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
Department of Medicine Faculty Members Elected to the Association of American Physicians
Two members of the faculty of the Department of Medicine, Drs. Andrew J. Dannenberg and Jane E. Salmon, were elected to membership in the Association of American Physicians (AAP) at its annual meeting in Chicago on April 25-27. 2008. More
Chronic Infection, Inflammation and Cancer:
A Global Opportunity for Cancer Prevention
In his opening remarks, Dr. Andrew Dannenberg, Chairperson of the Scientific Program Committee for the Sixth Annual American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research meeting, emphasized that no less than 15-20% of the world’s cancer burden can be attributed to chronic infectious diseases. Examples of viral, bacterial and parasitic causes of cancer were presented including: More | View Press Release
As 2007 President of American Society of Hematology (ASH), Dr. Schafer Hosts More than 20,000 Hematologists at Annual Meeting
Dr. Andrew I. Schafer, 2007 President of ASH, Chairman of the Department of Medicine and E. Hugh Luckey Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC), and Physician-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, led the recent American Society of Hematology (ASH) 49th Annual Meeting and Exposition. More | View Press Release
Honors & Awards
View recent honors and awards received by Faculty Members and Trainees in the Department of Medicine