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Five Weill Department of Medicine Faculty Accepted to the Association of American Physicians (AAP)

The Weill Department of Medicine has had five of its faculty elected as members of the Association of American Physicians (AAP) as determined by the AAP's Council: Dr. Carl Blobel, Dr. Lionel Ivashkiv, Dr. Fernando Martinez, Dr. Ari Melnick, and Dr. Thomas Walsh. Membership to the AAP is a coveted honor and reflects remarkable dedication to the advancement of scientific and practical medicine. Founded in 1885 as a non-profit professional organization, the AAP has some 1,300 active members and... Read More

Dr. Silver Receives Prestigious MPN Heroes Award

A world-renowned authority and longtime champion in the field of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN), Dr. Richard T. Silver recently received the prestigious MPN Heroes Award at a gala recognition dinner in San Francisco, which was held prior to the 56th American Society of Hematology Meeting and Exposition. The MPN Heroes Award recognized Dr. Silver's remarkable expertise in delivering patient care for MPNs, as well as his commitment to the broader MPN community. Upon receiving the award, Dr.... Read More

Dr. Morales Receives SGIM's Rhodes Service Award: Honored for Extraordinary Service in Internal Medicine

Dr. Susana Morales, who has worked tirelessly for decades promoting outstanding patient care for all patient populations, has received the prestigious 2015 Elnora M. Rhodes Society of General Internal Medicine Service Award. Dr. Morales is widely known for her superb patient care, academic scholarship, devotion to teaching, and pioneering work in health disparities. An exemplary role model for young physicians and investigators in training, the SGIM will celebrate her "extraordinary service to... Read More

Weill Department of Medicine Fosters a New Generation of Investigators

Weill Cornell Department of Medicine Junior Faculty

The Weill Department of Medicine is focused on increasing its research footprint both at Weill Cornell and on a national level. To that end, the department has established a mentoring infrastructure to assist junior faculty during their transition to NIH K and R series grants. This infrastructure supports a monthly meeting that seeks to build, promote, and mentor the department's junior faculty.The monthly meetings, known as the DOM Junior Faculty Presentations, are attracting a large circle of... Read More

Three Weill Department of Medicine Faculty Accepted to the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI)

Dr. Daniel FitzgeraldThe Weill Department of Medicine has had three of its faculty elected as members of the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI) – Dr. Daniel W. Fitzgerald, Dr. Steven M. Lipkin, and Dr. Kyu Y. Rhee. Membership to ASCI is a coveted honor and reflects landmark contributions in the area of clinical investigation.Founded in 1908, the American Society of Clinical Investigation is an honor society of some 3,000 physician-scientists who serve in the upper ranks of... Read More

A Simple Visual Aid Improves Recording Compliance of "Is and Os" on Internal Medicine Inpatient Unit

The Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) has accepted the abstract of two residents-in-training, Scott Purga and Caroline Andrew. Their study has shown that a simple visual aid tool is cost-effective and improves compliance with intake and output (Is and Os) documentation for inpatients who have "volume-critical" diagnoses.Volume-critical diagnoses include congestive heart failure, chronic or end-stage renal disease, cirrhosis, sepsis, and pancreatitis. These types of conditions and... Read More

Artis Laboratory Publishes Landmark Paper in Nature: New Pathway, New Approach Discovered for the Treatment of Obesity and Obesity-Related Diseases

Dr. David Artis and colleagues have published breakthrough findings in Nature that have opened a newly targeted pathway, and ultimately, a new approach for the treatment of obesity and obesity-related diseases. Utilizing a wide array of high tech tools, the team discovered for the first time that ILC2s, a group of innate lymphoid cells, promote the "beiging" of white adipose tissue (a type of body fat) and limit obesity.Histologic image showing characteristic murine beige fat cells that are... Read More

Champions of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Win Championship Award

The department's Quality Improvement Patient Safety Committee (QIPS), co-chaired by Drs. Jennifer Lee and Robert Kim, has received a Learning Health System Champion Research Award from the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC). The award recognizes innovations in medical education, care delivery, research, and diversity.Established in 2010, the QIPS Committee cultivates high-impact research that includes residents-in-training supervised and mentored by faculty from the Weill... Read More

Dr. Choi and Colleagues Publish Noteworthy Findings in Nature Communications: Master Clocks, Circadian Rhythms, and Lung Inflammation

Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi, the Sanford I. Weill Chair of the Weill Department of Medicine, and colleagues have published a pivotal paper in Nature Communications that has uncovered a new line of discovery regarding circadian rhythm and lung inflammation. The findings focus on the circadian-like rhythms the investigators observed in endotoxemic lungs.As reported in their paper, entitled "Circadian Rhythm Reprogramming During Lung Inflammation," the investigators concluded that inflammation (... Read More

Employee Recognition Program: Winners Announced at Annual Party 2014

The Employee Recognition Review Committee (R3) of the Weill Department of Medicine announced five new Super Star winners at the Annual RRR (Results, Rewards, Recognition) Reception held at the Griffis Faculty Club on November 6, 2014. Super Star winners were: Miosoty Rivera, Senior Medical Secretary (Pulmonary), Sonio Orona, Senior Clinical Technician (Gastroenterology/Hepatology), Clarissa Rodriguez, Medical Technician (Cardiology), Lisa Brooks, Senior Administrative Specialist (Cardiology),... Read More