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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

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