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NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine Awarded $2 Million Grant to Expand Innovative ED-Based Program that Identifies and Responds to Cases of Elder Abuse

July 23, 2019

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine have received a grant for more than $2 million from the New York State Office of Victims Services to sustain and grow an innovative emergency department-based program that improves care for victims of elder abuse. The funds will support the Vulnerable Elder Protection Team (VEPT), primarily based at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center’s emergency department.

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Nothing Up His Sleeve

July 17, 2019

Seeing is Believing: Dr. Rosenkranz attired for his magic act working with a student.

By Alexandra Bond

Dr. Ricardo Rosenkranz is a successful professional magician—but one of his greatest feats is giving medical students valuable insights into the doctor-patient relationship. For the past decade, Dr. Rosenkranz M.D. '90—a neonatologist and assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine—has tapped his prestidigitation skills to teach a course he designed entitled Medicine and Magic. Offered to first- and second-years...

Prestigious Awards and Prizes Presented to Faculty and Students

July 8, 2019

Students receive their Siegel Family Student Prizes April 29 during the Salute to Scholarship10th Anniversary ceremony. From left: Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi, Eliza Gentzler ’19, Shobana Ramasamy ’19, Paul Paik ’20, Amber Hamilton ’22, Priyanka Narayan ’22, Sven Walderich ’20, Joel Jose Nario ’21, John Chae ’21(not pictured) and Dr. Yoon Kang. Credit: Studio Brooke

Eight Weill Cornell Medicine faculty members were honored with annual awards at Convocation on May 29 and Commencement on May 30 for their exemplary achievements.

Dr. B. Robert Meyer, a professor of clinical medicine, received the Siegel Family Faculty Award, considered the "Nobel prize for teaching" by Weill Cornell Medicine leadership. The award honors an outstanding Weill Cornell Medicine faculty member who has a record...