Weill Cornell Faculty in the News

Dr. George Alexopoulos (psychiatry) was interviewed by the Medical Herald for a feature on geriatric depression.

Dr. Louis Aronne (medicine) was interviewed on ABC "Good Morning America" about fighting fat.

Dr. Phyllis August (medicine) was interviewed by the San Francisco Chronicle about hypertension.

Dr. Charles Bardes (medicine) was interviewed by U.S. News & World Report about issues and current trends in medical education in the U.S.

Dr. Ronald Crystal (medicine) was interviewed by Fortune magazine about the innovative use of gene therapy to treat hair loss.

Dr. Roger Emert (medicine) was interviewed by The New York Times about the efficacy of various medications that treat rhinitis (based on a new study in Archives of Internal Medicine).

Dr. Joseph Fins (medicine and public health) commented on the human cloning debate after a biotechnology company claimed to have cloned human embryos. He appeared in the Daily News and Medical Herald and on CNN ("Greenfield at Large"), CNNfn, WPIX-TV, Bloomberg Radio and TVE (Spanish TV).

Dr. Roger Granet (psychiatry) was interviewed by Newsday and Bloomberg Radio about his recent book, "Surviving Cancer Emotionally."

Dr. Claudia Henschke (radiology) was cited by The New York Times (Science Times) for her article in Preventive Medicine indicating that many smokers who have CT screening for lung cancer have been motivated to try smoking cessation programs.

Dr. Wayne Isom (cardiothoracic surgery) was interviewed by Fox-5 (the Montel Williams Show) for a feature about the Larry King Cardiac Foundation.

Dr. Jacqueline Jones (otorhinolaryngology) was interviewed by Parents magazine about the relationship between thumb sucking and dental problems.

Dr. Milan Kinkhabwala (surgery) was featured in a WNJU-TV (Telemundo) special focusing on living-donor liver transplants, and in a separate WNJU-TV segment about transplantation and organ donation.

Dr. Karl Krieger (cardiothoracic surgery) was interviewed by Esquire about wearing comfortable shoes when you are a surgeon or have other jobs that require standing for long periods of time.

Dr. Norris Lee (otorhinolaryngology) was interviewed by Internal Medicine News about Medicare's recent decision to cover devices to treat sleep apnea.

Dr. Samuel Mann (medicine) was interviewed by Woman's World about high blood pressure.

Dr. Bassem Masri (medicine) was interviewed by WABC-TV about a New England Journal of Medicine study suggesting that vitamin E and other antioxidants block the effects of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs.

Dr. Margaret Moline (psychiatry) was interviewed by ABC "Good Morning America," Newsweek, Prevention magazine and Vogue about NADH, a nutritional supplement that improves some aspects of cognitive performance following sleep deprivation.

Dr. John Moore (microbiology and immunology) provided an update on AIDS research to WebMD.

Dr. Chloe Nims (psychiatry) was interviewed by HIV Plus magazine about mental health issues for HIV-positive people, and about interactions between behavioral medications and HIV antiretrovirals.

Dr. Jean Pape (medicine) was interviewed by the Miami Herald about HIV/AIDS in Haiti.

Dr. Norman Relkin (neurology and neuroscience) was interviewed by Bloomberg Radio about the cause of Alzheimer's disease.

Dr. Zev Rosenwaks (reproductive medicine in obstetrics and gynecology) was interviewed by The New York Times about cloning.

Dr. Roy Silverstein (medicine) was interviewed by Crain's Health Pulse about the newly dedicated Ambulatory Oncology Suite.

Drs. Roger Yurt and Gregory Bauer (surgery) were interviewed by the Daily Mirror (London) and Rex Features Ltd. (London) about Weill Cornell's Burn Center and the treatment of patients who suffered severe burns in the World Trade Center disaster.

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