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This article was originally posted in the NewYork-Presbyterian newsroom

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has been recognized as the 2023-2024 #1 children’s hospital in New York by U.S. News & World Report. This is the 17th year in a row that the Hospital has ranked among the best children’s hospitals in the nation.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital was the only hospital in New York to rank among the top 50 hospitals across all 10 pediatrics specialties evaluated. The Hospital ranked in the top 10 in pediatric diabetes & endocrinology, and in the top 20 in pediatric cardiology & heart surgery, pediatric neurology & neurosurgery, and neonatology.

NewYork-Presbyterian provides pediatric care in every area of medicine at two major sites: NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital. NewYork-Presbyterian is the nation’s only hospital affiliated with two world-class medical schools, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medicine.

The Department of Pediatrics and Gale and Ira Drukier Institute at Weill Cornell Medicine hosted its second annual Pediatrics Research Day on June 6th. This special event, organized by Pediatrics and Drukier Faculty Organization Committees, celebrated the advancements and contributions made by our faculty and trainees in the field of children's health research.

The Pediatrics Research Day showcased a diverse range of research disciplines, including basic science, clinical studies, translational research, quality improvement, and educational research. Our faculty and trainees presented their findings through oral abstracts and poster presentations.

The event began with welcoming remarks from Dr. Sallie Permar, Chair of Pediatrics, and Dr. Virginia Pascual, Director of the Gale and Ira Drukier Institute. Dr. Sujit Sheth, Vice Chair of Clinical Research, provided an overview of the ongoing research activities within our department and valuable information about the resources available to our researchers.

Jake Larose is a now healthy 13-year-old boy who experienced a severe medical journey after developing hemolytic uremic syndrome from eating a hamburger in March 2014. His condition rapidly progressed, leading to acute renal failure, peritonitis, bowel perforation, severe septic shock, and acute respiratory failure. Throughout his stay in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital, Jake received extensive multidisciplinary care and rehabilitation. Despite experiencing delirium and hallucinations during his ICU stay, Jake made a remarkable recovery and was eventually discharged home. Though he still requires ongoing medical care, nearly a decade later, Jake is doing well. 

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Dr. James C. Lo, an associate professor of medicine and Dr. Lisa G. Roth, an associate professor of pediatrics, both from Weill Cornell Medicine, were elected members of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) for 2023.

Election into the ASCI, which represents excellence across the breadth of academic medicine, is a milestone for physician-scientists. The nonprofit medical honor society, which is comprised of more than 3,000 physician-scientists from all medical specialties, recognizes and supports the scientific efforts, educational needs and clinical aspirations of physician-scientists to improve the health of all people.