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Dr. Parag Goyal Receives The Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging

Dr. Parag Goyal, a heart failure cardiologist, has received The Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging. This prestigious research award is a 5-year grant in the amount of $1.1 million and will support development and testing of Dr. Goyal’s novel strategy for deprescribing medication in older adults with heart failure.A growing problem in the United States, the use of multiple medications can be a burden that impacts negatively on the health and wellbeing of older... Read More

WDOM Faculty Receive Weill Cornell Medicine Grants in Support of COVID-19 Research

The WDOM congratulates three of its faculty - Drs. Julie Magarian Blander, Robert Peck, and Erica Phillips - who received grants from Weill Cornell Medicine in support of their innovative research on COVID-19.Dr. Julie Magarian Blander, Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor of Immunology in Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Dr. Robert Peck, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; and Dr. Erica Phillips, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine,... Read More

Dr. Dan Landau Named 2020 Vallee Scholar

Dr. Dan Landau, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, WDOM, has been named a 2020 Vallee Scholar. Supported by the Vallee Foundation, Dr. Landau was one of six scientists from around the world to receive this prestigious honor.It was a highly competitive year for the Vallee Foundation as it selected six scientists to receive the honor of Vallee Scholar. “The awards committee was extremely impressed by the breadth and vision of this year’s candidates and... Read More

WDOM Expresses Deepest Condolences on the Passing of Dr. Harvey Klein

Dr. Harvey Klein, one of the Weill Department of Medicine’s most beloved and respected physicians, passed away on August 12, 2020. The William S. Paley Professor of Clinical Medicine, Dr. Klein was a premier physician and educator at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center for 55 years. Throughout his remarkably distinguished career, Dr. Klein provided patient care to numerous patients, including dignitaries from around the world, taught hundreds of trainees, and exemplified the... Read More

WDOM Faculty Across Many Divisions Accepted to the 2020-2021 Class of LAMP

The Weill Department of Medicine (WDOM) congratulates its faculty members who were accepted into the 2020-2021 Class of the Leadership in Academic Medicine Program (LAMP). A development program for junior faculty, LAMP provides participants with critical tools to accomplish their primary career goals as academicians in the field of medicine.Division of CardiologyDr. Julie FriedmanDivision of Endocrinology, Metabolism and DiabetesDr. Beverly TchangDivision of Gastroenterology and HepatologyDr.... Read More

Collaborative Observational Study Yields Key Findings on Kidney Transplant Patients with COVID-19

A key observational study involving kidney transplant patients with COVID-19 was recently published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (May 2020). A group of multidisciplinary collaborators across the WDOM led by investigators in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension under the leadership of Dr. Manikkam Suthanthiran, and in the Division of Transplant Surgery under the leadership of Dr. Sandip Kapur, Drs. Michelle Lubetzky, Meredith Aull, and Darshana M. Dadhania explored the best... Read More

The WDOM Congratulates Its 2020 Diversity Award Honorees!

These awards are presented by The Executive Committee on Diversity and Inclusion: Drs. Linnie Golightly, Joy Howell, Said Ibrahim, Marcus Lambert, Rache Simmons.Dean’s Diversity and Healthcare Disparity Research Grant AwardeesFaculty Members:Arnam Kumar Ghosh, M.B.,B.S.Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, General Internal Medicine (Hospital Medicine)Ayana Morales, M.D.Instructor in Medicine, Infectious DiseasesBella Yogesh Mehta, M.B.,B.S.Assistant Professor of Medicine, RheumatologyFellow... Read More

Pivotal Paper on Clostridium difficile Published in Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Medical illustration of C. difficile bacteria

Three faculty from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (WDOM) – Drs. Charles Maltz, Paul Miskovitz, and Kaveh Hajifathalian – have published a pivotal paper on Clostridium difficile in the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (July 2020). The paper, “Lactulose may reduce Clostridium difﬁcile-related diarrhea among patients receiving antibiotics,” is a one-year retrospective review of the incidence of Clostridium difficile infection in NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical... Read More

Dr. Dana Zappetti Appointed as Vice Chair for Clinical Operations in the Weill Department of Medicine

Dr. Dana ZappettiDr. Dana Zappetti has been appointed as Vice Chair for Clinical Operations in the Weill Department of Medicine (WDOM) effective July 1. The role of Vice Chair for Clinical Operations will incorporate responsibilities for ambulatory services. The WDOM expresses its sincerest appreciation to Dr. Robert Burakoff for his outstanding service as Vice Chair for Ambulatory Services. Dr. Burakoff, an expert in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), will continue as Site Chief for the... Read More

Dr. Renuka Gupta Appointed as Chief of Medicine at NYP/Lower Manhattan Hospital

Dr. Renuka Gupta has been appointed as Chief of Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital (NYP/LMH). Dr. Gupta will begin her role in July 2020 and will be succeeding Dr. Judy Tung who had served in this role since 2016. The WDOM expresses its sincerest appreciation to Dr. Tung for her outstanding service and congratulates her on her recent appointment as Associate Dean for Faculty Development at Weill Cornell Medicine and in her continuing role in the Division of General... Read More