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Young Investigator Award for WCIMA Physician

Dr. Amanda Carmel Studies Vitamin D and Osteoporosis Treatment in Local CommunityDr. Amanda CarmelAt the annual meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) held in September, Dr. Amanda Carmel received the 2011 Shun-Ichi Harada Young Investigator Award. A physician with WCIMA and a former DoM resident, she won the award for her abstract and presentation, "The 25(OH)D Level Needed To Maintain A Favorable Bisphosphonate Response Is ≥33ng/ml." Collaborators on the project... Read More

New Suite for a New Era in the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Cancers

On October 18, 2011, a reception was held to celebrate the opening of a newly renovated suite for the treatment of gastrointestinal cancers. Located on Floor 12 of the Weill Greenberg Ambulatory Building, 1305 York Avenue, the stunningly attractive facilities represent state-of-the-art patient care at its best. Individual treatment bays are equipped with flat screen televisions and provide sweeping views of York Avenue. Dr. David Nanus, co-Chief of the Division of Hematology and Medical... Read More

Dr. Silver Honored with European Lecture Invitation

Dr. Richard T. Silver was an invited lecturer at the "Leukemia and Lymphoma: East and West are Together" Conference sponsored by the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, held in Dubrovnik, Croatia from September 16-21. He spoke about the treatment of polycythemia vera with interferon. He also participated in the European School of Hematology Congress on Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Lisbon, Portugal, held from September 22-25.

Dr. Manish A. Shah Joins DOM From MSKCC

A New Era in GI CancersDr. Manish ShahPerhaps not widely known, GI malignancies are the most common cancers in the U.S. and the world, including colon, esophagus, gastric, pancreas, and liver. Combined, they are double the incidence of lung, breast and prostate. "We are at the tip of the iceberg in terms of a new personalized approach to patient care," says Dr. Shah.Spurred by a new era in gene sequencing during the early 1990s, as well as "realizing the power of molecular biology" while in... Read More

Medicine Grand Rounds: President of Cornell University is The O. Wayne Isom Visiting Professor

Dr. David SkortonAt Uris Auditorium on September 20, Dr. Andrew Schafer introduced Dr. David J. Skorton, stating: "This is the day when cardiothoracic joins medicine at grand rounds." Faculty and residents-in-training enjoyed a visit from Dr. Skorton, the President of Cornell University (Ithaca), who was being honored as The O. Wayne Isom Visiting Professor. As guest speaker, Dr. Skorton posed the question: Does a Career in Academic Medicine Still Make Sense?One of several university presidents... Read More

Elder Wisdom: Dr. Karl Pillemer and the Legacy Project

Is there something that older people know that the young don't about how to live? To answer that question, Karl Pillemer, Professor of Gerontology in Medicine and the Hazel E. Reed Human Ecology Professor at Cornell-Ithaca created the Legacy Project, in which he surveyed more than 1,200 of the oldest Americans to seek their advice for living better, happier lives. Consulting the academic literature, Pillemer found that although there have been general studies of "elder wisdom," studies have not... Read More

Congrats to Dr. Linnie Golightly in the Division of Infectious Diseases!

Dr. Linnie Golightly successfully competed for an R01 grant, entitled "Endothelial Progenitor cells and the Pathogenesis of Cerebral Malaria," and also secured funding through the Gates Challenge Grants with Alberto Bilenca at the Ben-Gurion University in Israel and John March at Cornell in Ithaca to develop a point-of-care test of malaria by a cell phone imaging probe and a novel cholera vaccine based upon in vivo bacterial communication pathways.

Dr. Houvras Arrives at Weill Cornell Driving 'MINICOOPR' on New Path for Treatment of Melanoma

Dr. Houvras and a few of the zebrafishDr. Yariv Houvras was recruited in January 2011 from Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Children's Hospital (Harvard Medical School) to a joint appointment in the Department of Medicine's Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology and the Department of Surgery. Via "MiniCoopR," he has brought innovative technology for the study of cancer growth and its development that allows researchers to program the zebrafish to express genes linked with tumor... Read More

Department of Medicine in Partnership with Cayuga Medical Center

City Meets Rural in Training of Medical Students and ResidentsA partnership between the Department of Medicine (DOM) and Cayuga Medical Center (CMC) in Ithaca, NY, is providing a training opportunity for Weill Cornell medical students and DOM residents to pursue electives and conduct primary care rotations in a rural setting far removed from New York City. Part of an initiative launched by Chairman Dr. Andrew Schafer, and Dr. Adam Law, President of the Medical Staff at CMC, the program, in its... Read More

Dr. Anne Moore Receives Maurice R. Greenberg Distinguished Service Award: Celebration at the St. Regis

Beloved by patients, colleagues, and friends alike, Dr. Anne Moore has long been recognized for her pioneering career and her devotion to patient care in the field of breast cancer. She was honored on June 1, 2011 with the Maurice R. Greenberg Distinguished Service Award. A celebratory dinner was held at the St. Regis Hotel where, along with her family and friends, she received a standing ovation. As noted in the July 2011 edition of NY Press, Mr. Greenberg provided a generous endowment in 1981... Read More