Calling all archival researchers! The 2026 application cycle is now open for the David J. Wolf, MD Visiting Research Scholar Program, supporting onsite research in the Medical Center Archives of NewYork/Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine.

The Medical Center Archives is excited to announce that new historical publications highlighting women’s medical education and treatment in New York City from the 19th and mid-20th centuries have been digitized and are now available online. Digitizing these resources was made possible thanks to a grant from the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO).

On the Front Lines of New York City's Yellow Fever Epidemics

Please join the Heberden Society on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 5 PM EST for "On the Front Lines of New York City's Yellow Fever Epidemics."

Glasnost and Perestroika in the NICU: Clinical Care and Parent Activism in the History of Neonatal Intensive Care

Please join the Heberden Society on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 5 PM EST for "Glasnost and Perestroika in the NICU: Clinical Care and Parent Activism in the History of Neonatal Intensive Care." Johanna Schoen, PhD investigates the history of parent activism as parents, in the early 1980s, began to lobby for more humane NICU care. Dr.

The Menace to Immigrants

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What do Dr. George Papanicolaou and primary sources have in common? A group of sixth graders from the Hellenic Charter School in Brooklyn, New York wanted to find out! Last month the Medical Center Archives welcomed five students who have been researching Dr.

Dr. Fritz Fuchs was an internationally known obstetrician and gynecologist who, along with his colleague, Povi Riis, was the first to use amniocentesis for detecting the sex of a fetus in Demark in 1955. This led to the eventual use of amniocentesis procedure to detect genetic disorders in fetuses.