Department of Anesthesiology

News and Highlights

Discovery Opens Possibility of New Ion Channel-Targeting Drugs

September 1, 2023

Nimigean lab ion channels
Top: When the ion channel (gray) imbedded in the cell membrane is in the open state, a drug molecule (yellow) can enter through the main opening of the pore and block the channel. Bottom: When the ion channel is closed, the drug molecule can travel into the cell membrane to enter the opening in the side of the ion channel (or “fenestration...
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Potential Neuropathic Pain Treatment Shows Promise in Preclinical Tests

August 10, 2023

Cartoon model showing the 3D-structure of the human HCN1 channel and the conceptualized structure of an “anchor-tethered” inhibitor that binds to a site on the channel located within the cell membrane. All figures: Provided by study authors.

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Department Faculty Teach in Hanoi

August 3, 2023

OMI Seminar in Hanoi

Faculty from the Department of Anesthesiology participated in the Open Medical institute’s 2023 Vietnam Seminar in Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pulmonogy, held July 23-27 in Hanoi.  

Course directors were Dr. Augustine M.K Choi and Dr. Hugh C. Hemmings, Jr, the Joseph F. Artusio Jr Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology and senior associate dean for...

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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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Phone: (212) 746-2962
E-mail:  Office of the Chair, anesthesiology-chair@med.cornell.edu

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