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Pediatrics Hosts Anti-Bias Workshops for Department Faculty, Fellows and Residents

January 1, 2020

Over 200 physician members of the Department of Pediatrics participated in a series of customized, interactive Anti-Bias Workshops. In collaboration with several faculty members, Drs. Joy Howell and Erika Abramson led a series of workshops that allowed for saturation of the department capturing 130 members of the full time faculty as well as the fellows ( 40) and residents (60) within the department. The training was very well receiving and stimulated brave conversations among the participants. This training precedes the Department's social justice learning series entitled “ Race , Equity and Social Justice” led by two external social justice educators with the goal of deepening our individual and collective understanding of identity and power in the context of medicine. (2020)

Dr. Elaine Barfield Inducted as a Fellow at New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM)

November 1, 2019

Elaine Barfield, MD has been inducted as a Fellow at the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) this month. Dr. Barfield is a pediatric gastroenterologist and assistant professor of pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine as well as assistant attending pediatrician at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. NYAM Fellows are elected by their peers, from across the medical and health professions, and other disciplines affecting health. The New York Academy of Medicine are champions for health equity, tackling barriers that prevent people from living a healthy life. (11/2019)

Dr. Barfield at New York Academy of Medicine being inducted as a fellow Dr. Barfield at NYAM during induction as Fellow

New Publication: Dr. Elaine Barfield Co-Author of JAMA Article: Management of Pediatric Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

March 18, 2019

Dr. Elaine Barfield and Dr. Michelle W. Parker provide a synopsis of the updated guideline for management of Pediatric GERD by NASPGHAN and ESPGHAN. (3/18/19)

WCM Receives $2.7 Million to Fund Diversity Center of Excellence

September 28, 2018

Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a four-year, $2.7 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to establish a Diversity Center of Excellence dedicated to increasing the number of minority physicians in academic medicine. (9/28/18)

Role Model: Fewer Men of Color are Pursuing Medicine—but Dr. Maurice Hinson who was the First in his Family to go to College, Aims to Change That

September 26, 2018

Learn more about internist Dr. Hinson, who founded Weill Cornell Medicine’s Black and Latino Men in Medicine Initiative and a recipient of WCM's 2018 Pioneer in Diversity Awards— in this Weill Cornell Medicine spotlight article. (9/26/2018)