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Lia Logio, M.D., Appointed Vice Chair for Education and Residency Program Director

Dr. Lia LogioLia Logio, M.D., has been appointed Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Medicine and Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program. Known for her energetic and innovative approach to residency training, she currently serves as Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Indiana University School of Medicine, where she is also the Assistant Dean of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development. The Department of Medicine welcomes Dr. Logio, who... Read More

$6 Million NHLBI Grant Creates Collaborative Center for Reducing Obesity among African-American and Latino New Yorkers

Dr. Mary CharlsonA $6 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has funded the creation of a new center dedicated to reducing obesity and obesity-related deaths in New York City's African-American and Latino communities.The Cornell Center for Behavior Intervention Development is a joint program between Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University in Ithaca, Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx and Renaissance Health Systems in Manhattan. The center will carry out a... Read More

In Memoriam: David Becker, M.D.

The Division of Endocrinology Announces with Great Sadness the Passing of our Dear Colleague Dr. David BeckerDr. Becker was a revered member of the Division of Endocrinology and a nationally and internationally recognized thyroidologist, with particular expertise in thyrotoxicosis and thyroid cancer. Dr. Becker was a pioneer in the use of radioactive isotopes for the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid disease. During his residency at New York Hospital in 1954, he was recruited by the Chief of... Read More

Ensuring the Future of the Physician-Scientist

Book by Weill Cornell Medical College Chairman of Medicine Outlines Challenges and Solutions to the Issue of the Diminishing Role of Physicians in Biomedical ResearchPracticing clinicians have traditionally played a central role in research, advancing breakthrough treatments for innumerable diseases, from smallpox and cholera to heart disease and cancer. While their insights remain important as ever, recent years have seen the role of the physician-scientist become greatly diminished.Explaining... Read More

Joseph J. Fins, M.D. Elected President of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities

Dr. Joseph FinsThe Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that Dr. Joseph J. Fins has been elected President-Elect of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH). Dr. Fins is Chief of the Division of Medical Ethics and Professor of Medicine, Professor of Public Health and Professor of Medicine in Psychiatry. He is also Director of Medical Ethics at New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center.Dr. Fins was elected to this position in recognition of his important... Read More

Dr. Midoneck Appointed Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

Dr. Shari MidoneckShari R. Midoneck, M.D., has been appointed to the position of Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, effective January 1, 2010. Dr. Midoneck is the Ehrenkranz/Orli R. Etingin, M.D., Professor in Women's Health; Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in Women's Health at the Weill Cornell Medical College and an Associate Attending Physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.Dr. Midoneck received her undergraduate degree from Union College in chemistry and her MD from Cornell... Read More

$2 Million National Institute on Aging Grant Funds Pain Management for NYC Seniors

Dr. M. Cary ReidThe National Institute on Aging (NIA) has awarded Weill Cornell Medical College a $2 million grant to fund an Edward R. Roybal Center for Research on Applied Gerontology, one of 12 such centers nationally. The grant will create the Cornell-Columbia Translational Research Institute on Pain in Later Life (TRIPLL), a multi-institutional and interdisciplinary collaboration focused on implementing innovative strategies for improving pain management among older adults. One of the... Read More

Department of Medicine Hematologists Present Findings at 51st Annual Meeting of ASH

Leading hematologists in the Department of Medicine presented new basic and clinical research findings at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) in New Orleans, Dec. 5-8.Highlights of presentations from faculty members in the Department of Medicine included the following:Bendamustine, Bortezomib and Rituximab in Patients (pts) Relapsed/Refractory Indolent and Mantle Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL): A Multicenter Phase II Clinical Trial [924]Oral Session: Lymphoma:... Read More

ACGME Accredits Residency Program with Commendation

The Department of Medicine was notified on December 5, 2009 by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) that its Residency Review Committee for Internal Medicine has given our medicine residency program full accreditation with commendation, and found no citations. This gratifying and unusual decision is a tribute to the hard work of our program directors, faculty, and residents.

SASS Foundation Visiting Professorship, December 3

On Thursday, December 3, The SASS Foundation for Medical Research and Weill Cornell Medical College, along with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, presented a scientific symposium from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Weill Cornell Medical College in the Uris Auditorium, 1300 York Avenue.Dr. Ralph M. Steinman of Rockefeller University was the keynote speaker as the 2009 SASS Foundation Visiting Professor. Dr. Steinman presented his research on the use of dendritic cells to understand the development of immune-... Read More