December 9, 2024
Though using large language models (LLM) that drive artificial intelligence (AI) to draft patient notes show promise in saving physicians time, they will still need to review and edit these summaries for accuracy, according to researchers and colleagues at Weill Cornell Medicine. Their findings suggest that as the LLM system is refined to handle documentation more accurately, physicians will have more time to focus on patient care, if they only need to review AI-generated notes versus manually...
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...
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 ...
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,”...
April 23, 2024
The Department will have a robust presence at the SAEM Annual Meeting, held from May 14-17 in Phoenix, AZ. 22 faculty members are presenting a total of 27 didactics, oral presentations, and poster presentations. A total of 20 faculty members and 5 staff are contributing as co-authors to presentations. A complete schedule of all WCM EM presentations at the conference is available...
May 15, 2023
Faculty, fellows, residents, medical students and staff from the Department of Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine will be presenting at the upcoming Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) 2023 Annual Meeting in Austin, TX.We are excited to present the full list of posters, oral presentations and abstracts below.At this year's meeting, our Division of Research will be awarded the 2023 GEMA Outstanding Contributions to Global Emergency Medicine Research Award. The award...
August 9, 2022
We are excited to announce that the Vulnerable Elder Protection Team (VEPT), led by Dr. Tony Rosen, has received over $1.8 million in funding from the New York State Office of Victim Services (OVS) for October 2022 – September 2025. VEPT is a first-of-its-kind ED/hospital-based multi-disciplinary team designed to address elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. It is a consultation service available 24/7 to assess, treat, and ensure the safety of elder mistreatment victims while also collecting...
July 18, 2022
Dr. Brock Daniels, assistant professor of clinical emergency medicine, and Dr. Lynn Jiang, instructor in clinical emergency medicine, were recently awarded a $90,000 grant from the Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network 2.0 – Advancing Dementia Care (GEAR 2.0 ADC), a National Institutes of Aging (NIA) funded program focused on advancing the science supporting emergency care for people living with dementia. GEAR 2.0 ADC brings together key stakeholders from emergency medicine,...
December 6, 2021
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Felipe Teran on being named a recipient of the Faculty Diversity Incentive Program of the Mastercard Diversity-Mentorship Collaborative at Weill Cornell Medicine.Established through the support of a $5 million grant from The Mastercard Impact Fund, The Mastercard Diversity-Mentorship Collaborative aims to build upon Weill Cornell Medicine’s foundational mission of enhancing diversity and inclusion in medicine and establish an infrastructure of mentorship...
June 4, 2021
Dr. Junaid Razzak has been appointed as the new vice chair of research for the Department of Emergency Medicine at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medicine, effective July 1, 2021. He joins the Department from Johns Hopkins University where he currently serves as the director of the Center for Global Emergency Care and as a tenured professor of Emergency Medicine and International Health. Dr. Razzak is an accomplished researcher who brings a wealth of research experience in emergency...
