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Dr. London Joins the Iris Cantor Women's Health Center

Dr. Cathleen LondonThe Department of Medicine of Weill Cornell Medical College welcomes family medicine physician Cathleen G. London, M.D. to its faculty as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and an Assistant Attending Physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. London, who comes to Weill Cornell from Boston, where she ran a successful family medicine practice for over 10 years, is working full-time providing clinical care to patients at the Iris Cantor Women's Health Center.An alumna of... Read More

Dr. Reidenberg Receives Prestigious Torald Sollmann Award from ASPET

Dr. Marcus ReidenbergDr. Marcus Reidenberg was researching the field of "Individualized Medicine" – currently known as "Personalized Medicine" - as early as the 1960s. He directed a course for the American College of Physicians (1973) and prepared a book on the topic for The Medical Clinics of North America (1974). A pioneer in many areas of clinical pharmacology, Dr. Reidenberg has been honored with the prestigious Torald Sollmann Award. "It's a great time to be a pharmacologist," he says.Dr.... Read More

Dr. Pape Receives Clinton Global Citizen Award

Jean W. Pape, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, and Founding Director of the AIDS research and treatment organization GHESKIO, has received a Clinton Global Citizen Award. Established by President William J. Clinton and the Clinton Global Initiative in 2007, the award recognizes individuals who have championed innovative solutions to pressing global problems. The award ceremony, held September 23 in New York City, will be broadcast by CNBC Sunday at 9 p.m. EDT.... Read More

Dr. Lachs Publishes New Book: Treat Me, Not My Age

As the aging population of the United States continues to grow, patients and caregivers are coming face-to-face with a widespread but largely overlooked problem. Medical ageism, as Mark S. Lachs, M.D., M.P.H., explains in his new book, Treat Me, Not My Age, often results in a patient's ailments going untreated or being overtreated. Because their symptoms are dismissed as "just part of getting older," such discrimination of the elderly extends throughout the healthcare system, from hospitals and... Read More

X-Ray Proves Pea Collapsed Patient's Lung: Dr. Crystal Explains on NBC's Today Show

Doctors discovered a pea lodged in a patient's left lung that had sprouted and grown fully half an inch before persistent coughing sent the 75-year-old man to Cape Cod Hospital. The patient, Massachusetts resident Ron Sveden, underwent 10 days of medical tests before the cause of his collapsed lung was pinpointed. Ronald G. Crystal, M.D., Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and an expert in genetic medicine, explains that the environment in the lungs... Read More

President Bush Visits GHESKIO for Clinton Bush Haiti Fund

Jenna Bush Hager Reports on NBC's Today ShowFollowing President William J. Clinton's recent visit to GHESKIO in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, President George W. Bush toured the city on August 10. Partners in the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, established to raise financial support for international aid efforts in post-earthquake Haiti, their visits bring fresh attention to the relief efforts, including extensive emergency aid coordinated by GHESKIO. Jenna Bush Hager, a new Contributing Correspondent with... Read More

GHESKIO Research Published in New England Journal of Medicine: Earlier Is Better for HIV Treatment

Clinical studies at GHESKIO in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, have confirmed that early initiation of antiretroviral therapy significantly increases survival rates among HIV-1 patients. The researchers, which include several of Weill Cornell Medical College's top infectious and tropical disease experts, published the results of the four-year study in the July 15 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. The study also links early intervention with a decreased rate of incident tuberculosis, a... Read More

Dr. Krieger Discusses Sleep Apnea on CBS HealthWatch

Ana C. Krieger, M.D., M.P.H., Co-Director of the Weill Cornell Center for Sleep Medicine and Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, appeared on CBS HealthWatch. Dr. Krieger explained the deeper health concerns associated with sleep apnea, a condition that affects 25 percent of men and 9 percent of women. Researchers of a newly released study estimate that sleep apnea — during which airways close up, depriving the sleeper of adequate oxygen — renders middle-aged and older men 68... Read More

Department of Medicine Investigator Award

This award is presented annually to members of the Department of Medicine below the rank of professor who perform on outstanding levels in the areas of clinical and/or basic biomedical research. The award has been generously supported by the Michael Wolk Foundation.2010 WinnersWinnerJonathan W. Weinsaft, M.D.Assistant Professor of Medicine and of Medicine in RadiologyDivision: CardiologyA Novel Segmentation Algorithm for Automated Cardiac MRI Assessment of Left Ventricular Diastolic... Read More

Department of Medicine Fellows Award

The Fellows Research Award is presented annually to fellows within the Department of Medicine who have presented outstanding research.2010 WinnersWinnerElizabeth L. Alexander, M.D.Division: Infectious DiseasesA Metabolomics-based Approach to Vancomycin-heteroresistant Staphylococcus aureusRunners-UpHimisha Beltran, M.D.Division: Hematology & Medical OncologyThe Molecular Basis of Neuroendocrine Prostate CancerJessica K. Gordon, M.D.Division: RheumatologyImatinib Mesylate (Gleevec) Treatment... Read More