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Dr. Randy Longman Appointed Director of the Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

October 29, 2019

Dr. Randy Longman. Photo credit: John Abbott

Dr. Randy Longman, an accomplished physician-scientist, has been appointed director of the Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Under Dr. Longman’s leadership, the Roberts Center is expanding its clinical services offered by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. The center’s physicians are continuing to...

Weill Cornell Medicine Unveils Paintings of Four Diversity Leaders

October 25, 2019

Paintings commissioned by Dr. Daniel Laroche

Members of the Weill Cornell Medicine community gathered on Oct. 25 in Griffis Faculty Club to celebrate the unveiling of a set of paintings depicting four icons of diversity and inclusion efforts at the institution. Dr. Daniel Laroche, M.D. ’92, his wife Marjorie Laroche and his cousin Marie Claude Brutus commissioned the paintings from the Haitian artist Junior Jacques to recognize the seminal contributions of Drs. James Curtis, Elizabeth Wilson-Anstey, Bruce Ballard, and Carlyle...

A Mother’s Mission: Dr. Nicole Serlé Henwood Is Fighting to Find a Cure For Her Son’s Rare Disease

October 24, 2019

Seven-year-old A.J. Henwood with his mom, Nicole.

In many ways, A.J. Henwood is a typical seven-year old. He loves his family, nurtures big dreams of playing professional baseball and has a penchant for bringing home stray animals. Aside from slightly imperfect vision and some occasional pain in his left leg, he has always led an ordinary life—which is why his diagnosis came as such a shock. During an eye exam in March 2018, an ophthalmologist saw a freckle-like spot on A.J.’s retina. That, combined with some irregular pigmentation on his...