November 22, 2021
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...
November 15, 2021
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Abdul-Aziz Ahmed on being named one of the 2021 New York American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Unsung Heroes.Dr. Ahmed was nominated for the award by his fellow faculty members, who recognized his quiet contributions to and lasting impact on our department. A patient of his recently sent in a thank you note that said:“I was a patient in the ER. I will never forget your care and kindness, and can't thank you and NYP for everything you did that...
November 12, 2021
We are pleased and excited to announce the inaugural issue of the Department of Emergency Medicine’s newsletter. This communication has been a longstanding goal of our Department that has finally come to fruition. We hope you enjoy this new way of staying informed about our Department’s activities, accomplishments, faculty and staff.Read the latest news and highlights here:
https://conta.cc/3FekLzQ.
October 19, 2021
Collaborating with traditional healers to deliver point-of-care HIV tests to individuals in rural Uganda quadrupled testing rates compared with standard referrals to HIV clinics, according to a trial by Weill Cornell Medicine and Mbarara University of Science and Technology investigators. The healer-delivered HIV testing model has the potential to significantly improve the uptake of HIV testing among hard-to-reach populations in HIV-endemic regions of sub-Saharan Africa, as well as improve...
October 14, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Rachel Kowalsky on winning the New England Journal of Medicine’s First Annual Medical Fiction Contest. Dr. Kowalsky won for her short story, “The Billboard,” which will be published in the next issue of NEJM. You can read the story
here.Dr. Kowalsky is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine, and is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency...
October 7, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Felipe Teran on being named to the 2021 Emergency Medicine Resident's Association (EMRA) 25 Under 45 list, which honors young emergency medicine physicians who are changing the world. Dr. Teran joined the Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine as a faculty member of the Research Division in July 2021. A leading expert in the emerging use of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) across emergency and critical care environments, Dr. Teran has given over 80...
October 6, 2021
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...
September 10, 2021
Please join the department in congratulating Dr. Michael Alfonzo and Dr. Anthony Yuen on their appointment to Liaison for Informatics & Analytics in the Department of Emergency Medicine. In their new roles, Dr. Yuen and Dr. Alfonzo will formally join the ED Informatics & Analytics team under the direction of Dr. Jean Scofi, Director of Informatics & Analytics for the Department of Emergency Medicine. They will act as liaisons to the ED staff for all Epic-related topics, including...
September 8, 2021
Dr. Rahul Sharma, Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Founder and Executive Director, Weill Cornell Medicine Center for Virtual Care, was recently a guest on the New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst podcast. Dr. Sharma discussed the importance of telemedicine training in today’s changing healthcare landscape and how the Center for Virtual Care is at the forefront of implementing telemedicine training for medical students.“Physicians have historically trained only to deal...
