Welcome to the Department of Medicine
Welcome to the Department of Medicine of Weill Cornell Medical College and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. We are responding to the unprecedented challenges of academic medicine at the beginning of the 21st century with an uncompromising commitment to leadership and innovation in our interdependent missions of patient care, education and research. This commitment is built on the foundation of a long and rich tradition of preeminence in American medicine. MORE »
Chairman, Department of Medicine
Chair of Medicine's New Year's Letter
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2007 - 2008 Annual Report
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News & Highlights
$6 Million NHLBI Grant Creates Collaborative Center for Reducing Obesity Among African-American and Latino New Yorkers
A $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. More
In Memoriam: David Becker, MD
The Division of Endocrinology announces with great sadness the passing of our dear colleague, Dr. David Becker. Dr. 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. 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 Research More
GHESKIO Buildings Suffer Damage due to Earthquake in Port au Prince, Haiti, but No Serious Injuries Reported
We thank everyone for their concern about our Haiti WCMC - GHESKIO team after the earthquake on Tuesday. More
Honors & Awards
$2 Million National Institute on Aging Grant Funds Pain Management for NYC Seniors
The 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. More
Battling Cancer With Engineering: NCI Funds New $13 Million Microenvironment and Metastasis Research Center at Cornell University and Weill Cornell Medical College
Adding potent research firepower and fresh physical perspectives to combat cancer, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has funded the new Center on the Microenvironment and Metastasis. More
