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, which honors outstanding service by DOM employees, named Diana Pierre, Senior Medical Secretary, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, as the top "Star Performer" of this review cycle. Known for her professional and effective manner in working with colleagues, physicians, and patients alike for more than 10 years, Diana is compassionate in dealing with patients and considered to be a passionate advocate in support of their needs. Read More
Dr. Lewis Cantley Receives $3 Million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
For excellence in cancer research, Dr. Lewis Cantley, the Margaret and Herman Sokol Professor in Oncology Research and Professor of Cancer Biology in Medicine, received an Inaugural $3 Million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. The award was given to Dr. Cantley for his landmark discovery of the signaling pathway phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K). Read the New York Times Article
DOM Awards $50,000 Seed Grants to Three Recipients
The ad hoc committee for the Department of Medicine Seed Grant for Innovative Research reviewed numerous outstanding applications for 2012. The three recipients are Dr. Jennifer Downs, Dr. Duane Hassane, and Dr. Yariv Houvras. Each recipient will receive a one-year seed grant in the amount of $50,000. Click for research project titles and the exciting research underway in the fields of HIV, acute myeloid leukemia, and genetics. Full Story
Honors & Awards
Marcus M. Reidenberg Award in Community Service Established
Dr. Marcus M. Reidenberg, Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, and Public Health, and Chief of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, was recently honored by the Weill Cornell Office of Community Service and Student Affairs with the creation of the Marcus M. Reidenberg Award in Community Service. Upon hearing of the creation of the Award, he said, "It is always thrilling for a teacher to get this kind of acknowledgement from one's students. I feel very honored and appreciative of this award's naming." Read More