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Dr. David Berlin Appointed to Vice Chair of Medicine for the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medicine Healthcare Systems

Dr. David BerlinDr. David Berlin has been appointed to Vice Chair of Medicine for the New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medicine Healthcare Systems. In this role, he is responsible for fostering integration of clinical and academic missions between the Departments of Medicine of the NYP System Hospitals affiliated with Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Berlin is also Medical Director of Critical Care Services and the Medical Intensive Care Unit at the NYP-Weill Cornell Campus. He looks... Read More

The 2016 Fellow Award in Research Finalists Announced at Medicine Grand Rounds

Initiated in 2002, the Fellow Award in Research is presented annually to fellows within the Weill Department of Medicine who have presented outstanding research. This year's finalists were announced at the June 22 Medicine Grand Rounds.WinnerMichael T. Bender, M.D.Fellow, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine"Modulation of Annexin A2 Expression in Human Sepsis"FinalistsDaniel Jones, M.D.Fellow, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine"Effect of Disruption of the Host Microbiome on Ventilator-... Read More

The 2016 David E. Rogers Memorial Research Award Finalists 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 four 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

Third Annual QIPS Poster Day Highlights Quality Improvement Research and Innovations of Faculty and Residents

On May 25, 2016, the Weill Department of Medicine (WDOM) hosted the third Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) Poster Session to share results of the many innovative projects conceived and led by WDOM faculty and residents. This year's event showcased five projects internally funded by the WDOM, and also included thirteen independent posters from abstracts selected during an open call for abstracts earlier this year. The QIPS Committee is led by Jennifer I. Lee, M.D., Quality and... Read More

Dr. Morales Appointed as WDOM's Vice Chair for Diversity

Dr. Susana Morales has been appointed to Vice Chair for Diversity in the Weill Department of Medicine. An Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Dr. Morales joined the Weill Cornell Medicine faculty in 1998 and currently serves as the Associate Director of the Housestaff Training Program in Internal Medicine. She obtained her M.D. from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed residency training in Internal Medicine at the Presbyterian Hospital of the City of... Read More

Triple-Win for Residency Training Program (Internal Medicine): Drs. Webb, Fineman and Smith Honored at Convocation

The Weill Department of Medicine is delighted to report that three of its residents-in-training won teaching awards at the Weill Cornell Medical College convocation, held on May 24 in the Uris Auditorium. In honor of their outstanding teaching skills, the following awards were given: Dr. Bryant Webb received the Class of 1952 Resident Physician Prize; and Dr. Jaime Fineman and Dr. Josh Smith received The House Staff Teaching Award. Congratulations to Drs. Webb, Fineman, and Smith on this triple... Read More

Dr. Choi Appointed as Interim Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine

On April 18, 2016, it was announced by Michael I. Kotlikoff, the Acting President and Provost of Cornell University, that Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi, the Sanford I. Weill Chairman of the Weill Department of Medicine, will serve as Interim Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine and Interim Provost for Medical Affairs of Cornell University as of June 1. The Board of Trustees of Cornell University has approved the formation of a search committee to assist Cornell's Interim President, Hunter Rawlings, in... Read More

Dr. Ruan Earns Top 10 Clinical Research Award for Lymphoma Research

Dr. Jia Ruan, an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, who works with the The Lymphoma Clinical Research Group at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian, has been awarded a 2016 Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Award from the Clinical Research Forum. The award is in recognition of breakthrough research demonstrating the efficacy of an innovative combination therapy for treating mantle cell lymphoma (published in The New England Journal of Medicine).Read the full story here.

Dr. Michael G. Knight Named as a '40 Under 40' Leader in Health

Dr. Michael G. Knight, who trained in internal medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine, has been named as one of the '40 Under 40 Leaders in Health' by the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF). The NMQF is an organization dedicated to eliminating health disparities through innovation, collaboration and data-driven initiatives.Dr. Michael KnightIn its inaugural year, the 40 Under 40 Leaders in Health program honors influential young minority leaders – including physicians,... Read More

New Breakthrough on the Causes of Allergic Inflammation of the Lung: Study from the Artis Lab Published in Nature Immunology

Dr. Laurel MonticelliPublished today, April 4, 2016, in Nature Immunology, research from the Artis Lab, leading a five-institution collaboration, has uncovered a pivotal finding implicating a metabolic pathway that promotes allergic inflammation in the lung. The groundbreaking studies identify that an enzyme, Arginase-1, changes the metabolism within ILCs, a recently identified class of innate immune cells. Dr. Laurel Monticelli, first author and a postdoctoral associate in the Artis Lab, used... Read More