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CPO Research Looks at Relationship Between Insurance Status and Health Care

October 17, 2017

Could your health insurance affect your medical care? A study by Dr. Hannah Xu, a resident in the class of 2019, and researchers from the Department of Anesthesiology’s Center for Perioperative Outcomes (CPO), found that among patients undergoing total hip replacement (THR), insurance status can impact healthcare outcomes and serve as a predictor for increased postoperative risks.

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Dr. Robert White Honored in New York Academy of Medicine Competition

October 17, 2017

Residents from New York and New Jersey gathered on October 11 for the New York Academy of Medicine’s (NYAM) Anesthesiology Residents’ Night. Twenty-two participants presented their research to a panel of judges.

Weill Cornell Medicine's Dr. Robert White, a resident in the class of 2018, won first place for his oral presentation “Readmission rates and diagnoses following total hip replacement in relationship to insurance payer status, race, and...

Research to Develop a Non-opioid Treatment for Chronic Pain Featured in WCM Report

October 12, 2017

Neuropathic pain affects millions of people, including chemotherapy patients, people with diabetes, and patients suffering from peripheral nerve damage.

Dr. Peter Goldstein, professor of anesthesiology, was featured in Weill Cornell Medicine’s Daedalus Fund for Innovation Progress Report, for his research to develop a new, non-opioid treatment for this debilitating type of chronic pain.

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CPO Research Looks at Relationship Between Insurance Status and Health Care

Dr. Robert White Honored in New York Academy of Medicine Competition

Research to Develop a Non-opioid Treatment for Chronic Pain Featured in WCM Report

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