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Dr. Stracher Appointed Chief Medical Officer of Weill Cornell Medicine

Dr. Adam R. Stracher, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, WDOM, has been appointed as Chief Medical Officer of Weill Cornell Medicine.In his role as Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Stracher will provide clinical leadership and direction on policies and programs that impact the health of faculty, staff, students, board members, and patients at Weill Cornell Medicine. To that end, he will work closely with NewYork-Presbyterian and multiple administrative... Read More

COVID-19 Community Education and Empowerment Internship Receives Gift from Weil, Gotshal & Manges Foundation

Dr. Susana MoralesThe COVID-19 Community Education and Empowerment Internship, led by Dr. Susana Morales, Director, Diversity Center of Excellence, WCM, and Vice Chair for Diversity, WDOM, has received a gift of $200,000 from the Weil, Gotshal & Manges Foundation.Dr. Morales’s work in leading the Internship, which is held virtually, was highlighted in Milestones (December edition). More than 1,000 students, including high school and college, from New York City, across the United States, and... Read More

Dr. Cristofanilli Appointed as Director of Breast Medical Oncology in Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology

Dr. Massimo CristofanilliA world-renowned leader in the field of breast cancer, Dr. Massimo Cristofanilli has been appointed as the Director of Breast Medical Oncology in the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, WDOM, effective January 10, 2021.Dr. Cristofanilli will be responsible for development of breast cancer programs and patient enrollment for clinical trials. Under his leadership, advancements in the overall clinical enterprise will be driven by innovation and excellence. Dr.... Read More

Dr. Landau Receives The Mark Foundation’s 2022 Emerging Leader Award

Dr. Dan LandauDr. Dan Landau, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, has received the prestigious 2022 Emerging Leader Award from The Mark Foundation.Providing $250,000 per year over three years, the award will support Dr. Landau’s development of novel technology to study clonal mosaicism in normal tissues. This research will open a critical window into the earliest stages of cancer formation.The Mark Foundation states that Dr. Landau’s application of “... Read More

Dr. Prigerson Highlighted in New York Times Article on Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD)

Dr. Holly PrigersonDr. Holly Prigerson, Irving Sherwood Wright Professor in Geriatrics, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, WDOM, is highlighted in an article published in The New York Times that explores Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD).PGD, which was previously considered a complicated grief and persistent complex bereavement disorder requiring further study, has recently been listed as a condition in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. In a New York Times... Read More

Dr. Sonnenberg and Colleagues Discover Unique Subset of ILC3s and a Connection to Inflammation

Dr. Gregory Sonnenberg and colleagues have published a paper in Nature that has uncovered a subset of ILC3s called inflammatory ILC3s.It is known that ILC3s, a set of immune cells (group 3 innate lymphoid cells), help the immune system to tolerate beneficial microbes and suppress inflammation in the intestines and other organs in the body. In their pivotal paper published in Nature on December 1, 2021, Dr. Sonnenberg and colleagues uncovered (in a mouse model) a subset of ILC3s cells (... Read More

Employee Recognition Program: Another Banner Year!

2021 was a banner year for the WDOM’s Employee Recognition Program. The Employee Recognition Program allows physicians, patients, and colleagues to nominate any non-physician employee working in the department.All nominations are reviewed by the department's Star Performer Committee, and selected employees are announced on a monthly basis. All Star Performers are recognized annually with gift cards ranging for $25 to $100, and this year 75 employees were honored. The following Star Performers... Read More

Dr. Fins Appointed as President of the International Neuroethics Society (INS)

Dr. Joseph FinsDr. Joseph J. Fins, Chief, Division of Medical Ethics, WDOM, has been appointed as President of the International Neuroethics Society (INS). Dr. Fins is serving a a two-year term during which time he will guide efforts to encourage and inspire research and dialogue on the responsible use of advances in brain science. Dr. Fins will chair a 15-member Board in his new role as the sixth president of the INS."It's a good time to be in neuroethics," said Dr. Fins. "It's never been more... Read More

WDOM Congratulates its Faculty and Staff Who Ran in the 2021 New York City Marathon

Many faculty and staff from the WDOM participated in the 2021 New York City Marathon held on November 7. The WDOM congratulates them on their efforts and a race well run!

Dr. Zhou and Colleagues Publish Key Findings in Cell Stem Cell on Role Gene SATB2 Plays in the Colon Lining

Dr. Joe ZhouIn a preclinical study, Dr. Joe Qiao Zhou and colleagues have discovered that the loss of the gene SATB2 contributes to changes in stem cells that typically develop into the inner lining of the colon, or large intestine, and furthermore, that these changes in stem cells transform them into a type of cell that normally would line a portion of the small intestine called the ileum. The researchers also found that the presence of the SATB2 gene enables other intestinal cell types to... Read More