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Dr. Oliver Fein Wins 2015 Award for Excellence in Public Health

Oliver Fein, M.D., has received the 2015 Award for Excellence from the American Public Health Association. This award recognizes Dr. Fein's lifetime of achievement as an advocate for health reform and greater community access.Related LinksWeill Cornell Newsroom

Employee Recognition Program: Winners Announced at 2015 Annual Party

The Employee Recognition Review Committee (R3) celebrated the Weill Department of Medicine's star performers at the Annual RRR (Results, Rewards, Recognition) Reception held at the Griffis Faculty Club on November 10, 2015.Each year a select number of department employees, who are chosen two years in a row for outstanding service, are named as Bronze Star Performers. This year's Bronze Star performers were: Darren Birks, Medical Secretary, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine; Ilene Rivera,... Read More

Dr. Judy Tung Appointed to Chair of the Department of Medicine at NYP/LMH

Dr. Judy TungJudy Tung, M.D., will be joining NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital (NYP/LMH) to serve as Chair of the Department of Medicine as of January 2016. Dr. Tung has served as the Director of Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Associates (WCIMA) at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center since 2009, where she has also been a faculty member since 2001. She has also served as Acting Chief of the Division of Internal Medicine since 2009 and will remain Section... Read More

Dr. Jane Salmon Appointed to Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs

Dr. Jane SalmonDr. Jane Salmon, Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, has been appointed to Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs at Weill Cornell Medicine. She will oversee Weill Cornell Medicine's Office of Faculty Affairs, working closely with Assistant Dean of Faculty Affairs Mark Albano, senior leadership, and department chairs to implement best practices for appointments, promotions, and tenure actions. She will also coordinate with the Office of Faculty Development and the Office... Read More

Weill Cornell Department of Medicine's Employee Recognition Program Announces Winners

The Results, Rewards and Recognition Committee (R3) of the Weill Department of Medicine completed its bimonthly review. The Super Star winners were Angie McNally, Administrative Specialist, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and Allison Lasky, Administrative Coordinator, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Care Medicine.Angie McNally was noted for her ability to adapt to the ever-changing needs that arise within her division and for being highly adept at calendar scheduling.... Read More

Dr. Brown Appointed to Vice Chair of Transitions of Care for the WDOM

Dr. Robert BrownRobert S. Brown, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., has been appointed to Vice Chair of Transitions of Care for the Weill Department of Medicine (WDOM). He is the Interim Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and the Director of the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Additionally, Dr. Brown holds the title of Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons.Dr.... Read More

Internal Medicine Residency Training Program Selected as an Apple "Distinguished Program"

The Internal Medicine Residency Training Program, directed by Dr. Lia Logio (who also serves as Vice Chair for Education and Vice Chair for Faculty Development in the Weill Department of Medicine), has been selected by Apple as a "Distinguished Program" in education. Apple makes this selection based upon a program's exemplary learning environment, innovation, leadership and excellence. This will be a two-year designation (2015-2017), and Apple will be sending a plaque and banner in recognition... Read More

Dr. Steven M. Lipkin Named Vice Chair for Basic and Translational Research

Steven M. Lipkin, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, has been named as Vice Chair for Basic and Translational Research in the Weill Department of Medicine. As Vice Chair for Basic and Translational Research, Dr. Lipkin will work closely with departmental and divisional leadership to enhance and foster the research activities of our faculty and trainees.Dr. Steven LipkinA nationally and internationally regarded leader in the field of adult... Read More

Dr. Artis Publishes Major Advance on Gut Health in PNAS: A Sophisticated Dialogue

Color-enhanced histologic image showing intestinal tissue damage in a murine model of intestinal inflammation. Image courtesy of Drs. Laurel Monticelli and David Artis.Dr. David Artis, a world renowned expert in immunology and inflammatory bowel disease research and Director of the Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, has published a landmark paper in PNAS that provides new insight on how the intestines repair themselves after daily attacks from microbes and... Read More

End-of-Life Chemotherapy for Cancer Patients in Question: Dr. Prigerson Publishes Landmark Findings in JAMA Oncology

Dr. Holly PrigersonChallenging widespread clinical practice and accepted treatment guidelines, Dr. Holly Prigerson, Irving Sherwood Wright Professor in Geriatrics, has published a paper in JAMA Oncology that puts the value of chemotherapy for end-of-life patients with cancer into question. She and colleagues examined 661 end-stage patients enrolled in their long-term prospective, multi-institutional study. A scale known as the ECOG allowed the researchers to evaluate the patients' performance... Read More