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
Proving the Positive Affect:
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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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
Dr. Melnick Explains No Two Tumors are Alike: A Personalized Approach for Targeting Cancer Tumors
Dr. Melnick and colleagues have received a multi-investigator collaborative grant from the National Cancer Institute in support of clinical trials for the treatment of cancer; this, following their ongoing discoveries involving PU-H71, a tumor-targeting compound. Read More
Dr. Beltran at Forefront of New Pathway for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer
Advanced prostate cancer takes the lives of 30,000 men per year. Dr. Himisha Beltran, Assistant Professor of Medicine and former fellow (Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology), and Dr. Mark A. Rubin, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, published a paper in Cancer Discovery describing a potential new pathway for the treatment of prostate cancer. Read More
Gratitude & Grace for Dr. August
An authority on preeclampsia (a hypertensive disorder that may occur during pregnancy), Dr. Phyllis August will receive a "Saving Grace" award at the Preeclampsia Foundation's 7th annual gala. She is noted for "exemplifying the strong patient-physician relationship" the foundation advocates. An active researcher, she has also played a pivotal role in putting the condition of preeclampsia on the map. Preeclampsia is a leading cause of mother and baby mortality in pregnant women. Press Release |
Saving Grace Gala website
Honors & Awards
Young Investigator Award for WCIMA Physician Dr. Amanda Carmel: Vitamin D and Osteoporosis Treatment
Dr. Carmel won the Young Investigator Award from the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR). She and colleagues performed a retrospective study on vitamin D levels and response to bisphosphonate therapy, a common treatment for osteoporosis. More
