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Skills Building: Developing Resilience is the Best Antidote to Student Stress

September 11, 2019

Dr. Richard A. Friedman. Credit: John Abbott

These days, everyone seems to be talking about stress, burnout and wellness. Nowhere is this more a topic of conversation than in medical schools, and for good reason: medical students face unique stresses and suffer from higher rates of depression than their age-matched peers. For example, it’s estimated that up to 27% of medical students experience clinically significant depression, compared to nine percent among 18- to 25-year-olds in the general population.

What makes medical...

White Coat Ceremony Launches Medical School Journey for Class of 2023

August 22, 2019

Medical students in their white coats with Dean Augustine Choi

Indrani Guzman Das discovered a passion for medicine through her parents: her mom a nurse, her dad a doctor. They instilled in her the importance of giving back to the community and modeled healthcare delivery as one way to achieve that.

Guzman Das, 25, of New York City, also saw patient care first-hand. She lost her mom to cancer when she was 14, and her dad had a stroke while she was in college that forced him into early retirement. That experience—coupled with her very first job as...

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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