Events

Women’s Health Symposium

The twenty-fifth annual Women’s Health Symposium, hosted by Myra Mahon and Joan Weill, was held on Thursday, October 11, 2007 at Citigroup. The theme was “Ah Yes…I Remember It Well: Memory, Maturity, and Making Sense of It All,” and featured presentations by Norman Relkin, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neuroscience, and Lisa Ravdin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neuropsychology in Clinical Neurology. Pictured are top row, left to right: Women’s Health Symposium Committee Members Kathy Okun, Susan Volk, Joanne Masin, Ashley Von Perfall, Katusha Davison, Ariadne Calvo-Platero, Collette Kean, Diana Townsend-Butterworth, Barbara Pearlman and Catia Chapin. Front row, left to right, Dr. Orli Etingin, Joan Weill, Myra Mahon and Ruth Stanton.

Information Please Luncheon

Overseer Daisy M. Soros hosted her twenty-third Information Please Luncheon at the St. Regis Hotel on October 15, 2007, which gave friends of the Medical College an opportunity to learn about the work of the school’s leading physicians and researchers. The event featured Dr. Ronald G. Crystal, Chairman of the Department of Genetic Medicine and the Bruce Webster Professor of Internal Medicine, who gave a talk entitled, “Genes, Genes, Genes: Genetic Variation and Human Disease  from New York to Doha, Qatar.” Pictured at the Information Please Luncheon are, from left, Dr. Ronald G. Crystal, Karen Crystal, Daisy Soros, and David P. Hajjar, Ph.D., Dean, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences.

Alumni and Friends Reception

More than 50 Alumni and Friends from Weill Cornell gathered in Washington, D.C. on Monday, November 5, 2007, to hear updates from local colleagues and representatives of the Medical College. The event also served as an opportunity for local alumni to connect with old friends, establish new friendships and reconnect with Weill Cornell. From the National Institutes of Health, National Heart Lung and Blood Director Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D. ’81 and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. ’66 pinpointed career highlights and paid tribute to their Weill Cornell mentors and medical education. Our Alumni Association President, Gene D. Resnick, M.D. ’74, reminded guests of the various ways to become involved at Weill Cornell and Dr. Carol L. Storey Johnson, Senior Associate Dean for Education, updated guests on our recent successes and exciting future plans that will be made possible through the Campaign. Pictured right are National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. ’66 and National Heart Lung and Blood Director Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D. ’81.