Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine
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Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine
ANNUAL REPORT 2015 WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE Weill Cornell Medical College NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital | 77 | TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Welcome from the Chairman 2 Leadership and Vice Chairs 6 Three Weill Department of Medicine Faculty Accepted to ASCI 7 Five Weill Department of Medicine Faculty Accepted to AAP 9 Honors & Awards 17 Division Profiles 51 Faculty Members 60 Residents & Fellows 63 Financial Report & Donors 76 Contacts | 77 | DEAR COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS: Across the department, our physicianscientists remain focused on the major health challenges of our time, while bringing lifesaving therapies to the clinical arena. As the Sanford I. Weill Chairman of the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, I have the great fortune of working with an extraordinarily talented faculty, fellows, residents and students. In support of our department’s tripartite mission, which encompasses patient care, research, and education/mentoring, we continue to develop new lines of scientific investigation and clinical innovations, and to recruit premier physicians, researchers, educators, and academic leaders to our ranks. Across the department, our physicianscientists remain focused on the major health challenges of our time, while bringing life-saving therapies to the clinical arena. It was a stellar year for newly recruited leadership. We welcomed Dr. David Artis and Dr. Robert S. Brown, Jr. to the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and Dr. Michael Niederman to the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Artis, Director of the Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, is furthering our understanding of the molecular underpinnings of inflammatory bowel disease and related chronic inflammatory diseases, with the goal of translating basic research breakthroughs into the most advanced therapies for patients. Dr. Brown, an internationally recognized leader in liver disease and transplantation, is Section Chief of our newly formed Hepatology Section and the Vice Chair of Transitions of Care for the Weill Department of Medicine. Dr. Niederman, a leading authority in the field of respiratory disease, brings a wealth of expertise serving as Clinical Director in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Additionally, Dr. Monika M. Safford has recently been recruited to serve as the newly appointed Chief for the Division of Internal Medicine. A scholar in her field and an exceptionally dedicated teacher, Dr. Safford is a leading authority in disparities in healthcare quality in diabetes prevention and outcomes research in cardiovascular diseases. Under her leadership, 2015 is certain to launch a new era in general internal medicine for the department. Guiding the next generation of physicians and investigators is a privilege, and, to that end, the Weill Department of Medicine is forever expanding its educational horizons. Set within the multicultural diversity that defines New York City, we are home to one of the country’s premier residency training programs. Offering a full range of diseases and conditions that is unparalleled anywhere in the world, the program is distinguished for its innovative training models and the advancement of safety and quality measures in patient care. In 2014, the department launched an exciting new educational endeavor, the Weill Department of Medicine Junior Faculty Presentations. With mentoring from the department’s senior faculty, this initiative is allowing junior faculty to develop successful, independent research programs of their own. Their highly successful presentations have attracted a large circle of attendees, including faculty and academic leadership from throughout the entire Weill Cornell community. Also during 2014, the department added two new fellowship programs to its outstanding roster: global health and medical ethics. With an eye to the future, the Weill Department of Medicine remains committed to accelerating landmark advances in medical science, to providing the highest quality of patient care, and to training a superb next-generation of physicians and investigators. We are fortunate to have entered a dynamic new era in medicine, one that holds unprecedented opportunity for achieving discoveries that will benefit the patients we serve for many years to come. Sincerely, Augustine M.K. Choi, M.D. Sanford I. Weill Chairman Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine Weill Cornell Medical College Physician-in-Chief NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center LEADERSHIP AND VICE CHAIRS Augustine M.K. Choi, MD Sanford I. Weill Chairman Fernando J. Martinez, MD Executive Vice Chairman Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi is the Sanford I. Weill Chairman of the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine and the Physician-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Before joining NYP/WC, Dr. Choi was the Parker B. Francis Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He received his MD from the University of Louisville in 1984 and completed his Internal Medicine residency at Duke. He then pursued his Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine fellowship at Johns Hopkins and was a faculty member in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins from 1990 to 1998 and at Yale from 1998 to 2000. Dr. Choi served as Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh from 2000 to 2007 and then moved to Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2007. He has a longstanding commitment to the training of postdoctoral fellows, and physician-scientists in lung diseases. His research interest has focused on the regulation and function of stress response genes in response to oxidative stress. He has extensively examined the molecular regulation/signaling pathways and function of heme oxygenase-1 and gaseous molecule carbon monoxide in a variety of in vitro and in vivo models of lung and vascular diseases. Currently, he is examining whether inhaled carbon monoxide can be an effective therapy in human disease. Dr. Choi also has interest in genomic approaches in identifying candidate genes important in the pathogenesis of lung diseases; in particular, ARDS/ sepsis and emphysema. His laboratory has also recently focused on the role of autophagy in acute and chronic lung diseases. Dr. Choi has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts and serves as the Associate Editor of the American Journal of Respiratory Cellular and Molecular Biology. He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians. A recipient of the 2010 ATS Recognition Award for Scientific Accomplishments, Dr. Choi is currently funded by numerous NIH RO1 grants, including serving as the Principal Investigator of a T32 Training Grant. Dr. Fernando J. Martinez, the Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor in Medicine, serves as Executive Vice Chair of Medicine. In this role, he works closely with department and divisional leadership, as well as with all faculty members of the Weill Department of Medicine to provide the highest quality patient care, best education and training of our medical students, residents and fellows, and to unravel discoveries in research endeavors. Dr. Martinez is a premiere translational researcher in chronic lung disease, recognized nationally and internationally for his seminal studies in the phenotypic and functional classification, and clinical interventions in COPD and interstitial lung disease. He received his MD at the University of Florida and completed his Internal Medicine residency at Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School. He completed a Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at Boston University prior to joining the University of Michigan Medical Center as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in 1991. He rose to the rank of Professor of Medicine at University of Michigan and served as Associate Chief of Clinical Research at University of Michigan Medical Center. He was the Medical Director of Pulmonary Diagnostic Services and Pulmonary Director of the Cough/Dyspnea Clinic at the University of Michigan Medical Center and University of Michigan Health System, and also served as Associate Director of the Bronchoscopy Service, Medical Director of Lung Transplantation, and Medical Director of Pulmonary Rehabilitation at University of Michigan Medical Center. His research has been funded by the NHLBI/NIH for the past two decades and he has served as principal investigator on numerous NIH grants. He was named a Finalist-Teacher of the Year at Harvard Medical School, received a Dupont Critical Care/ Young Investigator Award, and has been listed in Best Doctors in America every year since 2002. |2| John Leonard, MD Vice Chair for Clinical Research deleterious mutations or benign polymorphisms. Dr. Lipkin has more than 60 published papers in the top peer-reviewed journals and is the author of The Genome Generation: Tales from the frontlines of Genetic Medicine, to be published in 2016 by Beacon Press. Dr. Lipkin has practiced at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College since 2009. He trained in Internal Medicine at Duke University and in Medical Genetics at the National Human Genome Research Institute, where he performed post-doctoral work in the laboratory of Francis Collins, now Director of the NIH. Dr. John P. Leonard is the Vice Chair of Clinical Research in the Weill Department of Medicine, a role in which he is advancing the broad mission of the department, as well as the parent institutions of Weill Cornell Medical College and NewYorkPresbyterian Hospital. He is also the Associate Dean of Clinical Research at WCMC. He serves as Chief of the Lymphoma Service and as Associate Director for Clinical Research of the Weill Cornell Cancer Center. The Richard T. Silver Distinguished Professor of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Dr. Leonard is an innovative, internationally recognized clinical investigator in the field of hematological malignancies. He is a pioneer in the development of novel therapeutics in lymphoma, and is one of the leaders of the national lymphoma clinical trials effort as leader of the Lymphoma Committee for the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, which is part of the National Clinical Trials Network of the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Leonard has spearheaded many innovative initiatives in the Weill Department of Medicine to facilitate cutting edge patient-oriented research. Lia Logio, MD Herbert J. and Ann L. Siegel Distinguished Professor of Medicine Vice Chair for Education Vice Chair for Faculty Development Director, Internal Medicine Residency Training Program Dr. Lia Logio joined the Weill Department of Medicine in 2010 as the Vice Chair for Education and Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program. Previously, Dr. Logio served as the Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Indiana University School of Medicine, as well as Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development. She received her MD from The Johns Hopkins University and completed residency training in internal medicine at Duke University Medical Center. She has received numerous regional and national teaching awards and is well known in the medical education academic community. She has served as a Content Contributor to the Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP) through the American College of Physicians and as an Associate Editor of Board Basics. She was one of 20 program directors awarded the prestigious Educational Innovations Project (EIP) from the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the Residency Review Commission in Internal Medicine (RRC-IM). She has been invited to speak to the Institute of Medicine and National Institute of Health. A general internist by training, Dr. Logio has a track record of interprofessional collaboration, including authorship of on-line modules on the core concepts of patient safety for health care providers. She has a national reputation in innovative curriculum in graduate medical education and faculty development around leadership. She also serves as the Director of the Leadership in Academic Medicine Program (LAMP) at Weill Cornell Medical College. Steven M. Lipkin, MD, PhD Vice Chair for Basic and Translational Research Steven M. Lipkin, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, is the newly appointed Vice Chair for Basic and Translational Research. As Vice Chair for Basic and Translational Research, Dr. Lipkin will work with departmental and divisional leadership to enhance and foster the research activities of our faculty and trainees. A nationally and internationally regarded leader in the field of adult genetics, he was recently elected as a Member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation. His research focuses on genetic testing for hereditary cancer disorders, including the Lynch Syndrome, Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, and Hereditary Pancreatic Cancer, among others. He is an authority on cancer genetic syndromes, with a particular emphasis on hereditary gastrointestinal cancer syndromes, and authored MAPP-MMR, a bioinformatic program that is used to interpret whether Lynch syndrome missense variants are |3| LEADERSHIP AND VICE CHAIRS CONTINUED Orli Etingin, MD Vice Chair for Faculty Robert S. Brown, Jr., MD, MPH Vice Chair of Transitions of Care Dr. Orli Etingin is the founder and Medical Director of the Iris Cantor Women’s Health Center at NewYorkPresbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, a multidisciplinary group practice sponsored by the Departments of Dermatology, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Radiology, Surgery and Urology. She is the Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and serves as Vice Chair for Faculty with the Weill Department of Medicine. Dr. Etingin’s clinical expertise is in internal medicine and coagulation disorders, such as blood clotting in pregnancy. Dr. Etingin received her undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University. After receiving her MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, she completed residency training in Internal Medicine, subspecialty training in Hematology-Oncology and a Chief Residency at the then New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center. As the recipient of an NIH Clinical Investigator Award from 1987 to 1992, she conducted basic scientific research on thrombosis in vascular cells, leading to numerous publications in the journals Cell, Biochemistry, and Journal of Clinical Investigation. Dr. Etingin is listed in Who’s Who, Castle Connolly’s Best Doctors Guides and US News Top Doctors. She was the associate editor of the Textbook of Women’s Health, a comprehensive manual for physicians in the field. She has served as Moderator of the annual Women’s Health Symposium at NewYorkPresbyterian Hospital since 1998 and as Moderator of the annual Women and the Brain Conference since 2006. Dr. Etingin is a member of the American Medical Women’s Association and the American Medical Association. She is the editor of two nationally distributed newsletters, Women’s Health Advisor and Food & Fitness Advisor, and a contributor to Everyday Health. Robert S. Brown, Jr., MD, MPH serves as Vice Chair of Transitions of Care for the Weill Department of Medicine and as Interim Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Dr. Brown is also the Director of the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/ Weill Cornell Medical Center. Additionally, he holds the title of Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. Dr. Brown received his BA from Harvard College, MD from New York University, and MPH from the Graduate School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. He completed his internship in medicine at Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, and his fellowship in gastroenterology and hepatology at the University of California, San Francisco. An internationally recognized expert in liver disease and liver transplantation, he has co-authored more than 150 peer-reviewed articles mostly dedicated to viral hepatitis and liver transplantation. He is an Associate Editor for Liver Transplantation and Gastroenterology and Hepatology News and published a book, Common Liver Diseases and Transplantation: An Algorithmic Approach to Work-up and Management. Dr. Brown is the recipient of a Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Transplant Physicians, the Senior Attending Teacher Award from Columbia University Medical Center, and the American Liver Foundation New York Chapter’s Physician of the Year. Tipton (Tip) Ford, MBA Chief Administrative Officer Vice Chair for Business Affairs Tipton H. Ford, MBA, FACMPE, is the Chief Administrative Officer and Vice Chair for Business Affairs for the Weill Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. Previously, he served at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine as the Executive Director of Business Affairs for the Department of Medicine, as well as for the Department of Surgery, and as the Executive Director of Business Affairs for the Department of Pathology. Mr. Ford has held many seniorlevel management positions during his career, including President and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Tissue & Cell, |4| Carla Boutin-Foster, MD Associate Vice Chair for Faculty Diversity Executive Director of LifeCenter Organ Donor Network, and as academic medical center senior subject matter expert for Deloitte Consulting and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. As an Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati, his academic area of focus was the business of medicine. He was a highly requested lecturer for Graduate Medical Education and medical student programs, faculty lectures, clinical department Grand Rounds, and taught the medical student Business of Medicine Elective course. He also served on the Adjunct Faculty for the Masters of Health Administration program at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. Board certified with the American College of Medical Practice Executives and a Fellow of the American College of Medical Practice Executives, Mr. Ford holds a Masters of Business Administration from the Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business. Dr. Carla Boutin-Foster serves as the Associate Vice Chair for Faculty Diversity and is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Professor of Healthcare Policy and Research, and Assistant Dean for Faculty Diversity at Weill Cornell Medical College. As Associate Vice Chair for Faculty Diversity, Dr. Boutin-Foster develops and implements programs to support women and underrepresented minority faculty members and to establish an inclusive and diverse environment in the department that supports academic growth of students, residents, fellows, and faculty. She also works across the affiliates, other departments, and engages community-partners to provide opportunities for students, trainees, and faculty to take part in advancing health disparities research and policy. Dr. Boutin-Foster graduated from SUNY Downstate Medical College and completed residency training in Internal Medicine at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. After residency, she earned a Master’s Degree in Health Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology from the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences. She was named the Nanette Laitman Clinical Scholar in Public Health and Community Health at Weill Cornell Medical College from 2007-2013 in recognition of scholarship in health disparities and community engagement. Dr. BoutinFoster is the PI of CEDREC and has established a portfolio of NIH-funded research that focuses on identifying and intervening on the psychosocial determinants of cardiopulmonary disease. Her research, and vast network of community-partnerships, has served as a laboratory for mentoring over 40 diverse and talented trainees. She was one the founding members of the Minority House staff Committee and has remained active in residency recruitment. Dr. Boutin-Foster is also a clinician and supervises residents in the Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Associates. Anthony J. Smith, MD Vice Chair of Medicine at NYP/Lower Manhattan Hospital Dr. Anthony J. Smith is the Vice Chair of the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine at the NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital, where he also serves as Site Director for the Department of Medicine. He is an Associate Attending on the medical staffs of both New YorkPresbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Lower Manhattan Hospital. He is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Smith received his MD from New York Medical College in 1986. He then went on to complete a residency in Internal Medicine, followed by a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, at St. Vincent’s Hospital & Medical Center of New York. He has served as the Chief of Pulmonary at St. Vincent’s Midtown Hospital, Director of Medicine at Cabrini Medical Center, and Assistant Chairman of Medicine at St. Vincent’s Hospital & Medical Center of New York. He was appointed as Chairman of the Department of Medicine at New York Downtown Hospital in 2009, where he had also served as Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Smith maintains an active clinical practice in Pulmonary and Internal Medicine at the Lower Manhattan Campus and in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. His interests include Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma, and diagnosis and treatment of Lung Cancer. |5| THREE WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE FACULTY ACCEPTED TO ASCI The Weill Department of Medicine has had three of its faculty elected as members of the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI) – Dr. Daniel W. Fitzgerald, Dr. Steven M. Lipkin, and Dr. Kyu Y. Rhee. Membership to ASCI is a coveted honor and reflects landmark contributions in the area of clinical investigation. Founded in 1908, the American Society of Clinical Investigation is an honor society of some 3,000 physicianscientists who serve in the upper ranks of academic medicine and industry. Those who become members of ASCI are premier leaders in translating findings from the laboratory to the advancement of clinical practice. Dr. Fitzgerald, Associate Professor of Medicine, and Dr. Rhee, Associate Professor of Medicine, are faculty members of the Division of Infectious Diseases. Dr. Lipkin, Associate Professor of Medicine and Genetic Medicine, is a faculty member in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. “Drs. Fitzgerald, Lipkin, and Rhee exemplify outstanding investigative research at its best, and our department congratulates them on this prestigious honor,” said Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi, Sanford I. Weill Chair, Weill Department of Medicine. Dr. Fitzgerald has pioneered research in the field of global health working with GHESKIO in Haiti. Published in top tier journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine and Lancet, he is known for his role in furthering critical advances for the treatment of HIV-AIDS and Tuberculosis. He is the Co-Director of the Center for Global Health in the Division of Infectious Diseases and was recently named the Co-Director of the department’s new three-year Global Health Research Fellowship. Dr. Fitzgerald has educated numerous trainees on the techniques of field-based research within Weill Cornell programs around the globe. Dr. Lipkin’s research focuses on hereditary cancer syndromes and mouse models for cancer prevention research. He completed a specialty fellowship in Clinical Genetics at the National Human Genome Research Institute and performed his post-doctoral work in the laboratory of Francis Collins, who is currently the Director of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Lipkin is board certified in Clinical Genetics and is a fellow of the American Board of Medical Genetics. Dr. Rhee is an infectious diseases physician interested in modernizing our understanding of major infectious pathogens and the ability to develop new diagnostic tests and therapies. Toward this end, he has developed new mass spectrometry-based tools to expand our understanding of the pathogenicity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the leading bacterial cause of deaths worldwide, on a global biochemical level as well as to introduce a new approach to developing TB drugs. |6| FIVE WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE FACULTY ACCEPTED TO AAP The Weill Department of Medicine has had five of its faculty elected as members of the Association of American Physicians (AAP) as determined by the AAP’s Council: Dr. Carl Blobel, Dr. Lionel Ivashkiv, Dr. Fernando Martinez, Dr. Ari Melnick, and Dr. Thomas Walsh. Membership to the AAP is a coveted honor and reflects remarkable dedication to the advancement of scientific and practical medicine. Founded in 1885 as a non-profit professional organization, the AAP has some 1,300 active members and 600 honorary members. Dr. Blobel is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology and of Physiology, Biophysics and Systems Biology at Weill Cornell Medical College. He is also the Chairman of the Arthritis and Tissue Degeneration Program at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), where he holds the V.F. and W.R. Salomon Endowed Chair in Musculoskeletal Research. He received his MD from the Justus-Liebig University in Giessen, Germany and a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Blobel joined the faculty of Weill Cornell Medical College in 1992, when he established his laboratory at the Sloan-Kettering Institute, and has been with the Hospital for Special Surgery since 2004. His research is focused on elucidating the function of cell surface metalloproteinases termed ADAMs (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase) during development and in disease. ADAMs have emerged as critical modulators of cell-cell interactions through their ability to regulate the bioavailability of membrane proteins, such as the pro-inflammatory cytokine TNFα and ligands of the EGF-receptor (EGFR). They are also essential for activating cell surface receptors of the Notch family, which control cell fate decisions during the development of specialized cell types in different tissues, but are also involved in the pathogenesis of cancer. Studies in Dr. Blobel’s lab employ a comprehensive combination of biochemical and cell biological approaches and model systems to study human diseases. They have helped to establish ADAM17 as a key regulator of the EGFR signaling pathway, which is essential for maintaining the skin and intestinal barrier, but can cause a variety of human pathologies when it is dysregulated. Dr. Blobel’s lab has also pioneered studies on the newly discovered iRhom1 and 2 as crucial upstream regulators of ADAM17-dependent EGFR and TNFα-signaling. The medical relevance of Dr. Blobel’s work is high, since it not only helps understand how exactly iRhoms and ADAM17 can promote EGFR-dependent pathologies, such as cancer and TNFα-dependent autoimmune disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis, but it has also revealed new and attractive potential targets for treatment of these diseases. Dr. Ivashkiv is a Professor of Medicine in the Weill Department of Medicine’s Division of Rheumatology, and he holds a primary appointment at the Hospital for Special Surgery where he is Associate Chief Scientific Officer and the David H. Koch Chair in Arthritis Research. He is a premier scientist in cytokine-mediated pathogenic mechanisms in autoimmune, inflammatory and musculoskeletal diseases. His laboratory has made key contributions to understanding signaling and epigenetic mechanisms important in inflammatory responses and the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), inflammatory osteolysis and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and has identified novel therapeutic targets. As part of a $5.6 million grant from The Tow Foundation to establish an HSS Genomics Center, Dr. Ivashkiv is currently leading the application of genomic approaches to the study of RA and SLE towards developing more effective therapies. Dr. Ivashkiv has published more than 120 papers in peer-reviewed journals and his research has been supported by the NIH for more than two decades. Dr. Ivashkiv is an Elected Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and a Member of the Henry Kunkel Society for Human Immunology. He received his MD from Harvard Medical School, completed internal medicine residency training at Bellevue Hospital, a rheumatology fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital-Harvard Medical School, and undertook his scientific training in the laboratory of Dr. Laurie Glimcher. |7| The Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor in Medicine, Dr. Martinez was recruited to the Department in 2014 to serve as Executive Vice Chairman. He is a premiere translational researcher in chronic lung disease, recognized nationally and internationally for his seminal studies in phenotypic and functional classification, and clinical interventions, in COPD and interstitial lung disease. His research has been funded by the NHLBI/NIH for the past two decades and he has served as principal investigator on numerous NIH grants. Before joining Weill Cornell, Dr. Martinez was a Professor of Medicine at the University of Michigan and served in multiple high-level management roles, including Associate Chief of Clinical Research, Associate Director of the Bronchoscopy Service, Medical Director of Lung Transplantation, Medical Director of Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Director of CSTA K and mentoring programs for the University of Michigan Health System. He also served as the Medical Director of Pulmonary Diagnostic Services and the Pulmonary Director of the Cough/Dyspnea Clinic. Dr. Martinez received his MD at the University of Florida and completed residency training in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School and a Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at Boston University. He received a master’s degree in biostatistics and clinical study design at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. He has published more than 300 papers in peerreviewed journals and has been listed in Best Doctors in America since 2002. Dr. Ari Melnick, the Gebroe Family Professor of Hematology-Oncology and a world-renowned expert in epigenomics, was recruited to the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology in 2008. He has been a leader in moving the nascent field of epigenomics into the translational arena for hematologic malignancies. His laboratory has created a virtual arsenal of sophisticated methodologies, including computer mapping, transcriptional analysis, and therapeutic targeting. Dr. Melnick has been pursuing two main avenues of attack on hematological malignancies: one, finding specific biomarkers to determine how tumors work in individual patients as well as identifying those with highest risk for resistant forms of the disease; and two, discovering what basic mechanisms encode instructions that program the specific biological features of these disease processes. The latter has been enabling his group to target a particular tumor more precisely with effectively tailored drugs, and he has published hundreds of related papers in the top tier journals. His innovative development of molecular inhibitors of the oncoproteins BCL6 and MALT1 have provided the basis for promising new drugs for the treatment of leukemias and lymphomas, and the many “firsts” that he and his team have achieved include decoding the key “software” instructions that drive the biology and clinical behavior of hematological malignancies such as acute myeloid leukemias and non-Hodgkin lymphomas. An internationally renowned authority in medical mycology and infections in cancer patients, Dr. Walsh is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases with joint appointments in Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology. Following a fellowship at the NIH, he was appointed to Chief of the Immunocompromised Host Section and swiftly became a premier leader in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of debilitating and life-threatening infections in immunocompromised children and adults. Known for meticulous study designs spanning in vitro activities of antimicrobial agents, to randomized clinical trials, Dr. Walsh has published more than 750 articles in the top tier medical journals. His research has led to significant changes in the practice of antifungal therapeutics, resulting in significant reductions in mortality due to fungal infections. Among his laboratory’s many advancements, they have helped to answer complex questions regarding a 2012 national outbreak involving an obscure fungus, Exserohilum rostratum. Dr. Walsh received his MD, Alpha Omega Alpha, at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago, as well as a residency in pathology at Johns Hopkins, and fellowships in Infectious Diseases and Oncology at the University of Maryland. Dr. Walsh served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Public Health Service, and held the rank of Captain from 1998 to 2009. He is the recipient of many teaching awards and is a dedicated humanitarian who has been honored for his work in response to anthrax, 911 and hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Sandy. |8| HONORS & AWARDS RESEARCH AWARDS The Department of Medicine Annual Investigators Award This award is presented annually to members of the Department of Medicine below the rank of professor who perform on outstanding levels in the areas of clinical and/or basic biomedical research. Supported by the Michael Wolk Foundation. Winner Manish Shah, MD Topic: A Novel Mechanism of Taxane Resistance in Gastric Cancer from Bedside to Bench, and Back Again Division: Hematology and Medical Oncology Runner-Up Naina Sinha-Gregory, MD Topic: Potassium Citrate Decreases Markers of Bone Resorption in Postmenopausal Women with Osteopenia Division: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Runner-Up Monica Guzman, PhD Topic: Novel Approaches to Leukemia Therapeutics: Making Lemons Into Lemonade Division: Hematology and Medical Oncology The David E. Rogers Memorial Research Award This award was established in 1995 to encourage medical residents to continue their investigative research in internal medicine. Four finalists are chosen to present their research at Medical Grand Rounds. The award was founded and is chaired by Holly S. Andersen, MD, Director of Education and Outreach at The Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute (and Associate Attending Physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College) and is funded by the Holly Andersen Heart Foundation. Winner Brian West, MD Topic: Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Via Quantitative Oximetry Spectral Analysis First Runner Up Alexandra C. Racanelli, MD, PhD Topic: The Emergence of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcal Bacteremia in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients Finalists Kevin Wood, MD Topic: Fractionated Stem Cell Infusions for Multiple Myeloma Patients Undergoing Autologous Stem Cell Transplants Jamie Mullally, MD Topic: Marked Variability in Published CMR Criteria for Left Ventricular Basal Slice Selection – Impact of Methodological Discrepancies on LV Mass Quantification |9| The Department of Medicine Annual Fellow Research Award Initiated in 2002, this award is presented annually to fellows within the Weill Department of Medicine who have presented outstanding research. Winner Ashita S. Batavia, MD Topic: Long-Term Effect of Early versus Delayed Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Infected Patients in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Division: Infectious Diseases Finalists Sarah Rutherford, MD Topic: Characterization and Investigation of Biological Properties of DLBCL-Derived Exosomes Division: Hematology/Oncology José O. Alemán, MD Topic: Plasma Metabolomic Analysis of HIV-Infected Women Associates Incident Diabetes Mellitus with Essential Amino Acid Metabolism Division: Endocrinology TEACHING AWARDS Senior List (voted on by the Weill Cornell medical school’s senior class) This award was established by the WCMC Class of 1994 to recognize 17 faculty members who have made a commitment to and demonstrated excellence in teaching. Of those 17, the following faculty members were selected from the Department of Medicine. Dr. Susan Ball Dr. Pamela Charney Dr. Todd Cutler Dr. Byron Demopoulos Dr. Ernie Esquivel Dr. Erica Jones Dr. Keith LaScalea Dr. Anthony Ogedegbe Second Year Teaching Award Dr. Brian Bosworth The Richard A. Herrmann, MD Teaching Award The award is given to an outstanding teacher in the third year and is chosen by members of the third-year medical school class. Dr. David Berlin The Elliot Hochstein Teaching Award This award was established by the class of 1971 and Alpha Omega Alpha in recognition of the late Dr. Elliot Hochstein’s compassion, skill and distinction as a physician and teacher. Dr. Todd Cutler The House Staff Teaching Award This award was established by the class of 1990 and the Alumni Association to honor the Weill Cornell-affiliated house officers who best demonstrates clinical excellence and dedication to teaching. Dr. Richard Leiter Class of 1952 Resident Physician Award This award was established in 1993 by the class of 1952 at its 40th Reunion. This award, by vote of the graduating class, is given to a NewYorkPresbyterian Hospital Resident Physician who has demonstrated excellence in and dedication to the instruction of medical students. Dr. Richard Leiter The Leonard P. Tow Humanism Award This award was first given in 1998 to recognize medical education that is compassionate and humanistic. By vote of a committee of faculty members and students, the award is presented to recognized and honor one faculty member and one graduating student at WCMC who demonstrate the highest standard of compassion and sensitivity in their interaction with patients. Dr. Todd Cutler Volunteer Clinical Faculty Award of Alpha Omega Alpha Recommended by the graduating class and selected by student members of the AOA chapter, this award is given to a voluntary faculty member who effectively and generously donates his/her time, skill and experience to teaching clinical skills. Dr. Timothy Dutta | 10 | Neal Flomenbaum, MD, Prize for Excellence in Emergency Medicine Named in honor of Dr. Neal Flomenbaum, Professor of Clinical Medicine and Physician-in-Chief of the Department of Emergency Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/ Weill Cornell Medical Center. The prize includes $50,000 and is awarded annually to a faculty member who has shown dedication and innovation in the field of emergency medicine practice, education and research. This is an endowed gift made possible by Weill Cornell Overseer Herbert J. Siegel and his wife, Jeanne Siegel. Dr. Rama Rao Excellence in Teaching Awards Dr. Susan Ball Medicine, Patients & Society III Dr. David Berlin Advanced Biomedical Science and Anesthesiology and Critical Care Clerkship Dr. Brian Bosworth Basis of Disease Dr. Pamela Charney Primary Care Clerkship Dr. Miriam H. Chung (Rogosin Institute) Medicine Sub-Internship Dr. Keith LaScalea LEAP Dr. Tiffany A. Traina Office Preceptor Dr. Cecilia J. Yoon Medicine, Patients & Society II VISITING PROFESSORS Richard T. Silver Visiting Professor February 11, 2014 Ruben Mesa, MD Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Atkins Visiting Professor February 25, 2014 Lee Kaplan, MD, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Rogosin Visiting Professor March 18, 2014 Harmut M. Mallouche, MD University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center SASS Foundation Visiting Professor April 22, 2014 Louis M. Staudt, MD, PhD National Cancer Institute Andrew I. Schafer, MD Symposium April 29, 2014 Dr. Paul Klotman, MD Baylor College of Medicine Dr. Joseph Loscalzo, MD Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital Dr. George Thibault, MD The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Lila Wallis, MD Distinguished Visiting Professor in Women’s Health May 27, 2014 Diane E. Meier, MD Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai B.H. Kean - Boxer Family Foundation Lecture in Global Health October 22, 2014 Stephen Hoffman, DTMH, MD, DSc Sanaria Inc. and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Ralph L. Nachman, MD Distinguished Visiting Professor November 19, 2014 Michael A. Gimbrone Jr., MD Elsie T. Friedman Professor of Pathology Arthur Ashe EndowmentChristopher L. Barley, MD Lecturer December 3, 2014 Rochelle Paula Walensky, MD, MPH Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS & CHAIRS Dr. Ronald D. Adelman Emilie Roy Corey Professor in Geriatrics and Gerontology Dr. Louis J. Aronne Sanford I. Weill Professor of Metabolic Research Dr. Phyllis August Ralph A. Baer Professor of Medical Research Dr. Carl Blobel (HSS) Virginia F. and William R. Salomon Chair in Musculoskeletal Research Dr. Jon David Blumenfeld (Rogosin Institute) Maxwell Professor of Clinical Medicine Dr. Lewis C. Cantley Margaret and Herman Sokol Professor in Oncology Research | 11 | Dr. Mary E. Charlson William T. Foley Distinguished Professor in Medicine Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi The E. Hugh Luckey Distinguished Professor of Medicine Sanford I. Weill Chairman of the Department of Medicine Dr. Mary K. Crow (HSS) Joseph P. Routh Professor of Rheumatic Diseases in Medicine Benjamin M. Rosen Chair in Immunology and Inflammation Research Dr. Ronald G. Crystal The Bruce Webster Professor of Internal Medicine Dr. Andrew J. Dannenberg Henry R. Erle, MD-Roberts Family Professor of Medicine Dr. Orli R. Etingin Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz Professor in Women’s Health Dr. Joseph J. Fins E. William Davis, MD Professorship of Medical Ethics Dr. Richard R. Furman Richard A. Stratton Assistant Professorship in Hematology and Oncology Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher The Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean Dr. Steven R. Goldring (HSS) Richard L. Menschel Research Chair Dr. Antonio M. Gotto, Jr. Lewis Thomas University Professor Dr. Roy M. Gulick Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor in Medicine Dr. Bruce B. Lerman Hilda Altschul Master Professor of Medicine Dr. Alessandra B. Pernis (HSS) Peter Jay Sharp Chair in Lupus Research Dr. Lia S. Logio Herbert J. and Ann L. Siegel Distinguished Professor of Medicine Dr. Holly G. Prigerson Irving Sherwood Wright Professor in Geriatrics Dr. Lionel B. Ivashkiv (HSS) David H. Koch Chair for Arthritis and Tissue Degeneration Research Dr. C. Ronald MacKenzie (HSS) C. Ronald MacKenzie, MD, Chair in Ethics and Medicine Dr. R. A. Rees Pritchett Louis & Gertrude Feil Professor of Clinical Medicine Dr. Elizabeth Leef Jacobson Ehrenkranz Family/Orli R. Etingin, MD Associate Professor in Women’s Health Dr. Tomer M. Mark Morton Coleman Assistant Professor in Multiple Myeloma Dr. M. Carry Reid Irving Sherwood Wright Associate Professor in Geriatrics and Gerontology Dr. Barbara Hempstead O. Wayne Isom Professor of Medicine Dr. Julianne L. Imperato-McGinley The Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Distinguished Professorship in Endocrinology in Medicine Dr. Ira M. Jacobson Vincent Astor Distinguished Professor of Medicine Dr. Fernando J. Martinez Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor in Medicine Dr. Linda A. Russell Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Chair in Perioperative Medicine (HSS) Dr. Warren D. Johnson, Jr. B. H. Kean Professor of Tropical Medicine Dr. Bassem M. Masri Daisy and Paul Soros/RecanatiKaplan Family Assistant Professor in Preventive Cardiology Dr. Yoon Kang Richard P. Cohen, MD Associate Professor of Medical Education Dr. Sonal Mehta Joachim Silbermann Family Clinical Scholar in Geriatric Palliative Care Dr. Robert J. Kim David S. Blumenthal Assistant Professor of Medicine Dr. Ari Melnick Gebroe Family Professor of Hematology-Oncology Dr. Harvey Klein The William S. Paley Professor of Clinical Medicine Dr. Henry W. Murray Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. Professor of Medicine Dr. Gary Koretzky Frank H.T. Rhodes Distinguished Professor in Cardiovascular Biology and Genetics Dr. David M. Nanus Mark W. Pasmantier Professor of Hematology and Oncology in Medicine Dr. Mark S. Lachs The Irene F. & I. Roy Psaty Distinguished Professor of Clinical Medicine Dr. Stephen A. Paget (HSS) Stephen A. Paget, MD, Chair in Rheumatology Dr. Kotha Subbaramaiah Jack Fishman Professor of Cancer Prevention Dr. John P. Leonard Richard T. Silver Distinguished Professor of Hematology and Medical Oncology Dr. Jean W. Pape Howard and Carol Holtzmann Professor in Clinical Medicine Dr. Manikkam Suthanthiran Stanton Griffis Distinguished Professor of Medicine | 12 | Dr. Jane E. Salmon (HSS) Collette Kean Research Chair Dr. Ellen J. Scherl Jill Roberts Associate Professor of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Dr. Sergio Schwartzman (HSS) Franchellie M. Cadwell Chair Dr. Manish A. Shah Bartlett Family Associate Professor of Gastrointestinal Oncology Dr. Eugenia L. Siegler Mason Adams Professor of Geriatric Medicine Dr. Kendall A. Smith Rochelle Belfer Professor in Medicine CLINICAL SCHOLARS The Clinical Scholar Endowment is designed to provide outstanding junior faculty members in the Weill Department of Medicine with financial support early in their careers. Support is provided specifically to help young physicians balance patient care with research and teaching. The awards allow junior faculty to make a commitment to academic medicine and, as a result, support promising new talent. Dr. Paul Basciano Nan and Stephen Swid Research Scholar Dr. Brian P. Bosworth Anne and Ken Estabrook Clinical Scholar in Gastroenterology Dr. Leandro Cerchietti Raymond and Beverly Sackler Research Scholar Dr. James E. Ip Bruce B. Lerman Clinical Scholar Dr. Robert J. Kaner James P. Smith M.D. Scholar Dr. Laura Kirkman William Randolph Hearst Foundation Clinical Scholar in Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Dr. Fay Yu-Huei Lin Abby Joseph Cohen Clinical Scholar Dr. Christopher Liu Michael Wolk Heart Foundation Clinical Scholar in Cardiology Dr. Veronica M. LoFaso Roland Balay Clinical Scholar Dr. Peter Martin Charles, Lillian, and Betty Neuwirth Clinical Scholar in Oncology Dr. Allyson J. Ocean Anne Moore M.D. Clinical Scholar in Hematology-Oncology Dr. Karin-Elizabeth Ouchida Joachim Silbermann Family Clinical Scholar in Geriatrics Dr. Sharda D. Ramsaroop Joachim Silbermann Family Clinical Scholar Dr. Bryan J. Schneider Madeline and Stephen Anbinder Clinical Scholar in Hematology/ Oncology Dr. Brian G. Turner Linda Horowitz Cancer Research Foundation Clinical Scholar in Gastroenterology Association of American Physicians Dr. Jeremiah A. Barondess (Emeritus) Dr. Jose Baselga (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Carl P. Blobel (HSS) Dr. Morton D. Bogdonoff (Emeritus) Dr. Mary E. Charlson Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi Dr. Bayard D. Clarkson (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Ronald G. Crystal Dr. Andrew J. Dannenberg Dr. R. Gordon Douglas, Jr. (Emeritus) Dr. James A. Fagin (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Michael Glickman (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher Dr. Antonio M. Gotto, Jr. Dr. Roy M. Gulick Dr. Katherine A. Hajjar (secondary appt) Dr. Barbara L. Hempstead Dr. Jules Hirsch (Rockefeller Affiliate) Dr. Alan N. Houghton (MSKCC) Dr. Julianne L. Imperato-McGinley Dr. Lionel B. Ivashkiv (HSS) | 13 | Dr. Warren D. Johnson, Jr. Dr. Attallah Kappas (Rockefeller Affiliate-Emeritus) Dr. Gary Koretzky Dr. Ione Kourides (Voluntary) Dr. Mary Jeanne Kreek (Rockefeller Affiliate) Dr. Aaron J. Marcus (VA NY Harbor Healthcare System Affiliate) Dr. Paul A. Marks (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Fernando Martinez Dr. Ari M. Melnick Dr. Henry W. Murray Dr. Ralph L. Nachman Dr. David M. Nanus Dr. Carl Nathan (secondary appt) Dr. Kenneth Offit (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Eric G. Pamer (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Cam Patterson Dr. Marcus M. Reidenberg Dr. Neal Rosen (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Jane E. Salmon (HSS Affiliate) Dr. Charles L. Sawyers (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Andrew I. Schafer Dr. David A. Scheinberg (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Manikkam Suthanthiran Dr. Marcel R.M. van den Brink (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Thomas J. Walsh Dr. Babette B. Weksler Dr. Marc E. Weksler Dr. Sidney J. Winawer (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Alastair J. J. Wood (Courtesy) The American Society for Clinical Investigation Dr. Jose Baselga (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. John D. Baxter (TMH Affiliate) Dr. Richard S. Bockman (HSS Affiliate) Dr. Morton D. Bogdonoff (Emeritus) Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi Dr. Bayard D. Clarkson (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Ronald G. Crystal Dr. Andrew Dannenberg Dr. R. Gordon Douglas, Jr. (Emeritus) Dr. James A. Fagin (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Daniel W. Fitzgerald Dr. Edward Paul Gelmann (Columbia Affiliate) Dr. Michael S. Glickman (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher Dr. Antonio M. Gotto, Jr. Dr. Roy M. Gulick Dr. Katharine A. Hajjar Dr. Barbara L. Hempstead Dr. Jules Hirsch (Rockefeller Affiliate) Dr. Peter R. Holt (Rockefeller Affiliate) Dr. Alan N. Houghton (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. James J.-D. Hsieh (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Katherine C. Hsu (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Lionel B. Ivashkiv Dr. Eric A. Jaffe (Adjunct) Dr. Attallah Kappas (Rockefeller Affiliate – Emeritus) Dr. Richard N. Kolesnick (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Ione A. Kourides (Voluntary) Dr. Ola C. Landgren (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Jeffrey C. Laurence Dr. John P. Leonard Dr. Ross L. Levine (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Steve M. Lipkin Dr. Aaron J. Marcus (VA NY Harbor Healthcare System Affiliate) Dr. Paul A. Marks (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Ari M. Melnick Dr. Henry W. Murray Dr. Ralph L. Nachman Dr. David M. Nanus Dr. Carl F. Nathan Dr. Kenneth Offit (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Eric G. Pamer (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Cam Patterson Dr. Alessandra B. Pernis (HSS Affiliate) Dr. David N. Posnett Dr. Shahin Rafii Dr. Kyu Y. Rhee Dr. Marcus M. Reidenberg Dr. Arleen B. Rifkind Dr. Charles M. Rudin Dr. Michel Sadelain (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Charles L. Sawyers (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Andrew I. Schafer Dr. David A. Scheinberg (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Kendall A. Smith Dr. David Solit (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Manikkam Suthanthiran Dr. Marcel van den Brink (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Alan M. Weinstein Dr. Babette B. Weksler Dr. Marc E. Weksler Dr. Jedd Wolchok (MSKCC Affiliate) Dr. Alastair J.J. Wood (Courtesy) | 14 | IOM (Institute of Medicine) of the National Academy of Sciences Dr. Jeremiah A. Barondess Dr. Lewis C. Cantley Dr. Joseph J. Fins Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher Dr. R. Gordon Douglas, Jr. (Emeritus) Dr. Antonio M. Gotto, Jr. Dr. Gary A. Koretzky Dr. Ralph L. Nachman Dr. Carl F. Nathan Dr. Jean W. Pape Dr. Andrew I. Schafer Dr. David J. Skorton CASTLE CONNOLLY TOP DOCTORS Allergy/Allergy & Immunology Dr. Daniel A. Burton (V) Dr. Clifford W. Bassett (NYP/LMH) Dr. Michael J. Chandler – PO Network Dr. Gillian Shepherd (V) Cardiac Electrophysiology Dr. Bruce Lerman Dr. Steven M. Markowitz Cardiovascular Disease Dr. Holly Andersen (V) Dr. James A. Blake (V) Dr. David Blumenthal (V) Dr. Robert D. Campagna (V) Dr. Richard Devereux Dr. Timothy C. Dutta (V) Dr. Kenneth W. Franklin (V) Dr. Richard M. Fuchs (V) Dr. Jerry Gliklich (NYP/Columbia) (V) Dr. Harvey Goldberg (V) Dr. Evelyn Horn Dr. Lawrence Inra (V) Dr. Mazen O. Kamen (V) Dr. Paul Kligfield Dr. Bassem M. Masri Dr. Ellen Mellow (V) Dr. David H. Miller Dr. Richard L. Mueller (V) – says NYP then Mount Sinai in CC Dr. Sherif F. Nagueh (Texas Methodist) Dr. Martin R. Post (V) Dr. Miguel A. Quinones (Texas Methodist) Dr. Allison Spatz (V) Dr. Richard Steingart (MSKCC) Dr. Theodore Tyberg (V) Dr. William A. Zoghbi (Texas Methodist) Critical Care Medicine Dr. Neil A. Halpern (MSKCC) General Internal Medicine Dr. Bruce D. Logan (NYP/LMH) Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Dr. Richard Bockman (HSS) Dr. David Brillon Dr. James A. Fagin (MSKCC) Dr. Stephanie A. Fish (MSKCC) Dr. Barry J. Klyde (V) Dr. Andrew J. Martorella (V) Dr. Richard Robbins (Texas Methodist) Dr. R. Michael Tuttle (MSKCC) Gastroenterology Dr. Robert S. Brown, Jr. Dr. Michael C. Cantor (V) Dr. Bradley A. Connor (V) Dr. Robert B. Cooper (V) Dr. Hans Gerdes (MSKCC) Dr. Howard Goldin (V) Dr. Michel Kahaleh Dr. Bart A. Kummer (NYP/LMH) (V) Dr. Robert Kurtz (MSKCC) Dr. Arnon Lambroza (V) – and says Lenox after NYP Dr. James D. Lax – says Mount Sinai Roosevelt before NYP in CC – listed as FT Dr. Arnold J. Markowitz (MSKCC) Dr. Franklin Marsh, Jr. (V) Dr. Paul Miskovitz (V) Dr. Jerry Nagler (V) Dr. Moshe Rubin (NYP/Queens) Dr. Ellen Scherl Dr. Michael J. Schmerin (V) – says NYP then Lenox Hill H in CC Dr. Moshe Shike (MSKCC) Dr. Meyer N. Solny (V) – says NYP then Lenox in CC Dr. Arnold L. Weg (V) Geriatric Medicine Dr. Ronald D. Adelman Dr. Beatriz Korc-Grodzicki (MSKCC) Dr. Mark Lachs Dr. Bharathi Raman Dr. Eugenia L. Siegler Hematology Dr. Hugo R. Castro-Malaspina (MSKCC) Dr. John Leonard Dr. Ruben Niesvizky Dr. Gerald Soff (MSKCC) Dr. Martin Tallman (MSKCC) Dr. Koen W. Van Besien Dr. David J. Wolf (V) | 15 | Infectious Disease Dr. Barry Brause (HSS) Dr. Arthur E. Brown (MSKCC) Dr. Marshall J. Glesby Dr. Barry Hartman** (V) Dr. David L. Helfgott (V) Dr. Jonathan L. Jacobs Dr. Chester W. Lerner (NYP/LMH) Dr. Henry W. Murray Dr. Howard E. Rosenberg (V) Dr. Paul Smith (HSS) (V) Dr. Rosemary Soave Dr. Ole Vielemeyer Internal Medicine Dr. Louis J. Aronne Dr. Christopher Barley (V) Dr. Richard Cohen (V) Dr. Symra A. Cohn (V) Dr. Arturo Constantiner (LMH) Dr. Ward Cunningham-Rundles (V) Dr. Orli Etingin Dr. Laura L. Fisher (V) Dr. Marina Gafanovich (V) Dr. Flavia Golden (V) Dr. Daniel Goldin (V) Dr. Catherine C. Hart (V) Dr. Margaret Lewin (V) Dr. George Liu (V) Dr. Samuel J. Mann Dr. Jennifer Meller (V) Dr. Thomas Nash (V) Dr. Deena J. Nelson (V) Dr. Mark S. Pecker Dr. Jill M. Rieger Dr. Wendy S. Ziecheck (V) Interventional Cardiology Dr. Neal Kleiman (Texas Methodist) Dr. James Robert Wilentz Medical Oncology Dr. Carol A. Aghajanian (MSKCC) Dr. Dean Bajorin (MSKCC) Dr. Jose Baselga (MSKCC) Dr. Himisha Beltran Dr. Ellin Berman (MSKCC) Dr. George Bosl (MSKCC) Dr. Renier J. Brentjens (MSKCC) Dr. Philip C. Caron (MSKCC) Dr. Ephraim S. Casper (MSKCC) Dr. Jenny Chang (Texas Methodist) Dr. Paul B. Chapman (MSKCC) Dr. Morton Coleman (V) Dr. Chau T. Dang (MSKCC) Dr. Maura N. Dickler (MSKCC) Dr. Darren R. Feldman (MSKCC) Dr. Monica N. Fornier (MSKCC) Dr. Mitchell Gaynor (V) Dr. Edward Gelmann (NYP/Columbia) Dr. Audrey M. Hamilton (MSKCC) Dr. Hani Hassoun (MSKCC) Dr. Steven Horwitz (MSKCC) Dr. Clifford Hudis (MSKCC) Dr. David Ilson (MSKCC) Dr. David Kelsen (MSKCC) Dr. Nancy E. Kemeny (MSKCC) Dr. Mark Kris (MSKCC) Dr. Lee M. Krug (MSKCC) Dr. Nancy E. Mills (MSKCC) Dr. Anne Moore Dr. Michael Morris (MSKCC) Dr. Craig H. Moskowitz (MSKCC) Dr. Robert Motzer (MSKCC) Dr. David Nanus Dr. Larry Norton (MSKCC) Dr. Kenneth Offit (MSKCC) Dr. Eileen O’Reilly (MSKCC) Dr. Mark Pasmantier (V) Dr. David Pfister (MSKCC) Dr. Bonnie S. Reichman (V) Dr. Joseph Ruggiero Dr. Leonard Saltz (MSKCC) Dr. Howard Scher (MSKCC) Dr. Nancy T. Sklarin (MSKCC) Dr. Susan F. Slovin (MSKCC) Dr. David Spriggs (MSKCC) Dr. David Straus (MSKCC) Dr. Scott Tagawa Dr. William Tap (MSKCC) Dr. Linda Vahdat Dr. Carolyn Wasserheit (MSKCC) Dr. Jedd Wolchok (MSKCC) Dr. Andrew Zelenetz (MSKCC) Nephrology Dr. Phyllis August Dr. Jon Blumenfeld (Rogosin) Dr. Robert Matalon (NYP/LMH) Pulmonary Disease Dr. Lester W. Blair (NYP/LMH) Dr. Joseph Cooke (NYP – Queens) Dr. Brian D. Gelbman (V) Dr. Rana Kaplan (MSKCC) Dr. Ana C. Krieger Dr. Daniel Libby (V) Dr. Thomas Nash (V) Dr. Stephen M. Pastores (MSKCC) Dr. Abraham Sanders (HSS) Dr. Diane Stover-Pepe (MSKCC) Rheumatology Dr. Juliet B. Aizer (HSS) Dr. Dalit Ashany (HSS) Dr. Anne R. Bass (HSS) Dr. Stephen J. Di Martino (HSS) Dr. Theodore Fields (HSS) Dr. Allan Gibofsky (HSS) Dr. Susan Goodman (HSS) Dr. C. Ronald MacKenzie (HSS) Dr. Steven Magid (HSS) Dr. Joseph A. Markenson (HSS) Dr. Stephen Paget (HSS) Dr. Edward Parrish (HSS) Dr. Linda Russell (HSS) Dr. Jane Salmon (HSS) Dr. Sandra L. Sessoms (Texas Methodist) Dr. Harry Spiera (Mount Sinai) Dr. Robert Spiera (HSS) (V) Dr. Richard Stern (HSS) (V) Dr. Hendricks H. Whitman III (HSS) Dr. Arthur M. F. Yee (HSS) Sports Medicine Dr. William W. Briner, Jr. (HSS) Dr. Lisa Callahan (HSS) Dr. Brian Halpern (HSS) (V) Note: Based on an online search of Castle Connolly America’s Top Doctors 14th edition. This information does not reflect Castle Connolly metro listings. This list includes WCMC physicians, full-time and voluntary (V), as well as department physicians located at other sites where noted. | 16 | DIVISION PROFILES | 17 | CARDIOLOGY The Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg Division of Cardiology is a leader in cardiovascular research, education and clinical care. The division’s mission is to remain at the forefront of scientific and technological developments that are revolutionizing cardiology and to translate these findings to the clinical bedside. Our internationally renowned programs investigate the basic mechanisms of cardiovascular disease, including the genetics of heart disease, the cellular signals and transcription factors responsible for cardiac development, the transformation and homing of stem cells for myocardial regeneration and the delineation of the molecular bases for cardiac arrhythmias. Strategies are continually implemented to enhance physical space, expand comprehensive clinical programs and continue our history of cutting-edge research. Clinically, our priorities are to develop and deliver cutting-edge therapies for heart disease and to advance clinical investigation. Expert faculty provide mentoring, training and supervision to medical students, internal medicine residents and fellows in cardiology, preparing them as tomorrow’s leaders. The faculty also provide a host of weekly conferences for internal and external colleagues. From basic science, investigating the mechanisms of arrhythmias and large population-based studies of new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, to a vast array of cardiovascular conditions and diseases, the focus is on improving patient care. This involves a majority of our faculty and almost all of cardiology fellows-in-training, as well as postdoctoral trainees and graduate and medical students, thus creating a rich intellectual milieu in which trainees develop into experienced investigators. Clinical services achieve superior outcomes in all areas, from cutting-edge interventional and imaging laboratories, to outpatient consultative and ongoing care. Patient care covers all types of heart and vascular diseases, including, but not limited to, arrhythmias, coronary and peripheral arterial disease, valve disease, the Marfan syndrome and inherited heart diseases, as well as heart failure and transplantation cardiology. To allow immediate treatment of patients presenting in the early Bruce B. Lerman, MD Chief, Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg Division of Cardiology Hilda Altschul Master Professor of Medicine Professor of Medicine Weill Cornell Medical College Attending Physician NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital | 18 | stages of a heart attack, there exists 24-hour, in-hospital coverage of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Telemetry and Step-Down Unit and the interventional laboratory. 2014 was a banner year for new interventions, new programs and new recruits. On the electrophysiology front, a LEADLESS study, led by Dr. James Ip, is evaluating the safety and effectiveness of a novel implanted pacemaker developed to eliminate leads, pockets and connectors required for conventional pacemakers. Expert faculty There is also a rotor mapping intervention underway for provide mentoring, atrial fibrillation that will help training and to identify atrial rotors, which supervision to are thought to perpetrate atrial fibrillation. Dr. Bruce medical students, B. Lerman is leading the internal medicine multicenter REAFFIRM trial residents and fellows that is evaluating this new technology. In the Cath in cardiology, Lab, two pivotal studies, preparing them led by Dr. S. Chiu Wong, are targeting myocardial tomorrow’s ischemia and mitral valve leaders. disorders. Both studies are clinical trials: one is focused on myocardial ischemia in men and women that utilizes an absorbable system that dissolves in the blood vessel, rather than a metal stent; the other is investigating a MitraClip device for repair of the mitral valve, which is delivered via cathether thus avoiding the need for heart surgery. The recently established PEAC team continues to be a highly successful model for a multidisciplinary team approach for the treatment of pulmonary embolisms. Pulmonary embolisms cause 300,000 deaths in the United States each year. The PEAC team is co-led by Dr. James M. Horowitz, an Assistant Professor of Medicine (Division of Cardiology), and Dr. Oren Friedman, an Assistant Professor of Medicine (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine), and includes the expertise of physicians from other departments at NYP/Weill Cornell (interventional radiology and cardiothoracic surgery). Dr. Jim W. Cheung, Assistant Professor of Medicine, and Dr. George Thomas, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, have begun work on a multicenter project, known as the SENSE study, to investigate the utility of a cardiac device, the Biotronik DX ICD system, for the detection of cardiac events called atrial high rate episodes. n Dr. Evelyn Horn, Professor of Clinical Medicine and her Heart Failure/Pulmonary Hypertension colleagues received designation as a Pulmonary Hypertension Center of Comprehensive Care (CCC) at NYP/Weill Cornell. This accreditation process was newly established by the PHA, the Pulmonary Hypertension Association, and its PHCC Review Committee, to review pulmonary hypertension care centers for accreditation at the national level. On the academic side, she also received a prestigious NIH PVD (Pulmonary Vascular Disease) OMICS grant as a combined site with NYPH-Columbia and alongside 5 other centers to better characterize the wide spectrum of pulmonary vascular disease from clinical phenotyping to the “omics” view (genomics, proteomics, metabolomics). The combined missions of superb clinical care, academic advancement and teaching are similarly highlighted on n n n | 19 | ardiology: 3-year program that prepares highly C qualified candidates for careers in investigative and clinical cardiology (Erica C. Jones, MD, Program Director) linical Cardiac Electrophysiology (CCEP): 2-year C training fellowship for intensive clinical training in mapping and ablation of complex arrhythmias (Jim W. Cheung, MD Program Director) Interventional Cardiology: 2-year advanced training fellowship in percutaneous coronary interventions utilizing all currently available technologies (Robert Minutello, MD, Program Director) dvanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology: A 1-year training program in the management of the advanced congestive heart failure patient population (Evelyn Horn, MD, Program Director) WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE CARDIOLOGY FELLOWSHIPS Led by Dr. Richard Devereux, the Cornell Cardiovascular Imaging Program is focused on development and use as investigative probes of novel imaging methods, providing precise quantitation of cardiovascular structure, function, and tissue properties. (L-R: Dr. Richard B. Devereux, Dr. Jonathan W. Weinsaft, Dr. Parmanand Singh) CARDIOLOGY the Advanced Heart Failure side as a designated Joint Commission DT (Destination therapy) VAD (ventricular assist device) program, a NYC multicenter NIH study of Frailty in the VAD patient population. The division welcomed two new recruits: Dr. Nivee Amin and Dr. Parmanand Singh. Dr. Singh received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School, completed residency training in internal medicine at NYP/Weill Cornell, and brings expertise in transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, as well as coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, hypertension and other general cardiology conditions. Dr. Amin, Assistant Professor of Medicine, received her MD, from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and an MHS from The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2013. She brings expertise with a focus on heart disease in women, preventive cardiology, coronary artery and valvular disease, and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Lerman, Division Chief, continues to serve on the editorial boards of Circulation, Heart Rhythm, The Journal of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology and The Journal of Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm Management. Dr. Steven Markowitz serves on the Electrophysiology Committee, American College of Cardiology, and on the editorial boards of HeartRhythm and Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND EVALUATIVE SCIENCES RESEARCH The Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluative Sciences Research draws upon the talents and experience of a multidisciplinary group of faculty based at Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University-Ithaca, and other institutions. effectiveness. In order to stimulate and support new clinical, health services, and outcomes research within and outside the Weill Department of Medicine, the division houses consultative services to investigators; e.g., informatics and data management support and training programs in clinical epidemiology and research methodology. Under the auspices of the CEDREC and SCALE grants, expansion continues in the area of health disparities and community-based research. CEDREC with Drs. Carla Boutin-Foster and Dr. Erica Phillips-Caesar, is building partnerships between Weill Cornell Medical College, Lincoln Hospital and Mental Health Center, The division provides Hunter College School of Nursing-City University national leadership of New York, and The in “bending the Center for Healthful Behavior Change at cost curve” by New York University implementing School of Medicine. innovative and SCALE partners with the Northern evaluative strategies Manhattan Perinatal for population Partnership (NMPP), an organization that focuses management. on improving health conditions, such as diabetes and obesity, in families who reside in Northern Manhattan. In addition to NMPP, several faith-based and community-based organizations in Harlem and the South Bronx have become critical partners in the division’s research initiatives on health disparities. Our faculty continue to publish top tier research papers, often a result of highly productive collaborations. Janey Peterson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, published a paper in July 2014 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, based on research conducted by Weill Cornell in partnership with Lifespan of Greater Rochester Inc., Fordham University, the Cornell Survey Research Institute, Cornell University, and the New York City Department for the Aging. As lead author, Dr. Peterson’s research showed that 5% of older adults reported being victims of financial abuse (after Faculty members are experts in qualitative and quantitative research methodology, health services research, clinical epidemiology, medical informatics, decision sciences, health disparities research, community-based participatory research, clinimetrics, outcomes research, behavioral science, and health education. They work together in a series of activities designed to encourage, and systematically support, the development of new research initiatives within, and outside, the division. Additionally, the division leads in the training of junior investigators; to date, T32 trainees in the division have received more than $100 million in peer-reviewed funding. All of our fellows are active in research with one presenting at the annual Minority Health and Health Disparities Grantee’s Conference, and all 6 fellows having submitted abstracts for the 2015 NRSA Annual Trainees Research Conference. Research efforts in the division include a strong track record with the NIH and an ongoing commitment to fostering a new generation of investigators via T32 grants and other opportunities. As leaders in population health research, the division plays a unique role at WCMC through its contributions to behavioral, health disparities, and population health, and has enrolled more than 3,000 patients in investigator studies. The division provides national leadership in “bending the cost curve” by implementing innovative and evaluative strategies for population management. Related areas of investigation include studies to improve clinical outcomes, behavioral science research, health disparities research (under the leadership of Dr. Carla Boutin-Foster), research on complex patients with a significant burden of comorbidity, and comparative Mary E. Charlson, MD Chief, Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluative Sciences Research Executive Director, Center for Integrative Medicine William T. Foley Distinguished Professor of Medicine Professor of Medicine Weill Cornell Medical College Attending Physician NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital | 20 | CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND EVALUATIVE SCIENCES RESEARCH Reduce Costs. She evaluated whether the total burden of comorbidity, assessed by the Charlson comorbidity index, could identify Medicaid Managed Care (MMC) beneficiaries who incurred high health care costs. The results showed that comorbidity can be used to identify MMC beneficiaries who are most likely to have high costs. HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP Mary E. Charlson, MD, Program Director Carol Mancuso, MD, Fellowship Program Co-Director Carla Boutin-Foster, MD, Fellowship Program Co-Director A 2-year training program (T32 AHRQ Fellowship Program) that trains post-residency physicians to conduct methodologically rigorous health services research in a multidisciplinary environment. | 21 | WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE turning 60 years of age). It was also found that more than half the time, a family member committed the act and most often an adult child. Based on their findings, it is estimated that 1 in 20 adults will experience financial abuse after age 60. Dr. Mary Charlson, Chief of the Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluative Sciences Research and Executive Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine, published a paper in December 2014 in PLOS One entitled, The Charlson Comorbidity Index Can be Used Prospectively to Identify Patients Who Will Incur High Future Costs. Dr. Charlson conducted the study along with 1199SEIU Funds and the study evaluated the ability of the Charlson comorbidity score to predict the individuals who would incur high costs in the subsequent year and also to contrast its predictive ability with other commonly used predictors, such as the Diagnostic Cost Group (DCG) and hospitalization as predictors of subsequent year costs. The results showed that the comorbidity index predicted health costs in the subsequent year, performing as well as prior cost and DCG in identifying those in the top 5% or 10%. Dr. Charlson also published a paper in November 2014 in BMC Health Services Research entitled, Medicaid Managed Care: How to Target Efforts to EDUCATION AND FACULTY DEVELOPMENT It has been another tremendously successful year for the program, continuing our mission: n n n o cultivate extraordinary physicians who consistently demonstrate their unwavering T dedication to each individual patient in front of them To encourage thinking anew about medicine in both its science and its art To create a lifetime academic home for our medical community members Faculty Development: The Weill Department of Medicine continues to invest in the faculty to promote their academic success. Fifteen individuals from the department participated this year in the WCMC Leadership in Academic Medicine Program (LAMP). Other rising stars were selected to participate in national faculty development programs, including the AAMC Minority Faculty Development Program, the AAMC Junior Women Faculty Program, and the AAIM Executive Leadership Program. Under the direction of Drs. Kirana Gudi and Anna Maw, 11 faculty members participated in the pilot bedside ultrasound course to encourage additional opportunities to teach an enhanced physical exam and promote learning for our trainees. Drs. Lia Logio and Howard Goldin have directed an important new CME activity entitled Basic Sciences for the Practicing Physicians. Two series were offered this year, attended by over 100 individuals: Immunology (Fall 2014) and Neurobiology (Spring 2015). direction of Drs. Evelyn Horn and Irina Sobel. A novel obesity fellowship is being developed for the 2015-2016 academic year under the direction of Drs. Louis Aronne and Rekha Kumar. We additionally have partnered with NewYork-Presbyterian at Columbia to expand the palliative care fellowship onto the Cornell campus. Residency: The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Residency Program has a longstanding commitment to training extraordinary physicians and academic scholars. The program Trainees learn offers opportunities at the bedside to learn all aspects and by searching of clinical medicine where residents get the evidence for authentic responsibility best practice and for taking care of discussing the nuances patients in both the inpatient and outpatient of medical decisionsettings, and providing making with faculty care for an eclectic patient population and colleagues. with a broad array of medical conditions. Residents benefit from working with world-renowned faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College, as well as our neighboring institutions, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, and The Rockefeller University. Regardless of their chosen career, our graduates are highly skilled physicians. The residency program places a strong emphasis on critical thinking about medicine as well as maximizing time at the bedside. Trainees learn at the bedside and by searching the evidence for best practice and discussing the nuances of medical decision-making with faculty and colleagues. In addition to learning through supervised patient care, innovative educational conferences enhance the learning environment. Academic Time is a weekly 90 minute session targeted to each year Fellowships: Home to twelve subspecialty fellowships, the Department continues to attract the best and brightest young physicians into its programs. The Advanced Heart Failure fellowship is the newest among the programs and has seen tremendous early success under the Lia Logio, MD Herbert J. and Ann L. Siegel Distinguished Professor of Medicine Vice Chair for Education Vice Chair for Faculty Development Director, Internal Medicine Residency Training Program Attending Physician NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital | 22 | In 2014, new learning opportunities were implemented, which include: n n n n n n ight Float Rounds to review fresh overnight patients N with our master clinicians. Research Publications & National Presentation Highlights We continue to have many of our residents participate in research activities leading to national presentations and publications. A new initiative for both residents and fellows seeking a better understanding of how to do research includes a core curriculum of didactics with hands-on mentoring to provide a real taste of science and inquiry. Implementation of iPad learning for faculty and residents with plans for a digital “playground” for residents to learn medicine and have access to important resources for just-in-time learning. nhanced simulation curriculum with every intern E getting hands-on training in bedside ultrasound. This has expanded to include a pilot faculty development program on bedside ultrasound; 11 faculty have been educated to be champions of the effort. Dr. Laura F. Gingras, Quality Improvement Chief Resident, had an abstract accepted by the ACGME (Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education) entitled, “A Resident-Driven, Multidisciplinary, Patient Safety Consult Service,” for both a poster and presentation. Her co-authors on the abstract were Drs. Jennifer Lee, Laura Fanucchi, and Lia Logio. ertical Mentoring Program to create small networks V of faculty and residents to socialize and talk about physicianship, career options, and achieving a balanced life in medicine. oll-out of an ACGME Next Accreditation System R Milestones for all 13 subspecialty fellowships. Nancy Tray, a PGY3 in the residency training program presented findings on a quality improvement pilot project at the SHM’s (Society of Hospital Medicine) Annual Meeting. The project, Team Facecards, will help patients to know and identify their full team of doctors better. The team that Nancy worked with on this project included: Michael Ding (pre-med student), he residency program continues to place about 85% T of graduates into competitive high-quality fellowships around the country. | 23 | WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE n Initiation of formal radiology rounds to every general medicine inpatient team every other week. The radiologists come to the ward to discuss interesting films and findings while also teaching what the best study is for various clinical scenarios. EDUCATION AND FACULTY DEVELOPMENT Medical Students: Medical student teaching is coordinated by Drs. Ernie Esquivel and Shelene Stiner (clerkship) as well as Dr. Dana Zappetti (subinternship). The third year medicine clerkship has a number of new activities to enhance the students’ experience of primary responsibility for taking care of patients including We continue to host important workshops our students from and lectures on key Weill Cornell-Qatar topics. The fourth year subinternship continues to spend time as to help confirm internal subinterns and on medicine as a career electives during their choice for about 30% of the graduating class fourth year. for the past few years. We continue to host our students from Weill Cornell-Qatar to spend time as subinterns and on electives during their fourth year. A new Critical Care Clerkship in conjunction with Anesthesia Department to provide 2 weeks of critical care exposure (ICU) for every clinical medical student. of training that uses an interactive format with realtime literature searching on iPads and facilitated group discussions with faculty experts. Morning report continues to be a favorite where 3 to 5 patients are presented by residents who share important clinical pearls or seek advice in weighing diagnostic or therapeutic options. Additional time during the ambulatory rotations includes Education Units on important topics like evidence-based medicine, physical exam skills, and palliative care. The weekly conference schedule includes a Chairman’s Conference, Weill Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, a Patient Safety Conference, Senior Seminars, Journal Clubs and an interdisciplinary autopsy-based M & M with pathology and radiology review. Dr. Ernie Esquivel, Dr. Art Evans (Chief of Hospital Medicine), and Mary Elizabeth Kelser, Division Administrator, Hospital Medicine. EDUCATION AND FACULTY DEVELOPMENT WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE Dr. Maddie Sterling had a research abstract accepted by the Mid-Atlantic SGIM (Society of General Internal Medicine) based on her computer lab project regarding length-of-stay in the hospital for patients with heart failure. Two of our residents had their abstract accepted by The Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), Scott Purga and Caroline Andrew, reflecting a study they carried out showing that a simple visual aid tool is cost-effective and improves compliance with intake and outtake documentation for inpatients who have “volume-critical” diagnoses. Publications: Siegler E, Jalali C, Finkelstein E, Ramsaroop S, Ouchida K, Del Carmen T, & Logio L. Assessing Effectiveness of Geriatrics Rotation for Second-Year Internal Medicine Residents. Journal of Graduation Medical Education; published online July 2014 ahead of print. With stewardship provided by the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the Weill Department of Medicine recently received a donation from New York Cardiology Associates that enabled iPads to be distributed to every resident training in internal medicine. It is part of a large initiative to enhance the learning environment in the age of information. Twenty core faculty members were invited to an iFaculty Workshop where Dr. Lia Logio, Vice Chair for Education, in conjunction with healthcare education experts from Apple, demonstrated how the devices can powerfully enhance learning. The faculty have now been working on developing a tremendously rich repository of important learning tools that are delivered via the iPads. Cox LM, Fanucchi LC, Sinex NC, Djuricich AM, Logio LS. Chief resident for quality improvement and patient safety: a description. American Journal of Medicine. 2014 June; 127(6)565-8. Fanucchi L, Unterbrink M, Logio L. (Re)turning the Pages of Residency: The Impact of Localizing Resident Physicians to Hospital Units on Paging Frequency. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2014 February; 9 (2): 120-122. Warm E, Logio L, Pereira A, Buranosky R, McNeill D. The Educational Innovations Project: A Community of Practice. Am J Med. 2013 December; 126 (12): 1145-1149. Presentation: Jalali C. Harnessing the Observation Skills of Nonphysician Educators to Improve Hospitalist Teaching of Patient-Centered, Self-Directed Learning by Residents. Pre-course presented at the 35th Annual AIM Educational Conference September 11-13, 2014, Washington DC. | 24 | EMERGENCY MEDICINE In 2014, our 45 Weill Cornell division faculty members supervised and participated in the treatment of 87,000 patients in the NYPH/WCMC ED, including approximately 24,000 who subsequently admitted to inpatient services. (L-R) Drs. John Arbo, Neal Flomenbaum, Rama Rao, Michael Stern The ED evaluates and stabilizes the condition of patients transferred to Weill Cornell from hospitals all over the world. In recent years, we have raised patient satisfaction scores to record levels, despite dramatic increases in the number of annual patient visits and admissions. Experienced, senior Weill Cornell faculty attendings are present in the ED 24/7, working side-by-side with residents, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses and patient care facilitators in state-of-the-art facilities. We provide the most advanced emergency care for all patients 24-hours a day, while teaching NYP/WC residents from every specialty how to provide that care. Since implementation of the EMR in the NYP/WC ED in 2010, we have worked with Hospital IT to monitor, modify and enhance it (as needed) while developing new ways to utilize its potential in furthering patient care and Neal E. Flomenbaum, MD Chief, Division of Emergency Medicine Professor of Clinical Medicine Weill Cornell Medical College Medical Director Emergency Medical Services Emergency Physician-in-Chief NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital clinical research. After integrating ED attending faculty at the NYP-Lower Manhattan Hospital ED in 2013, we implemented many Weill Cornell ED best practices at that location too, including a comprehensive quality assurance and improvement program, integrated administrative reports, point-of-care testing, and core measures and 72 hour ED return visits monitoring. | 25 | WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE EMERGENCY MEDICINE The EM division’s unique Wilderness Rural Medicine (WM) Program (a collaborative effort with Cornell Outdoor Education (COE) in Ithaca) continues to make great strides in medical education, clinical research, and the provision of clinical care under extreme conditions. Our Global Emergency Medicine Program plays a leading role in global health education at the Weill Cornell Medical College through its Global Health Grand Rounds and courses in global health. Our faculty and residents are active in Tanzania, Iraq and South Sudan. Each year, the EM division holds an annual retreat which has covered topics such as bedside teaching, and development of educational careers for Since its inception in junior faculty and career 2009, the toxicology strategy. We also provide service has completed innovative life-long learning opportunities over 2,000 patient for our Weill Cornell encounters in the emergency faculty (e.g. conferences, morning adult and pediatric reports, annual board EDs, internal exam prep lectures, and medicine, critical care, journal clubs). John E. Arbo, MD, neurology, surgery, Assistant Professor, has psychiatry, and been playing a vital role pediatric intensive as Chief of Emergency/ Critical Care. He is cocare units and Investigator on the Weill services. Cornell Registry and Biobank of Critically Ill Patients and received a CTSC Seed Grant for the study of early detection of severe sepsis. As co-Investigator on this project, he is working with Augustine M.K. Choi, MD, co-Principal Investigator and the Sanford I. Weill Chair of the Weill Department of Medicine. This study is utilizing a composite hemodynamic (heart rate variability) and a plasma biomarker (circulating mitochondrial DNA) to measure for severe sepsis and will lead to better treatment of sepsis for patients in the both ED and the MICU. We treat 39,000 patients annually in the ED at the NYP-Lower Manhattan Hospital, which has become an important front door both to care at one of the newest NYPH hospital facilities and to advanced care and follow-up available only on the main NYPH/WCMC campus. The NYP/Weill Cornell ED is officially designated as a 911 receiving hospital, a NYS level I trauma center, a stroke center, a spinal cord injury center, and a psychiatric emergency receiving center. We are also the burn center for the City of New York, a chest pain center, and we maintain one of the largest hospital-based ambulance services in the northeast that provides basic, advanced, and critical pediatric and adult pre-hospital care. NYP*EMS is completely integrated with our emergency department and hospital care, and medical supervision for all NYP EMTs and paramedics is provided by Weill Cornell EM faculty physicians. NYP ambulances operate throughout all 5 boroughs of NYC, north to Albany, east into Nassau County, and south and west to Central New Jersey. Our extensive disaster preparedness activities utilize the most advanced techniques in biological, chemical, radiation and “Hazmat” decontamination. The Division of Emergency Medicine is credited with launching the nation’s first geriatric emergency medicine fellowship training program and opening the first geriatric emergency department in the New York metropolitan area. Our Medical Toxicology Service continues to offer Weill Cornell physicians bedside and telephone consultations throughout the hospital for all patients acutely or potentially poisoned, and to those experiencing the effects of chronic overdoses, withdrawal syndromes, medication errors and adverse drug reactions. Since its inception in 2009, the toxicology service has completed over 2,000 patient encounters in the adult and pediatric EDs, internal medicine, critical care, neurology, surgery, psychiatry, and pediatric intensive care units and services. Regionally, our toxicology attendings work with the teaching faculty at the New York City Poison Control Center and collaborate on educational programs and research with the NYCPCC fellows-in-training and other faculty. At Weill Cornell, the group also collaborates with the division of critical care in research involving acute presentations of drugs of abuse. | 26 | ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES AND METABOLISM As part of a world-class academic medical center, the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is dedicated to fulfilling our mission of excellence in providing quality care to patients with endocrine and metabolic disorders; conducting promising research to advance the frontiers of endocrinology and diabetes; and training of highly motivated and dedicated physicians to become successful clinicians and physician-scientist. (L-R) Drs. Rekah Kumar and Aaron Schulman | 27 | WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE Julianne L. Imperato-McGinley, MD Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Associate Dean for Translational Research and Educational Medicine Director, Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) The Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Distinguished Professor of Endocrinology in Medicine Professor of Medicine Weill Cornell Medical College Attending Physician NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES AND METABOLISM Division Chief, Dr. Imperato-McGinley serves as the Principal Investigator of the Weill Cornell NIH-funded Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) promoting translation of research from bed to bedside and to the community to improve public health. Established in 1997, our Diabetes Center in Endocrinology provides the highest standard of care for patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. It offers a multidisciplinary team approach for diabetes care with comprehensive case management and the development of an individualized treatment plan. An expert team is composed of diabetologists, certified diabetes educators, and registered dieticians who are experienced in intensive diabetes management, including insulin pump therapy. The Center also has extensive experience in the management of gestational diabetes in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The Diabetes Center receives federal funding to support ongoing clinical research. The division’s areas of expertise in clinical care also include: general endocrinology; reproductive endocrinology, including the treatment of menstrual irregularities, hirsutism, and menopause; thyroid disease, with particular emphasis on thyroid cancer; disorders of calcium metabolism; and osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease. Should surgery be necessary for the treatment of an endocrine disorder, we also have an endocrine surgeon on-site. The subspecialty program in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is designed to provide the training and experience necessary to acquire all competencies critical to becoming an expert in this field. This WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES AND METABOLISM trial, a multicenter study of the effects of intensive versus conventional glucose, blood pressure and lipid treatment on cardiovascular disease in 10,000 individuals with type II diabetes mellitus; Molecular Basis of Sex Steroid Hormone Interaction in Prostate Diseases, a study focusing on androgen-estrogen interaction in the prostate and the development of specific The division estrogen analogs with conducts promising fewer side effects for state-of-the-art the hormonal therapy of prostate cancer; The research to generate Effects and Mechanisms new knowledge of Dietary Fat in Prostate Development and improve and Pathogenesis to understanding with facilitate development the ultimate goal of of strategies for prostate cancer prevention; and applying the latest Chinese Herbal Medicine scientific and medical and Phytochemicals in advances for the Prostate Cancer studies to prevention, detection, determine their effects in the treatment of prostate and treatment cancer in animal models, elucidating mechanisms of patients with of action, with the ultimate endocrine diseases. goal of proceeding to clinical trials in patients with advanced prostate cancer. In addition to a specific Chinese herbal formula, phytochemicals derived from Chinese herbs, such as genistein and camptothecin analogs, are also being evaluated. Our division includes the Center for Weight Management and Metabolic Clinical Research directed by Louis J. Aronne, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine and the Sanford I. Weill Professor of Metabolic Research. Dr. Aronne provides state-of-the art patient care and leads numerous clinical trials for the management of obesity and metabolic disease. The center also mentors Master’s students from the Institute for Human Nutrition, Columbia University, and WCMC medical students pursuing research experience. comprehensive program fulfills the needs of trainees anticipating a clinical and/or basic endocrine research career in academia; those expecting to function as clinician-educators; and those interested in pursuing the clinical practice of endocrinology. The division conducts promising state-of-the-art research to generate new knowledge and improve understanding with the ultimate goal of applying the latest scientific and medical advances for the prevention, detection, and treatment of patients with endocrine diseases. Major areas of research include: Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC), for which Dr. Imperato-McGinley serves as the Principal Investigator of Weill Cornell Medical College’s $49 million NIH-funded Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA); Molecular Genetics of Male Sexual Differentiation and Development, a study defining the genetic defects of subjects with inherited conditions affecting male sexual differentiation, particularly subjects with 5α-reductase-2 deficiency; Molecular Genetics of 21 Hydroxlyase Deficiency, a study to identify inherited genetic defects in the 21-hydroxylase enzyme in humans which result in genital ambiguity (genotype-phenotype relationships of this condition also being studied); The Epidemiology of Diabetes Intervention and Complications Trial (EDIC), a continuation of the multicenter Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) evaluating the effect of intensive glucose control on both microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes; The Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Fellowship David J. Brillon, MD, Program Director Stephanie Fish, MD, Associate Program Director Richard S. Bockman, MD, PhD, Associate Program Director The Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism fellowship is a joint program with NewYorkPresbyterian/Weill Cornell, Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS). It is a 2-year training program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). | 28 | GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY Robert S. Brown, Jr., MD, MPH, was recently recruited to the Weill Department of Medicine and is serving as Vice Chair of Transitions of Care. Vice Chair of Transitions of Care for the Weill Department of Medicine Chief (Interim), Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Director of the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/ Weill Cornell Medical Center | 29 | WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE Robert S. Brown, Jr., MD, MPH GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY The Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease directed by Dr. Ellen Scherl, is actively involved in several research studies including on moderate to severely active Crohn’s Disease, eating patterns and disease activity in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), health care maintenance in patients with IBD, and safety and tolerability of Budesonide Foam in subjects with active ulcerative proctitis Numerous research or proctosigmoiditis. Dr. Brian P. Bosworth projects and clinical and Dr. Vinita Jacob trials are underway remain very active with these trials as principle for the prevention or co-investigators. and treatment Collaborations remain with institutions across of viral hepatitis, the globe to establish gastrointestinal international biobanks; explore the relationship cancers, Barrett’s between vitamin D esophagus, and IBD health; and explore IBD genotypes. inflammatory bowel They include Columbia disease, pancreatic University, NYU, Yale University, Albert lesions, and other Einstein Hospital, Johns gastrointestinal Hopkins Hospital, Rockefeller University, diseases. and a Microbiome Consortium headed by Dr. Kenneth Simpson at Cornell University, Ithaca, with facilities and institutions in New Mexico, North Carolina, Texas and Switzerland. Collaborations continue with Dr. Andrew Dannenberg, two mediators in gastrointestinal inflammation studies; Dr. Kenneth Simpson, mucosa associated bacterial flora; and researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College, NOD 2 genotyping, hemangiogenesis and animal models of colon cancer and IBD. Dr. Scherl continues her work with He is also the Director of the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Currently, Dr. Brown is the interim Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. The division provides outstanding and compassionate patient care, offers first-rate clinical services in a wide range of subspecialty areas, including hepatology, inflammatory bowel disease, gastrointestinal reflux disease, advanced endoscopic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, functional bowel disorders, gastrointestinal infections and gastrointestinal cancer prevention and treatment. Recently a pancreas program was established, the first ever at NYP/WC. Faculty are active in education and research. Numerous research projects and clinical trials are underway for the prevention and treatment of viral hepatitis, gastrointestinal cancers, Barrett’s esophagus, inflammatory bowel disease, pancreatic lesions, and other gastrointestinal diseases. The division houses the Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health, the Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, and The Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. In 2014, a major referral center was created for pancreatico-biliary disease within the setting of a dedicated pancreas program for the treatment of benign and malignant conditions. Dr. Michel Kahaleh is directing this new center in conjunction with Dr. Michael Lieberman, Department of Surgery. An Endoscopic Bariatric Program was also launched that offers the full spectrum of novel technologies related to endoscopic treatment of obesity. This program is directed by Dr. Reem Sharaiha along with Dr. Louis Aronne, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Interim Chief, Dr. Brown, was recruited to the department from Columbia University to direct the newly formed Hepatology Section. The Hepatology Section combines the Liver Transplant and Hepatitis C program within the division, as well as the Liver Transplant Surgery Division of the Department of Surgery. This interdepartmental program will lay the foundation for an active hepatology program at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Michel Kahaleh, Chief of Endoscopy and Medical Director of NYP/Weill Cornell’s first pancreas program, is a world-renowned leader in minimally invasive endoscopic techniques. He continues to expand a stateof-the-art roster of procedures: endoscopic suturing, confocal endomicroscopy for early detection of GI cancers, photodynamic therapy and radiofrequency ablation for pancreatico-biliary cancers, endoscopic drainage of pseudocysts, endoscopic necrosectomy and EUS-guided ERCP, and POEM (for the treatment of esophageal achalasia). WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY the University of Leiden, Netherlands, utilizing the IBD patient database to study the role of inflammatory markers in predicting the clinical course of IBD, and with the New York-Moscow IBD Journal Club via Skype. Dr. Randy Longman, who joined Dr. Scherl’s team last year, continues to carry out critical research on the microbiome and host-pathogen interactions in the pathogenesis of IBD. Dr. Adam Steinlauf provides specialized expertise in IBD, ulcerative colitis, and Crohn’s Disease at the Jill Roberts Center where he serves as the Director of Strategic Planning and Growth. Dr. Bosworth, the Anne and Ken Estabrook Clinical Scholar in Gastroenterology, continues as Program Director of the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship Program. Among 2011 to 2014 graduates, 57% remained in the field of academic medicine, a more than doubled increase from the previous three years. Dr. Bosworth continues to run the GI section of the second-year medical student course at WCMC, which is instrumental in designing curriculum, and he is active in residency training at NYP/Weill Cornell. Dr. Felice Schnoll-Sussman, Director, Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health, provides a wide breadth of expertise including endoscopic ultrasound, capsule endoscopy, colorectal genetics, colon cancer prevention, endoscopic treatment of Barrett’s esophagus, and esophageal motility. The center is one of only a handful in the nation that is utilizing the recently FDAapproved colon capsule, which provides a noninvasive means of imaging the colon with a wireless capsule. Dr. Schnoll-Sussman and new recruit Dr. Amir Soumekh, Assistant Professor of Medicine, are trained in this novel technology. Dr. Soumekh obtained his MD and served his residency in internal medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and completed his fellowship training in gastroenterology and hepatology at NYP/Weill Cornell. In addition to general gastroenterology, he has a wide range of clinical expertise in esophageal disease and is an expert in colon cancer, small bowel cancers and Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship Brian Bosworth, MD, Program Director A 3-year program that focuses on specialized rotations and research opportunities, including opportunities to participate in clinical research (e.g., hepatology, inflammatory bowel disease, cancer screening, endoscopic ultrasound, the microbiota of the GI tract, Endoscopic imaging techniques). | 30 | inherited (genetic) cancer syndromes. He is performing surveillance of gastrointestinal cancers in average- and high-risk patients, endoscopic mucosal resection of advanced colonic polyps, in addition to video capsule endoscopy. The center’s Esophageal Function Laboratory continues to evaluate esophageal disorders and diseases (e.g., GERD, non-cardiac chest pain and swallowing disorders). A roll-out of an on-line hereditary colon cancer familial pedigree registry was implemented, and a partnership with the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance and the American Cancer Society was established to increase colon cancer screening by 80% in the United The center is one States by the year 2018. of only a handful Dr. Andrew Dannenberg, Associate in the nation that is Director of Cancer utilizing the recently Prevention at the Sandra and Edward Meyer FDA-approved colon Cancer Center, recently capsule, which received a $250,000 provides a noninvasive grant from The Prevent Cancer Foundation. means of imaging the This grant will support promising work towards colon with a wireless the development capsule. of a blood test to identify women who are at increased risk of developing breast cancer. Dr. Dannenberg and team will attempt to validate a blood-based signature of fatty tissue inflammation in the breast. Dr. Steven Lipkin, a nationally and internationally recognized human geneticist at Weill Cornell, continues to work with Dr. Daniel Hommes at UCLA on a biobanking initiative. This effort is in collaboration with Dr. Scherl to establish IBD biobanking at WCMC. In addition to Dr. Amir Soumekh, the division welcome another new recruit: Dr. Arun Jesudian. Dr. Jesudian received his MD, Alpha Omega Alpha, from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, and completed residency training in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Gastroenterology at NewYorkPresbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College. He also completed an advanced fellowship in Transplant Hepatology at NYPH/Columbia University. An Assistant Professor of Medicine, he is actively engaged in clinical research on viral hepatitis, complications of cirrhosis and portal hypertension, and post-transplant outcomes. Dr. David Artis N ewly recruited to the division, Dr. David Artis holds the Michael Kors Professorship in Immunology at Weill Cornell and is serving as Director of the Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (made possible through the generosity of benefactor Jill Roberts and the Jill Roberts Charitable Foundation). In his role as Director of the Institute, he is dedicated to furthering understanding of the molecular underpinnings of inflammatory bowel disease and related chronic inflammatory diseases, with the goal of translating basic research breakthroughs into the most advanced therapies for patients. Dr. Gregory Sonnenberg, who worked with Dr. Artis at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has also been recruited to work as part of the Roberts Institute team of researchers, including Dr. Randy “However, the identification that the immune system controls beiging of white fat could offer new therapeutic approaches to treat and prevent obesity and obesityassociated inflammatory diseases.” Longman and Dr. Steve Lipkin housed in the new Belfer Research Building. Dr. David Artis and his colleagues have published breakthrough findings in multiple journals including Nature and Science that have identified new pathways and targets, with the ultimate goal of developing new approaches for the treatment of inflammatory and related metabolic diseases such as obesity. In a recent study utilizing a wide array of high tech tools, the team discovered for | 31 | the first time that ILC2s, a group of innate lymphoid cells, promote the “beiging” of white adipose tissue (a type of body fat) and limit obesity. “Of course, we are just at the beginning of these studies and there is a lot more work to be done,” says Dr. Artis. “However, the identification that the immune system controls beiging of white fat could offer new therapeutic approaches to treat and prevent obesity and obesity-associated inflammatory diseases.” Research in the Artis lab is supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. Dr. Sonnenberg and colleagues also published breakthrough findings in Science on gut immunity illuminating how the immune system prevents chronic inflammation in the intestine. In earlier research, he and his team had identified a new member of the innate immune system – innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) which interact with T cells in the GI tract. The new findings reveal that ILCs directly educate T cells in the intestine to not attack beneficial bacteria, and that impairment of ILC function leads to severe intestinal inflammation. Critically, they also demonstrate that loss of MHCII (a type of machinery that delivers signals to T cells) on ILCs is linked to pro-inflammatory cells in patients with IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease). These advances, explains Dr. Sonnenberg, suggest that there may be an efficient way to eliminate pro-inflammatory T cells and restore a state of health in the intestine. This study included researchers from around the world and the lead author is a Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation supported postdoctoral associate in medicine, Dr. Matthew R. Hepworth, who is working in Dr. Sonnenberg’s laboratory. Research in the Sonnenberg lab is supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. GERIATRICS AND PALLIATIVE MEDICINE The mission of the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine is to improve the quality of life for older people through the integration of high-quality clinical care, teaching of geriatric medicine, and advancing knowledge through scientific research. As well, we seek to alleviate symptoms and other causes of human suffering through palliative care programs for adults of all ages. The division holds numerous federal and foundation grants and continues extensive clinical operations with a steady increase in patient volumes on the inpatient and outpatient services. The division continues its focus on palliative medical care for patients suffering with chronic illness and chronic pain, as well as other significant issues related to goals The division holds of care at end-of-life, numerous federal and through patient care, teaching activities, foundation grants and and research. We have continues extensive eight physicians board certified in palliative care clinical operations and an active Palliative with a steady increase Care Champions Training Program for in patient volumes both nurses and social on the inpatient and workers at NYP/Weill Cornell. The NIA-funded outpatient services. Roybal Center, directed by Dr. M. Cary Reid, investigates pain in later life and the role of palliative care in pain and symptom relief. We work closely with the hospital to advance palliative and hospice services, including hospice bed planning. The Irving Sherwood Wright Center on Aging sees an ever-increasing number of geriatric outpatients annually (average age is over 80 with many vibrant centenarians). In patient satisfaction scores, the center continues to excel within the Ambulatory Care Network as one of the highest-ranking practices. The House Call Program provides comprehensive services to the most frail, homebound elderly patients, while maintaining a collaborative relationship with the highly regarded social services agency, DOROT. Palliative care remains under the leadership of co-Chief, Dr. Ronald Adelman. The division is steadfastly dedicated to the prevention of elder abuse, exemplified by its NYC Elder Abuse Center. The Center supports elder justice through multidisciplinary team activities in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Led by Dr. Mark S. Lachs, Division CoChief, and Risa Breckman, MSW, efforts include several foundation research grants, as well as a K24 mentoring award. Dr. Holly Prigerson serves as Co-Director of the Cornell Center for Research on End-of-Life Care, along with Dr. Paul Maciejewski (Co-Director). Dr. Prigerson is the newly appointed Irving Sherwood Wright Professor in Geriatrics. At the Center, she and Dr. Maciejewski are directing projects with junior faculty, including multiple RO1s, an R21, and K awards. Drs. Prigerson and Maciejewski remain focused on their research in the fields of bereavement and end-of-life care, which continues to bring international recognition to the division. The Liz Claiborne Center for Humanism in Medicine, directed by Dr. Randi Diamond, serves as an educational hub for health care professionals and trainees in multiple disciplines. Its mission enhances and integrates awareness, attitudes, knowledge, and skills of palliative care, and promotes the profile and practice of medical humanism. While fostering better consciousness and understanding of the human experience of our patients, and promoting self-reflection and professional growth among Ronald D. Adelman, MD Co-Chief, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Care Mark S. Lachs, MD, MPH Co-Chief, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Care The Emilie Roy Corey Professor in Geriatrics and Gerontology The Irene F. and I. Roy Psaty Distinguished Professor of Clinical Medicine Weill Cornell Medical College Medical Director, Irving Sherwood Wright Center on Aging Director, Geriatrics for the NewYork-Presbyterian Health System Professor of Clinical Medicine Weill Cornell Medical College Attending Physician NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Attending Physician NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital | 32 | our healthcare professionals and trainees, the center supports the incorporation of the humanities and creative engagement in the practice of medicine and medical education. The division remains tremendously engaged with teaching of medical trainees of all levels. Approximately 10 medical students participate in our NIA-sponsored MSTAR program; students focus on aging-based research for 8 weeks in the summer and are exposed to clinical geriatrics. Medical residents receive intensive training in both geriatrics and palliative medicine. Residents often lack the opportunity to work with older adults who are not acutely ill, or to learn about the types of community-based services available that keep them well. We provide training to each PGY-2 resident assigned to a 4-week geriatric rotation via the following: two weeks managing a panel of patients on the 10N team; one week covering nights on the 10N team; one week in an outpatient module to introduce systems of care that address the medical and psychosocial needs of community-dwelling older adults. During the systemsbased practice (outpatient) module, residents visit a PACE (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly) site; make hospice and geriatrics house calls; accompany geriatric care managers on client visits, visit a nursing Geriatrics Fellowship Karin Ouchida, MD, Program Director Sonal Mehta, MD, Associate Program Director This Division houses both a Geriatrics Fellowship and, jointly with Columbia University Medical College, a Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship. Based in internal medicine and family medicine programs, the program includes many rotations, teaching opportunities, and a variety of quality improvement and clinical research initiatives in geriatrics and palliative care medicine. | 33 | WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE Dr. Eugenia Siegler (R) with trainees. GERIATRICS AND PALLIATIVE MEDICINE home, an independent living site, and other levels of senior housing; see an elder abuse shelter; and assist with the division’s transitional care clinic and the Wright Center’s walk-in patients. They also present one of their own WCIMA patients in the weekly geriatrics team meeting. An oral exam/debriefing enables the residents to integrate their experiences within the context of their inpatient and outpatient responsibilities. For medical interns, increased exposure to palliative care is gained through a 12-hour educational series; this academic year, each medical intern rotated on the Palliative Care Consultation service for one week. Joining the faculty in 2014 were Kelly Trevino, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology in Medicine, and Milagros Silva, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine. Dr. Trevino is a clinical psychologist with specializations in geropsychology and psychosocial oncology. A recipient of the prestigious Paul B. Beeson Career Development Award in Aging Research (K23) funded by National Institute on Aging and the American Federation for Aging Research, she conducts research on the nature and predictors of distress in patients with life-threatening illness, and is developing and evaluating an anxiety intervention for older adults with advanced cancer and their caregivers. Dr. Silva is board-certified in palliative medicine. A graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine, she completed her postgraduate training at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Under the direction of Dr. Adelman, she serves as Managing Director of Palliative Medicine Outpatient Services. HEMATOLOGY AND MEDICAL ONCOLOGY The Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology has 63 full time faculty (43 clinical researchers and 21 full time scientists) who provide world-class patient care, as well as teaching and research, among six clinical services and at five sites. The Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology has 63 full time faculty (43 clinical researchers and 21 full time scientists) who provide world-class patient care, as well as teaching and research, among six clinical services and at five sites. The six clinical services are: Solid Tumor Oncology, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Myeloma, Stem Cell Transplant and Nonmalignant Hematology, operating at four sites: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Main Campus (third floor), Weill Greenberg Ambulatory Care Building (Solid Tumor Oncology), Oxford Building (Myeloma) and at the Woman’s Health Center at 425 East 61st Street (Breast Cancer). We also have two faculty at Lower Manhattan Hospital. Each service contains disease-site specific programs. The Solid Tumor Service has active clinical and research programs in Breast Oncology, Gastrointestinal Oncology, Genitourinary Oncology and Thoracic Oncology, with developing programs and expertise in Head and Neck Oncology, and Endocrine Oncology. The division’s clinical program has grown in volume annually each year. In fiscal year 2007, there were nearly 52,000 total patient encounters compared to 2014, with approximately 91,000. Each of the programs works closely with faculty in the corresponding surgical oncology department, division or program. The Hematological Malignancies Program encompasses the Leukemia, Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma, and Stem Cell Transplant Services. The Lymphoma and Myeloma Services contain several diseasespecific programs, including the Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Research Center and the Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia Program. The Leukemia Service, in addition to acute and chronic leukemias, has developed programs in Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDA) and Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN). Among the largest group of clinical investigators at the College, the division houses basic and translational research that has benefited from renovated research space and many new faculty recruits over the last seven years. A major emphasis is placed on bench-to-bedside studies. The division has been playing a central role in the Meyer Cancer Center, working with its Director, Dr. Lewis Cantley, the Margaret and Herman Sokol Professor in Oncology Research. The Center recently recruited Drs. Ana Molina, Lukas Dow, Eftychia Apostolou. Laboratory research faculty of the Belfer Institute of Hematology and Oncology (Meyer Building) and in the Belfer Research Building are integrally involved in the translational components of numerous clinical trials, The division’s clinical working hand-in-hand with clinical researchers program has grown and using cutting-edge in volume annually technology to address oncologic questions that each year. In fiscal impact patient care and year 2007, there were outcomes. A major focus is the understanding of nearly 52,000 total molecular mechanisms patient encounters underlying individual patient sensitivity and compared to 2014, resistance to chemotherapy with approximately or targeted treatment. These studies have the 91,000. potential, not only to uncover specific aspects of fundamental cancer biology, but to lead to the development of novel biomarkers that can be used to tailor treatment to the individual. The Cancer Program at NYP/Weill Cornell is consistently ranked as number one at an academic medical center in the New York metropolitan area by U.S. News and World Report and number 14 in the country. Building a growing reputation in clinical care and clinical research, the clinical research program enrolled more than 500 research subjects into 115 different treatment studies, e.g., high-impact protocols across the entire spectrum of hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, and projects in areas of non-malignant hematology. The Weill Cornell Leukemia Program led by Dr. Gail Roboz offers a wide variety of novel investigator-initiated, cooperative group, and industry-sponsored clinical trials. Dr. Roboz is also recognized internationally for her studies on myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and leads NewYork- David M. Nanus, MD Chief, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology Medical Director Genitourinary Oncology Program Mark W. Pasmantier Professor of Hematology and Oncology in Medicine Professor of Medicine Professor of Urology Weill Cornell Medical College Attending Physician NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital | 34 | Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN) Heroes Award. He serves as the Director Emeritus of the Richard T. Silver M.D. Myeloproliferative Neoplasm Center at Weill Cornell and the Medical Director of The Cancer Research and Treatment Fund, Inc. The division welcomed new recruits Drs. Eleni Andreopoulou, Tong Dai, Lan Mo, and Adrienne Phillips. Dr. Adrienne Phillips Dr. Lan Mo Dr. Tong Dai Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellowship Ronald J. Scheff, MD, Program Director Paul Basciano, MD, Associate Program Director A 3-year fellowship that includes rotations clinical subspecialty services at NYP/Weill Cornell; supervised laboratory and/or clinical research; and consolidation of educational experiences in the diagnosis and management of hematologic/ neoplastic disorders. | 35 | WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE Dr. Eleni Andreopoulou HEMATOLOGY AND MEDICAL ONCOLOGY Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center as one of six institutions in the MDS Clinical Research Consortium. The bone marrow transplant program continues to grow under the leadership of Dr. Koen van Besien with the development of an outpatient autologous transplant program. It was a banner year with 175 autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplants performed. Researchers in the Lymphoma Program developed a road map for discovery and translation in lymphoma along with contributions to 40 abstracts at this year’s Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology. Ongoing work is expected to yield approval for new treatments for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, and to set the stage for improving care of patients with multiple other lymphoma subtypes. The genitourinary oncology service continues to expand clinically with the recruitment of Dr. Ana Molina, joining Drs. Scott Tagawa, David Nanus, and Himisha Beltran. The group has reached translational research milestones with high-impact, team-science publications in collaboration with the Institute for Precision Medicine and involvement with a Prostate Cancer Stand Up To Cancer Dream Team. They have been awarded Department of Defense funding to join the Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Consortium, and have completed enrollment in an international multicenter study of taxane chemotherapy for prostate cancer, capitalizing upon the group’s translational collaborators at WCMC and Cornell University in Ithaca. Continued translational work involves WCMC’s transgenic model cancer of the kidney (TRACK) and deciphering the genomics of platinum-resistant urothelial carcinoma. The Myeloma Center, led by Dr. Ruben Niesvizky, continues to break ground and leads the myeloma field in drug development, clinical trials and biology scholarship. Supported by grants from the NIH and The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the center expanded this past year to a second suite that contains both patient examination rooms and administrative offices. Under Dr. Evi Giannakakou’s leadership, the division continues to foster bench-to-bedside collaborations, including circulating tumor cells in solid tumors, epigenetic modification therapeutic strategies in lymphoma, and minimal residual disease assessment in acute leukemia. Dr. Himisha Beltran, Director of the Precision Medicine Clinic, The Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell, works closely with faculty to develop personalized treatment approaches for patients based on their cancer’s specific molecular alterations. Dr. Richard T. Silver, a world-renowned authority and longtime champion in the field of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN), received the prestigious HOSPITAL MEDICINE HOSPITAL MEDICINE WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE The Division of Hospital Medicine was founded in the summer of 2009 with the arrival of Dr. Arthur Evans, who assumed the role of Division Chief after 20 years in clinical research, teaching, and both primary care and hospital-based medicine at Dartmouth, UNC, Rush, and Cook County Hospital. Dr. Sean Pickering joined the division in 2010 as Assistant Division Chief with a career dedicated to academic hospital medicine since 1998. With 51 faculty members and expanding services, the Division of Hospital Medicine remains focused on providing compassionate, effective, and efficient inpatient medical care and to advancing the profession through innovation, rigorous scientific inquiry, and continuous learning. It is responsible for the daily care of over 140 hospitalized patients and provides general medical consultation year-round. The division plays an Thus, roughly half of instrumental role in all patients admitted to the Weill Department of educating residents Medicine are cared for and medical students by Hospital Medicine. The division led the way at NYP/Weill Cornell in revamping clinical Medical Center. care at the NYP-Lower Manhattan Hospital during 2013–2014 and currently has 17 hospitalists working at this site. The division’s faculty members offer a wealth of experience and talent. Many have advanced training and degrees beyond board certification in internal medicine, including palliative care, critical care, infectious diseases, emergency medicine, nephrology, medical informatics, geriatrics, molecular biology, and clinical epidemiology. The many clinical collaborations in the division include Orthopedics, Advanced Endoscopy, Oncology, Leukemia, and Emergency Medicine. The division plays an instrumental role in educating residents and medical students at NYP/Weill Cornell Medical Center. It has the highest number of course directors within the department, and its faculty continues to receive a record number of teaching awards from residents and students. Arthur T. Evans, MD, MPH Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine Professor of Medicine Weill Cornell Medical College Attending Physician NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital | 36 | Hospital Medicine continues to be involved in many exciting research projects based on campus and also on the international stage. The division leads the department’s Quality Improvement Patient Safety Committee (QIPS), co-chaired by Dr. Jennifer Lee, Assistant Professor of Medicine, and Dr. Robert Kim, Division of Cardiology. In 2014, QIPS received a Learning Health System Champion Research Award from the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC). This prestigious award recognizes innovations in medical education, care delivery, research, and diversity. The award-winning proposal was submitted to the AAMC by Drs. Lee and Kim, as well as Dr. Tara Bishop, Assistant Professor of Medicine at WCIMA and Department of Healthcare Policy and Research. The AAMC’s Learning Health System Champion Research Award will help to support QIPS to implement its fiveyear plan which aims to develop sustainable programs for faculty education in quality improvement, the establishment of a formal mentorship network, and raising awareness of QI research through publications and national dissemination. Of special note, the division congratulates Dr. Sean Pickering, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Division Chief, Dr. Sean Pickering with Nadine who received a Physician Rosenthal, DNP, RN, CCRN, NEAof the Year Award from the BC, Director, Nursing Medicine Department of Nursing Services (NYP/WC) at NYP/Weill Cornell. This coveted award recognizes physicians who consistently practice with nursing and support staff in a collaborative, collegial, and respectful manner. Dr. Molly McNairy, Assistant Professor of Medicine, has been carrying out vital research on the international stage and has been instrumental in launching a new fellowship training program for Global Health Research. She serves as co-Director, along with Dr. Daniel Fitzgerald (co-Director) from the Center for Global Health. The three-year Global Health Research Fellowship is tailored for post-residency graduates in internal medicine, and it includes extensive field-based research in Weill Cornell programs based in Haiti, Tanzania, Brazil, and India, along with training in research methods, and teaching and clinical service at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. INFECTIOUS DISEASES The Division of Infectious Diseases provides expertise in research, clinical care, and education and training. Internationally recognized physician-scientists conduct cutting-edge basic laboratory, translational, patient-oriented, and epidemiologic research in infectious diseases in New York City and abroad at sites in Brazil, Haiti, India, and Tanzania. INFECTIOUS DISEASES WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE Dr. Timothy Wilkin and Christina Megill, PA-C, review photographs taken during high resolution anoscopy. This procedure identifies precancerous areas of the anus that should be treated in an effort to prevent anal cancer. Current research areas include bacteriology (including drug-resistant organisms), food- and water-borne pathogens, fungi, hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, hospital-acquired infections, human papillomavirus (HPV), influenza, leishmaniasis, malaria, transplant/oncology infectious diseases, and tuberculosis. The Rhee Lab (Director: Dr. Kyu Rhee) continues its highly innovative work on Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb) using novel mass spectrometry-based metabolomic approaches. The Golightly Lab (Director: Dr. Linnie Golightly) is working on the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria as mediated by microvascular damage and repair, as well as a novel noninvasive, cell phone-based device to diagnose and determine the severity of malaria; and clinical testing of the device is planned in Ghana. Dr. Henry W. Murray, the Arthur R. Ashe Professor of Medicine (and a former Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases), studied leishmaniasis in the laboratory and clinically for nearly 35 years. For 15 years he carried out treatment trials of visceral leishmaniasis (“kala-azar”) in India. In 2014, the drug that he and colleagues in India introduced and tested in the treatment of kala-azar, miltefosine, was approved by the FDA as the first effective oral agent for leishmaniasis (visceral, cutaneous, and mucosal infections). Dr. Marshall Glesby heads the HIV Clinical Trials Unit with co-investigators Drs. Bisrat Abraham, Leah Burke, Roy Gulick, Kristen Marks, and Timothy Wilkin. The unit conducts research in the treatment and prevention of HIV, the treatment of hepatitis C (HCV) infection, and the assessment and treatment of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Roy M. Gulick, MD, MPH Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor in Medicine Weill Cornell Medical College Attending Physician NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital | 37 | WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE INFECTIOUS DISEASES A new initiative is the establishment of a clinical research unit (CRU) that designs and conducts clinical trials in other important areas: hospital-acquired infections (including drug-resistant pathogens), infections of non-HIV immunocompromised hosts (cancer and organ transplant), and development of novel agents for prevention and treatment of other infections. The division recruited Dr. Catherine Small in November 2014 to serve as the new Associate Director of the Transplant/Oncology Infectious Diseases Service; she will head both the clinical unit and the new clinical research unit. We also recruited a study nurse, data manager, laboratory technician and regulatory coordinator for the unit. Divisional faculty also head our infectious diseases clinical services: Weill Cornell Medical College/NewYorkPresbyterian Hospital Infectious Diseases Inpatient Teaching Consult Service, the Transplant/Oncology Infectious Diseases Consult Service, the HIV/AIDS Program (the Center for Special Studies [CSS]), and Weill Cornell Infectious Disease Associates, an outpatient practice comprising faculty and fellow consultation services and Travel Medicine. The Travel Medicine Service has weekday and evening sessions and offers valuable comprehensive pre- and post-travel advice and vaccinations for adults, children, and families. As part of our outpatient services, we established a new OPAT (Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy) service (Director: Dr. Ole Vielemeyer) to allow patients to complete courses of intravenous antibiotics at home, rather than in the hospital. At the Center for Special Studies (CSS), a new Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) program was added for at-risk HIVnegative individuals, supported in part by a Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) Community Engagement Award (Directors: Drs. Lawrence Siegel Infectious Diseases Fellowship Kristen Marks, MD, Program Director A 3-year training program that includes individualized training through clinical rotations, didactic course work, mentored research, and faculty guidance to develop the next generation of infectious diseases physician-scientists. | 38 | and Cecilia Yoon). At the Lower Manhattan Hospital location, inpatient and outpatient services for infectious diseases and hospital epidemiology are thriving with the support of Drs. Claire Brown and Chester Lerner. The Hospital Epidemiology-Infection Control Program at Weill Cornell-NYPH, under the leadership of the Hospital Epidemiologist, Dr. David Calfee, and a newly named Associate Epidemiologist, Dr. Matthew Simon, played a major role in preparations for the Ebola outbreak during 2014. NYPH was one of 35 U.S. hospitals, and one of 8 New York State hospitals, designated as Ebola treatment centers. Other areas of focus are the reduction of hospitalNYPH was one of 35 associated infections U.S. hospitals, and one and the investigation of infectious outbreaks. of 8 New York State GHESKIO (Groupe Haitien d’Etude du hospitals, designated Sarcome de Kaposi as Ebola treatment et des Infections Opportunistes; centers. Director: Dr. Jean Pape) conducts NIHsponsored research with the adult and pediatric HIV treatment networks. A new cholera treatment center and a 35-bed TB hospital recently opened and a maternal child health center will open soon. The Tanzania Training Program (Mulago; Director: Dr. Daniel Fitzgerald) trains health professionals in the design, implementation, and measurement of innovative health interventions. Dr. Jennifer Downs conducts research on schistosomiasis and HIV coinfection, and Dr. Robert Peck provides clinical care and conducts research. The division renewed its NIH-sponsored T32 research training grant, “Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases” (Principal Investigator: Dr. Roy Gulick), which runs through 2019. This grant supports our fellows to conduct basic, translational, clinical and epidemiologic research projects. With the help of this support, 5 of our trainees successfully competed for NIH Career Development (K) Awards in 2014. Current fellows are studying biomarkers for HIV and tuberculosis, strategies to treat drug-resistant bacterial infections and hepatitis C infection, and the epidemiology of respiratory viruses in the Middle East. The division sponsored annual continuing medical education (CME) programs in HIV and general infectious diseases. With the revamping of the curriculum for Weill Cornell medical students, Dr. Kristen Marks led the changes for the new infectious diseases section. MEDICAL ETHICS Led by Dr. Joseph J. Fins, The E. William Davis, Jr. M.D. Professor of Medical Ethics and Professor of Medicine, the Division of Medical Ethics pursues a mission focused on medical education, ethics consultation, scholarship and research. Joseph J. Fins, MD, FACP Chief, Division of Medical Ethics E. William Davis, Jr., M.D. Professor of Medical Ethics Professor of Medicine Professor of Public Health Professor of Medicine in Psychiatry Weill Cornell Medical College Director of Medical Ethics and Chair, Ethics Committee Attending Physician NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital | 39 | WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE Dr. Ellen Meltzer’s primary focus is on medical education and development of a novel curriculum that promotes empathic communication skills and patientcentered decision-making for clinicians working with surrogate decision-makers. Dr. Kim Overby is focused on the ethical challenges faced by individuals with various disabilities as they encounter the health care system, and on the contributions of social, health system, and bedside factors in contemporary clinical ethics challenges. Cathleen Acres’ work on ethics case consultation continues. Dr. Inmaculada de Melo Martin continues to explore questions of genetic identity. During her sabbatical as the Benjamin Rabinowitz Visiting Professor of Medical Ethics at the University of Washington, Seattle, she taught a seminar on ethical issues related to the use of genetic technologies in the clinical and research contexts. Dr. Pablo Rodriguez del Pozo, Doha, Qatar, continues to explore cross-cultural issues and medical education. He is also working with Qatar University and the Institute of Human Rights in Madrid on a research project about the rights of persons with disabilities in the Qatari legal system. Dr. Fins continues a fruitful collaboration with Dr. Nicholas D. Schiff, Jerold B. Katz Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, as they co-direct the Consortium for the Advanced Study of Brain Injury at Weill Cornell and Rockefeller University. CASBI’s goal is to elucidate mechanisms of recovery and develop public policy to meet the needs of these patients and families. In November 2014, Dr. Fins was formally inducted into the Royal National Academy of Medicine of Spain as an Academico de Honor (Honored Academic), one of under 20 honorees, worldwide. During 2014, Dr. Fins served as the Dwight H. Terry Visiting Scholar in Bioethics at Yale University. He also received The Patricia Price Browne Prize in Biomedical Ethics (May 2015) from The University of Oklahoma. MEDICAL ETHICS The division teaches medical students, house staff, and attending staff and offers an 8-week introductory course in Medical Ethics to second-year Weill Cornell students on the history of medical ethics, methods in ethics consultation, and ethical issues across the lifespan. We also consider ethical and regulatory issues in clinical research, so that students appreciate their responsibilities as clinicians and investigators. In our Third-Year Clerkship in Clinical Ethics and Palliative Care, students learn to address the humanistic and clinical challenges of providing compassionate and competent care at life’s end. This 2-week rotation, taken by all Weill Cornell students, is a unique offering in American medical education, as it demonstrates a strong pedagogical commitment to this essential dimension of medical practice. With our NewYorkPresbyterian Hospital colleagues in Patient Services Administration, the Ethics Consultation Service performed 266 ethics consults in 2014, affording wise counsel to patients, families, and staff regarding the ethical challenges confronted in patient care. Our case consult volume makes us one of the most active Ethics Consultation Services in the United States. We continue to consult with the Weill Cornell Institutional Review Board to provide expertise for their deliberations. Dr. Fins’s book, Rights Come to Mind: Brain Injury, Ethics, and the Struggle for Consciousness (Cambridge University Press) will be published in 2015. The book examines the ethical considerations involved in treating patients with severe brain injury from the family’s perspective, as well as through the discerning eye of a physician-ethicist. It also stakes out what society owes these patients, invoking a human rights argument. Dr. Fins has also completed a study of the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s defense of academic medical centers in conjunction with Drs. Herbert Pardes and Joan Leiman, drawing upon the Moynihan Papers housed at the Library of Congress. NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSION The Division of Nephrology and Hypertension provides compassionate, comprehensive, state-of-the-art care to each patient afflicted with kidney disease and/or high blood pressure. Scope of service includes renal consultation services, in-patient renal medicine service, dialysis therapy, and kidney and pancreas transplantation services. The division has pioneered clinical advances and is nationally recognized for excellence. The kidney disease program has been consistently rated among the top 5 by US News & World Report (most recently ranked at 3), and often the highest ranked program among the subspecialties at NYPH. The kidney transplantation program at WCMC is a significant contributor to NYPH’s transplantation program being ranked number 1 in the U.S. for the last ten years, and its translational research component is helping to transform care for transplant recipients. More than 200 kidney transplants are performed annually at our center with excellent patient and graft survival rates. The adult (18+) oneyear patient survival of 423 transplants performed during 01/01/2011 to 06/30/2013 was 96.90%, and the adult one-year survival rate with a functioning graft performed during the same period was 94.04% (Data: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients). The first kidney transplant in the New York tri-state region was performed at our center in October 1963; more than 4,000 kidney transplants have been performed since the center’s inception. Through the years, several innovations in transplantation have been introduced: blood type (ABO) incompatible transplant; positive cross-match transplant; minimizing the amount of drugs patients need for successful transplantation; development of treatment protocols to reduce serious post-transplant complications (i.e., infection and malignancy); and, significantly, the development of noninvasive molecular assays for assessing transplant status and reducing the need for an invasive biopsy procedure. The hypertension program is one of a kind in the U.S., and has discovered and implemented clinical therapies that are personalized for the individual patient, moving away from a one-size-fits-all approach. The Hypertension faculty pursues research including pregnancy-induced hypertension, the mind-body link in hypertension, and personalized drug therapy for hypertension control. Internationally acclaimed, our Hypertension Consultative practice continues to thrive under the direction of Dr. Phyllis August, Ralph A. Baer Professor of Medical Research, and with the unique expertise provided by Dr. Mark S. Pecker, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Dr. Samuel J. Mann, Professor of Clinical Medicine and Ms. RoseMerie Marion, Nurse Practitioner. A significant clinical accomplishment during 2014 was bringing 24/7 acute inpatient dialysis service to our Lower Manhattan Hospital location. The division is fully The division is committed to a tri-partite committed to the mission of patient care, research, and education, education and and a combination of training of the next resources has ensured our success, including generation of renal continuous NIH funding, and hypertension clinical immunogenetics laboratory, self-supported specialists. hypertension clinical practice, and medical school as well as hospital support. We have selforganizing teams for each critical area of nephrology: transplantation medicine, dialysis, apheresis, hypertension, clinical nephrology (e.g., diabetes and metabolic renal disease), cancer nephrology, critical care nephrology, acute kidney injury and cardio-renal syndromes, nephropathology and obstetrics nephrology. The division is committed to the education and training of the next generation of renal and hypertension specialists. Our fellowship program remained highly competitive with more than 150 applicants for the four available nephrology fellowship slots for the class of 2015 to 2017; the selected four included two residents from Weill Cornell Medical Center, one from University of Colorado, Denver, and the other from Mount Sinai Hospital, New York. Our success in recruiting high quality candidates is notable in light of the fact that 68 of 134 (51%) nephrology fellowship programs and 120/374 (32%) fellowship positions have gone unfilled nationwide. Manikkam Suthanthiran, MD Chief, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension Chief, Department of Transplantation Medicine and Extracorporeal Therapy Stanton Griffis Distinguished Professor of Medicine Professor of Medicine Professor of Biochemistry Professor of Medicine in Surgery Weill Cornell Medical College Attending Physician NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital | 40 | NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSION Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT) Annual Meeting; and Dr. Suthanthiran spoke on “State of Urinary-Cell mRNA Profiling,” at the World Transplant Congress, San Francisco. Dr. Mary Simmerling, Assistant Dean and Assistant Professor of Research Integrity, continues to speak regularly on ethical issues related to transplantation. Dr. Manikkam Suthanthiran was awarded the American Society of Transplantation Mentorship Award at the World Transplant Congress and the Jean Hamburger Award of the International Society of Nephrology at the World Congress of Nephrology. Dr. Dadhania serves as the President of New York Society of Nephrology and recently developed the consensus guidelines for the critical issue organs for transplantation from hepatitis B virus positive recipients. Nephrology Fellowship Phyllis August, MD, MPH, Program Director A 2-year program providing training in acid-base and fluid and electrolyte disorders, hypertension, acute and chronic kidney diseases, renal failure requiring replacement therapy with dialysis (hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and chronic renal replacement therapy [CRRT]) and kidney transplantation. | 41 | WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE A highly productive, NIH-funded world-renowned research Laboratory of Immunogenetics and Transplantation is directed by Division Chief, Dr. Manikkam Suthanthiran. The division has pioneered the development of gene expression profiling for the noninvasive diagnosis and prognostication of acute rejection of renal allografts, and it has contributed to several landmark studies in organ transplantation such as induction of tolerance in HLA mismatched renal allograft recipients and elucidation of the genetic signature of tolerance. All of the studies have been funded by 30 years of continuous NIH awards, which include a recent NIH MERIT award to Dr. Suthanthiran and an inter-institutional UH2/UH3 award (co-PIS: Dr. Suthanthiran, WCMC; Dr. Thomas Tuschl, Rockefeller University). Dr. Mary Choi and her colleagues have made major contributions to the area of transforming growth factor beta signaling and autophagy through NIH-sponsored research studies. The hypertension center was relocated to a state-ofthe art facility on East 70th street. The transplantation research laboratory was relocated to the 5th floor of the A-building, 1300 York Avenue. These moves should help pave the way for more efficient delivery of hypertension services and for the conduct of translational research. The year 2014 was an exciting year in terms of key note speakers from our division: Dr. August spoke at the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy, New Orleans, on secondary hypertension in pregnancy; Dr. Darshana Dadhania, Associate Professor of Medicine, spoke at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, on the noninvasive diagnosis of renal allograft rejection; Dr. Thangamani Muthukumar, Assistant Professor of Medicine, spoke at the Indian PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS The Division of Public Health Programs joined the Weill Department of Medicine in 2014. The Midtown Center for Treatment and Research is located at 56 West 45 Street, 9th Floor, NYC, 10031. It is an outpatient structured drug treatment program providing multidisciplinary alcohol and drug treatment with integrated psychiatric and social services. Available services include outpatient suboxone detoxification and maintenance for opiate dependency (prescription pain medication and heroin), trauma treatment (EMDR and CBT), psychiatric care, DUI program, anger management, and other services. Patients are carefully evaluated and collaborate on an individualized treatment plan, including groups, individual treatment, urine and other toxicology, psychiatric evaluation and care when needed. Patients needing primary and specialty medical care have access to CIMA and comprehensive subspecialty care including HCV, HIV, cardiology, pulmonary, nutritional and other services. The Headstrong Project is located at 409 East 60th Street, 3rd Floor, NYC, 10065. It is a PTSD program for combat veterans. It has attracted national recognition for its highly effective evidence-based treatment, provided free and confidential for returning Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans living in the NYC and Tri-State Area. The treatment is individually tailored and designed for each veteran in support of The Headstrong Project’s motto: “Hidden Wounds Can Be Healed.” On September 29, 2014, members of the division were on hand to ring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in recognition of The Headstrong Project. The ringing of the NYSE opening bell helped to raise awareness and support for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who suffer from PTSD. The Headstrong Project was recently selected by Morgan Stanley as one of nine recipients to receive the Morgan Stanley Strategy Challenge. The “Challenge” will assist the Headstrong Program in NYC to replicate its model of treatment for PTSD in post-9/11 veterans who live in other cities throughout the United States. Morgan Stanley’s Strategy Challenge unites top-performing employees from across its firm for an 8-week pro bono consulting project that helps nonprofit partners to achieve their potential and amplify impact. The Vincent P. Dole Institute for Treatment and Research is located at 503 East 70th Street, NYC, 10021. It is part of the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s Ambulatory Care Network. Both the Midtown Center and the Vincent P. Dole Institute serve as sites for the study of the prevention and treatment of dependency diseases, as well as outreach, evaluation, and treatment of patients with hepatitis C. Research studies are underway on the integrated care model, epidemiology and treatment of hepatitis C infection in drug users and understanding immunity in opioid users. Dr. Ann B. Beeder serves as Chief. She is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. She graduated from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and completed her residency and fellowship in Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. The Division of Public Health Programs is new and delivers integrated The Division of multidisciplinary care aimed at increasing the Public Health quality and experience Programs is new and of care for patients with trauma and addiction. delivers integrated Three outpatient multidisciplinary care programs provide medical, psychiatric aimed at increasing and substance abuse the quality and treatment to a variety of patients with substance experience of care for use problems including patients with trauma alcohol, marijuana, nicotine, cocaine, and addiction. heroin and prescription medication. On-site medical, psychiatric, trauma treatment and social services promote and accelerate patients’ progress toward recovery. Consultation services are available for expert evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and referral for patients with substance use disorders being treated at the NewYorkPresbyterian Hospital. Outpatient Treatment Programs include: The Midtown Center for Treatment and Research, The Headstrong Project, and the Vincent P. Dole Institute for Treatment and Research. Ann B. Beeder, MD Chief, Division of Public Health Programs Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the Weill Medical College Associate Attending Physician NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital | 42 | Members of Weill Cornell (Dr. Chris Sturiano; Anna Sabio, LCSW; PGY3 in Psychiatry, Dr. David Nissan; Gerard Ilaria, Administrator, Division of Public Health Programs); Headstrong Board members; and actor Anthony Edwards, formerly on E.R. and now in Theater of War. | 43 | WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE referral, medication assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid users and alcohol and substance use treatment. Faculty provide education and conduct research on topics related to substance use issues, including studying the integrated care model, epidemiology and treatment of Hepatitis C infection in drug users, understanding immunity in opioid users and other topics. In 2014, Drs. Beeder and Brandon Aden launched a new clinical and didactic elective course for primary care residents training in substance abuse treatment. Faculty members on staff in the Division of Public Health Programs include: Brandon Aden, MD, MPH; Samantha Boardman, MD; Ross Brower, MD; Gregory Dillon, MD; Todd Loftus, MD; Mirella Salvatore, MD; Chris Sturiano, PhD; and Carol Weiss, MD. PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS Additionally, The Employee Assistance Program Consortium (EAPC), serves the approximately 36,000 employees of Weill Cornell Medical College, Rockefeller University, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The program provides free and confidential evaluation, crisis intervention, and referrals for a wide range of problems affecting employees. The EAP also offers free group sessions on topics such as stress reduction, caring for elderly parents, and a variety of mental health topics. The overall mission of the Division of Public Health Programs is to provide innovative, patient centered integrated treatment to underserved and vulnerable people. Clinical care includes the treatment of PTSD in returning Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans, healthcare workforce mental health treatment and PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine employs advanced expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with all types of breathing or lung disorders, and all disorders related to sleep. Physicians of Weill Cornell Pulmonary Associates provide advanced diagnostic and therapeutic services in a stateof-the-art medical facility. The division provides 24-hour, in-hospital coverage of the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) at Weill Cornell and at NYP/Lower Manhattan Hospital by both Pulmonary/Critical Care faculty and fellows. Research includes a focus on genetic medicine — the development of strategies for understanding and modifying gene expression in the treatment and/or prevention of human disease, interstitial lung disease and acute lung injury. The Bronchoscopy Suite continues to thrive, offering state-of-the-art patient care including Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS), Navigation Bronchoscopy, and chest tube and pleurx catheter placement. The PEAC team (Pulmonary Embolism Advanced Care) for the treatment of pulmonary embolisms remains under the direction of Dr. Oren A. Friedman, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and Dr. James M. Horowitz, Division of Cardiology. With Dr. David Berlin serving as Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU), clinical care includes both daytime and expanded overnight services. Led by Drs. Oren Friedman, Kapil Rajwani, Edward Schenck, John Arbo, and Kelly Griffin (critical care specialists), world-class care is provided to critically ill patients throughout the MICU and the Hospital via consultation and procedural services. Dr. Friedman is the division’s expert in Cardiac Resuscitation and Therapeutic Hypothermia. Dr. Michael S. Niederman has been recruited as Clinical Director and is focused on continually improving the division’s clinical enterprise operations and linkages to other programs at Weill Cornell and NewYorkPresbyterian Hospital. The author of more than 300 peerreviewed articles, Dr. Niederman is a former Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Winthrop-University Hospital and has been a practicing pulmonologist since 1980. Also recruited to the division were Dr. Odelya E. Pagovich, Instructor in Genetic Medicine, and Assistant Professors, Drs. Diane M. Augelli and David Weir, as well as Dr. Amina Abdeldaim, Instructor in Medicine, who is developing an active adult allergy clinical practice at the 425 East 61st Street location. Our faculty implements an outstanding, multifaceted educational program training students, residents, and fellows. The program includes intensive teaching rounds in the MICU, Dr. Michael S. Bronchoscopy Suite, Outpatient Clinic, and a Niederman has Pulmonary Consult Service, been recruited as which are supplemented by faculty-led weekly Clinical Director lectures, course teachings, and is focused on and hosting of case continually improving conferences. Drs. Kapil Rajwani and Kirana Gudi the division’s clinical continue their work on enterprise operations simulation programs for providing ACLS and linkages to other (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support) and the programs at Weill insertion of Central Venous Cornell and NewYork- Catheters training for the department’s residents-inPresbyterian training. Hospital. The Pulmonary Inpatient Consult Service, led by Dr. Meredith Turetz, is a robust program providing expert clinical care seven days a week. It upgrades continuity of care for patients who are transitioning from inpatient to outpatient management and has led to successful interdisciplinary collaborations with specialists throughout the institution. Fellowship Director, Dr. Dana Zappetti, has developed an expertise in pulmonary complications of bone marrow transplantation. Dr. Thomas King continues to be an integral member of the Complex Spine Disease Service at Hospital for Special Surgery and moderates the William Briscoe Lung Club. At the Lung Club, fellows from the training programs throughout the area present their scientific work. Dr. Abraham Sanders hosts a monthly Clinical Joint Case Conference where affiliates present complicated pulmonary cases. Dr. Robert Kaner hosts a multidisciplinary conference on diagnosis and management of Interstitial Lung Disease: Augustine M.K. Choi, MD Chief (Interim), Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Sanford I. Weill Chairman of the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine Physician-in-Chief NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital | 44 | radiologists, pathologists, and pulmonologists meet to correlate clinical with pathologic diagnoses, making recommendations on patient management or possible enrollment in clinical trials. The Pulmonary Outpatient Service has seen significant growth while emphasizing a strong patient-centered continuum of care. The Pulmonary Procedure Service, under the direction of Dr. Ben-Gary Harvey, continues to embrace innovations in diagnostic and treatment services, such as “EBUS” (endo-bronchial ultrasound) for the diagnosing and staging of mediastinal masses, lymphadenopathy and lung cancer. This is in addition to traditional bronchoscopy and laryngoscopy services. The Pulmonary Function Laboratory, led by Dr. Sanders, remains a vital component of the division’s continuum of care via expert and timely diagnostic services. Led by Dr. Ana Krieger, Medical Director, and other experts, the Weill Cornell Center for Sleep Medicine (run jointly by the Department of Medicine/Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Department of Neurology) provides evaluation and treatment for the full range of sleep problems. The team includes specialists in pulmonary medicine; neurology; internal medicine; ear, nose and throat (ENT); pediatrics; psychiatry; psychology; bariatric surgery; nutrition; and endocrinology. Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Dana Zappetti, MD, Program Director Abraham Sanders, MD, Associate Program Director A 3-year program that offers a structured curriculum encompassing rotations in the medical and surgical intensive care units of the medical center, as well as the opportunity to care for inpatients and outpatients under the supervision of the division’s clinical faculty. All fellows participate in one year of research at the laboratory bench and/or involving human subjects. | 45 | WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE Dr. Dana Zappetti (L) PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE After serving as a Chief Resident at NewYorkPresbyterian/Weill Cornell, Dr. Lindsay Lief, Assistant Professor of Medicine, joined the division and is currently working at Weill Cornell Pulmonary Associates. She provides expertise in dealing with patients admitted to the MICU (Medical Intensive Care Unit) and those who are cared for by the division’s Pulmonary Consult Service. Research programs, in conjunction with Dr. Ronald Crystal and the Department of Genetic Medicine, have included one of only 11 NIH-sponsored Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Clinical Research Network sites in the country (Dr. Robert Kaner); and studies of the molecular and genetic basis of accelerated emphysema development in smokers (Drs. Kaner, Ann Tilley, and Ben-Gary Harvey). Dr. Krieger continues with NIH-funded clinical and translational research on the mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases and thrombosis in sleep apnea. Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi and colleagues uncovered a new line of discovery regarding circadian rhythm and lung inflammation published in Nature Communications. In the Journal of Clinical Investigation, his lab reported on a suggested new pathway for targeting novel therapies for the treatment of COPD. In 2014, Dr. Choi was selected for The J. Burns Amberson Lecture 2015. This prestigious honor was in recognition of Dr. Choi’s work in translating remarkable findings of gaseous molecules into clinical trials, the training of numerous physician-scientists, and his leadership roles for the ATS and the NIH. RHEUMATOLOGY Based at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the Division of Rheumatology is a national and international leader in clinical care of patients with autoimmune, inflammatory and musculoskeletal conditions, including those with some of the most complex of all medical diseases; research that has contributed to identification of novel therapeutic targets and new understanding of disease mechanisms; and innovative approaches to medical education and education research. The division has responsibility for all of the pre- and postsurgical medical care of more than 29,000 patients per year who undergo orthopaedic surgery procedures at HSS. The large volume of patients treated at HSS has enabled HSS clinicians and researchers to develop nearly 50 patient registries with an enrollment of more than 84,000 patients. Some of the registries involve storage of biologic samples that provide valuable research resources that are shared with collaborators nationally and internationally. Achieving optimal outcomes for patients is the goal of our 25 active consultative rheumatology practitioners, treating disorders ranging from osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to the most complex patients with lupus, vasculitis, systemic sclerosis or diagnostic dilemmas. A Practice Effectiveness Committee, led by Dr. Theodore Fields and Senior Administrative Director Jessica Kovac, is implementing the transformation of the division’s clinical practice operations with the goal of establishing efficient and value-focused care across all practices. Dr. Steven Magid serves as Chief Medical Information Officer for HSS, overseeing implementation of a new medical information technology system in the hospital and office practices. Optimal preparation and post-operative management of patients undergoing orthopedic surgery at HSS is ensured under the leadership of Dr. Linda Russell, Director of Perioperative Medicine. She and her team of 14 internists and hospitalists, along with 8 rheumatologists, have established systems for collaborative care among internists, surgeons, physician assistants and nurses that continually improve the outstanding outcomes experienced by their patients. Rheumatology clinics at HSS represent an essential training component of our rheumatology fellowship programs. The adult rheumatology training program is directed by Drs. Anne Bass and Jessica Berman, and the pediatric rheumatology training program is directed by Dr. Alexa Adams. Fifteen adult and pediatric rheumatology fellows provide continuity of care for the patients seen in the clinics, Achieving optimal with involvement of all rheumatology faculty outcomes for patients members as supervisors is the goal of our 25 and teachers. A weekly clinic for evaluation active consultative of new patients, and rheumatology specialty clinics focused on inflammatory practitioners, treating arthritis, lupus and disorders ranging antiphospholipid syndrome, vasculitis and from osteoarthritis systemic sclerosis provide and rheumatoid rheumatology fellows and rotating internal medicine arthritis (RA) to the residents with a rich most complex patients experience in evaluation and management of a full with lupus, vasculitis, spectrum of rheumatic systemic sclerosis or diseases. A primary care rheumatology diagnostic dilemmas. clinic, directed by Dr. Hal Whitman and nurse practitioner Monica Richey, is focused on the evaluation of clinical problems typically encountered in the context of primary care medical practices. A rich learning environment is also provided in the multidisciplinary clinic conferences following Monday Inflammatory Arthritis Clinic and Friday Lupus Clinic, which involve discussion of patient management, guided by recent literature and enriched by attendance of representatives from other WCMC specialties. In addition to their continuity care of patients seen in the HSS clinics, each rheumatology trainee completes a basic or clinical research Mary K. Crow, MD Chief, Division of Rheumatology Joseph P. Routh Professor of Rheumatic Diseases in Medicine Professor of Medicine Weill Cornell Medical College Benjamin M. Rosen Chair in Immunology and Inflammation Research Attending Physician NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital | 46 | RHEUMATOLOGY project under the supervision of one or more faculty members and with oversight by a mentoring committee. Trainees pursuing a research career are encouraged to apply for peer-reviewed research grant support, and those headed for careers in academic medicine often continue their research in a fourth fellowship year. This strong academic environment attracts the future leaders in academic rheumatology to its NIH T32 training grantsupported fellowship program. The HSS Rheumatology Division is notable for its long history of leading basic and translational research studies that have elucidated important mechanisms of autoimmune and inflammatory disease and have identified important therapeutic targets. In 2014, Drs. Vivian Bykerk, Lionel B. Ivashkiv, and Alessandra B. Pernis were named as coprincipal investigators of an NIH-supported research center with the ultimate goal of identifying new therapies for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The HSS center is one of the 11 research groups across the U.S. that comprise the NIH Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) Program. Dr. Bykerk leads the clinical component of the study, recruiting patients with rheumatoid arthritis for the study, including those undergoing total joint replacement. Drs. Pernis and Ivashkiv lead the laboratory-based component of the study, defining optimal procedures for processing blood and joint tissue from the study patients and overseeing genetic and immunologic analysis of those samples. The AMP initiative was developed by Francis Collins, MD, PhD, Director of the NIH, and involved a highly competitive submission process. The focus of this research will be to uncover novel biological pathways, including at the single cell level. A special aspect of the study is characterization of the molecular correlates of clinical disease flare following total joint replacement. Data from the AMP project will be made available to the biomedical research community in an effort to dramatically accelerate identification of diagnostic markers and potential targets for drug development. As part of their project, Drs. Bykerk, Ivashkiv and Pernis, will be This strong academic working with the NY environment Genome Center in New York City, directed by attracts the future Dr. Robert B. Darnell. leaders in academic The division is recognized for its rheumatology to its strong, productive NIH T32 training grant- collaborations among bench scientists and supported fellowship clinicians. Dr. Ivashkiv program. is supported by several NIH research grants addressing epigenetic mechanisms relevant to mechanisms of inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis; he has demonstrated the capacity of an inhibitor of a genome-regulatory protein to reduce inflammatory arthritis in an animal model. For the past 10 years, Dr. Jane Salmon has led a multi-institutional study of lupus pregnancy; her recent analysis of the extensive | 47 | WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE (L-R) Drs. Alessandra Pernis, Lionel Ivashkiv, Vivian Bykerk WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE RHEUMATOLOGY data collected has identified angiogenic mediators and type I interferon as biomarkers of future pregnancy complications. Dr. Salmon has also collaborated with Dr. Carl Blobel, the principal investigator on a research grant supported by the Alliance for Lupus Research (ALR) and Pfizer-Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI). The focus of their study is development of an inhibitor of iRHOM2, a regulator of cleavage of cell surface tumor necrosis factor. Their hypothesis is that inhibition of iRHOM2 will limit inflammation in lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. Dr. Peggy Crow is also funded by the ALR-PfizerCTI for a study of a longitudinal cohort of SLE patients. The goal of the study is to identify biologic predictors of future development of lupus nephritis. Perioperative medicine research at HSS has been accelerated by the awarding of an endowed chair in perioperative medicine research to Dr. Linda Russell. The Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Chair will support Dr. Russell and colleagues on projects aimed at improving outcomes of surgery in patients with rheumatic disease. Dr. Susan Goodman is leading a collaboration of rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons studying predictors of surgical outcome of hip and knee arthroplasty in patients with rheumatic disease. In addition, she and collaborators are using a sophisticated analytic tool to identify socioeconomic factors that influence the decision to undergo arthroplasty surgery, a study organized under the HSS Health Research Institute. Drs. Doruk Erkan and Michael Lockshin continue their development of the APS ACTION international Rheumatology Fellowship Anne R. Bass, MD, Program Director The Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) rheumatology fellowship 3-year program combines a broad-based, in-depth clinical and research experience in order to deliver the highest quality academic training to rheumatology professionals. | 48 | consortium for studies of antiphospholipid syndrome. These important research projects supplement the diverse academic activities organized through the division’s Centers of Excellence in SLE and Antiphospholipid Syndrome, directed by Dr. Salmon; Scleroderma, These important Vasculitis and Myositis, directed by Dr. Robert research projects Spiera; and Inflammatory supplement the diverse Arthritis, directed by Dr. Bykerk. Educationacademic activities related research studies organized through are another priority of the division, and the the division’s Centers Rheumatology Academy of Excellence in SLE of Medical Educators, established and directed and Antiphospholipid by Dr. Stephen Paget Syndrome along with Associate Director Dr. Jessica Berman, has funded pilot grants to develop new curricula and educational tools that are being extended to other New York City institutions. Dr. Lindsay Lally has joined the HSS and WCMC rheumatology faculty. Dr. Lally completed her rheumatology training at HSS and research studies demonstrating the activation of Rho kinase in temporal artery biopsy tissue from patients with giant cell arthritis and the role of rituximab in treatment of patients with ear, nose and throat complications of granulomatosis with polyangiitis. She received the Distinguished Fellow Award of the American College of Rheumatology in 2014. She will develop a general rheumatology practice and intends to specialize in diagnosis, management and clinical research studies of patients with vasculitis. WEILL CORNELL INTERNAL MEDICINE ASSOCIATES (WCIMA) Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Associates (WCIMA) serves a diverse population and has multiple offices throughout New York City. Judy Tung, MD Director, Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Associates Acting Chief, General Internal Medicine Associate Chair of Educational Affairs Associate Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Weill Cornell Medical College Associate Attending Physician NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE | 49 | Wright Center. He received his MD from New York University School of Medicine and practiced at NYU and Bellevue Hospital. Dr. Andrea Card received her MD from the University Of Miami School Of Medicine and her MPH from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Card primarily practices at our This Hospital Medical LIC location and is medpeds trained. Dr. Pamela Home grant funded Eliach received her MD enhanced training for from New York Medical resident physician on College and her Masters of Science in Health Services the Patient Centered Research and Clinical Epidemiology at Weill Medical Home Cornell Medical College. (PCMH) model for Dr. Eliach practices at health care delivery. our East 70th Street location. Dr. Rowland Chavez received his MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and after completing his internal medicine residency at Weill Cornell Medical College, is now a clinician at our 156 William Street location at NYP/Lower Manhattan Hospital. Dr. Laura Gingras will be joining us in July 1, 2015 at our new East 80th Street practice. Dr. Gingras received her MD from Emory University School of Medicine and is currently a chief resident for quality improvement with the Internal Medicine Residency Training Program at NYP/Weill Cornell. Of special note, the division congratulates Dr. Susana Morales, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, who received the prestigious 2015 Elnora M. Rhodes Society of General Internal Medicine Service Award. She has worked tirelessly for decades promoting outstanding patient care for all patient populations, and is known as an exemplary role model for young physicians and investigators in training. WEILL CORNELL INTERNAL MEDICINE ASSOCIATES (WCIMA) Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Associates (WCIMA) serves a diverse population and has multiple offices throughout New York City. There are two Upper East Side locations, Helmsley Medical Tower on East 70th Street and the Wright Center on First Avenue and East 77th Street. Together with our Long Island City (LIC) location, these practices serve as teaching sites for the Internal Medicine residents; faculty provide direct patient care and supervise the residents in their primary care practice. In addition to our 35 WCIMA faculty, additional faculty at these offices include those from the Dean’s Office, Division of Medical Ethics, Healthcare Policy and Research, Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluative Sciences Research, and Information Technology Services. The LIC location is operated by the Community Healthcare Network and is a federally qualified health center serving the Northwest Queens neighborhoods of Long Island City and Astoria. At NewYorkPresbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital, the primary care faculty operate primarily out of 156 Williams Street, but (L-R) Dr. Tung at the New York State Department we also have faculty of Health Hospital Medical Home Annual Conference with two senior residents, at 170 Williams Dr. Bill Zhang and Dr. Ricky Leiter Street and 455 North End Avenue. In July 2015 we expect to open a new adult internal medicine site at East 80th Street. In 2012, NYPH received funding from the New York State Department of Health to improve the coordination, continuity, and quality of care for outpatients seen in teaching hospitals. This Hospital Medical Home grant funded enhanced training for resident physician on the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model for health care delivery. Under the direction of Dr. Amanda Carmel, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, WCIMA designed and delivered a curriculum that engaged the residents in core seminars and multidisciplinary working groups. Eight pilot PCMH projects were created, including a dedicated “transitions team” to expedite outpatient follow-up after hospitalization, pre-visit planning with Point of Care hemoglobin AIC testing to improve diabetes care and a new checkout process for patients to improve continuity of care. This curriculum was highlighted for two years in a row at the New York State Department of Health’s Annual Hospital Medical Home Conference, along with a few of the resident projects. Over the past year WCIMA has recruited five outstanding faculty. Dr. Tomas Seisdedos, a seasoned clinician- educator, serves as the Medical Director at the IRIS CANTOR WOMEN’S HEALTH CENTER (ICWHC) IRIS CANTOR WOMEN’S HEALTH CENTER (ICWHC) WEILL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE The Iris Cantor Women’s Health Center (ICWHC) at 425 East 61st Street in Manhattan offers the most comprehensive array of healthcare services, designed specifically for women, in a single location in New York City. The Iris Cantor Women’s Health Center (ICWHC) at 425 East 61st Street in Manhattan offers the most comprehensive array of healthcare services, designed specifically for women, in a single location in New York City. With more than 40,000 square feet of clinical space occupying four floors under one roof, women can access the finest prevention, screening, and treatment services in one convenient location. All of the Center’s physicians are full-time faculty members of Weill Cornell Medical College and attending physicians at NewYorkPresbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. A team of nurses, technicians and other healthcare professionals at the Center facilitate superb coordination. There is also an on-site Health Education The contiguity of Resource Center that the Women’s Health provides educational materials on physical, Center, Men’s Health psychological and Center, and the new social issues that impact health. Executive Physical Many clinical studies Center, has enabled are underway at the ICWHC, including care for every type a mammogram of patient. decision-aid study to assess whether a patient’s decision (40-50 year old age group) to have mammography depends on their understanding of disease versus radiation risk. The Center is also participating with Vascular Surgery at Weill Cornell on their DVT treatment protocol to see whether anticoagulants, versus anticoagulants and clot removal, is a better therapeutic strategy for large vessel thrombosis. In early 2015 for NYPH, Palm Beach, Dr. Etingin spoke at “On the Frontiers in Medicine” focusing on high tech therapies coupled to compassionate patient care. The new Iris Cantor Men’s Health Center, for which Dr. Etingin had provided expertise and assistance during the development phase in 2012, has grown to encompass both men’s health and executive health testing. The contiguity of the Women’s Health Center, Men’s Health Center, and the new Executive Physical Center, has enabled care for every type of patient. Located at 425 East 61st Street, the men’s health practice enhances the primary care network of Weill Cornell delivering patient care that covers internal medicine, cardiology, endocrinology, hematology, and urology. It also houses the Department of Urology’s Institute for Bladder and Prostate Health. Clinical research collaborations between Men’s and Women’s Health continue. The 32nd Annual Women’s Health Symposium was held in October 2014 and attracted a lay audience of more than 300 guests. Dr. Etingin continues to serve as medical consultant for this event, and this year it was chaired by Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medical College & Provost for Medical Affairs, Cornell University. The topic was “Gut Microbiome and Immunity,” featuring Ronald G. Crystal, MD. The upcoming symposium in October 2015 will feature Drs. Gail Saltz and John Walkup on the topic of anxiety in children and adults. In 2014, Dr. Etingin was named Vice Chair for Faculty for the Weill Department of Medicine, a role in which she provides guidance to help further the careers of junior to mid-level faculty across the full spectrum of medical fields and serves as a liaison to voluntary faculty. Orli R. Etingin, MD Director, Iris Cantor Women’s Health Center Vice Chair for Faculty Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz Professor in Women’s Health Professor of Clinical Medicine Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology Weill Cornell Medical College Attending Physician NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital | 50 | FACULTY MEMBERS | 51 | FACULTY MEMBERS PROFESSORS Ronald D. Adelman, MD Louis J. Aronne, MD David Artis, PhD Stephen Atkin, MBBS, PhD Phyllis August, MD, MPH Charles L. Bardes, MD John Warren Barnhill, MD Richard B. Birrer, MD Carl P. Blobel, MD, PhD Richard S. Bockman, MD, PhD Barry D. Brause, MD David J. Brillon, MD James B. Bussel, MD Lewis C. Cantley, PhD Pradeep Chandra, MBBS Mary E. Charlson, MD Pamela Charney, MD Augustine M.K. Choi, MD Charles L. Christian, MD David J. Christini, PhD Mary (Peggy) K. Crow, MD Ronald G. Crystal, MD Andrew J. Dannenberg, MD Barbara Ann De Buono, MD, MPH Immaculada De Melo-Martin, PhD Richard B. Devereux, MD Lewis M. Drusin, MD, MPH Soumitra R. Eachempati, MD Orli R. Etingin-Silver, MD Arthur T. Evans, MD, MPH Douglas T Fearon, MD Oliver T. Fein, MD Theodore R. Fields, MD Joseph J. Fins, MD Neal E. Flomenbaum, MD James Dermot Frengley, MBChB, MS Linda M. Gerber, PhD Allan Gibofsky, MD Marshall Jay Glesby, MD, PhD Laurie H. Glimcher, MD David H. Goddard, MD, MBBS Steven R. Goldring, MD Stanley J. Goldsmith, MD Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., MD, DPhil Lorraine J. Gudas, PhD Roy M. Gulick, MD, MPH Katherine A. Hajjar, MD Barbara L. Hempstead, MD, PhD Christopher D. Hillyer, MD Evelyn M. Horn, MD Julianne L. Imperato-McGinley, MD Lionel B. Ivashkiv, MD Jonathan L. Jacobs, MD Stephen Gerard Jenkins, PhD Warren Douglas Johnson, Jr., MD Michel Kahaleh, MD Rainu Kaushal, MD Thomas K.C. King, MD Harvey Klein, MD Paul D. Kligfield, MD Gary Koretzky, MD, PhD Elizabeth Kozora, PhD Mark S. Lachs, MD, MPH Jeffrey C. Laurence, MD John P. Leonard, MD Bruce B. Lerman, MD Michael D. Lockshin, MD Lia S. Logio, MD Steven K. Magid, MD Rayaz A. Malik, MSc, MBChB Carol A. Mancuso, MD Samuel J. Mann, MD Joseph A. Markenson, MD Steven M. Markowitz, MD Fernando Martinez, MD Ari M. Melnick, MD B. Robert Meyer, MD Franklin Miller, PhD James K. Min, MD Anne Moore, MD Henry W. Murray, MD Alvin I. Mushlin, MD Ralph L. Nachman, MD David M. Nanus, MD Carl F. Nathan, MD Ruben Niesvizky, MD Peter Michael Okin, MD Stephen A. Paget, MD Jean W. Pape, MD Sharon Parish, MD Cam Patterson, MD, MBA Mark S. Pecker, MD Alessandra B. Pernis, MD David N. Posnett, MD Holly G. Prigerson, PhD R.A. Rees Pritchett, MD Shahin A. Rafii, MD Mary J. Roman, MD Isadore Rosenfeld, MD Jane E. Salmon, MD Bruce R. Schackman, PhD Andrew I. Schafer, MD Ellen J. Scherl, MD Nicoleas D. Schiff, MD Tsiporah B. Shore, MD Eugenia L. Siegler, MD Richard T. Silver, MD Kendall A. Smith, MD Harry Spiera, MD Robert Forman Spiera, MD Kotha Subbaramaiah, PhD Manikkam Suthanthiran, MD Shahrad Taheri, MBBS, PhD Linda T. Vahdat, MD Koen van Besien, MD, PhD Thomas J. Walsh, MD Alan M. Weinstein, MD Shing-Chiu Wong, MD Alastair J.J. Wood, MBChB ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS Thurayya Souraya Khalil Arayssi, MD Susan Clark Ball, MD Anne R. Bass, MD Ann Bordwine Beeder, MD David Alan Behrman, DMD Geoffrey W. Bergman, MBBS David Berlin, MD Jessica Berman, MD Harry Bienenstock, MD Lester Blair, MD Brian P. Bosworth, MD Carla Boutin-Foster, MD Julie L. Boyer, PhD Robert S. Brown, MD, MPH Faculty listings reflect calendar year 2014. | 52 | Vivian Bykerk, MD David P. Calfee, MD Lisa Rowland Callahan, MD Carol Capello, PhD Juan Emilio Carrillo, MD, MPH Wallace A. Carter, Jr., MD Adam D. Cheriff, MD Mary E. Choi, MD Curtis Leland Cole, MD Joseph T. Cooke, MD Darshana M. Dadhania, MD Byron Paul Demopoulos, MD Maria T. DeSancho, MD Ruchuang Ding, MD Brian R. Edlin, MD Doruk Erkan, MD Dmitriy V. Feldman, MD Edgar Figueroa, MD, MPH Daniel W. Fitzgerald, MD Christine L. Frissora, MD Richard R. Furman, MD Paraskevi Giannakakou, PhD Peter A Goldstein, MD Linnie M. Golightly, MD Susan M. Goodman, MD Brian Halpern, MD Ben-Gary Harvey, MD James Paul Hollenberg, MD Ingrid Hriljac, MD Nathaniel Hupert, MD, MPH Erica C. Jones, MD Sian Jones, MD Robert Jeffrey Kaner, MD Yoon Kang, MD Lisa M. Kern, MD Robert J. Kim, MD Ana C. Krieger, MD Keith A. LaScalea, MD Steven M. Lipkin, MD, PhD Veronica M. LoFaso, MD C. Ronald MacKenzie, MD Stella Claire Major, MBBS Charles Maltz, MD, PhD Tomer M. Mark, MD Samuel T. Merrick, MD LiJun Mi, BM, PhD David Hopkins Miller, MD Carlyle H. Miller, MD Robert M. Minutello, MD Susan R. Morales, MD Allyson J. Ocean, MD Kim Overby, MD Roger Niles Pearse, MD, PhD Fred N. Pelzman, MD Janey C. Peterson, EdD Erica G. Phillips-Caesar, MD Barrie L. Raik, MD Sharda D. Ramsaroop, MD Manney Carrington Reid, Jr., MD, PhD Kyu Young Rhee, MD, PhD Arleen B. Rifkind, MD Ellen Ritchie, MD Keith W. Roach, MD William C. Robbins, MD Laura Robbins, DSW Gail J. Roboz, MD Pablo Rodriguez del Pozo, MD, PhD Jia Ruan, MD, PhD Joseph T. Ruggiero, MD Lisa R. Sammaritano, MD Abraham Sanders, MD Diana L. Santini, MD Robert A. Schaefer, MD Felice Schnoll-Sussman, MD Audrey Schuetz, MD Ernest Schwartz, MD Sergio Schwartzman, MD Stephen M. Scott, MD, MPH Manish A. Shah, MD Anthony J. Smith, MD Rosemary Soave, MD Robert J. Spiegel, MD Richard Stern, MD Carol L. Storey-Johnson, MD Adam Reed Stracher, MD Scott Tadashi Tagawa, MD Judy Tung, MD Mohamud Verjee, MBChB Mary A. Vogler, MD Jonathan W. Weinsaft, MD James R. Wilentz, MD Timothy Wilkin, MD Pamela G. Williams-Russo, MD, MPH Stephen Wilson, MD Hua Yang, BM Yuan-Shan Zhu, MD, PhD ASSISTANT PROFESSORS Charbel Abi Khalil, MD, PhD Josyann Abisaab, MD Gloria Acety, MD Lauren Acinapura, MD Brandon Aden, MD Juliet B. Aizer, MD Alicia Alonso, PhD Monica Altman, MD Nivee P. Amin, MD Eleni Andreopoulou, MD Panagiota Andreopoulou, MD David Anthony, MD, MPH Eftychia Apostolou, PhD John Arbo, MD Francini Arguedas Zarate, MD Elliot J. Arons, MD Rebecca R. Ascunce, MD Dalit Ashany, MD Holly Atkinson, MD Dianne M. Augelli, MD Jason Baker, MD Jeffrey E. Ball, MD Satchit Balsari, MBBS John Thomas Barnard, MD Paul Basciano, MD Cindy H. Baskin, MD Himisha Beltran, MD Stephen Bennett, MD Kelly Berchou, MD Doron Betel, PhD Tara F. Bishop, MD Ellen Blye, MD Gary J. Bouchard, PhD, PA-C Risa Breckman, MSW William Briner, MD Claire Brown, MD Magalie Bruneus, MD Matthew L. Buchalter, MD Trang M. Bui, MD Jedidiah Burack, MD Juliet Caldwell, MD, BA Andrea Card, MD Leandro Cerchietti, MD Ok-Kyong Chaekal, MD Michael J. Chandler, MD Joseph J. Chang, MD John Chapin, MD Rowland Chavez, MD Jim W. Cheung, MD Harold Chin, MD Louis C.F. Chung, MBBS Amy E. Chused, MD Tessa Cigler, MD Sunday Clark, MPH, ScD Chad M. Craig, MD Carl Crawford, MD Daniel J. Crossman, MD Todd Cutler, MD Tong Dai, BM, PhD Ronald Dailey, MD Antonio Dajer, MD Ype P. de Jong, MD, PhD Tessa del Carmen, MD Pinkal Desai, MBBS, MPH Stephen J. Di Martino, MD, PhD Randi R. Diamond, MD Vishal H. Dodia, MD Lukas Dow, PhD Jennifer A. Downs, MD Joan H.F. Drosopoulos, PhD Niels Dua, MD Anil Dubey, MD Rachel P. Dubroff, MD Nell Eisenberg, MD Brian Eiss, MD Pamela G. Eliach, MD Sebhat Asnake Erqou, MD Ernie L. Esquivel, MD Brenna Farmer, MD George Feinbaum, MD Leonard Feingold, MD Paul J. Fenyves, MD Jose L. Fernandez, MD Liam Joseph Fernyhough, BM Kenton Howard Fibel, MD Akiyomi Fields, MD Emily S. Finkelstein, MD Eva K. Flores, MD Rebecca L. Florsheim, MD Michael E. Ford, MD Mia Friedman, MD Oren A. Friedman, MD Jacobo Futran, MD Christopher Gade, MD, MPH Anthony Gagliardi, MD Sandy B. Ganz, DSc, BS Flavio G. Gaudio, MD Elaine Y. Gee, MD Joy Gelbman, MD Usama Gergis, MD Hina Ghory, MD Fabio F. Giron, MD Lisa M. Giulino-Roth, MD Robert J. Glennon, MD Jessica K. Gordon, MD John Travis Gossey, MD Dariusz Adam Grabowski, MD Jennifer L. Graybill, DO Peter W. Greenwald, MD Kelly Griffin, MD Kirana Gudi, MD Alka Gupta, MD Renuka Gupta, MD Sidney Gutstein, MD Monica L. Guzman, PhD Sandra M. Hall-Ross, MD Alexis Halpern, MD Melanie Jane Harrison, MD Duane Hassane, PhD Michael W. Henry, MD Margaret L. Hoffman, MD Wesley P. Hollomon, MD, MBA James Horowitz, MD Yariv Houvras, MD, PhD Hanson Hsu, MD Xiaoyu Hu, BM, PhD Jonathan L. Hugo, MD James E. Ip, MD Natalie Ivascu, MD Vinita E. Jacob, MD Elizabeth Leef Jacobson, MD Arun Jesudian, MD Edward C. Jones, MD Smita Joshi, MD Safa Kalache, MD Dominque Kalil, MD George Kalliolias, MD Mikhail Kapchits, MD Steven Kaplan, MD Helen Karakelides, MD Maria G Karas, MD Melissa Dee Katz, MD Adnan Khdair, MBChB Jiwon Kim, MD Luke K. Kim, MD Laura Kirkman, MD Kyriakos A. Kirou, MD, DSc Mary Kollakuzhiyil, MBBS Ronald B. Kraft, MD Susan Krekun, MD Balakumar Krishnarasa, MD Trine Krogh-Madsen, PhD, MSc Rekha B Kumar, MD Sonal Kumar, MD Charles O. Kwon, MD Eseng Lai, MD, PhD Lindsay S. Lally, MD Malgorzata Land, MD Richard I. Lappin, MD, PhD Meredith F. Lash-Dardia, MD James D. Lax, MD Helen Hyonji Lee, MD, MPH Jennifer I. Lee, MD Sangmin Lee, MD Vanessa Lee, MD Moshe Lehrer, MD Chester W. Lerner, MD Alana Belfield Levine, MD Richard Liebowitz, MD Lindsay Lief, MD Sophia Lin, MD Christopher F. Liu, MD Zhanna Livshits, MD Asha T. Logan, MD Cathleen London, MD Randy Longman, MD, PhD Susan Lebedova Lucak, MD Nyo Lwin, MBBS Paul K. Maciejewski, PhD Mai A. Mahmoud, MBBS Sarita Mahtani, MD Adrian Majid, MD Lisa A. Mandl, MD, MPH Forrest Manheimer, MD Seth Manoach, MD Kristen M. Marks, MD Paul Martin, MD, MPH Peter Martin, MD Johanna Martinez, MD Bassem M. Masri, MD Michael J. Matarese, MD Kedar S. Mate, MD Usha Mathur-Wagh, MBBS Pyone Maung, MBBS Anna Myint Maw, MD Sebastian Mayer, MD Matthew W. McCarthy, MD Patricia McDonald, PhD Margaret L. McNairy, MD Alicia Mecklai, MD Sonal S. Mehta, MD Ellen C. Meltzer, MD Felicia A. Mendelsohn-Curanaj, MD Charis Fan-Hui Meng, MD Andy O. Miller, MD Gregory Mints, MD Renu Chawla Mital, MD Lan Mo, PhD Ana Maria Luisa Molina, MD Serena Mulhern, MD Thangamani Muthukumar, MD Marisol Nardi, MD Nancy N. Nealon, MD Susan C. Nicholson, MD Danielle Nicolo, MD, PhD Michael S. Niederman, MD Oksana Ocheretina, PhD Anthony Ogedegbe, MD Matthew T. O’’Neill, MD Karin-Elizabeth Ouchida, MD Lucy N. Painter, MD Vikram Palanivel, Lalitha Parameswaran, MBBS, MPH Chiti Parikh, MD Kyung-Hyun Park-Min, MS Edward J. Parrish, MD Robert N. Peck, MD Jill Pentecostes, MD Adrienne A. Phillips, MPH, MD Andres M. Piatti, MD Sean P. Pickering, MD Shelene Poetker, MD, MPH Elizabeta C. Popa, MD Rock Gerard Positano, DPM Matthew J. Press, MD Jane Prosser, MD Shuja Qadir, MBBS Pouneh Kermani Rabbany, PhD, MSc Kapil K. Rajwani, MD Bharathi Raman, MD Carmen M. Ramis, MD | 53 | Elizabeth Ramos, MD Rama B. Rao, MD Eileen Geralyn Rassi, MD Susan Regan, JD Jospeh G. Rella, MD Jill M. Rieger, MD Eric A. Rosenberg, MD Adriana Rossi, MD Paula Roy-Burman, MD Linda A. Russell, MD Stefan W. Ryter, PhD Mirella Salvatore, MD Michael J. Satlin, MD Robert L. Savillo, MD Ashish Saxena, MD Joseph M. Scandura, MD, PhD Brian Scanlan, MD Ronald J. Scheff, MD Andrew N. Schiff, MD Aaron P. Schulman, MD Brian D. Schwartz, MD Jeremy Schwartz, MD Robert Edward Schwartz, MD, PhD Marco Seandel, PhD, MD Tomas Seisdedos, MD Sam Senturia, MD Rita Shaknovich, MD, PhD Reem Z. Sharaiha, MBBS Atul Sharma, MD Rahul Sharma, MD Lee Shearer, MD Patricia Ann Shi, MD Joseph Shin, MD Lawrence Siegel, MD Milagros Desiree Silva, MD Mary Simmerling, PhD, MA Matthew Simon, MD Harjot K. Singh, MD Harsimran S. Singh, MD Parmanand Singh, MD Vishwas A. Singh, MD Sanjai Sinha, MD Naina Sinha Gregory, MD Alexander J. Slotwiner, MD Catherine Butkus Small, MD Rachel Smerd, MD Duane M. Smith, MD Vivian Sobel, MD Irina Sobol, MD Gregory F. Sonnenberg, PhD Amir Soumekh, MD Jeremy Sperling, MD Jonathan St. George, MD Dora Judit Stadler, MD Peter A. Steel, MBBS Adam Steinlauf, MD Michael E. Stern, MD Bruce W. Stewart, MD Heather Stout-Delgado, PhD Dean Straff, MD James Stulman, MD Christopher V. Sturiano, PhD Rajesh V. Swaminathan, MD Massimiliano Szulc, PhD, MS Chin C. Tang, MD Stephanie Tang, MD George Thomas, MD Brett G. Toresdahl, MD Kelly Marie Trevino, PhD Quynh A. Truong, MD Meredith L. Turetz, MD Carlos M. Vaamonde, MD, MS Medea Y. Valdez, PA-C, BS Lisa Catherine Vasanth (Varley), MD Ole Vielemeyer, MD Michael J. Vortmann, MD Jonathan A. Waitman, MD David Wenhan Wan, MD David Alexander Wang, MD Geoffrey Webber, MD Luise L. Weinstein, MD David Weir, MD Carol J. Weiss, MD Hendricks H. Whitman, III, MD Franklin J. Wong, MD Lauren Wong, MD Jennifer K. Wright-McCarthy, MD Yi-Ming Yang, MD Arthur M.F. Yee, MD, PhD Cecilia J. Yoon, MD Sonia Yoon, MD Christine Mei-Yan Yu, MD Florence Yu, MD Weijia (Shirley) Yuan, MD Dana Zappetti, MD Baohong Zhao, PhD INSTRUCTORS Amina Abdeldaim, MD Bisrat K. Abraham, MD William J. Ameres, PA-C, BS Pamela Apolaya, MD Elisa Aponte, MD Kelly Axsom, MD Amiran Baduashvili, MD George Bao, MD Adam Botwinick, MD Ilana Bragin, MD Leah Allison Burke, MD James J. Calloway, MD Salvatore J. Cannizzo, MD Gary R. Carpenter, MD Suzanne M. Cloonan, PhD Juan Cubillos-Ruiz, PhD Swana De Gijsel, MD, MSc Kathryn M. Dupnik, MD Brooke M. Emerling, PhD Hyungjin Eoh, DVM, PhD Lorena Fontan Gabas, PhD Francine Garrett-Bakelman, MD, PhD Fuqiang Geng, MD Laura Frances Gingras, MD Marci Goolsby, MD Demitria Hernandez, MD Samantha E. Jacobs, MD Yanwen Jiang, PhD Sung IL Kim, PhD Meron Kiros Weldeab, MD John R. Lee, MD Joanna E. Loewenstein, MD Zhicheng Lu, DO, MB Junnie Mark-Kobashi, MD Jyoti S. Mathad, MD Edward J. Matta, MD Jeffrey Mayer, MD Patrick Ryan McGarry, MD Katrina B. Mitchell, MD Mary Mulcare, MD Regina C. Mysliwiec, MD Kiichi Nakahira, MD, PhD Zuleika Ladha, MD Jose R. Lapa e Silva, PhD, MD Joseph H. Ma, MD Albert Matalon, MD Ollie S. Miettinen, MD, PhD Craig Mochson, MD Olorunseun O. Ogunwobi, MBBS, PhD Benoit Jerry Papon, MD David H. Posner, MD Tia Powell, MD Jacek J. Preibisz, DMSc, MD Sina Y. Rabbany, PhD Steven G. Reed, PhD Gene D. Resnick, MD Charles M. Rice, PhD Lee Woodland Riley, MD Arleen Lou Fuentes Salles, PhD Ruth L. Scheuer, JD Joseph S. Schwartz, PhD Wayne Shelton, PhD Victor William Sidel, MD Irving M. Spitz, MD Margaret Squillace, MPH, MD Meredith Stark, PhD Andrew H. Talal, MD, MPH George E. Thibault, MD Henry Michael Ushay, MD John Eu-Li Wong, MBBS Thomas Naparst, MD Marissa D. Newman, MD Vincent Waikuen Ng, MD Odelya E Pagovich, MD Irene Paraskevakis, MD Veerawat Phongtankuel, MD Mayra Ramirez, MA, PA-C Nitin Roper, MD Anthony Rosen, MD Romona D. Satchi, MD Edward Schenck, MD Christopher Schultz, MD Selin Somersan-Karakaya, MD Magdalena E. Swierczeski, MD Amy Morford Tyberg, MD Katherine R. Van Oss, MD Elvira Villafuerte, MD Xiaomu Wei, BM Lucy Willis, MD Gena Won, MD Anne Yim, MD Jennie Yu, MD EMERITUS Ralph A. Baer, MD Jeremiah A. Barondess, MD Norman Brachfeld, MD John L. Brown, Jr., MD R. Gordon Douglas, Jr., MD Murray Dworetzky, MD Henry R. Erle, MD Thomas Joseph Fahey, Jr., MD John T. Flynn, MD Menard M. Gertler, MDCM, DSc Joseph G. Hayes, MD James R. Hurley, MD Attallah Kappas, MD William C. Robbins, MD Richard B. Roberts, MD Lawrence Scherr, MD Jean E. Sealey, DSc Maurice E. Shils, MD, DSc Herman Steinberg, MD Clinton G. Weiman, MD Babette B. Weksler, MD Marc E Weksler, MD David Zakim, MD ADJUNCT Michael H. Alderman, MD Louis M. Aledort, MD Francis P. Arena, MD Edgar Marcelino de Carvalho Filho, MD, PhD Gail C. Chrzanowski, MD Christopher Comfort, MD Giovanni de Simone, MD Joseph A. Franciosa, MD Erika Friedmann, PhD Michele G. Greene, DrPH Zeynep Gumus, PhD Frank Illuzzi, MD Eric A. Jaffe, MD Michael P. Jones, MD Thomas C. Jones, MD Alan B. Kadet, MD Salim S. Abdool Karim, MBChB, MS David J. Kerr, MD, DSc Levy Kopelovich, PhD Robert C. J. Krasner, MD Bernard M. Kruger, MD Andreana Kwon, MD | 54 | VOLUNTARY Olumayowa Abe, MBBS Danilo Nagtalon Ablan, MD Alberto M. Acosta, MD, PhD Robert Allan, PhD Edward Amores, MD Holly Andersen, MD Caitlin Anderson, MD George A. Apergis, MD Pamela Arsove, MD Frederick Ast, MD Zaw Aung, MBBS Christopher L. Barley, MD Clifford W. Bassett, MD Paul M. Basuk, MD Carol Grossman Baum, MD Paul C. Bellman, MD Kalman J. Berenyi, MD Andrea A. Berger, MD Jack J. Berger, MD Ivan Bergstein, MD Israel Berkowitz, MD Bhaswati Bhattacharya, MD, MPH Rana Biary, MD Allen Blaivas, DO James A. Blake, MD David S. Blumenthal, MD Mitchell J. Blutt, MD Samantha Boardman, MD Carrie Bowler, DSc Michelle Brosnan, MD Ross B. Brower, MD Lawrence Stewart Brown, MD Daniel Arthur Burton, MD Kristie Anne Busch, DO Lu Cai, BM Robert D. Campagna, MD Vincent Campasano, MD Michael C. Cantor, MD Amanda S. Carmel, MD David B. Case, MD Alexander Chan, MD Anthony P. Chan, DO Charles King Chan, MD, MBA Melissa M. Chan, MD Pingkwan Chan, MD Raymond Chan, MD Samuel Sheung-Kwun Chan, MBBS, MPH Thomas Kin-Sim Chan, MD Fang Chang, MD, PhD Shun Chang, MD Bi-Hoon Che, MD Douglas Yuen Hsi Chen, DO Abel Cherian, MD Sandy Cheung, DO William Cheung, MBBS Shu Yain Chin, MBBS Warren Chin, MD Karis Cho, MD Allen Chodock, MD Hong Keun Choi, MD, MPH James P. Christodoulou, MD Paul J. Chrzanowski, MD Evelyn Chu, MD Sedgundina N. Chua-Gan, MD Roger M. Chung, MBBS Susie Chung, MD Amy So-Ching Chu-Wong, MD Stephen Clark, MD Richard P. Cohen, MD Symra A. Cohn, MD Morton Coleman, MD Paul A. Colombo, MD Bradley A. Connor, MD Arturo Constantiner, MD Louis Cooper, MD, MBA Robert B. Cooper, MD Ward F. Cunningham-Rundles, MD Vincent D’Amore, MD Julian A. Decter, MD Adam Deutsch, MD Gregory Dillon, MD Joshua A. Donis, MD Joseph Claude Dreyfus, III, MD Mark Dursztman, MD Timothy C. Dutta, MD Howard B. Eison, MD George C. Ellis, MD Roger Ira Emert, MD Ana Beatriz F. Emiliano, MD Angie M. Eng, MD Ronald Englert, DO Monte Ezratty, MD George A. Falk, MD Chixin Fang, BM Andrew Feda, MD Thomas A. Feely, MD Peter U. Feig, MD Stuart Feldman, MD Andrea Feng, MBBS Frederick Joseph Feuerbach, III, MD Jeffrey D. Fisher, MD Laura L. Fisher, MD Lourdes Marie Flaminiano, MD Edward Flaschner, MD Gloriande Fleurimont, MD Arthur L. Forni, MD Allison M. Fox, MD Susan C. Fox, MD Richard C. Frank, MD Richard H. Frankel, DPM Kenneth W. Franklin, MD Richard M. Fuchs, MD Mikhail Fuks, MD Jacobo Futran, MD Marina Gafanovich, MD Daniel Galvin, DO Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH Vivek Garg, MD Mitchell L. Gaynor, MD Brian D. Gelbman, MD Robert M. Gelfand, MD Richard L. Geltman, MD Janet A. Gershengorn, PhD Patricia Giardina, MD Holly Gilbert, MD Joel S. Gitlin, MD Robert H. Glassman, MD Clifford F. Glatzer, MD David L. Globus, MD Mark A. Glover, MD Harvey L. Goldberg, MD Robert S. Goldblatt, MD Flavia A. Golden, MD Daniel Goldin, MD Howard Goldin, MD Susan Gonnella, MD George W. Gorham, MD William R. Griffo, MD, PhD Leonard C. Groopman, MD Marney E. Gruber, MD Harry L. Gruenspan, MD, PhD Xi Freda Gu, BM, PhD Hui Guan, PhD, BM Laura Guderian, MD, MPH Kevin Jingtao Guo, BM Michael Wenbin Guo, MD Neil Hadpawat, MD Reda Hadpawat, MD George Hall, BM Jonathan S. Harris, MD Catherine C. Hart, MD Barry J. Hartman, MD Elizabeth Haskins, MD Lan He, BM Yong Kang He, BM Kirsten Healy, MD David C. Helfgott, MD Arthur D. Heller, MD Lawrence L. Herman, MD Edmund M. Herrold, MD, PhD Phillip Hew, MD Yashar Hirshaut, MD Eric R. Hoffer, MD Jaleh E. Hoorfar-Nathan, DPM Wen-Ray T. Hsu, MD Damian Hu, MD Vivian W. Huang, MD, MPH Howard E. Huey, DO Calvin Hwang, MPH, MD Chul Soo Hyun, PhD, MD Dmitry Ilyevsky, MD Lawrence A. Inra, MD Muhammad Z. Iqbal, MBBS Michael Jacobson, MD Rachana Jani, MD Charles Ignatius Jarowski, Jr., MD Patrick Duclos Jean-Pierre, MD Baoen Jiang, BM, PhD Wuhua Jing, BM, PhD Jonathan K. Joseph, MD John Kahoun, MD Mazen Kamen, MD Tushar Kapoor, MD Simon G. Kassabian, MBChB, MD Lawrence Alton Katz, MD, MPH James Keating, MD Raymond S. Keller, MD Jason Kendler, MD Robert Owen Kenet, MD, PhD Srinivas Kesanakurthy, MBBS George J. Kessler, DO Jordan Keys, DO Faiz Khan, MD Galina Kharash, MD Jennifer Kherani, MD Inho Kim, MD Ludwig Klein, MD Ilya Kleyn, MD Sofya Kleyn, MD Barry J. Klyde, MD Alexander Kolessa, MD Dawne Drayton Kort, MD Ione A. Kourides, MD Daniel Krauser, MD Helang Cho Kravitz, MD Padmanabhan Krishnan, MBBS Julie S. Kuriakose, MD Titus Kwok, MD Ching-Yin Lam, MD Kin Yui Lam, MBBS, MD Arnon Lambroza, MD Thomas K. Landau, MD Brian R. Landzberg, MD Edith J. Langner, MD Honore Lansen, MD On Hin Lau, MD Sing Wu Law, MD Andrew S. Lee, MD Catherine Lee, MD Kwok Man Lee, BM Thomas Lee, MD Yi-An Lee, MD David Lefkowitz, MD Michael Richard Leonard, MD Seth R. Leven, MD Lawrence F. Levin, MD Suzanne Marin Levine, DPM Margaret Lewin, MD Andrea Li, MD Billy Li, MD Xiao Qing Li, BM, PhD Daniel M. Libby, MD Laura Jennifer Libby, MD Amy Dale Lichtenfeld, MD Vivian Y. Li-Hirashiki, MD Kevin Lin, MBBS Robert Y. Lin, MD Yong Sheng Lin, BM Lilli B. Link, MD Fei-Lien Liong, MD George Liu, PhD, MD Jack H. Liu, MD Todd P Loftus, MD Bruce D. Logan, MD George Vincent Lombardi, MD Jorge A. Lopez-Ovejero, MD Li Lu, BM Sheung Bun Lui, MD, BM Preston Lurie, MD Nicholas T. Macris, MD Norman M. Magid, MD Richard J. Mahler, MD Timothy R. Mainardi, MD Anastasios Manessis, MD Franklin Marsh, Jr., MD Robert J. Mascitelli, MD Daniel Matalon, MD Robert Matalon, MD Joseph Ignatius Matthews, MD Alexander Mauskop, MD Jacqueline Morris Mayo, MD Gary Mazer, MD Colleen McCarthy, MD Carl J. McDougall, MD Kenneth R. Meisler, DPM Joseph P. Mele, MD Jennifer A. Meller, MD Ellen M. Mellow, MD Alia (Maria) Menezes, MD Mark L. Meyer, MD Spyros G. E. Mezitis, MD, PhD Katharine Miao, MD Shari R. Midoneck, MD Raffaele Milizia, MD Paul F. Miskovitz, MD Abraham M. Mizrahi, MD Alexei Morozov, MD, PhD Zarina Motorwala (Pino), MD James C.W. Moy, MD Lawson A. Moyer, III, MD Richard L.P. Mueller, MD WingTAT Mui, MD Franco B. Muller, MD Elizabeth C. Muss, MD Jerry Nagler, MD Kesav G. Nair, MBBS Laurie Claire Nash, MD Thomas W. Nash, MD Deena J. Nelson, MD Anthony J. Ng, MD Hung-Fai Ng, MD Stanley Ng, MD Dang D. 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Perry-Bottinger, MD Michael Stavros Radeos, MD, MPH Ritesh Raichoudhury, MD Gumpeni Rammohan, MBBS James A. Rand, MD Kanwar S. Rauhila, MBBS David N. Rose, MD Monisankar Roy, MBBS Debasish Roychoudhury, MBBS David Scott Rubin, MD Moshe Rubin, MD James G. Ryan, MD Aristotelis Sakellaridis, MD Liviu Schapira, MD David Schechter, MD Ralph E. Schlossman, MD H. Alan Schnall, MD John C. Sciales, MD Sorana Segal-Maurer, MD Kenneth K. Sha, MBBS Manish Sharma, DO Fred S. Schwartz, MD Jonathan Siegal, MD Vasilios Sierros, MD Steven Jay Siskind, MD Diane M. Sixsmith, MD Anthony A. Somogyi, MD Girish M. Sonpal, MBBS Bruce S. Spinowitz, MD Alison E. Suarez, MD Chang Ho Suk, MD Wei Fun Sung, MD Ranjit Suri, MBBS George C. Surla, MD Silvio Robert Tasso, MD William John Tenet, MD Joseph Tibaldi, MD Jitendra Tolia, MBBS Jose D. Torres, MD Nicholas Triantafillou, MD Carl Urban, PhD Rachel Waldron, MD Frederick A. Walther, MD Adrienne Wasserman, MD Wehbeh A. Wehbeh, MD Joseph Wiesel, MD Steven Wright, MD Mikhail Yakubov, DO Henry Jiann-Cherng Yan, MBBS Nejat Zeyneloglu, MD Ming Zhu, MD, MS Grigoriy Goldenberg, MD, PhD Natalya Goldshteyn, MD Benjamin V.G. Gozun, MD Madhav A. Gudi, MBBS Elizabeth Haines, DO John F. Heitner, MD Saka A. Kazeem, MD Farida Khan, MBBS Gamil S. Kostandy, MBChB Paul J. Leo, DO Alfred Ba Tun Leong, MBBS Gerard T. Lombardo, MD Olivia A. Lopez, MD Parag Mehta, MBBS, MD Lawrence A. Melniker, MD Laura Melville, MD Rameen M. Miarrostami, MD Kotresha H. Neelakantappa, MBBS Amisha Parekh, MD Fernando Arturo Pujol-Morato, MD Ramya Ramakrishnan, MD Anthony Saleh, MD Barry I. Saul, MD David Ross Schifter, MD Stanley Sherbell, MD Steven H. Silber, DO Todd L. Simon, MD Won Sohn, MD Lawrence E. Stam, MD Gioia Turitto, MD Emmanuel Valery, MD Annette M. Visconti, MD Jeremy A. Weingarten, MD Christine Yang-Kauh, MD New York Methodist Hospital (Brooklyn) Michael L. Abott, MD Niraj N. Acharya, MBBS, MD Ayanna Baptiste, MBBS Baquar Bashey, MBBS, MD Rita Bellevue, MD Arnold Berlin, MD Thayyullathil Bharathan, MBBS Robert H. Birkhahn, MD Joseph Bove, MD Sorin J. Brener, MD Gerardo Chiricolo, MD Perry Cook, MD Hajir Ely Dilmanian, MD Alan Dosik, MD David C. Dosik, MD Harvey Dosik, MD Petros Efthimiou, MD Theodore J. Gaeta, DO, MPH Jeremiah Gelles, MD Liziamma George, MBBS The Rockefeller University Mary Jeanne Kreek, MD Marina Caskey, MD Jules Hirsch, MD Peter R. Holt, MD Mina Pastagia, MD Alexander Tomasz, PhD Primary Health Care Corporation (Qatar) Mariam Abdul Malik, MBBS Samya Ahmed AA Al-Abdulla, MBBS Amal Abdulla A.E. Al-Ali, MD Azza Awad Al-Mujalli, MD Noora Ahmad Al-Mutawa, MBChB Hashim Mohamed Al-Sayed, MBBCh Zelaikha Mohsin Bashwar, MBBS Isam El Bagi, MBChB Abdul M.T. El-Qawasameh, MBBCh Issa Mousa Ghanem, MBBCh Sajedah M. Shaltoni, MBBS, MD The Rogosin Institute Nathaniel Berman, MD Jon David Blumenfeld, MD Andrew Bohmart, MD Roxana M. Bologa, MD Jhoong S. Cheigh, MD, MS James Chevalier, MD Miriam Chung, MD Bruce R. Gordon, MD Choli Hartono, MD Lisa Cooper Hudgins, MD Chun Lam, MD Jun Lee, MD Minji Li, BM | 59 | Frank Ming-Shi Liu, MD Jonathan Lorch, MD Pallavi Patri, MD Alan S. Perlman, MD Prabhakar Putheti, PhD Robert R. Riggio, MD Stuart D. Saal, MD David Serur, MD Vijay Kumar Sharma, PhD Jeffrey I. Silberzweig, MD John C.L. Wang, MD, PhD Sidra Medical and Research Center (Qatar) Adam Scott Akers, MD Yasin Said Al-Makadma, MD Thar Elbaage, MBChB Ghassan H. Elkadi, MBBCh Francesco Maria Marincola, MD Armine Rakab, MD Howard Roemer, MD Abdelkarim Waness, MD RESIDENTS & FELLOWS The following lists include residents-in-training, as of 2014-2015, as well as Fellowship Appointments and Other Professional Pursuits. RESIDENTS 2014-2015 CHIEF RESIDENT Kelly Axsom Temple University School of Medicine Vinicius Domingues, Universidade Estácio de Sá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Daniel Sanchez, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Jason Dukes, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Matthew Schoenfeld, New York Medical College Andrew Dunbar, New York Medical College Adam Schwartz, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Guillermo Espinoza, New York University School of Medicine John Ferrarone, New York Medical College QUALITY IMPROVEMENT CHIEF RESIDENT Laura Gingras Emory University School of Medicine SENIOR RESIDENTS (PGY3) Sarah Adkins, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Mohamed Al-Kazaz, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar Mohini Aras, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine Sergey Gurevich, Medical College of Wisconsin Horatio Holzer, Weill Cornell Medical College Yulian Khagi, Saint Louis University School of Medicine Kaartiga Sivanesan, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nancy Tray, Georgetown University School of Medicine David Veal, University of Hawaii Richard Wang, Weill Cornell Medical College Rui Wang, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China Michael Knight, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Bethel Woldu, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine James Kuo, University of Washington School of Medicine Neeha Zaidi, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Chrystal Landry, Stony Brook University School of Medicine Richard Leiter, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Emily Lu, Emory University School of Medicine Elizabeth Maina, Tulane University School of Medicine Nahal Mansouri, Shahid Beheshti University Patrick McNair, University of South Florida College of Medicine William Zhang, New York University School of Medicine JUNIOR RESIDENTS (PGY2) Juveria Abdullah, Weill Cornell Medical College Ghaith Abu Zeinah, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar Khawla Ali, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar Saif Muhsin, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Iraq Anika Anam, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine Jordan Nestor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Stacy Anderson, Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine Sheila Bharmal, Emory University School of Medicine Aleksey Novikov, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Caroline Andrew, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Jennifer Chester, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Stephen Perazzelli, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine Ashley Beecy, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Kerri Aronson, State University of New York Upstate Medical University Daniel Bachman, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine Erica Chu, Baylor College of Medicine Shirley Cohen, University of Michigan Medical School Amanda DeMauro, University of Virginia School of Medicine Daniel Pu, The Ohio State University College of Medicine Argelis Rivera, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University John Ruffino, Weill Cornell Medical College | 60 | Kelly Bolton, University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine Elliot Coburn, New York Medical College Jigar Contractor, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School Rogelio Cruz, New York University School of Medicine Michael Tanoue, Creighton University School of Medicine David Knorr, University of Minnesota Medical School Carrie Down, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Beverly Tchang, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine Jason Law, St. Louis University School of Medicine Daniel Edmonston, Mercer University School of Medicine - Macon Attila Feher, University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Sciences Center Marissa Friedman, New York Medical College Vladimir Glinskii, Yale School of Medicine Andres Gottfried, Weill Cornell Medical College Stephanie Guo, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Polydoros Kampaktsis, Medical School Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Jamuna Krishnan, University of Michigan Medical School Paul Lu, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Sydney Lu, Stanford University School of Medicine Raj Machhar, University of Florida College of Medicine Sheena Mathew, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine Marshall Miller, Weill Cornell Medical College Joseph Negusei, Weill Cornell Medical College Julie Nusbaum, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Daniel Paget, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine Elizabeth Penner, University of Nebraska College of Medicine Scott Purga, Boston University School of Medicine Joanna Rhodes, Stony Brook University School of Medicine Karie Runcie, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Amy Shaw, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine Nicole Shen, University of Missouri School of Medicine - Columbia Avani Sinha, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Joshua Smith, Florida State University College of Medicine Madeline Sterling, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Zaid Tafesh, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar Pamela Tieu, Weill Cornell Medical College Shudan Wang, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School Bryant Cameron Webb, Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center INTERN RESIDENTS (PGY1) Alexander Abramowicz, Stony Brook University School of Medicine Victor Adorno Febles, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine Michael Alexander, University of Illinois College of Medicine Zaid Almarzooq, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland School of Medicine Kayley Ancy, University of Texas Medical School at Houston Harpreet Bhatia, Emory University School of Medicine Agata Bielska, University of Washington in St. Louis School of Medicine Christopher Brown, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine Christina Chai, Weill Cornell Medical College Nicole Cruz, San Juan Bautista School of Medicine Brett Ehrmann, University of Michigan Medical School Emily Eichenberger, Duke University School of Medicine Jaime Fineman, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Catherine Galdun, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Michael Gao, University of Michigan Medical School Joshua Geleris, Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology Christopher Hackett, University of Minnesota Medical School Zachary Hager, Weill Cornell Medical College Jonathan Huggins, Weill Cornell Medical College Jared Kirzner, George Washington University School of Medicine Jerard Kneifati-Hayek, Weill Cornell Medical College | 61 | Dustin Lee, University of Michigan Medical School Michele Lee, Weill Cornell Medical College Peggy Leung, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles Lily Li, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Hana Lim, SUNY Downstate Reed Magleby, New York University School of Medicine Derek Mazigue, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Tayseer Mosleh, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar Kumar Nair, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Joseph Nakhleh, University of Michigan Medical College Thomas Nicholson, SUNY Downstate Juan Osorio, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Facultad de Medicina Raymond Pashun, New York Medical College Agam Patel, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Parimal Patel, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Colin Raelson, Weill Cornell Medical College Oktay Rifki, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Southwestern Medical School Faisal Shaikh, University Tennessee College of Medicine Ajayram Ullal, Stony Brook University School of Medicine Prashanth Venkatesh, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar Russell Weg, University at Buffalo School of Medicine SUBSPECIALTY FELLOWSHIPS PALLIATIVE CARE MEDICINE Sarah Adkins University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, CA CARDIOLOGY Mohamed Al-Kazaz Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY Daniel Bachman NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY Sergey Gurevich University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Daniel Pu Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY Matthew Schoenfeld New York University, New York, NY Kaartiga Sivanesan NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY HEMATOLOGY AND MEDICAL ONCOLOGY Kelly Bolton Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Andrew Dunbar Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY John Ferrarone NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY Aleksey Novikov NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY David Veal Hospitalist/Nocturnist, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY GERIATRICS Guillermo Espinoza Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage AK Erica Chu Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY James Kuo Evergreen Health Medical Center, Kirkland, WA Daniel Sanchez NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY Patrick McNair Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY NEPHROLOGY Amanda DeMauro NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY Emily Lu NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY Saif Muhsin Brigham & Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Jordan Nestor NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY RHEUMATOLOGY Vinicius Domingues New York University, New York, NY PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Nahal Mansouri Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA Yulian Khagi University of California, San Diego, CA Richard Wang University of California, San Francisco, CA Chrystal Landry Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY OTHER PROFESSIONAL PURSUITS Sydney Lu Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Rui Wang Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY GASTROENTEROLOGY Sheila Bharmal University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Shirley Cohen NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY Andrew Gottfried Stanford University, Stanford, CA HOSPITALIST Mohini Aras NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY Jennifer Chester Hospitalist/Instructor, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY Elizabeth Maina Hospitalist/Nocturnist, Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center, New York, NY John Ruffino Assistant Professor of Medicine, Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX Nancy Tray Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY | 62 | Adam Schwartz Primary Care Attending Physician, Bellevue Hospital/New York University, New York, NY CHIEF RESIDENCIES Kerri Aronson Chief Resident, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY Jason Dukes Quality Improvement Chief Resident, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY Horatio Holzer Chief Resident, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Richard Leiter Chief Resident, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY William Zhang Chief Resident, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY OTHER FELLOWSHIPS Michael Knight RWJF Clinical Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Bethel Woldu Fogarty Global Health Clinical Research Fellowship Neeha Zaidi Immunology Fellowship, National Institute of Health FINANCIAL REPORT AND DONORS | 63 | FINANCIAL REPORT The Weill Department of Medicine continued to experience solid financial growth in fiscal year 2014 with total operating funds equaling $274.3 million as compared with $240.9 million in fiscal year 2013. The Department’s clinical enterprise revenue increased by 10.5% over fiscal year 2013 and accounts for approximately 51% of the total sources of funds. As a result, patient care activities, as measured by annual outpatient visits and total Work RVUs increased in fiscal year 2014 to 272,645 and 1,084,432 respectively. The Department’s research grants activity in 2014 equaled $35.7 million. Industry sponsored research increased by 2.5% in 2014 to $11.9 million. Medical education mission activities, which encompasses medical student education, the internal medicine residency program, and our 10 fellowship education programs continued to be a priority for the Weill Department of Medicine during fiscal year 2014. The Department’s budget for these educational activities is approximately $13.6 million annually. The Department’s largest expense is its faculty, management, and staff costs which consume almost 63% of its total annual budget. The remaining 37% of expenses is distributed among direct expenses (25%), indirect expenses (8%), malpractice liability insurance Sources of Funds (In Millions) Hospital Funding $47.3M - 17.0% Clinical Services $138.9M - 51.0% College Funding $10.4M - 4.0% Research Grants $35.7M - 13.0% Clinical Trials $11.9M - 4.0% Endowments and Discretionary Funds $24.8M - 9.0% Other $5.3M - 2.0% All Sources of Funds: $274.3 Million Uses of Funds (In Millions) Non-Faculty Compensation $46.7M - 17.0% (2%), and miscellaneous expenses (2%). Malpractice $5.9M - 2.0% Faculty Compensation $125.5M - 46.0% Direct Overhead $69.6M - 25.0% Indirect Overhead $22.2M - 8.0% Other $4.5M - 2.0% Total Use of Funds: $274.3 Million | 64 | Annual Clinical Revenue Trend (In Millions)* Clinical Revenue by Division (In Millions) 160 $138.9M 140 $125.7M 120 100 Gastroenterology & Hepatology $20.0M - 14.0% Cardiology $30.1M - 22.0% WCIMA $8.6M - 6.0% $114.2M Pulmonary $6.2M - 4.0% $99.4M Hospital Medicine $7.5M - 5.0% Women’s Health $3.4M - 2.0% Endocrinology $4.8M - 3.0% Infectious Disease $2.6M - 2.0% Geriatrics $1.6M - 1.0% Nephrology & Hypertension $1.5M - 1.0% Other $2.7M - 2.0% 80 60 40 Hematology/Oncology $49.9M - 36.0% Total Clincial Revenue: $138.9 Million 20 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 *Includes Infusion Revenue Annual Outpatient Visits All Funds by Division Total Revenue (In Millions) 300,000 272,645 275,000 Cardiology $48.8M - 18.0% Gastroenterology & Hepatology $33.9M - 12.0% Nephrology & Hypertension $6.9M - 3.0% Geriatrics $8.7M - 3.0% Hospital Medicine $16.1M - 6.0% 250,000 221,985 225,000 200,000 Endocrinology $6.4M - 2.0% Hematology/Oncology $86.6M- 32.0% 225,262 Pulmonary $18.5M - 7.0% Infectious Disease $20.5M - 7.0% 192,291 WCIMA $9.0M - 3.0% Women’s Health $5.7M - 2.0% Other $13.1M - 5.0% 175,000 Total Revenue: $274.3 Million 150,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 | 65 | Research and Grant Expenditures Trend (In Millions) Research and Grants (In Millions) 40 $36.0M $36.0M 35 $9.5M $9.0M $31.0M 30 20 $32.0M $7.9M $7.0M $7.8M $26.3M 25 $36.0M $26.7M $23.2M Infectious Disease $8.6M - 24.0% Hematology/Oncology $11.5M - 32.0% $27.8M Pulmonary $3.1M - 9.0% $24.6M 15 Nephrology & Hypertension $.8M - 2.0% Other $0.6M - 2.0% Geriatrics $1.8M - 5.0% 10 Gastroenterology & Hepatology $5.7M - 16.0% 5 Cardiology $2.0M - 6.0% CEESR $1.3M - 4.0% Endocrinology $0.2M - 1.0% Total: $35.7 Million 0 2010 2011 ■ Direct Funding 2012 2013 2014 ■ Indirect Cost Recovery Annual wRVU Trend * Clinical Trials Revenue (In Millions) 1,200,000 1,084,432 1,100,000 Hematology/Oncology $7.6M - 64.0% Infectious Disease $1.0M - 8.0% Weight Ptogram $0.4M - 3.0% Nephrology $0.1M - 1.0% 1,000,000 928,645 900,000 800,000 Cardiology $1.0M - 8.0% 873,673 771,678 Gastroenterology & Hepatology $1.9M - 16.0% 700,000 600,000 Total Clinical Trials Revenue: $11.9 Million 500,000 400,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 *wRVU means Work Relative Value Units | 66 | DONORS Fund For Medicine The Fund For Medicine raises money to support critical resources and innovative programs in education, patient care and biomedical research at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College. These resources and programs enable our physicians and scientists to carry on a long tradition of excellence in medicine with the ultimate goal in mind: to provide superior patient care to the communities they serve. The Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine thanks all those who have given or directed gifts to the Fund For Medicine. Mr. Murray Alon Mrs. Helene Gleeman Ms. Minako Oba Anonymous Mr. John A. Griffin Oceanic Heritage Foundation The Applebaum Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Carol Hammer Mrs. Vicki K. O’Neill Mary E. Barrett The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Mr. Michael H. Ratner Ms. Joan S. Beir The Beir Foundation Mr. Charles E. Binder Dr. Barry D. Brause Mr. and Mrs. Morton E. Hertzmark Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Hoyt, Jr. Mrs. Mary O. Hughes The Rosenkranz Foundation Dr. Richard A. Scheuing Mr. Edward B. Sherman Mr. Sidney B. Silverman Ms. Rita S. Brause Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Charitable Fund of the Jewish Communal Fund Roberta C. Brause The Jewish Communal Fund Mr. Carl Simons Mr. Clyde Brownstone The John L. and Sue Ann Weinberg Foundation Mr. Fred C. Stoll Brownstone Family Foundation John B. Caddell, III Caddell Dry Dock and Repair Co., Inc. Carl and Fay Simon of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation Coleman Family Charitable Foundation Dr. Joseph T. Cooke Ms. Marion Cowan-Loh Ms. Shirley W. Della Vecchia Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Easton Marjorie Ellenbogen Mr. Richard Feldstein Feldstein Family Charitable Foundation Constance Fischer Mr. Robert L. Gipson Joseph and Sheila Thal Foundation Judah & Rachel Wiederkehr Charitable Fund of Schwab Charitable Ms. Diana King Ms. Helene Silverman Mr. Joseph H. Thal The Tianaderrah Foundation Vital Projects Fund, Inc. Mrs. Sue Ann Weinberg Mrs. Bertha Weiser Glenda Kirby Mr. Warren A. Weiss Ms. Joan Kron Mr. Bernard Laterman Mr. Peter M. Lehrer Ms. Barbara B. McGhie Dr. Allen W. Mead Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC Mr. Judah Wiederkehr William C. and Joyce C. O’Neil Charitable Trust Winston Foundation, Inc. Mr. Robert B. Menschel Mex-Am Cultural Foundation, Inc. Michael and Marilyn Ratner Fund of the Jewish Communal Fund Mr. Brent M. Mowery The Murray Alon Charitable Foundation Donor lists reflect calendar year 2014. | 67 | Dr. David J. Wolf DONORS Friends of Medicine The Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine is deeply grateful to individuals who have generously contributed to furthering the department’s initiatives in patient care, education of physician-scientists, and bench-tobedside research breakthroughs. We thank all of those donors who have given or directed gifts as Friends of Medicine. There are a large number of contributors, former patients and friends, who have given donations below the level of $100. Due to space limitations we cannot list these donors but do express our sincerest thanks for their loyal support. 125 Spruce Street Farmers Market, Inc. 201 St. Paul’s Conversion Corp. 41 North 73 West, Inc. 72nd Street Medical Associates, P.C. Abbott Fund Mrs. Nancy C. Abbott Abettor Foundation Ms. Aliette Abo Ms. Joan Abrutyn Mr. Louis G. Acerra Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. Mrs. Margot Adams Addressing Services Mrs. Deborah E. Annex Mr. Gregory Barton Ms. Gilda Block Ms. Clareleen N. Anninger Ms. Nettie Bass James A. Block Anonymous Mr. Charles C. Baum Ms. Anna Bloom Mrs. Linda Anopolosky Ms. Ruth Baygell Ms. Rochelle Bloom Antoinette E. and Herman Boehm Foundation BBC Processing Services, Inc. Ms. Nadine Bluestein Ms. Dotty Beckwith Mrs. Leslie A. Blum Becton Dickinson and Company Mr. Lazar R. Blumenfeld Mr. Yaakov Beilin Dr. David S. Blumenthal Mr. Matthew G. Bell Mrs. Nancy H. Blumenthal Mr. William M. Bellamy, Jr. BM of NY Construction Corp. Ms. Priscilla L. 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Mrs. Aubin Z. Ames Ms. Susan Amighi Mrs. Fran Amirsaleh Ms. M. Anjanette Anasco Dr. Holly S. Andersen Ms. Linn Anderson Angelo Donghia Foundation Angelos Georgopoulos, P.C. Consulting Engineers Mrs. Jamie N. Banks Barbara and Donald Tober Foundation Ms. Lynn Barber Mr. Geoffrey Barefoot Mr. Steven Barg Mrs. Elise A. Barish Barish Family Foundation Mr. Michael Barish Mrs. Susan Barlow Mr. Joseph P. Barreriro Mrs. Cindy C. Barsky Mrs. Ann B. Bart Ms. Barbara T. Bartlett Mr. Walter Bartner Mrs. Heidi Benjamin Ms. Marcel Benjamin Mrs. Lillian B. Bennett Mrs. Myrna S. Berend Ms. Lisa Berg Mrs. Nancy Bergamini Ms. John Bergman, Esq. Dr. Ivan Bergstein Ms. Marjory S. Berkowitz Dr. Mark S. Berman Bernard F. & Alva B. Gimbel Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Carol Bernstein Mr. Harvey Bernstein Ms. Stacee Bernstein Ms. Carole Berruti Dr. Gail W. Berry Ms. Sheryl Berstien Bessemer National Gift Fund Ms. Miriam R. Best Mrs. Joann M. Beverly Ms. Lee K. 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Van Ness, Jr. Vancouver Foundation The Ravenel and Elizabeth Curry Foundation Mrs. Margaret Walsh U The Lubin Family Foundation The Plotkin Foundation, Inc. Diane Wallerstein and John Herfort Weiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. Mr. Franklin R. Weissberg Ms. Anne J. Weitzer Mrs. Helen Werner Ms. Susan West The Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Mr. Burns H. Weston Mr. Jaap Vanhell Mrs. Joyce S. Weston Dr. Holly E. Vanni Ms. Rebecca A. Whipple Mr. Michael A. Varet Mrs. Nieva S. White Mrs. Judith L. Varga Mrs. Kim M. Wieland Ms. Jean Vendice Mrs. Natalie Shacks Wilkins The Stephen P. Hanson Family Foundation, Inc. Vertex Electric Corp. William B. and Jane E. Bram Foundation The Unterman Family Foundation Viola Fund The Richard Laurence Parish Foundation The Scully Peretsman Foundation The Smart Shopper Promotions, Inc. The Wenden Foundation The Winston School Mr. George E. Thompson Tipping Point Community Mr. Donald G. Tober Viandes Argo, Inc. William Brown Foundation The William Fox, Jr. Foundation Ms. Donna Visco Mrs. Christine M. Williams Vital Projects Fund, Inc. Mr. Paul D. Williams Ms. Theresa A. Vitolo Ms. Judith A. Wilson Vladimir & Araxia Buckhantz Foundation Mrs. Joan Winant Vogelzang & Associates, Inc. Mr. Robert Windorf Ms. Susan Tolson Mr. James Vogelzang Mrs. Paula Wolfe Tom & Cashie Egan Family Foundation Mr. Klaus Vogt Mr. Larri S. Wolfson Mrs. Gina M. Volpe Mr. Elliot K. Wolk Ms. Susan Tolchin Ms. Marva Tomach Mrs. Elsa J. Tomasini Ms. Grace Tommins Mr. Michael Toth Mr. Jeff M. Towart Tradex Foods, Inc. Mr. Jeffrey D. Tranen Dr. Michael J. Wolk W Ms. Ericka S. Wong Mr. George Wachter Mr. Elliot D. Woocher Ms. Anne B. Walbridge Mrs. Bridget Wood Mrs. Shirley Wald Mr. Jason M. Wright Ms. Dorothy A. Walker Mrs. Penelope F. Wright Mrs. Jill Wallen Mrs. Kathryn D. Wriston | 75 | Y Y.C. Ho/Helen and Michael Chiang Foundation Ms. Antoinette Yanni Ms. Lina Yanni Ms. Roseanne Yanni Yonkers Racing Corporation Dr. Cecilia J. Yoon Mrs. Dale Young Ms. Yvonne Young Z Ms. Stephanie E. Zacchino Mrs. Michelle R. Zacharia Mr. Arthur Zagelbaum Mrs. Laurie Zagelbaum Mr. Robert Zanger Mr. William Zanker Dr. Dana Zappetti Mr. Chaohui Zhang Mr. Scott M. Zimmerman Mr. James D. Zirin Zissu Family Foundation Mr. Victor Zonana Dr. Gianna Zuccotti Mr. Michael S. Zuckerman Dr. Gerardo L. Zullo Dr. Michael A. Zullo CHAIRMAN’S OFFICE DIVISION OF EDUCATION Sanford I. Weill Chairman The E. Hugh Luckey Professor of Medicine Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine Augustine M.K. Choi, MD Tel: (212) 746-4720 Vice Chair for Education Vice Chair for Faculty Development Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program Lia Logio, MD Tel: (212) 746-4749 Executive Vice Chairman of Medicine Fernando J. Martinez, MD Tel: (212) 746-6420 Chief Administrative Officer & Vice Chair for Business Affairs Tipton (Tip) Ford Tel: (212) 746-4271 ADMINISTRATION Associate Director, Faculty & Staff Support Nancy Bennett Tel: (212) 746-4007 Associate Director, Budget & Accounting Peter Kam Tel: (212) 746-4007 Associate Director, Clinical Operations Sophia Gibbs Tel: (212) 746-6753 Associate Director, Research Administration Monica Prabudoss Tel: (212) 746-4135 Manager, Business Decision Support J. Christin Follmer Tel: (212- 746-4217 Danielle Felman, Administrator Tel: (212) 746-4834 Residency Program Coordinator Margie Daly Tel: (212) 746-4749 DIVISIONAL OFFICES Cardiology Bruce B. Lerman, MD, Chief Ann Matier, Administrator Tel: (212) 746-2176 Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluative Sciences Research Mary E. Charlson, MD, Chief Suzan Toro, Administrator Tel: (646) 962-5060 Emergency Medicine Neal E. Flomenbaum, MD, Chief Georgia Rose, Administrator Tel: (212) 746-0780 Hematology and Medical Oncology David M. Nanus, MD, Chief Paula Goldstein, Administrator Tel: (212) 746-4550 Hospital Medicine Arthur T. Evans, MD, MPH, Chief Mary Elizabeth Kelser, Administrator Tel: (212) 746-4910 Infectious Diseases Roy M. Gulick, MD, MPH, Chief Mufida Rosiana, Administrator Tel: (212) 746-4914 Iris Cantor Women’s Health Center Orli R. Etingin, MD, Director Ellen Connelly, Administrator Tel: (212) 821-0558 Medical Ethics Joseph J. Fins, MD, Chief Cathleen Acres, Administrative Director Tel: (212) 746-1126 Nephrology and Hypertension Manikkam Suthanthiran, MD, Chief Anita Mesi, Administrator Tel: (212) 746-4430 Public Health Programs Ann B. Beeder, MD, Chief Gerard Ilaria, Administrator Tel: (212) 746-5917 Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Julianne Imperato-McGinley, MD, Chief Thomas Cunningham, Administrator Tel: (212) 746-1503 Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Augustine M.K. Choi, MD, Interim Chief Michael S. Niederman, MD, Clinical Director Kathy Rosenberg, Administrator Tel: (212) 746-8793 Gastroenterology & Hepatology Robert S. Brown, Jr., MD, MPH, Interim Chief Debbie Dimanche, Administrator Tel: (646) 962-4778 Rheumatology Mary K. Crow, MD, Chief Jessica Kovac, Senior Director Tel: (646) 714-6273 Geriatrics & Palliative Care Ronald D. Adelman, MD, Co-Chief Mark S. Lachs, MD, MPH, Co-Chief Cory Henkel, Administrator Tel: (212) 746-1733 Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Associates Judy Tung, MD, Medical Director Diego Arias, Practice Manager Tel: (212) 746-2395 Daniel Splitgerber, Administrator Tel: (212) 746-7371 Please visit http://www.weillcornellmedicine.com/education/ for further information on training and fellowship programs. | 76 | Managing Editor-Writer Associate Director of Communications Department of Medicine Suzanne Ross Designer Sundberg Design, Inc. 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