In recognition of Autism Awareness Month, Dr. Catherine Lord, director of the Center for Autism and the Developing Brain at NewYork-Presbyterian, Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University Medical Center in collaboration with New York Collaborates for Autism, a professor of psychology in psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine and a national authority on autism spectrum disorders (ASD), offers families guidance and tips for coping with a child’s diagnosis.

Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian have been named to the nonprofit Stand Up 2 Cancer’s Colorectal Dream Team to drive new advances in colorectal cancer research and treatment.

NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center is celebrating 60 years of open heart surgery with a ceremony at the NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center campus on Wednesday, March 29. The event will gather current and former patients, doctors, surgeons, nurses and other key members from the institutions’ shared program to commemorate this milestone, with official proclamations from the New York State Assembly and the Manhattan Borough President, Gale Brewer.

NewYork-Presbyterian, one of the nation’s leading healthcare organizations, is phasing out the sale of sugar-sweetened beverages through its new Healthy Beverage Initiative. This change is part of NewYork-Presbyterian’s strategic initiative to promote healthy lifestyles for patients and employees, adding to their current employee health and wellbeing program, NYPBeHealthy.

One out of every four children admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) for critical illness develops delirium, according to an international study led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators. The researchers also found the prevalence of delirium nearly doubles after five days of hospitalization in a pediatric ICU, underscoring the need for routine monitoring of delirium with children.

It is no secret that the United States —in particular, New York — needs more people to register as living organ donors. According to the National Kidney Foundation, more than 100,000 people in the country are awaiting a kidney transplant.

Lincoln Center’s premier summer dance party Midsummer Night Swing today announced its 2017 season, running June 27 to July 15. Now in its 29th year, the series presents 15 evenings of social dance under the stars, featuring a lineup of artists who reflect the diversity of New York City.

Dr. Laura Forese, executive vice president and chief operating officer of NewYork-Presbyterian, has been named among the top 25 COOs in the country by Modern Healthcare. The inaugural list recognizes COOs from a broad spectrum of healthcare organizations who have made a transformative impact on their respective institutions.