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
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).
The Heberden Society and the WCMC Division of Medical Ethics jointly present:
Robert Baker, PhD
William D. Williams Professor of Philosophy, Union College
Professor of Bioethics & Founding Director, Bioethics Program
Union Graduate College -Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Medical Ethics: A New York State of Mind
Thursday, April 9, 2015, 5:00 p.m. (light refreshments at 4:45pm)
Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell is pleased to present
an exhibit, Art and Science of Caring: Cornell University-New York Hospital School of Nursing in the 1300 York Avenue Lobby.
This exhibit is in conjunction with Cornell University's 150th anniversary celebration: 150 ways to say Cornell.
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 just completed the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center Department of Psychiatry-Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic annual reports from 1935-1966. The publications are available at Internet Archive at https://archive.org/details/newyorkpresbyterianweillcornell
Stay tuned for more collections.
