Welcome to the Department of Medicine
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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.
Chair of Medicine's New Year's Letter (click here)
State of the Department Presentation 2012 (click here)
Annual Report 2011
The Annual Report provides an in-depth view of the Department of Medicine's latest news in patient care services, breakthrough research, innovative educational programs for residents and fellows, Honors, Awards and a Financial Report. (click here)
Residency Training Program in Internal Medicine
The Department of Medicine is home to one of the premiere internal medicine residency program in the country. (click here)
Historical Tours of Medicine
View our interactive timelines. The first installments covers advances in Vascular Biology and Clinical Pharmacology. More divisions coming soon. Take the Historical Tour
Clinical Trials
Are you a patient or healthy volunteer looking to join a research study? Click here for a complete list of clinical trials in the Department of Medicine.
News & Highlights
Star Performer & Other Outstanding Employees Honored in the DOM
The Employee Recognition Review Committee (R3) of the Department of Medicine (DOM) completed its bimonthly review of all nominees. The program, honoring outstanding service by DOM employees, named Margie Daly, Residency Program Manager, Division of Education, as the top "Star Performer" of this cycle. Read More
Dr. Etingin Receives Maurice R. Greenberg Distinguished Service Award
On May 30, 2013, Dr. Orli Etingin received the prestigious Maurice R. Greenberg Distinguished Service Award at a celebration held at The Plaza Hotel in Manhattan. Established in 1980, the award recognizes exceptional and longstanding service demonstrated by a senior member of the medical staff. Read More
Dr. Leonard Named Chair of the Lymphoma Committee for NIH-Sponsored Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Dr. John P. Leonard, Richard T. Silver Distinguished Professor of Hematology and Medical Oncology and Vice Chair for Clinical Research in the Department of Medicine, was named Chair of the Lymphoma Committee (NIH-Sponsored Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology). Read More
Intercampus Collaborative Research Grant for Dr. Sirotin
Nicole Sirotin, MD (co-PI, WCMC) and Sera Young, PhD (PI, Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Division of Nutritional Sciences) were granted an intercampus collaborative research grant. The project characterizes food insecurity in HIV-infected and -uninfected lactating women. Read More
Dr. Jacobson and Team Published in The New England Journal of Medicine on Sofosbuvir Therapy for Hepatitis C Genotype 2 or 3
Dr. Jacobson and team uncovered another groundbreaking discovery, this one regarding sofosbuvir therapy, and- published in The New England Journal of Medicine, April 13, 2013.
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Co-Chief Resident Brian Eiss and Dr. Tung Present New Model at APDIM Spring Meeting
Dr. Brian Eiss, Co-Chief Resident, Department of Medicine, and Dr. Judy Tung, Director of WCIMA and Acting Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, presented a workshop (attended by over 50 people) at the Association of Program Directors of Internal Medicine (APDIM) Spring Meeting in Orlando. Read More
Honors & Awards
Dr. Laurence Receives Red Ribbon Visionary Award and Attends Tribeca Film Festival
Dr. Jeffrey Laurence received the 2013 Visionary Award for his pioneering research in the field of HIV-AIDS (with Red Ribbon grantee amfAR) from the Red Ribbon Foundation on April 6, 2013. He was presented the award at the Capitol Theater (Port Chester, NY) and introduced by Dan Malloy, Governor of CT, and David Blumenthal, US Senator from CT. Following this honor, he was part of a red carpet opening at Robert DeNiro's Tribeca Film Festival highlighting a new documentary entitled "The Battle of amfAR" in which Dr. Laurence was interviewed.
Click here for the Red Ribbon Foundation
Click for Tribeca Film Festival Site
The 2013 Rogers Award Finalists Announced at Medicine Grand Rounds
Established in 1995, the David E. Rogers Memorial Research Award encourages medical residents to continue their investigative research in internal medicine. Each year, senior medical residents submit research abstracts, and four finalists are chosen to present their work during medical grand rounds. Read More
2013 Fellows Research Award Winners Announced at Medicine Grand Rounds
Initiated in 2002, the Fellows Research Award is presented annually to fellows within the Department of Medicine who have presented outstanding research. This year's winners were announced at the June 11 Medicine Grand Rounds (11th Annual). Read More
