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Medical students at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons will graduate early and be offered temporary employment at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to help with COVID-19.
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Poh Lian Lim, MD ’91, directs an isolation unit of the National Centre for Infectious Diseases in Singapore and is a consultant in the Communicable Disease Division of the Ministry of Health there.
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Match Day celebrations were held online this year, but the tradition of Columbia University medical students matching to stellar residencies held strong.
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A recent report about a fleeting fitness craze from the 70s may have revealed the identity of the first African American physician at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
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Latest News
- August 12, 2019
At Columbia's annual White Coat Ceremony, 140 members of the Class of 2023 began their journey into the medical field.
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- July 1, 2019
Anne Armstrong-Coben, MD’89, and Donald Quest, MD’70, are taking on leadership roles for Columbia's medical school.
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- March 7, 2019
Cory Abate-Shen, PhD, distinguished cancer researcher and AAAS Fellow, has advanced our understanding of the molecular causes of cancer development and progression.
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- February 25, 2019
Critically examining art can help medical students come to terms with the role uncertainty plays when physicians make clinical decisions, a new study from Columbia medical educators suggests.
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- January 25, 2019
Columbia medical students share their experiences interviewing for residencies across the United States.
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- October 3, 2018
The man who's changing the future of medical education in America—P. Roy Vagelos, MD’54—shared his inspiration and goals with Columbia Magazine in the diner once owned by his immigrant parents.
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- September 18, 2018
A newly discovered function for the ApoE4 gene, the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, may help explain how the gene causes cognitive decline.
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- September 18, 2018
A new anti-inflammatory drug may offer hope for people with a progressive form of MS. In a phase 2 trial, the drug slowed brain atrophy in people with the disease.
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- September 13, 2018
A group of clinical trials showed that pregnant women can prevent excess weight gain with a healthy diet and physical activity.
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- September 12, 2018
This fall, Rita Charon, MD, PhD, will receive the federal government's highest honor for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities.
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