News and Highlights

Dr. Hugh Hemmings Awarded T.Cecil Gray BJA Medal

Dr. Hugh Hemmings, Jr. delivered the 5th T.Cecil Gray BJA lecture at the Liverpool Society of Anaesthetists on May 23.  

The lecture, titled "General Anaesthesia and the Illusion of Rational Drug Design," looked at general anaesthetic agents and how their unique pharmacological properties have made the successful application of rational drug design far more difficult. The lecture honors T. Cecil Gray, a pioneering professor and chair of anaesthesia at Liverpool, who...

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Dr. Gunisha Kaur Awarded Grant for Multi-center Study

The President’s Council of Cornell Women (PCCW) has awarded a $10,000 PCCW Affinito-Stewart Grant to Dr. Gunisha Kaur for her study titled “Chronic Pain Assessment in Refugee Torture Survivors: A Multi-Institutional Study.”

Dr. Kaur’s research aims to improve the diagnosis and treatment of persistent pain in torture survivors through a multi-institutional study with refugees. The findings of the study promise to establish...

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WCM Anesthesiology Designated SOAP Center of Excellence

 

Weill Cornell Medicine's Department of Anesthesiology has been awarded the Center of Excellence designation from the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP). The award recognizes centers that demonstrate excellent obstetric anesthesia care.

Nationally, Weill Cornell Medicine Anesthesiology is one of only 39 centers to receive this designation.

In granting the award, SOAP recognized the obstetric...

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