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 2011 (click here)
Annual Report 2010
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
Drs. Leonard and Christini Named Vice Chairs for Research in Department of Medicine
Dr. Andrew Schafer, Chairman of the Department of Medicine, announced today that John P. Leonard, M.D. has been appointed Vice Chair for Clinical Research in the Department of Medicine and that David J. Christini, Ph.D. has been appointed Vice Chair for Basic Research in the Department.
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Dr. Logio Elected to 3-Year Term on APDIM Council
Dr. Lia Logio has been elected to a 3-year term on the Council of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM). A long-time member of the APDIM, she previously served on APDIM's Educational Innovations Program Leadership Team.
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Proving the Positive Effect:
Dr. Charlson Leads Multi-Million NHLBI Study
In a randomized, controlled study of 756 patients, Dr. Mary Charlson created and utilized a script to provide patients with a tool to "fulfill their promise to themselves that they will do what's needed for their health." The results have been published in the Archives of Internal Medicine (January 23).
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Honors & Awards
The Rogers Award Finalists Announced
The 2012 Rogers Award finalists were announced. 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. Click here for the finalists!
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Dr. Fins: Extraordinary Accomplishments and Leadership in Business and Public Health
Dr. Fins, Chief of the Division of Medical Ethics in the Department of Medicine was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a prestigious honor recognizing extraordinary accomplishments and Leadership in Business and Public Health. Read More
Dr. Schafer Receives Prestigious Williams Award: Two Decades of Progress in Internal Medicine
Dr. Andrew I. Schafer will receive the APM's highest honor - the Williams Award - in early 2012. The nominating committee noted: Dr. Schafer 'is the single department chair who has had the most significant impact on academic internal medicine over the past two decades.' Read More
