February 13, 2026
Dr. Anca Dinu Askanase, a globally recognized clinician-scientist, has been named chair of the Department of Medicine at Hospital for Special Surgery, effective April. In her new role, she will also serve as chief of the Division of Rheumatology at HSS as well as at Weill Cornell Medicine.
Dr. Askanase succeeds Dr. S. Louis Bridges, Jr., who will retire in March.
For more information, please read HSS’s press release.
