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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.

2026 Excellence in Medical Education Awards

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More than 30 Weill Cornell Medicine faculty and staff were honored June 25 with Excellence in Medical Education Awards at a ceremony held on campus.

“It is an honor to celebrate the accomplishments of our honorees for their extraordinary contributions to the education mission and for making the Weill Cornell Medical College experience exceptional for our students,” said Dr. Joseph Safdieh, the Richard P. Cohen, M.D. Senior Associate Dean for Education at Weill Cornell Medicine, who presented the awards, which are given at the end of each academic year.

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Excellence in Medical Education Award trophies

The winners represent a wide range of departments across the institution, with categories recognizing teaching, distinguished service and leadership. 

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Weill Cornell Medicine Scientist Receives Award for Research on New Ovarian Cancer Targets

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Dr. Dan Landau, the Bibliowicz Family Professor of Medicine, and a member of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center and the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, has received a Lotus Award from the Pershing Square Foundation for research aimed at uncovering new immunotherapy targets in ovarian cancer.

The Pershing Square Foundation supports ambitious cancer research projects, and since 2025 has been funding ovarian cancer research with three-year grants of $750,000, now called Lotus Awards. Awardees were selected for their scientific rigor, originality and potential to drive meaningful advances in a disease where progress is urgently needed. Dr. Landau is one of eight recipients this year.

“We’re grateful for this opportunity to develop new therapeutic perspectives to benefit patients with this deadly but relatively under-studied form of cancer,” said Dr. Landau, who is also a core faculty member of the New York Genome Center.

Age Does Not Appear to Drive Cardiovascular Risk in Pregnancy

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Underlying cardiovascular risk, rather than older age, drives complications such as venous thromboembolism, cardiomyopathy and heart failure during pregnancy, according to new Weill Cornell Medicine research. The findings may encourage doctors to more actively address cardiovascular health in patients before they become pregnant.

The study, published May 18 in Nature Communications, suggests that instead of pregnancy becoming inherently riskier as people get older, it amplifies a person’s baseline cardiovascular risk, regardless of age.

“Pregnancy seems to be a uniform stress test, so to speak,” said the study’s lead author, Dr. Hooman Kamel, vice chair of clinical research and chief of neurocritical care in the Department of Neurology and the Helen and Albert Moon Professor of Neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine.

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Dr. Hooman Kamel

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