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Dr. Chani Traube has been appointed as the Gerald M. Loughlin, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics, effective August 1, 2024. This appointment recognizes Dr. Traube's role as a groundbreaking researcher in pediatric delirium. Her accomplishments in the field and commitment...
The Department of Pediatrics is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Oleh Akchurin to Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Nephrology, effective May 1, 2024.
Dr. Akchurin was recruited to Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) following pediatric nephrology fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center. His research focuses on pediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD), and more specifically on alterations of iron metabolism in...
Last year,when Amanda Purington Drake took the helm of the ACT for Youth Center for Community Action, a nearly 25 year-old program that promotes adolescent health and well-being in New York state, she called the group together to think about what they wanted for the next 25 years.
The group’s answer was essentially “more.” They wanted to have...
