David Thompson was the director of New York Hospital from 1967-1987. During his tenure as director, he oversaw many medical advances and difficulties at the medical center.

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).