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Dr. Dana Gurvitch Receives Excellence in Teaching Award

June 24, 2016

Dr. Dana Gurvitch, assistant professor of clinical anesthesiology, received an Excellence in Teaching Award from Weill Cornell Medical College.

The award recognizes outstanding teaching based on input from faculty and students. It was presented by Dr. Barbara Hempstead, senior associate dean of education, at the annual Celebration of Teaching dinner on June 23.

Dr. Gurvitch is an attending anesthesiologist specializing in...

Meet the New Chief Residents for 2016-17

June 21, 2016

Congratulations to the Anesthesiology Department's recently-appointed Chief Residents for 2016-17. Drs. Dan O'Neill and Beth Starker step into their new roles on July 1.

Dr. Starker grew up in New Jersey and majored in biology at Hamilton College. She returned to New Jersey to earn her MD at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Dr. O'Neill is from Long Island and studied history at Yale. He received his MD from the University of Pennsylvania....

Dr. Gunisha Kaur Meets Pope Francis at World Food Programme in Rome

June 14, 2016

When the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed Pope Francis to its headquarters in Rome on June 13, Weill Cornell Medicine anesthesiologist Dr. Gunisha Kaur was honored to attend the event.

Dr. Kaur, who is director of the Department of Anesthesiology's Global Health Initiative, was invited by WFP's Executive Board to participate in a dialogue on ending world hunger. She presented her views on the sustained...

Dr. Dana Gurvitch Receives Excellence in Teaching Award

Meet the New Chief Residents for 2016-17

Dr. Gunisha Kaur Meets Pope Francis at World Food Programme in Rome

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