Department News - January - March 2024 |
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Weill Cornell Medicine Celebrates First Endowed Professorship in Emergency Medicine
Rahul Sharma, M.D., Chair of Emergency Medicine, surrounded by Weill Cornell Medicine leaders, faculty and staff, as well as Board Members, donors and esteemed guests, celebrated the Emergency Medicine Department’s first endowed professorship, the Barbara and Stephen Friedman Professorship of Emergency Medicine. The Friedman Family Foundation and the Weil, Gotshal & Manges Foundation established the endowment.
This generous gift honors the growth and achievements that have helped make the department a national model for emergency care and a continuing leader in academic medicine.
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| Quarterly Wellness Meeting Wednesday, May 8th Virtual |
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| 2nd Annual Emergency Medicine Research Symposium Thursday, May 30th Griffis Faculty Club 521 E 68th St, New York, NY 10065 |
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| SAVE THE DATE! Emergency Pediatrics BASE Camp Saturday to Sunday, November 2 - 3
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| 7th Annual Virtual Healthcare Conference Friday, November 15th Griffis Faculty Club 521 E 68th St, New York, NY 10065 |
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| Manish Garg, M.D., Named CORD's Program Director Award At this year's Council of Residency Directors (CORD) Conference, Dr. Manish Garg, the NYP/Cornell-Columbia Program Director, received the prestigious Michael P. Wainscott Program Director Award. This award recognizes demonstrated participation in the CORD community, a love of teaching and mentoring, a hand in program development and innovation in EM education. |
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| Brock Daniels, M.D., Receives David E. Rogers Fellowship Student Research Grant The New York Academy of Medicine has awarded Brock Daniels, M.D., and researcher Christina McGinnis the David E. Rogers Medical Student Grant Award for their research, "The Impact of New York City Community district Level Social Determinants of Health on Heart Failure Patient Reported Outcomes." |
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Promotions & Appointments |
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Prakriti Gill, M.D., was appointed Assistant Program Director for the Global Emergency Medicine Health Research Fellowship |
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Mike Alfonzo, M.D., was named Interim Director of Informatics and Analytics. |
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Rachel Kowalsky, M.D., was named Lead for Humanities in Medicine in the WCM Curriculum. |
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Jessica Alvelo, M.D. - New Faculty |
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Rebecca Hellman, D.O. - Per Diem |
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Kazi N. Sumon, M.D. - Per Diem |
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Samara Benitez, Research Coordinator |
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Beth Chunn, Marketing Manager |
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Congratulations to Vincent Uy, M.D.
Congratulations to Vincent and Vinita Uy who celebrated their nuptials on March 23rd. Wishing you the very best! |
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Emergency Medicine/Pediatric Emergency Medicine Migrant Advocacy Task Force EM/PEM Migrant Advocacy Taskforce visited a local asylum shelter to provide education, assist with obtaining a primary care provider, and to give clothing donations to more than 50 migrant families. |
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Falls: Risk, Prevention, and When to Seek Medical Attention On March 19, Tony Rosen, M.D., gave a presentation on "Falls: Risk, Prevention, and When to Seek Medical Attention" for the Weill Cornell Medicine Parkinson Disease Support Group. |
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| Author Series - Urban Emergency Medicine by Dr. Mark Curato - ACEP23 Dr. Mark Curato joined ACEP Frontline to talk about his new textbook, Urban Emergency Medicine, which focuses on the care and challenges of emergency medicine in the urban environment.
Publisher Cambridge University Press calls the Urban Emergency Medicine, "Essential reading for clinicians looking to improve their knowledge of urban emergency medicine, from students through to senior attending practitioners."
To learn more about the the book, click here. |
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Dr. Khushmit Kaur, current WCM EM Healthcare Leadership and Management Fellow, and Dr. Peter Steel, WCM EM Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs and recognized thought leader on the impact of policy on delivery of emergency care, recently wrote an article highlighting the challenges posed by social determinants of health (SDoH) in the ED. Entitled “The Social EM Dilemma: The tension between a central EM mission and limited ED resources,” the article argues that an ED visit represents a high-yield opportunity to identify and initiate intervention for SDoH, which may potentially to improve health and quality of life for vulnerable populations, a core component of Emergency Medicine’s public health mission. Unfortunately, Drs. Kaur and Steel also suggest that it is currently unrealistic to perform these assessments in most EDs without additional resources and funding. Therefore, they argue that advocacy in collaboration with community and government partners is essential to secure additional resources, including through reimbursement mechanisms, to support this. |
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