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Dr. Ari Melnick Named Honoree for the 2020 Ernest Beutler Lecture and Prize (ASH)

The WDOM congratulates Dr. Ari Melnick on being named an honoree for the 2020 Ernest Beutler Lecture and Prize. The Ernest Beutler Lecture is a two-part lectureship that recognizes major translational advances related to a single topic.The Ernest Beutler Lecture (ASH - American Society of Hematology) honors two individuals, one is recognized for enabling advances in basic science, and the other is recognized for using clinical science or translational research to carry basic science advances... Read More

The Young Investigators Award Recipients of 2020

The 29th Young Investigators Award was announced on June 24, 2020 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.WinnersJohn Richard Lee, M.D., M.S., F.A.S.N.Nephrology & HypertensionMicrobiome Profiles Diagnostic and Predictive of Urinary Tract InfectionRobert... Read More

2020 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 17.WinnerDavid R. Price, M.D., M.S.Effect of Neutropenic Critical Illness on Development and Prognosis of Acute Respiratory Distress SyndromeRunners-UpDivya Shankaranarayanan, M.B.B.S.Calcium Release Activated Calcium (CRAC) Channel is a Novel Target to Promote ToleranceMichael Shusterman, M.D.A... Read More

Resident Explores Teaching Doctors About Injustice in The BMJ

Lauren Kelly, a resident in the Internal Medicine Residency Training Program at NYPH/Weill Cornell, explores inequalities in healthcare in The BMJ Opinion. The post is in collaboration with residents from UCLA and UCSF.

2020 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

Health Equity Research Fellow and MD/PhD Student Publish Pivotal Paper on Telemedicine and Healthcare Equity

Dr. Christopher J. Gonzalez, the inaugural HRSA Health Equity Research Fellow at the Diversity Center of Excellence, WDOM, and Lala Tanmoy Das, MD/PhD student, have published a pivotal paper in the Journal of General Internal Medicine (JGIM) on telemedicine and healthcare equity.With collaborative mentorship from Dr. Gonzalez, Lala (Tom) Das served as first author on the JGIM paper, entitled “Preparing Telemedicine for the Frontlines of Healthcare Equity.” The paper shares observations from the... Read More

On the Frontlines of COVID-19: Key Guidelines Published in the New England Journal of Medicine

Until a vaccine is discovered and implemented for COVID-19, WDOM physicians on the frontlines continue to focus on diagnosis, drug treatment options, and best practice guidelines. To that end, two chiefs in the WDOM, Dr. Fernando J. Martinez (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine) and Dr. Roy M. Gulick (Infectious Diseases), and Dr. David Berlin, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Medical Director for Critical Care Services at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, have... Read More

WDOM Celebrates Faculty Who Received Awards at Commencement 2020

The WDOM congratulates its faculty who received teaching awards at the Weill Cornell Medicine Class of 2020 Commencement ceremony on May 28, 2020.Faculty AwardsLeonard Tow Humanism TeacherSusana Morales, M.D.The Elliot Hochstein Teaching AwardErnie Esquivel, M.D.Class of 1952 Resident Physician PrizeDario Villamar, M.D.Volunteer Clinical Faculty Award of Alpha Omega AlphaShari Midoneck, M.D.Senior ListJuliet Aizer, M.D.Brian Eiss, M.D.Ernie Esquivel, M.D.Sydney Katz, M.D.Michael Torres Lizardi... Read More

A Statement from the NYP/Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Residency Program

We, the residents and faculty of the Internal Medicine residency program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, extend our grief, our outrage, and our support, in condemning the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, David McAtee and the countless other Black lives that have been lost to racism.The COVID-19 crisis has become "the great unequalizer" through its disproportionate burden to Black, indigenous, and people of color in New York City and across our country... Read More

COMBAT Trial Data Published in Nature Medicine: Triple Combination Approach Holds Promise for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

Dr. Manuel Hidalgo, Chief, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, WDOM, and colleagues have published a paper in Nature Medicine that shows promising responses using a triple combination approach in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer.In this international Phase 2a trial (COMBAT), patients with the most common type of metastatic pancreatic cancer – who had not responded to a first-line treatment – were treated with an investigational drug, an immunotherapy drug, and chemotherapy.... Read More