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8 unusual facts about Weill Cornell Medical College


Batten disease

In June 1987, a Phase I clinical trial was launched at Weill Medical College of Cornell University to study a gene therapy method for treatment of the signs and symptoms of late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (LINCL).

Joseph Fins

He is Chief of the Division of Medical Ethics at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College where he serves as The E. William Davis, Jr., M.D. Professor of Medical Ethics, and Professor of Medicine, Professor of Public Health, and Professor of Medicine in Psychiatry.

Oxybutynin

A 2009 Weill Cornell Medical College study concluded that patients switched to generic oxybutynin experienced a degradation in therapeutic value: "In women, there was a doubling of daytime frequency of urination, a slight 20% increase in nocturia, and a 46.3% increase in urge incontinence. In men, there was a 2.4-fold increase in daytime frequency, a 40% increase in nocturia, and a 40.6% increase in urge incontinence," Steven A. Kaplan said of the findings.

Tick-Borne Disease Alliance

On March 11, 2013, TBDA hosted a forum with U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Congressman Chris Gibson (R-NY) at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City to discuss the fight against the silent epidemic of tick-borne diseases, including Lyme disease.

UNSW Lowy Cancer Research Centre

The second Lowy Cancer Symposium was held 15-17 May 2013 at UNSW, highlighting Australasia’s cancer research breakthroughs and showcasing some of the best international cancer research, including an address from Dr Lewis Cantley, Director of the Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York.

Weill Cornell Medical College

One of the most selective medical schools in the United States (based on analysis by U.S. News & World Report), Cornell enrolls approximately 100 students per class.

Mae C. Jemison (M.D. '81), former astronaut, Science Mission Specialist on STS-47, Spacelab-J of space shuttle Endeavour (September 1992)

Ida S. Scudder (M.D. 1899), Medical Missionary in India; Founder of Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu)


Bevacizumab

In a Phase I clinical trial conducted in 2009–2010, John A. Boockvar's team at Weill Cornell Medical College administered bevacizumab intra-arterially directly into the brain tumors of fourteen patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme.

George Bosl

George Bosl (born 1948) is an American cancer researcher, holder of the Patrick M. Byrne Chair in Clinical Oncology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, and is a Professor of Medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College.

Houston Methodist Hospital

Primarily affiliated with Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, the hospital directs millions of dollars into research and advances in patient care.


see also

Kocsis

James Kocsis, professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic

LBMS

Laboratory for Bioregenerative Medicine and Surgery, a medical research laboratory at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States