President Ronald Reagan. New York City Mayor Ed Koch. Actress Elizabeth Taylor. The Heimlich maneuver is credited with saving the lives of these and many others since its invention by Dr. Henry Heimlich in 1974. Although he is best known for the anti-choking maneuver that became synonymous with his name, Dr. Heimlich created many medical procedures and devices throughout the course of his career.

THE HEBERDEN SOCIETY LECTURE: PROMOTING INTEREST IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE

The New York Academy of Medicine, Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health and The Heberden Society, Weill Cornell Medicine, present
VICTORIA JOHNSON, PhD
Associate Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Hunter College, City University of New York 

Losing Hamilton, Saving New York: Dr. David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Early Republic

Dale C. Smith, Ph.D., Professor of Military Medicine & History, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, will present the next Heberden society lecture on "American Medicine Supports the Great War: Base Hospitals, Staffing and Practice" on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 5:00 p.m.  The lecture will be held at Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, Uris Faculty Room (A-126), New York, NY 10065.

Charlotte D. Jacobs, M.D., Ben and A. Jess Shenson Professor of Medicine (Emerita), Stanford University, will present the next Heberden society lecture on Wednesday, December 7, 2016, at 5:00 pm.

Jonas Salk: American Hero, Scientific Outcast

Wednesday, December 7, 2016, 5:00 p.m.
Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue
Uris Faculty Room (A-126)

We welcome you to explore our new website!  

Looking for histories of the medical center, your department, or other institutions, please visit our History of the Institutions and History of the Medical Center sections.  The new History of the Medical Center section contains a brief history of the establishment of the medical center, departmental timelines, and timelines highlighting medical discoveries and buildings.

Please note the change from our usual venue!

The Heberden Society and the WCMC Division of Medical Ethics jointly present:

Kenneth M. Ludmerer, MD

Professor of Medicine

Mabel Dorn Reeder Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine

Washington University School of Medicine

Residency Training in America: Past, Present, Future

Wednesday, April 13, 2016, 5:00 pm

C. Ronald MacKenzie, MD

Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College

Attending Physician, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Chair in Ethics and Medicine and Attending Physician, Hospital for Special Surgery

Taming the Tiger: Gout's Illustrious History

Tuesday, March 1, 2016, 5:00 p.m.

Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue

Uris Faculty Room (A-126)

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Jean-Laurent Casanova, MD, PhD, Professor and Head, St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, the Rockefeller University; HHMI Investigator; and Senior Attending Physician, the Rockefeller University Hospital, will present the first Heberden Society Lecture of the 2015-16 academic year on Wednesday, September 9, at The New York Academy of Medicine. The lecture is co-sponsored by NYAM'S Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health and is open to the public.

The Human Genetic Theory of Infectious Diseases: A Brief History

W. Bruce Fye, MD, MA, Emeritus Professor of Medicine and the History of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, will present the next Heberden society lecture on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at 5:00 pm.

The Origins and Evolution of the Mayo Clinic from 1864 to 1939: A Minnesota Family Practice Becomes an International "Medical Mecca"

Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 5:00 p.m. (Light refreshments at 4:45)

Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue

Uris Faculty Room (A-126)

The Medical Center Archives is pleased to announce that we received a third grant from METRO New York Library Council to digitize more publications from our collection. We have digitized the annual reports for Departments of Surgery (1933-1964), Medicine (1935-1946), and Anesthesiology (1958-1967).