News and Highlights

Weill Cornell Anesthesiology Honors Graduating Residents, Fellows at 2014 Graduation Ceremony

The Department of Anesthesiology held its annual Resident Graduation Ceremony on the evening of Friday, June 6, 2014. The Department honored the Resident Class of 2014, named numerous award winners, and also honored several classes of Fellows completing their Fellowships in 2014. The ceremony was held at Guastavino’s banquet hall in Manhattan. The event was well-attended by the...

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Weill Cornell Anesthesiology Well-Represented at Annual Meeting of Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology

The Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) held its Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada from May 14-18, 2014. The conference drew participants from Well Cornell Anesthesiology’s Faculty, Fellowship, and Residency. Our anesthesiologists’ successful poster presentations at the SOAP conference demonstrate that Weill Cornell Anesthesiology’s academic program in Obstetric Anesthesiology continues to grow.

Four Weill Cornell anesthesiologists were lead authors on findings that...

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Dr. Ahmed Interviewed by the New York Times about Pain Medication Effectiveness

Shakil Ahmed, MBBS, Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Medicine, was interviewed recently by C. Claiborne Ray of the New York Times for the popular “Science Q&A” column. Mr. Ray asked Dr. Ahmed about the phenomenon of pain medication decreasing in effectiveness over time – known as “tolerance.”

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