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Dr. Brown Appointed as Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Dr. Robert S. Brown, Jr.The Weill Department of Medicine (WDOM) is pleased to announce that Robert S. Brown, Jr., M.D., M.P.H. has been appointed as the new Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology effective August 1, 2021. Dr. Brown is the co-founder and Director of the bi-campus Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He has been an integral part of the liver transplant effort at Weill Cornell since 1999 and joined the faculty full-time... Read More

Division of General Internal Medicine: Fourth Annual Primary Care & Hospital Medicine Innovations Symposium

On May 27, 2021, The Primary Care Innovation (PCI) program hosted the Fourth Annual Primary Care & Hospital Medicine Innovations Symposium virtually with over 200 attendees nationwide. This year the PCI program provided $175,000 to fund 11 innovative interdisciplinary projects across the campus consisting of 8 faculty, 1 resident, and 2 student awardees in various topics related to primary care. With opening remarks from Dr. Fred Pelzman, Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi, and Dr. Judy Tung, the... Read More

WDOM Faculty Receive 2021 Excellence in Medical Education Awards

The WDOM congratulates its faculty who received Weill Cornell Medicine’s 2021 Excellence in Medical Education Awards. These awards honor educators for their outstanding contributions to the Weill Cornell Medicine medical education program.Related LinksWCM Newsroom

The Young Investigators Award Recipients of 2021

The 30th Young Investigators Award was announced on June 30, 2021 at Medicine Grand Rounds. 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.WinnerCarrie Johnston, M.D., M.S.Infectious DiseasesAging with HIV: Novel Biomarkers of Inflammation and MorbidityRunners-upJustin Kingery, M.D., Ph.D.General... Read More

Dr. Rachel Niec Receives Career Award for Medical Scientists from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Dr. Rachel NiecDr. Rachel Niec, a fourth-year fellow in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, has received the prestigious 2021 Career Award for Medical Scientists from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. The Career Award for Medical Scientists (CAMS) supports medical doctors who are pursuing research careers in biomedical investigation. It focuses on the transition of the physician-scientist from postdoc/fellow to independent researcher. In an effort to address the shortage of physicians... Read More

2021 Fellow Award in Research Announced at Medicine Grand Rounds

Initiated in 2002, the award is given to fellows within the Weill Department of Medicine who have performed outstanding research. This year's finalists were presented at Medicine Grand Rounds on June 23.WinnerBobak Parang, M.D., Ph.D.Methylmalonic acid dysregulation promotes drug resistance in non-small cell lung cancerRunners-UpEdward Kogan, M.D.Trends in Early Stroke and Mortality in Endocardial versus Epicardial Left Atrial Appendage Closure in Atrial Fibrillation: Nationwide Readmissions... Read More

2021 David E. Rogers Memorial Research Award Winner Announced

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 finalists are chosen to present their work during medical grand rounds.The award was founded and is chaired by Holly S. Andersen, M.D. – Director of Education and Outreach at The Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute, Associate Attending Physician at NewYork-Presbyterian... Read More

Dr. Powell and Colleagues Identify Three Key Inflammatory Proteins Potentially Related to Risk of Acquiring Severe COVID-19

Dr. Timothy Powell, serving as first author, and Drs. Douglas Nixon and Rodrigo Duarte (last authors), have published a paper in Clinical & Translational Immunology that has identified three key inflammatory proteins that may be involved in the risk of acquiring severe COVID-19.Dr. Timothy PowellDr. Powell, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Genetics in Medicine in the WDOM’s Division of Infectious Diseases, joined Dr. Nixon’s laboratory in 2019. Dr. Powell, whose research expertise is in... Read More

QIA Class of 2021

On May 26, 2021, the Quality Improvement Academy-Weill Cornell Medicine (QIA) held a socially-distanced and fully-masked graduation celebration for the 11 faculty of the Class of 2021. This was a landmark year marking the graduation of the fifth QIA class!With ongoing support from Dean Augustine M.K. Choi and Dr. Anthony Hollenberg, Chairman of the Weill Department of Medicine, the event recognized the accomplishments of the QIA graduates representing seven departments and their ongoing... Read More

Dr. Landau and Team Publish Findings in Cancer Discovery on Mapping Technique that Reveals Epigenetic Drivers of Cancers

Dr. Dan LandauDr. Dan Landau, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, and team have published a paper in Cancer Discovery describing a new technique that can analyze the thousands of DNA methylation changes detected in tumor cells and infer which ones are likely driving tumor growth.In the realm of DNA mutations, cancer researchers have been trying to distinguish “driver” mutations from more abundant “passenger” mutations that have no effect on cancer. “... Read More