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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...

Weill Cornell Medicine Physicians Awarded for Contributions to Emergency Medicine

June 17, 2019

Two Weill Cornell Medicine emergency medicine physicians, Dr. Anthony Rosen and Dr. Neel Naik, were recently recognized by the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine for their contributions to the field.

Dr. Rosen, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine an attending emergency physician at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center...

New Medicare Rules for Advanced Imaging Requests Will Require Substantial Resources

June 14, 2019

New federal regulations will dictate when and how physicians can order advanced imaging tests for Medicare patients to prevent unnecessary procedures and curb healthcare spending. These rules will achieve their goals only if providers can devote substantial resources and planning ahead of their implementation in 2020, according to a new paper published June 11 in the...