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Dr. Radhika Sundararajan’s Research Applies Culture to Care

July 31, 2024

Global Health Research Uses Culture to Bring Care to the Home

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,”...

Research Highlights

Dr. Rahul Sharma Receives Advancing Emergency Care Award from New York American College of Emergency Physicians

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,...

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Sophia Lin, M.D. Named Recipient of the 2024 Jeanne and Herbert Siegel Award for Excellence in Emergency Medicine

May 16, 2024

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Sophia Lin on being named the recipient of the 2024 Jeanne and Herbert Siegel Award for Excellence in Emergency Medicine. The award recognizes the contributions of a faculty member who has demonstrated clinical excellence, professional achievement, innovation, and dedication to the field of Emergency Medicine. The award is one of ten prizes annually bestowed by Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) faculty and medical students through endowed gifts from the late...

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Read the Latest News & Highlights from the Department of Emergency Medicine

May 3, 2024

With the first quarter of 2024 behind us, the Department of Emergency Medicine has much to celebrate and much to look forward to.We hope you enjoy the new look and feel of our newsletter. And don't forget to follow us on X (formerly known as Twitter) for the latest news and updates about our department.Thank you for making our Department everything that it is and we look forward to continuing a year filled with growth, innovation,...

Guide to WCM Department of Emergency Medicine at the 2024 SAEM Meeting

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...

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Cases of Heat-related Illnesses Are Rising. Are We Ready?

April 22, 2024

Would you recognize the symptoms of heat stroke if you were suffering from it? More importantly, would your doctor?The answer may be, “no”. And delays in even the simplest of treatments to help reverse the effects of heat-related illnesses can mean the difference between life and death.Illnesses like heat stroke and heat exhaustion occur when body temperatures fluctuate by even a few degrees above 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit and the body is unable to properly cool itself. As average temperatures...

Weill Cornell Medicine Celebrates First Endowed Professorship in Emergency Medicine

April 2, 2024

Barbara and Stephen Friedman Endowed Professorship Celebration Group Photo

Rahul Sharma, M.D., Chair of Emergency Medicine, surrounded by Weill Cornell Medicine leaders, faculty and staff, as well as Board Members, donors and esteemed guests, celebrated the Emergency Medicine Department’s first endowed professorship, the Barbara and Stephen Friedman Professorship of Emergency Medicine. The Friedman Family Foundation and the Weil, Gotshal & Manges Foundation established...

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Read the Latest News & Highlights from the Department of Emergency Medicine

February 16, 2024

Welcome to the Winter 2024 edition of the Department of Emergency Medicine newsletter.As we begin 2024, I want to thank our faculty, clinicians and administrative staff whose dedication and tireless efforts made the past year an extraordinary one. In 2023 we celebrated a significant milestone: our fifth anniversary as an academic department within Weill Cornell Medicine. Our Department’s growth...

Weill Cornell Emergency Medicine Ranked in Top 15 Nationally in NIH Research Funding

February 8, 2024

Medical technology network connection concept

We are excited to announce that the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research has just ranked our department 14th nationally in National Institute of Health (NIH) research funding for 2023. Aside from the fact that this is our highest ranking to date, this is a notable milestone for our department because we were...

Department of Emergency Medicine Announces Innovation Fellowship

December 4, 2023

The Department of Emergency Medicine, in partnership with the Cornell Tech Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute, is proud to announce a new fellowship focused on innovation. The Innovation Fellowship in Emergency Medicine will teach the skills needed for emergency medicine physicians to become clinical leaders in the digital transformation of healthcare. Fellows will be trained in all aspects of the innovation pipeline including ideation, design, intellectual property, financing, and strategic...