Cornell-Physicians-Rebut-Recent-Criticisms-on-Value-of-Mammograp
The journal Lancet has just published in its February 2 issue an important analysis from six physicians at Weill Cornell Medical College, rebutting a recent article published in Lancet and subsequent commentary that cast doubt on the value of mammography for preventing death from breast cancer.
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Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., M.D., D.Phil., the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Medical College of Cornell University, announced today that Sanford I. Weill, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup Inc., and his wife, Joan, and Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), and his wife, Corinne, are giving $150 million to the Medical College. Their gifts kick off Weill Cornell's $750 million Capital Campaign to advance and support its clinical mission. The launching of the Campaign at the start of this new year reconfirms the Medical College's confidence in the resilience of the philanthropic community in the aftermath of the tragedy of September 11.
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Dr. Herbert Pardes, President and Chief Executive Officer of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, announced today the establishment of the Pollin Prize in Pediatric Research, a major new international award that will recognize outstanding lifetime achievement in biomedical or public health research related to the health of children.
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Physicians in the Departments of Urology and Pediatrics at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center have become the first in New York City to perform robotic urologic surgery on a child.
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A New York physician who has played a leading role in testing the Novartis drug Gleevec against leukemia is also finding it effective against a second disease involving blood-cell overproduction.
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R. Peter Altman, Surgeon-in-Chief of Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian and Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs of the Children's Health System of NewYork-Presbyterian, has been elected the next President of the American Pediatric Surgical Association. He will take office at the Association's annual meeting in May 2002.
Dr-Jean-Pape-Receives-Frances-Legion-of-Honor-for-2-Decades-of
Dr. Jean W. Pape, an internationally recognized infectious disease expert and Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, has received France's highest distinction, the Legion d'honneur, for his work of more than two decades, fighting disease in his native Haiti.
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Columbia University Medical Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has received a $150,000 gift from the Avon Foundation to provide partial salary support over three years for an Avon Women's Health Scholar.
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