Dr. Joy D. Howell is professor of clinical pediatrics, assistant dean of access, belonging and student success and vice chair of academic opportunity and engagement in pediatrics. She earned her medical degree from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and completed her pediatric residency at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, along with a fellowship in pediatric critical care at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Dr. Howell previously served as site director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens and has been deeply involved in the education and mentorship of medical students, residents and fellows throughout her career. Her educational leadership includes 15 years as program director of the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. She has also led interprofessional simulation and teamwork training across several disciplines. Her contributions to medical education have been recognized with several honors, including the Pediatric Residency Award for Teaching Excellence, the Excellence in Medical Education Award and the 2012 Physician of the Year award, presented by NewYork-Presbyterian's Department of Nursing.
Dr. Susana R. Morales is an associate professor of clinical medicine, vice chair for diversity in the Department of Medicine and associate program director of the internal medicine residency training program at Weill Cornell Medicine, where she has practiced general internal medicine since 1998.
Dr. Morales is also director of the Diversity Center of Excellence at Weill Cornell Medicine, where she established programs such as the Diversity Mentoring Cascade, "Make Your Match" Diversity Open Houses and the COVID-19 Community Education and Empowerment Internship. She currently serves as secretary in the Society of General Internal Medicine.
Dr. Morales has published in leading journals, including Clinical Teacher and the Journal of General Internal Medicine, and has presented her work at national meetings focused on innovations in medical education. Her honors include the 2022 Physician of the Year by the National Hispanic Medical Association, the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award and the Jeanne and Herbert Siegel Faculty Development Award from Weill Cornell Medicine.
Dr. Andrea Card is an assistant professor of clinical medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine and an associate program director in the Internal Medicine Residency Program.
A graduate of the University of Miami School of Medicine, she also holds a Master of Public Health degree from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. At Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Card has led lectures on Cross-Cultural Care and Health Equity, within Essential Principles of Medicine (EPOM) courses. She has served as a small-group facilitator within training courses focused on communications, unconscious bias, vitality and professionalism. She has been a clinical preceptor for clerkships in EPOM, Health, Illness and Disease and Ambulatory Care, and she has led independent electives for fourth-year students interested in primary care. Dr. Card feels privileged to serve as a mentor, advisor, coach and educator to legions of students at Weill Cornell Medicine.
Dr. Dana L. Gurvitch is an assistant dean of student professional development and an associate professor of anesthesiology. A graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago, she has taught a variety of courses at Weill Cornell Medicine, including Airway and Pain Management, Essential Principles of Medicine and Health, and Illness and Disease.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Gurvitch trained medical students as New York State vaccinators, resulting in more than 26,000 vaccines provided to underserved populations. She has served as director of the anesthesia / critical care clerkship, where her work has impacted students’ education, professional development and recruitment. As an assistant dean of clinical curriculum, and later as an assistant dean of student professional development, Dr. Gurvitch has positively contributed to student achievement and professional profile formation. Dr. Gurvitch has published works in several scientific journals, including Pain Medicine, Anesthesia & Analgesia and Vaccines.
Rebekah Gee, M.D. ’02, is a practicing obstetrician-gynecologist, CEO and founder of Nest Health – the nation’s first whole family Medicaid care model delivered to children and their families at home. Serving over 50,000 people across Arizona and Louisiana, Nest improves health and lowers costs for families who have lost or are at risk of losing Medicaid.
A national health policy leader and trained health services researcher, Gee is a professor of Public health and medicine at the LSU Health Sciences Center. Gee previously served as Louisiana’s secretary of health, where she led the expansion of Medicaid to more than 600,000 Louisianians and advanced initiatives to improve health equity and maternal and infant health. Elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2018, Dr. Gee has authored more than 90 peerreviewed publications in leading journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Health A airs and Obstetrics & Gynecology. She fondly recalls her time at Weill Cornell Medicine, including studying in Central Park, salsa dancing and exploring New York City with classmates.
Dr. Suzanne P. Lagarde is chief executive officer of Fair Haven Community Health Care (FHCHC), a federally qualified health center in New Haven, Connecticut serving more than 38,000 predominantly low-income patients across 21 locations. Since becoming CEO in 2013, she has transformed FHCHC into a leading model of high-quality, community-based care for underserved populations, expanding primary care, behavioral health, substance use treatment, dental services, pharmacy and social support programs. FHCHC consistently ranks among the country's top-performing health centers for clinical quality and demonstrates that safety-net systems can deliver top-tier outcomes.
Dr. Lagarde is also founder of Project Access New Haven, a nonprofit that expands access to specialty care for thousands of uninsured patients. A trained gastroenterologist, she previously served as assistant clinical professor of medicine at Yale University and was a founding member of Connecticut Gastroenterology Consultants. Following Hurricane Katrina, she provided volunteer medical care in rural Mississippi communities for more than five years. She credits her Weill Cornell Medicine training with shaping her commitment to clinical excellence and equitable care.
Dr. Jonathan Melk is chief executive officer of Chiricahua Community Health Centers Inc. and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He was the first pediatrician to serve the border community of Douglas, Arizona, and later led the growth of the Chiricahua Community Health Centers’ pediatric program to more than 20 providers.
Dr. Melk has spent his career expanding access to care in underserved communities. He leads a mission-driven federally qualified health center that provides primary care safety-net services across a largely impoverished health professional shortage area along the Arizona-Mexico border.
As a volunteer, Dr. Melk founded the Rosa Vera Fund, a nonprofit organization serving impoverished children with special healthcare needs living in Montero, Bolivia. The project originated from his clinical international elective experience at Weill Cornell Medicine and helped establish the region’s first fully integrated therapy center for children with disabilities and their families.
Dr. Bruce Siegel is the former president and chief executive officer of America’s Essential Hospitals, a national association of safety-net health systems, with over 400 member hospitals based in Washington, D.C. As a student at Weill Cornell Medicine, he served as president of the Class of 1986. Throughout his career, he has focused on expanding access to healthcare, strengthening public health systems and improving care for underserved communities.
Dr. Siegel previously served as president and CEO of Tampa General Healthcare, an academic health center serving more than 5 million people, where he led a successful turnaround. He was also professor of health policy at George Washington University, and president of NYC Health+Hospitals. Early in his career, he served as New Jersey’s state commissioner of health. A nationally recognized leader in health policy and hospital administration, Dr. Siegel has authored 41 scientific publications, with work appearing in journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, Health Affairs and The Milbank Quarterly.
Dr. Robert A. Harrington is the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine and the provost for medical affairs of Cornell University.
An internationally recognized cardiologist and clinical investigator, Dr. Harrington served for more than a decade as Chair of Medicine and the Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor at Stanford University. He previously led the Duke Clinical Research Institute as director and held the Richard Stack Distinguished Professorship at Duke University.
Dr. Harrington is a past president of the American Heart Association (AHA) and continues to serve on the AHA Board of Directors. He also served as chair and member of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee and is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.
Dr. Harrington has authored more than 760 peer-reviewed publications and served as senior editor of Hurst’s the Heart, a leading textbook of cardiovascular medicine. His many honors include the AHA’s Gold Award, the Chairman’s Award and the 2024 TCT Career Achievement Award in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to cardiovascular medicine and clinical research.
Dr. Anthony M. Rossi is an associate professor of clinical dermatology at Weill Cornell Medicine and a dermatologist and practicing physician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He is the president of Weill Cornell Medical College Alumni Association and attributes much of his success to the mentorship he experienced at Weill Cornell Medicine. He is also the founder of the skin care line, Dr. Rossi DERM MD.
A double board-certified dermatologist and Mohs surgeon, Dr. Rossi specializes in Mohs micrographic surgery, laser and cosmetic dermatology. He pioneered restorative oncodermatology for cancer patients and survivors at MSK and has been internationally recognized for his research and clinical innovations in inflammatory aging. Dr. Rossi is widely published and has served as an editor of leading journals, including the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Dermatologic Surgery and Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. He lectures nationally and abroad on topics including skin cancer treatment and aging.
Dr. Robert Min is president and CEO of the Weill Cornell Medicine Physician Organization, the John A. Evans, M.D. Professor of Radiology and chair of the Department of Radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine, radiologist-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and president of Weill Cornell Imaging at NewYork-Presbyterian. In his role leading the Physician Organization, Dr. Min oversees the business operations of clinical practice at Weill Cornell Medicine, which includes more than 2,000 clinicians providing 3 million patient encounters annually across all specialties. As chair of radiology, he oversees more than 270 faculty providing diagnostic imaging services and image-guided minimally invasive interventions. The Department of Radiology consistently ranks in the top 10 in the nation in NIH funding.
Dr. Min received an M.B.A. from Columbia University and completed an internship in surgery and a residency in diagnostic radiology at New-York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he served as chief resident. After his fellowship in cardiovascular interventional radiology at Stanford University, Dr. Min was appointed to the Weill Cornell Medicine faculty in 1999.
Dr. Michael Dosik is a medical oncologist whose career has spanned clinical practice, research and international medicine. After earning his medical degree, he completed an internship at SUNY Upstate Medical University and later served in the U.S. Air Force at Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Dosik completed his residency training in internal medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, before serving as chief of internal medicine at Chuuk State Hospital, formerly Truk District Hospital, in the Federated States of Micronesia.
Dr. Dosik later pursued fellowship training in medical oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center before entering private practice on Long Island, where he spent more than 25 years caring for patients with cancer and blood disorders as a member of North Shore Hematology/Oncology. Following his years in private practice, he continued to pursue clinical and research interests through temporary oncology positions and remains involved in breast cancer research.
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, served for 38 years as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and as chief medical advisor to the president of the United States from 2021 to 2022. He also served as chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, which conducts basic research to better understand and prevent infectious, immunologic and allergic diseases.
An internationally recognized leader, Dr. Fauci has been at the forefront of HIV/AIDS research since the earliest days of the epidemic. He was a principal architect of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which saved millions of lives worldwide. He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has received numerous honors, including the Weill Cornell Medical College Alumni Award of Distinction in 1992, the National Medal of Science, the Mary Woodard Lasker Award for Public Service and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Dr. Richard P. Cohen is an attending physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and a clinical professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, where he has spent over five decades in practice, teaching and service. He has been recognized in New York magazine’s Best Doctors issue and as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor. He is the 2025 recipient of the Maurice R. Greenberg Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor bestowed upon a physician at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Dr. Cohen has received multiple teaching awards and is known for guiding trainees in diagnosis and treatment. He has long contributed to the medical ethics curriculum and, for many years, was the keynote speaker during orientation for first-year students. He chaired the Department of Medicine’s Quality Assurance Committee for more than 30 years, is the longest-serving member of NewYork-Presbyterian’s Legal A airs Committee, and is an active member of the Medical College’s Promotions Committee.
A former member of the Weill Cornell Medicine Board of Fellows, Dr. Cohen has also inspired significant philanthropy in his honor, including a named professorship and scholarship.
Dr. Paul F. Miskovitz is a clinical professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Weill Cornell Medicine and an attending physician at New YorkPresbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He also serves as a consultant with the Hospital for Special Surgery and as a gastroenterologist with the Mount Sinai Health System.
Dr. Miskovitz built a distinguished career in academic medicine and spent time mentoring medical students, house o icers and fellows. Internationally, he taught at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar and instructed Eastern European physicians at the SalzburgCornell Seminars in Salzburg, Austria. Dr. Miskovitz has authored 48 scientific papers, seven book chapters and four books, and has contributed to the national “CBS Cares” public service broadcast campaign to raise awareness around colon cancer. A past president of Weill Cornell Medical College Alumni Association and creator of the Alumni-Student Knowledge “ASK” program, Dr. Miskovitz fondly remembers the company of his classmates at Weill Cornell Medicine.
Richard S. Kampf, M.D. ’75 is a retired physician who dedicated his career to providing accessible, high-quality care to working professionals. After earning his medical degree from Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Kampf went on to serve as assistant medical director for the Continental Corporation and staff physician at JPMorganChase, at their New York City headquarters. In these roles, he provided comprehensive primary care at no cost to employees, with a strong emphasis on patient-centered service.
Over the course of his career, Dr. Kampf remained committed to supporting employee health in a corporate setting. Now retired, he looks back on his time in medical school with particular appreciation for the camaraderie and lasting friendships formed with classmates. He also valued the opportunity to experience New York City’s rich cultural offerings, including its theater, film and museum institutions, which provided balance and inspiration during his studies.
Dr. Brian Wong is a biotechnology entrepreneur and former president and chief executive o icer of RAPT Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on treating inflammatory and immunologic diseases.
As chief executive o icer, Dr. Wong led RAPT Therapeutics from a startup into a fully integrated, publicly traded drug discovery and development company, raising more than $700 million in private and public financing. He also led the company’s acquisition by GSK, a biopharmaceutical company, in a $2.24 billion transaction designed to accelerate the development and commercialization of treatments for food allergies and other conditions driven by overreaction of the immune system.
Earlier in his career, Dr. Wong contributed to the discovery and development of therapies that became marketed for medicines, including Prolia, Xgeva, Tavalisse and Rituxan. He has authored or co-authored approximately 40 scientific publications, with work appearing in journals including Molecular Cell, the Journal of Experimental Medicine and Allergy.
