Chairman, Department of Medicine
Welcome to the Department of Medicine
Welcome to the Department of Medicine of Weill Cornell Medical College and the New York 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 »
News & Highlights
Weill Cornell Medical College Receives $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Innovative Global Health Research by Dr. Kyu Rhee
Weill Cornell Medical College announced on June 2 that it has received a US$100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will support an innovative global health research project conducted by Dr. Kyu Rhee, Assistant Attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, and assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College, titled "Metabolosomes: The Organizing Principle of Latency in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis." More
Dr. Peter Martin joins the Faculty in the Division of Hematology/Oncology on May 1, 2009
Dr. Peter Martin will be joining the faculty in the Division of Hematology/Oncology as Assistant Professor of Medicine on May 1, 2009. He will be seeing patients at the Center for Lymphoma and Myeloma and will be working with Drs. Eric Feldman, John Leonard, and other faculty in the area of hematological malignancies. More
Colon Cancer Screening & Prevention: The Jay Monahan Center Presents a Free Seminar with Katie Couric
Physicians from The Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center will reveal the most-up-to-date information on colorectal cancer screening guidelines, risk factors, and risk reduction. In addition, Katie Couric will be on hand to answer questions regarding colorectal cancer and the importance of screening, early detection, and prevention. More
Honors & Awards
Dr. Ari Melnick receives Clinical Scientist Award in Translational Research from the Borroughs Wellcome Foundation (BWF)
Dr. Ari Melnick is the receipient of a Clinical Scientist Award in Translational Research from the Borroughs Wellcome Foundation (BWF), which will provide $750,000 over a period of five years ($150,000 per year). Dr. Melnick's award is one of four conferred by BWF in 2009. More