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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...

Dr. Joseph J. Fins Speaks on Neuroethics at Vatican Workshop on Personalized Medicine

June 13, 2019

photo showing Pontifical Academy of Sciences

Dr. Joseph J. Fins, chief of the Division of Medical Ethics and the E. William Davis, Jr., M.D. Professor of Medical Ethics and professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, was among an elite group of scholars invited to attend the Pontifical Academy of Sciences’ workshop on personalized medicine on April 8 and 9 in Vatican City.

The workshop, “The Revolution of...

Dr. Allan Ropper Wins Weill Cornell Medical College Alumni Award

May 31, 2019

Three people standing, one of whom is holding a plaque

Dr. Allan Ropper with Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi and Dr. Natasha I. Leibel, M.D. ’98, president of the Weill Cornell Medical College Alumni Association.

Dr. Allan Ropper, M.D. ’74, the Raymond D. Adams Master Clinician and executive vice chairman of...