November 14, 2024
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Wallace Carter, Vice Chair of Clinical & Faculty Affairs and Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, has been appointed to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s (ACGME) Board of Directors. His 6-year term begins in February 2025.The ACGME is a not-for-profit organization that accredits residency and fellowship programs for almost 1,000 sponsoring institutions and 165,000 residents and fellows each year. Dr. Carter recently completed...
October 16, 2024
While most states have legalized or decriminalized marijuana, regulation is limited, and products range in form from leaves to vapes to edibles and can carry far higher concentrations of psychoactive ingredients than were typical decades ago. How can medicine and public health best address these largely unregulated, readily available and potentially harmful products?
Dr. Brian...
October 9, 2024
Joining just a handful of other institutions in the United States, investigators from Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, and SUNY Upstate have established a multidisciplinary, translational Resuscitation Science laboratory to study human cardiac arrest and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).Cardiac arrest is the abrupt cessation of cardiac activity that quickly leads to a complete loss of blood flow and represents a leading cause of death in the U.S. and worldwide. Only one out of...
October 1, 2024
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine have received the Emergency Medicine Wellness Center of Excellence Award from the American College of Emergency Physicians for their commitment to the personal wellness and resilience of its emergency medicine department staff. The award was presented at the college’s annual scientific assembly on Sept. 29 in Las Vegas.“We are honored to be recognized by the American College of Emergency Physicians for our efforts to...
September 5, 2024
The Department will have a robust presence at the ACEP Annual Meeting, held from Sept. 29 – Oct. 2, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. 7 faculty members, 5 residents, 2 students, and 1 PA are presenting a total of 15 didactics, oral presentations, and poster presentations. A total of 20 faculty members, 5 residents, 3 students, and 7 staff members are contributing as co-authors to presentations. A complete schedule of all presentations at the conference is available ...
August 14, 2024
Congratulations to Kristen Ng., M.D., on her appointment as the Robert G. Schwager, M.D. ‘67 Education Scholar.The Robert G. Schwager, M.D. ‘67 Education Scholar Award is a three-year appointment by the Dean’s office that supports one faculty member for a targeted project aimed at enhancing the longitudinal learning environment in the medical student education program.After rigorous review by the Education Scholar Award Review Committee, Dr. Ng was selected for this appointment for her...
July 31, 2024
Before Dr. Radhika Sundararajan earned her medical degree and began her work in emergency medicine, she discovered her passion for understanding social and cultural norms across the globe and obtained her PhD in anthropology.Now, she is committed to using her knowledge and experience to keep people from impoverished nations out of the hospital by bringing preventive testing and care to those who may not otherwise have access to it or trust that care.“We know what works and how to deliver it,”...
July 11, 2024
In 2008, the New York American College for Emergency Physicians (NY ACEP) established the Advancing Emergency Care Award to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to advancing emergency care in New York State. This year,
Rahul Sharma, M.D., the Barbara and Stephen Friedman Professor and Chair of Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and Emergency Physician-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center,...
