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Dr. Mildred Rust (MD ’56) Raises Awareness for Medical Student Mental Health

December 2, 2019

Dr. Mildred Rust, a graduate of Weill Cornell Medical College’s class of 1956, doesn’t often attend Weill Cornell Medicine events, but says it was important that she attend the first-ever National Conference on Medical Student Mental Health and Well-Being. Over the course of two days in September, the symposium drew more than 350 medical school students, educators and researchers who met at the Grand Hyatt in New York City to address the increasing rates of psychological distress among...

Alumni e-Newsletter | November 2019

November 25, 2019

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Dr. S. Robert Rozbruch (MD '90) inspires patient, Amber Hamilton, to seek medical career

November 5, 2019

Amber Hamilton, Class of 2022, scrubs in with her long-time physician and mentor Dr. S. Robert Rozbruch (MD ’90)

As chief of the Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction Service at the Hospital for Special Surgery, Dr. S. Robert Rozbruch (MD '90) really gets to know his patients and their families. Treatment for their conditions often involves multiple surgeries and follow-up appointments over the course of several years. But his relationship with patient Amber Hamilton, WCM class of 2022, takes on new life as he mentors her through her orthopedic surgery residency.

Hamilton was born with X-...