Dr. Myles Wolf, an esteemed physician-scientist who specializes in nephrology, has been appointed chair of the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and physician-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, effective July 1.

Study Suggests Anemia May Contribute to Women’s Higher Mortality During Heart Surgery

A clinical trial led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators showed that a nasal spray that patients administer at home, without a physician, successfully and safely treated recurrent episodes of a condition that causes rapid abnormal heart rhythms.

For younger Black patients living in rural parts of the Southeastern United States, peer coaching is more effective than traditional clinical care in controlling high blood pressure, according to a new study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.

In the latest example of its ongoing commitment to providing all of its patients with the highest quality of care, and as part of its next phase of extensive capital improvements and new construction planning, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, in consultation with New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI), has established a schedule for implementing approximately 1,300 accessibility enhancements, including, but not limited to, entrances and loading areas, interior and exteriors routes, doors, signage, public restrooms, patient rooms, service counters, nurses’ stations, and gift shops, all to be completed by the end of 2028.

NewYork-Presbyterian, one of the nation’s leading healthcare systems, announced a collaboration with James Beard Award-winning pastry chef Dominique Ansel to create an exclusive chocolate bar called the 3 Lives Bar to raise awareness that one blood donation can save up to three lives, and encourage others to donate blood at the New York Blood Center to assist with the blood supply in New York City.

NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital raised nearly $2 million at the 12th Plates for Pediatrics benefit.

Dr. Juan Pascual, a leading pediatric neurologist, has been appointed chief of the Division of Child Neurology in the Department of Pediatrics at NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital and Weill Cornell Medicine, effective March 1.