Department of Anesthesiology

News and Highlights

New Video of Compelling Patient Story Features Dr. Farida Gadalla

February 3, 2014

The clinicians of Weill Cornell Anesthesiology care for hundreds of patients each day, and thousands every year. But from time to time, the clinicians and staff of NewYork Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center will find themselves becoming patients. This was the case for Steven Spandorfer, MD, who suffered a heart attack last year while on duty. One of the first colleagues on the scene to assist him was Farida Gadalla, MB ChB, Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology.

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Department Celebrates CRNA Appreciation Week 2014

January 27, 2014

In the Department of Anesthesiology, we often say that the Anesthesiologist is the patient’s advocate in the operating room. Of course, in safeguarding the health and well-being of patients, anesthesiologists are part of a larger team. Each January, we take time out to celebrate the group of clinicians who are a vital part of the anesthesiology patient-care team – the specially-trained registered nurses known as Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs).

CRNAs are advanced-...

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Guest Speaker, Poster Presentations Highlight Ninth-Annual Research Exposition

January 24, 2014

The Department of Anesthesiology’s Clinical Research Division successfully hosted the Ninth-Annual Weill Cornell Anesthesiology Research Exposition on Thursday, January 23. Held in the hallways of M3 and the Anesthesiology Library, the Research Expo was quite popular, with the afternoon’s speaking program attended by over fifty people. There were 42 research posters submitted.

The afternoon’s speaking program was introduced by Anesthesiology Chair Hugh Hemmings, MD, PhD. The first two...

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Dept. of Anesthesiology
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine
525 East 68th Street, Box 124
New York, NY 10065

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