28 at Medicine Grand Rounds. This award, supported by the Michael Wolk Foundation, 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. Congratulations to our esteemed 2023 recipients! Winner"Localized Prostate Cancers from American Men of African Ancestry are Enriched in Genome Instability"Dr. Jones... Read More

New Vitals Episode: Avi Bueno

We are pleased to share our latest installment of Vitals. This week, Dr. Leonard speaks with Avi Bueno, division administrator for the division of Infectious Diseases. Dr. Leonard and Avi discuss Avi's role in the WDOM and explore a key piece of his professional development.Vitals showcases colleagues across our diverse WDOM community of clinicians, researchers, trainees, and administrative staff in a brief video interview. We’ll learn more about each other’s roles at the institution, personal... Read More

2023 Fellows Award Winners

The Fellows Award was founded in 2003 by Dr. Ralph L. Nachman to encourage fellows in the Department of Medicine to continue creative investigative research in internal medicine and to recognize significant research during fellowship training. This award is funded by the WDOM's Fund for Medicine.Congratulations to the winners!WinnerDr. Nicolás Gómez-BanoyObesity and Clinical Responses to Immune Check-point Inhibitors in Patients with Endometrial Cancer Runner UpDr. Mohammad AlhomoudHarnessing... Read More

2023 David E. Rogers Memorial Research Award Winners

Established in 1995, the David E. Rogers Memorial Research Award recognizes senior medical residents who have accomplished significant research during their residency training. The Award encourages these residents to continue their investigative research in internal medicine. Each year, senior medical residents submit research abstracts, and finalists are chosen to present their work during medical grand rounds.The award is funded by the Holly Andersen Heart Foundation. Congratulations to our... Read More

Anna Lezon Appointed New Associate Director of Budget and Finance

The Weill Department of Medicine (WDOM) is pleased to announce that Anna Lezon has been appointed Associate Director of Budget and Finance for the Department of Medicine, effective July 1, 2023. Since joining Weill Cornell Medicine in 2015 as an administrative coordinator in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Anna has served in roles of increasing responsibility, including grants administrator, research manager, and, most recently, financial manager in the division of Pulmonary and... Read More

Introducing Our Vitals Video Series!

The Weill Department of Medicine is pleased to introduce a new video series, Vitals, which kicked off June 1. Each week, Dr. John Leonard, interim chief of the Weill Department of Medicine, engages in informal conversation with a member of our diverse WDOM comunity of clinicians, researchers, trainees, and administrative staff. We’ll learn more about each other’s roles at the institution, personal interests, and, in short, the essence of what makes each of us a vital part of Weill Cornell... Read More

Dr. Jonathan W. Weinsaft appointed Chief of the Greenberg Division of Cardiology

Dr. Jonathan W. Weinsaft, an outstanding physician-scientist whose clinical research includes a focus on cardiovascular imaging, been appointed chief of the Division of Cardiology at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, effective July 1, 2023. The Greenberg Division of Cardiology, housed within the Weill Department of Medicine, is dedicated to diagnosing and treating patients with disorders of the heart and blood vessels that comprise the cardiovascular... Read More

Dr. Ari Melnick co-hosts first Health Disparities in Hematologic Malignancies conference

Over the last two years, teams at Weill Cornell Medicine and MD Anderson Cancer Center have been working together on a series of joint projects. Through these conversations, Dr. Ari Melnick, the Gebroe Family Professor of Hematology/Oncology, and Dr. Christopher Flowers, chair of Lymphoma/Myeloma at MD Anderson, identified a broader need for a dialogue among the larger community of those studying health disparities in hematologic malignancies (HDHM). The outgrowth of these collaborations was... Read More

Annual Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) Poster Symposium

Over the past 12 years, the Annual Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) Poster Symposium has become an interdepartmental and interdisciplinary celebration of grassroots quality and patient safety initiatives and innovations. Co-sponsored through the Quality Improvement Academy-Weill Cornell Medicine (QIA), NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP) Department of Nursing, and the Physician Organization’s Division of Quality and Patient Safety, this year's event was held on May 24, 2023 at the Belfer... Read More

Fund for the Future Award Winners Announced: Advancing the Research Careers of Junior Faculty

The Fund for the Future award supports selected junior faculty during a crucial period in their career development - the completion of their research training into the early years of their first faculty position at Weill Cornell Medicine. Backed by the generosity of donors to the Weill Department of Medicine (WDOM) and Iris Cantor Center for Women’s Health, the Fund for the Future program provides an initial year of funding to the recipient with a total funding maximum of $300,000. This funding... Read More