Obstetrics & Gynecology

News and Events

Programs and providers of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Weill Cornell Medicine are often the focus of news stories and features appearing in major national media. We invite you to review some stories that typify the breakthrough accomplishments of our remarkable team and highlight the impact our care has had on patient’s lives.

Dr. Laura Riley to Unify Women’s Health Care Across Weill Cornell in New Role

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To Dr. Laura Riley, Weill Cornell Medicine’s prowess in caring for women from birth to adulthood is the institution’s best kept secret.

“Weill Cornell is uniquely positioned to provide exemplary care to women, helping them live longer and healthier, and creating evidence for treatment and prevention,” said Dr. Riley, chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Given Foundation Professor in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology. “We need women to know what we can do for them and expand those offerings—because that's what they deserve.”

That is precisely what she aims to do as Weill Cornell’s inaugural executive director for women’s health. This new role, which complements her position leading obstetrics and gynecology, will enable her to unify, coordinate and drive new paradigms for women’s health care across medical specialties. She will leverage multidisciplinary and cross-institutional collaborations to spark new lines of scientific inquiry into women’s health, and more clearly elucidate women’s biological and physiological differences in the medical student and physician assistant curriculum.

WCM Investigators Empowering Cancer Researchers with AI

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A team of Weill Cornell Medicine investigators is working to cross-train the next generation of cancer researchers in cancer biology and the use of artificial intelligence tools for research.

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Dr. Olivier Elemento. Credit: Brad Trent

“AI is transforming our world—how we work, live and conduct research,” said Dr. Olivier Elemento, director of the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine and a professor of systems and computational biomedicine. He added that "cancer is uniquely positioned to benefit, because we now have massive datasets spanning genomics, imaging and clinical outcomes that AI can finally put to use."

Reimagining Medicaid to Safeguard America’s Children

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As states reassess Medicaid coverage following recent federal policy changes and the end of pandemic-era protections, researchers are advocating for evidence-based health care policy reform and expanded Medicaid coverage for children. Weill Cornell Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics, the Cornell Health Policy Center (CHPC) and Ariadne Labs are collaborating to launch the Era of the Child Initiative, which supports the design and implementation of effective policies to improve U.S. children’s health.

“We have joined forces because as a country we haven’t prioritized children’s health and the pediatric health care workforce enough,” said Dr. Robert A. Harrington, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine. “U.S. children face rising rates of chronic conditions like obesity and diabetes, mental health issues and fatal injuries, and they have nearly double the death rate of children in other high-income countries.”

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