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Dr. Iliev Receives Support from The Rainin Foundation: Prediction and Prevention of IBD

Dr. Iliyan Iliev, an Assistant Professor of Immunology and Microbiology in Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, has won the Kenneth Rainin Foundation's Breakthrough Award (2016) for his study on the role of mycobiota during immunomodulatory therapy for inflammatory bowel disease. In 2015, the Foundation had given Dr. Iliev an “Innovator” award for the same study. This one-year $100,000 grant will ensure continuation of Dr. Iliev’s research, which the Foundation believes... Read More

Dr. Murray Appointed to Student Ombudsperson at Weill Cornell Medicine

Dr. Henry W. Murray has been appointed to Student Ombudsperson, coinciding with Weill Cornell Medicine’s newly created Student Ombudsperson Office. In this role, Dr. Murray will serve as a neutral and independent party assisting students through discussion and by providing valuable information to address their concerns and resolve problems. Dr. Murray is a former Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Arthur R. Ashe Professor of Medicine. The WDOM congratulates Dr. Murray on this... Read More

Dr. Leonard Appointed to Interim Chair of the Weill Department of Medicine

Dr. John P. Leonard has been appointed to serve as the Interim Chair of the Weill Department of Medicine (WDOM) and a search for a new Chair for the WDOM has been initiated. Dr. Leonard is also the Associate Dean of Clinical Research at WCMC, the Chief of the Lymphoma Service, and is Associate Director for Clinical Research of the Weill Cornell Cancer Center. The Richard T. Silver Distinguished Professor of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Dr. Leonard is an innovative, internationally... Read More

Dr. Choi Elected as the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine

After a nationwide search, Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi has been appointed to serve as the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell University’s provost for medical affairs. Dr. Choi had been serving as the Interim Dean at Weill Cornell before the announcement was made in which he was recognized for his remarkable academic and administrative accomplishments, in addition to his long and distinguished career as a premier physician-scientist and educator.Related LinksWeill... Read More

New Training Program in ER Focuses on Healthcare Leadership and Management

L to R: Dr. Mary Mulcare, Dr. Rahul Sharma, and Weill Cornell medical students Sapir Nachim and Shokhi Goel. Photo by Travis CurryFounded and directed by Dr. Rahul Sharma, a new summer program is enabling Weill Cornell medical students to learn about the intersection between medicine and business. The students are exposed to leadership and management activities over 8 weeks, including hospital administration, finance, patient safety, research projects, and more. The new program has been... Read More

Dr. Niederman Honored with the Murray Kornfeld Memorial Founders Award

Dr. Michael Niederman, Clinical Director in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, WDOM, has been honored with the Murray Kornfeld Memorial Founders Award from the American College of Chest Physicians. Dr. Niederman is an internationally recognized authority on the treatment and management of pneumonia. This prestigious award highlighted his particular expertise in infection and inflammation as related to pneumonia.Related Links:WCM Newsroom

Dr. Rosen Receives Development Award for Elder Abuse Research

Dr. Tony Rosen, an Instructor in Medicine in the Emergency Division, has received the Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging from the National Institute on Aging and the American Federation for Aging Research for his groundbreaking research on elder abuse. Specializing in geriatric emergency medicine, Dr. Rosen has been awarded $800,000 over the next five years to study injury patterns and forensic biomarkers in victims of elder abuse, as compared to victims of... Read More

Former Chair of Medicine Wins Prestigious ASH Mentorship Award

Dr. Ralph L. Nachman, former Chairman of the Weill Department of Medicine and currently a Professor Emeritus of Medicine, has received the 2016 Mentor Award from the American Society of Hematology (ASH). This prestigious award reflects Dr. Nachman’s decades-long devotion to the training and mentoring of early-career hematologists. One of only two hematologists to receive this award for 2016, Dr. Nachman will be honored at ASH’s 58th annual meeting and exposition held on December 4.Related Links... Read More

Dr. Blander Brings Expertise on Innate Immune System to Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Dr. Julie Magarian BlanderDr. Julie Magarian Blander, an expert on the innate immune system, has been recruited to the WDOM as of November 1, 2016. Dr. Blander is an Assistant Professor of Immunology in Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology and will be carrying out critical new research at the Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dr. Blander is the recipient of significant funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious... Read More

Inaugural Weill Department of Medicine Research Retreat: Fostering the Next Generation of Researchers

Chaired by Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi, John P. Leonard, and Steven M. Lipkin, the first Weill Department of Medicine Research Retreat was held in the Belfer Research Building on October 7, 2016. The conference, which included residents and post-doctoral trainees, was designed to achieve several goals: to highlight research programs within the Department, to expand scientific collaborations, to promote the exchange of knowledge between trainees and senior investigators, and to foster the... Read More