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What Inspires Giving? Meet Dr. John Leonard

During his twenty-five years at Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. John Leonard, the Richard T. Silver Distinguished Professor of Hematology and Medical Oncology, has been motivated by the same driving force: delivering the best possible treatments and cures to his patients. Moved by this incredible devotion and commitment, hundreds of Dr. Leonard’s patients have been inspired to support his groundbreaking work...

Dr. Catherine Lord Photo credit: John Abbott

NewYork-Presbyterian, Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Join Launch of SPARK, Nation's Largest Autism Research Study

NewYork-Presbyterian, Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons have helped launch the Simons Foundation Powering Autism Research for Knowledge (SPARK), an online research initiative designed to become the largest autism study ever...

Interim Dean to Lead Weill Cornell Medicine Beginning June 1

The Cornell University Board of Trustees and the Weill Cornell Medicine Board of Overseers have approved the appointment of physician-scientist Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi, the Sanford I. Weill Chairman of the Weill Department of Medicine, as interim dean of Weill Cornell Medicine and interim provost for medical affairs of Cornell University, starting June 1.

Choi will succeed Dr. Laurie...

Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Leads the Field

A string of high-profile research studies underscores the early successes of the Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, where scientists are assiduously investigating the root causes of the disease. Now, with the official opening of its permanent laboratories, the Weill Cornell Medicine institute is poised to lead the way in advancing research to improve patient care...

Weill Cornell Lymphoma Program Study on Mantle Cell Lymphoma Has Received a Top 10 Clinical Research Forum Achievement Award from a National Clinical Research Organization

Dr. Jia Ruan, lead author of the New England Journal of Medicine study “Lenalidomide plus Rituximab as Initial Treatment for Mantle-Cell Lymphoma,” was in Washington on April 12 at the Clinical Research Forum fifth...

Excessive Iron in the Lung Implicated in COPD

Excessive iron buildup in the lungs could be a major cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Weill Cornell Medicine scientists find in a new study. The investigators also believe that they have identified the culprit for the excess: A gene they previously found to increase patients' susceptibility to the progressive lung disease.

For their study, published online on...

Drs. Holly Prigerson and Paul Maciejewski Photo credit: John Abbott

A Married Pair of Social Scientists Promotes Compassionate Care for Cancer Patients at the End of Life - And the Loved Ones They Leave Behind

Sociologist Dr. Holly Prigerson was an assistant professor at Yale in 1999 when she was summoned to the bedside of her father, whose pancreatic cancer had taken a turn for the worse. Even then, Dr. Prigerson — now the Irving Sherwood Wright Professor in Geriatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and co-founding director of Weill Cornell Medicine's...