Department of Anesthesiology

News and Highlights

Dr. Cynthia Lien Elected New President of the American Board of Anesthesiology

November 2, 2015

Cynthia Ann Lien, M.D., Professor of Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medical College and Attending Anesthesiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian, was recently elected President of the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA). Dr. Lien is the Department of Anesthesiology’s Vice Chair for Education. She has been a Director of the ABA since 2004.

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Dr. Seyed Safavynia, Weill Cornell Anesthesiology Resident, Honored with ASA Research Essay Award

October 29, 2015

The Department of Anesthesiology is happy to acknowledge that resident Seyed Safavynia, MD, PhD, has been honored with an award by the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). Dr. Safavynia was awarded second place in the Residents’ Research Essay Contest for his scientific abstract submission, “The Effects of GABAA Receptor Modulation by Flumazenil on Emergence from General Anesthesia”. He formally received the award at the recently-concluded ASA Annual Meeting in...

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Department Ready for American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting

October 21, 2015

The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) is once again upon us. This year's annual meeting is being held in San Diego, California. The annual gathering is the largest...

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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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