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An emergency medicine doctor interested in the genomics of deafness and a pediatrician who hopes to use new redox therapies are among the full-time faculty who joined VP&S in August 2023.
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A surgeon with a graduate degree in medical education and an emergency medicine physician with an interest in virtual reality research are among the new full-time faculty who joined VP&S in July 2023.
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Experts in disciplines ranging from anesthesiology to urology are among the new full-time faculty members who joined VP&S from January through June 2023.
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Incoming medical students at Columbia are assigned to one of six “houses,” each named after a Washington Heights thoroughfare, to cultivate community.
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Latest News
- May 12, 2020
VP&S faculty received year-end awards during graduation for teaching, humanism, and clinical and basic research.
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- April 20, 2020
The brainchild of Vibhu Krishna, a medical student at Columbia’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, "Faces of the Frontline," shares stories on Instagram from the COVID-19 front line.
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- April 16, 2020
Columbia medical students celebrated early graduation in a web event on April 15. Among the 139 students, 84 will start work at NewYork-Presbyterian to provide support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- March 27, 2020
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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- March 25, 2020
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.
- March 24, 2020
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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- February 7, 2020
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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- January 29, 2020
Five employees and a student group were recognized for their contributions to the medical school's workplace and community.
- January 8, 2020
The fall/winter 2019 issue of Columbia Medicine magazine explores the epidemic of suicide, which is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States.
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- January 8, 2020
Columbia medical students and faculty started a clinic to address the lack of comprehensive primary care services that are sensitive to the unique and diverse needs of those who identify as LGBTQI+.
