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Physician-Scientists in the Weill Department of Medicine Inducted into ASCI and AAP

The WDOM congratulates four of its physician-scientists who have recently been inducted into top-tier medical societies: Dr. Longman and Dr. Schwartz (ASCI); Dr. Fins and Dr. Rafii (AAP).Dr. Randy S. Longman and Dr. Robert E. Schwartz, both of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, were inducted into ASCI (American Society for Clinical Investigation) on April 8, 2022, as part of the AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting held in Chicago, Illinois. ASCI announced its 95 newly elected members on... Read More

Dr. Prigerson’s Research on Prolonged Grief Disorder Highlighted in The New York Times

Dr. Holly PrigersonOn the heels of a previous article in The New York Times in which Dr. Holly Prigerson discussed the topic of prolonged grief disorder, Dr. Prigerson has been highlighted again in a new NYT article, “How Long Should It Take to Grieve? Psychiatry Has Come Up With an Answer” (March 18, 2022).Dr. Prigerson, who has been working to include prolonged grief disorder as a classified, diagnosable psychiatric disorder, provided perspective and insights on the topic based upon her... Read More

Two Physician-Scientists Training in the WDOM’s Medical Research Track Receive ASCI’s Emerging-Generation Award

Dr. Rachel Niec and Dr. Melanie H. Smith have each received an Emerging-Generation Award (2022) from the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI).Dr. Rachel Niec, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, WDOM, pursues research that is at the intersection of immunology and epithelial cell biology. Her goal is to improve understanding of inflammatory bowel disease and to direct new therapeutic approaches. A recent recipient of the Burroughs Wellcome Career Award for Medical... Read More

Clinic for Gender Affirming Care Opens in the Weill Department of Medicine

Dr. Ann DanoffHoused in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, the Weill Department of Medicine (WDOM) is delighted to announce that a new clinic has opened that offers gender affirming care for gender diverse adults.Supervised by Dr. Ann Danoff, the clinic’s team looks forward to receiving any and all patient referrals from physicians across all areas of medicine. In a welcoming environment, the team is committed to providing individualized gender affirming hormone treatment.... Read More

Dr. Iliev and Colleagues Publish Critical Advance in Cell: Gut Fungi Influences Neuroimmunity and Behavior

Dr. Iliyan IlievIn a preclinical study, Dr. Iliyan D. Iliev, Associate Professor of Immunology in Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, WDOM, and colleagues at Weill Cornell Medicine have uncovered a specific group of fungi in the intestines that can protect against intestinal injury and also influence social behavior.This finding, published in Cell on February 16, 2022, is yet another discovery to augment the many connections within the gut-immunity brain axis. Using a mouse... Read More

WDOM Physician-Scientists Play Key Role in Possibly Curing HIV Infection by Special Stem-Cell Transplant

WDOM physician-scientists Drs. Koen Van Besien, Jing-Mei Hsu, and Marshall Glesby have led a clinical trial involving a patient living with HIV who has now been free of the virus for 14 months.The patient, who was given a blood stem cell transplant for high-risk acute myeloid leukemia, received stem cells from a healthy adult relative (used to quickly restore her blood cell population to reduce infectious complications) and umbilical cord blood from an unrelated newborn. The umbilical cord... Read More

Women Physicians from the WDOM Highlighted as Portrait of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell Unveiled at NYP’s Lower Manhattan Hospital

Drs. Renuka Gupta, Judy Tung, and Harjot K. Singh were in attendance as a portrait of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell – the first woman to become an M.D. in the U.S. – was unveiled at NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital. The occasion was in honor of National Women Physicians Day held on February 3, 2022.As mentioned in the WDOM’s January 2022 newsletter by Chair, Dr. Tony Hollenberg, the outstanding contributions of all WDOM women faculty and trainees are recognized every day.Dr. Gupta, Chief... Read More

Dr. Morales Receives 2022 Pilot Grant Award of the Mastercard Diversity-Mentorship Collaborative

Dr. Ayana MoralesThe WDOM congratulates Dr. Ayana Morales, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, WDOM on being selected as a recipient of the 2022 Pilot Grant Award of the Mastercard Diversity-Mentorship Collaborative at Weill Cornell Medicine. This one-time grant, which begins January 1, 2022 and runs through December 31, 2022, will support Dr. Morales’s project focused on understanding the role of an oncoprotein, Wilms' Tumor 1, in HIV-Associated Kaposi Sarcoma. Dr... Read More

Division of Rheumatology: Dr. Bridges Focused on Optimizing Clinical Research and Mentoring

Dr. S. Louis Bridges, Jr.As highlighted in the WDOM’s 2021 Annual Report, Dr. S. Louis “Lou” Bridges, Jr., Chief, Division of Rheumatology, WDOM, remains focused on optimizing new approaches in clinical research and mentoring.Based at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) where he serves as Physician-in-Chief and Chair of the Department of Medicine, Dr. Bridges has been at the helm of critical advances in clinical care, research, and education throughout his career. Since his arrival to the... Read More

Flattening the Curve for COVID-19: Drs. Nixon and Hupert Publish Key Findings in PNAS

Drs. Douglas Nixon and Nathaniel Hupert have published a paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that suggests flu shots, measles vaccines, and more, could help to flatten the curve for COVID-19.In their study published in PNAS on January 10, 2022, Drs. Nixon, Hupert, and colleagues from Weill Cornell Medicine and the University of Oxford, employed a sophisticated computer modeling platform that they had built in response to the COVID-19 pandemic."If you have a model... Read More