Department of Surgery Labs Open House

Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi (center), chairman of the Department of Surgery, conducts a tour of the new Surgery Research Laboratory in the A Building for biomedical engineers from Cornell University in Ithaca. More than 50 faculty members and guests attended the Feb. 1 open house, including Weill Cornell Medical College faculty and faculty from the Biomedical Engineering Department at Cornell University.

Back row, from left: Dr Rishi Kundi, a research resident; Dr. Dai Yamanouchi, a research fellow; and Dr. Sebastian Schubl, a surgery resident. Center row, from left: Dr. Kaori Kato, a research fellow; Rachel Edlin, a medical student; Dr. Andrew Zohlman, a research fellow; and Dr. K. Craig Kent, Greenberg-Starr Professor and professor of surgery. Front row, from left: Dr. Bo Liu, director of the vascular lab and associate research professor of surgery; Alycia Kent, Dr. Kent's daughter; Dr. Shirling Tsai, a surgery resident; and Dr. Michelassi.

From left: Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi, Dr. Schubl, Dr. Zohlman, Dr. Kent, and Dr. Liu.

Alice Harper, a senior research specialist in surgery, and medical student Sunil Singh demonstrate a piece of the lab's equipment. The new 4,000-square-foot lab includes state-of-the-art technology and will increase the Department of Surgery's translational research.