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Dr. Niederman Featured in ISICEM News: Prevention of Ventilation-Associated Pneumonia (VAP)

Dr. Michael Niederman, Clinical Director, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, was recently featured in an article in ISICEM News, the official daily newsletter of the 36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Dr. Niederman provided his perspective on whether, and how, VAP (ventilation-associated pneumonia) can be prevented in the ICU. An ongoing challenge that involves a complex set of issues, studies suggest that half of all VAP is preventable. Dr.... Read More

Dr. Goyal Receives Prestigious Glorney-Raisbeck Fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases

Dr. Parag GoyalThe New York Academy of Medicine has announced that the Glorney-Raisbeck Fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases has been awarded to Dr. Parag Goyal. Dr. Goyal, currently a fellow in the Division of Cardiology, trained in internal medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine.The Glorney-Raisbeck Fellowship is a one-year award that will support Dr. Goyal's research project, "Patient Identified Contributors to Readmission Among Older Adults with Heart Failure." The project... Read More

Dr. Garrett-Bakelman Invited by NASA to Speak on Medical Genomics

Dr. Francine Garrett-Bakelman, an Instructor in Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, was invited by NASA to speak on "Medical Genomics." On February 11, 2016, she delivered a talk at the Universities Space Research Association, Lunar and Planetary Institute, in Houston, Texas, reporting on medical genomic technologies, applications, and their integration into clinical care.Dr. Francine Garrett-BakelmanDr. Garrett-Bakelman's talk was held as part of NASA's "Friday Science... Read More

Dr. Cohen Appointed to Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Dr. David E. Cohen has been appointed as Vincent Astor Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the Weill Department of Medicine. Dr. Cohen will be joining the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in July of 2016.David E. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D.Dr. Cohen received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School and his Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University in 1987. He completed internal medicine residency... Read More

Dr. Cantley Receives 2016 Wolf Prize in Medicine

Dr. Lewis C. Cantley has been awarded the prestigious 2016 Wolf Prize in Medicine. Dr. Cantley, who serves as the Meyer Director of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, received this award in recognition of his groundbreaking discovery of the enzyme (PI3K) and the signaling pathway that it controls. Dr. Cantley found that human cancers frequently occur due to activation of PI3K, which has led to targeted drug development and clinical trials in the field of cancer.Related LinksWeill... Read More

Dr. Pitt Appointed to Director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI)

After a national search, Dr. Geoffrey Stuart Pitt has been appointed to Director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI) at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Pitt will be joining the Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg Division of Cardiology as the Ida and Theo Rossi Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Weill Department of Medicine in July of 2016. As Director of the CVRI, he will lead and direct the basic and translational research program focused on cardiovascular diseases and... Read More

Dr. Sonnenberg Publishes Collaborative Study in Nature Medicine: New Promising Approach for Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

Dr. Gregory F. Sonnenberg, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, has published pivotal findings in Nature Medicine. Dr. Sonnenberg, a member of the Roberts Institute for Research in IBD, has led an international team that developed an innovative therapeutic approach that blocked production of an inflammation-promoting molecule in mice – but left key protective immune factors intact. This breakthrough has provided promise for a new... Read More

Azure Lists GHESKIO's Cholera Treatment Center on "The 10 Best Buildings of 2015"

Azure recently listed "The 10 Best Buildings of 2015" and number 5 is GHESKIO's Cholera Treatment Center in Port-au-Prince. This exquisitely beautiful building was opened by MASS Design Group, a not-for-profit firm in Boston, and it is setting a new paradigm in solution-based design in medical center architecture. Providing care for HIV/AIDS since 1982, GHESKIO (Haitian Group for the Study of Kaposi's Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections) was pioneered by Weill Department of Medicine faculty... Read More

An Empty Nester Vacation and an Unexpected Dog Bite

With their son about to go off to college, Mr. Steve Newhouse and his wife, Ms. Gina Sanders, began to plan for a trip to Bhutan and China. "We were about to be empty nesters, and we had always wanted to go to Asia," he explains. Before leaving, Mr. Newhouse had met with Dr. Henry Murray, co-founder of the Weill Cornell Travel Clinic, to ensure that he received any necessary pre-travel vaccines. All was in order, but the best laid plans were sidelined by something completely unexpected – a dog... Read More

First Stop: Weill Cornell Travel Medicine (WCTM)

Whether planning to travel for pleasure, work, or embarking on a humanitarian mission, it is vital to make a "first stop" with a travel medicine expert prior to leaving in order to ensure a safe and healthy trip. Since its inception in 1980, the Division of Infectious Diseases has been home to a premier clinic that serves this purpose. In fact, Weill Cornell Travel Medicine (WCTM) was the first of its kind in all of the United States. Its co-founder, Dr. Henry W. Murray, Arthur R. Ashe Jr.... Read More