Dr. Rama Rao has been appointed IRB general chair at Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM), alongside Dr. Peter Goldstein, Department of Anesthesiology.Dr. Rama B. Rao is the Chief of the Division of Medical Toxicology and an Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine. She is also Medical Director of the SAFE Program. Dr. Rao directs the medical toxicology consultation service at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and previously served on...

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Kaushal Shah on his promotion to Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine.Dr. Shah joined the Emergency Department at Weill Cornell Medicine in 2018 as the Vice Chair of Education. As Vice Chair, he oversees, leads and develops all educational programs for the department, including faculty, resident, fellow, medical student, physician assistant and nurse practitioner education. He is also the Assistant Dean of Academic Advising for the medical college, where...

Congratulations to Dr. Josyann Abisaab, who co-authored a paper published last week in The Lancet Global Health titled “The toll of cascading crises on Lebanon's health workforce.”Dr. Abisaab collaborated with clinicians and researchers from Yale University Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, and the American University of Beirut Medical...

Please join me in congratulating Dr. Pon-Hsiu Yeh on her selection to the third cohort of the Faculty Scholars in Health Equity, an initiative of the Cornell Center for Health Equity (CCHEq) and the Diversity Center of Excellence. ​Dr. Yeh completed her undergraduate training at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Science in International Health Policy at the London School of Economics, and her medical degree at University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. Prior to...