Cornell University Medical College Announcement

224 Pages·1997·14.7 MB·English

by  Cornell University

CORNELL UNIVERSITY
MEDICAL COLLEGE
CATALOG
1997-9
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CORNELL
UNIVERSITY
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CORNELL UNIVERSITY
MEDICAL COLLEGE
1997-98
1300YORKAVENUE
NEWYORK,NY10021
OfficeofAdmissions [phone]
OfficeofAcademicAffairs [phone]
OfficeoftheDean [phone]
Thecoursesandcurriculadescribedinthis
Catalog,andtheteachingpersonnel
listedherein,areasofJuly1,1997andare
subjecttochangeatanytimebyofficial
actionofCornellUniversity.
Table of Contents
TheMedicalCollege 5 Anesthesiology 53
Purpose 5 Biochemistry 54
Mission 5 CardiothoracicSurgery 55
History 5 CellBiologyandAnatomy 56
Location 6 Dermatology 57
Medicine 58
FacilitiesforInstruction 7 Microbiology 64
Libraries 7 NeurologyandNeuroscience 65
TheJEodauncaatnidonSaCnefnotredrI.Weill 7 OObpshttehtrailcmsoalnodgyGynecology 6687
HospitalAffiliations 8 Otorhinolaryngology 69
Pathology 70
Admissions 15 Pediatrics 71
Requirements 15 Pharmacology 74
Application 16 PhysiologyandBiophysics 75
Selection 16 Psychiatry 76
EarlyDecisionProgram 16 PublicHealth 79
AdvancedStanding 17 Radiology 81
TheTravelersSummerFellowshipProgram Surgery 82
forMinorityPremedicalStudents 17 Urology 85
TuitionandFees 17
RefundPolicy 18 StudentLife 87
StudentFinancialAid 18 Housing 87
FinancialAidCounseling 18 CampusSecurityReport 87
ForeignStudents 18 HealthCare 87
ScholarshipsandLoans 19 StudentHealthService 88
ScholarshipFunds 19 HealthInsurancePlan 89
LoanFunds 26 LongTermDisabilityInsurance..• 89
StateandFederalPrograms 27 StudentOrganizationsandSocieties 89
FundingforMD-PhDStudents 27
RegisterofStudents 91
EducationalProgramsandPolicies 30
CurriculumOverview 30 PostgraduateResidencyAppointments,
RequiredandElectiveCourses 33 Classof1997 96
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Dismissal 43 BoardofOverseers 100
Graduation 44 ExecutiveFacultyCouncil 100
CViosdiMteeindogifcaPanrldofLAeiuscsdeiinotsniiannlggCSotnuddeunctts 444444 GSteannedrianlgFCaocumlmtiyttCeouenscil 110011
StudentPrizesandAwards 44 AlumniAssociation 104
TeachingAwards 49
NamedProfessorships,Administrative
SpecialPrograms 50 PositionsandEndowedLectureships 105
Tri-InstitutionalMD-PhDProgram 50 UniversityProfessorships 105
MReDsewairtchhHOpopnoorrtsuniintiReessearch 5511 VPirsoifteisnsgorPsrhoifpesssaornsdhiApdsministrativePositions...110058
ResearchinMolecularMedicine 51 EndowedLectureships 108
CornellScholars 51
CenterforVascularBiology 52 FacultyoftheMedicalCollege Ill
AcademicDepartmentsandCourse AerialViewoftheMedicalCenter 216
Offerings 53 Index 218
TheNeicYorkHospital-CornellMedicalCenterviewedfromVieRockefellerUniversity,lookingNorthfrom
66thStreet.HienewGreenhergI'arillionisseenatright, nexttothehasthirer
The Medical College
Purpose
Scientificstudyintegratedwithpatientcareisthe cuttingedgeofknowledge,toimprovethehealth
coreofmedicaleducationatCornellUniversity careofthenationandtheworldbothnowandfor
MedicalCollege.TheMedicalCollegeseeks futuregenerations,andtoprovidethehighest
excellenceinitsstudents,andexpectsthose qualityofclinicalcareforthecommunitiesthey
studyingheretodaytoemergetomorrowasleaders serve. Successinanyofthesecontributesto
inthefieldofmedicine.Tocultivateleadership successintheothers.
potential.Cornellstrivestostimulatecreativityand Inpursuitofthismission,theMedicalCollegeand
fosterindependentthoughtandstudy.AtCornell, GraduateSchoolrecruitfacultyandstaffwhoexcel
researchandtheadvancementofmedicalknowl- intheirfieldandprovideacreative,stable,intellec-
edgearenotonlyendsinthemselves,butare tuallystimulatingandsupportiveworkingenviron-
integratedinavisionofthescientificbasisofa mentconducivetosuccessineachaspectoftheir
dtehvoreoluogphmemnetdiocfaltreueduscoactiiaolnc.oTmomiptrmoemnott,etthhee psirgonfiefsisciaonntacloennsiddeearvaotriso.niIsngtihveensetloectthieoinropfotfeanctuilatlv-.
MedicalCollegeexposesstudentstoresponsibilities asrolemodelsforthefutureleadersofacademic
inavarietyofpracticesettings,withtheunwaver- medicinewhomtheywilltrain. TheMedical
inggoalofoptimalpatientcare. CollegeandGraduateSchoolarecommittedtothe
MedicaleducationatCornellaimsatdevelopment maintenanceandcontinueddevelopmentofa
ofindividualswhonotonlyrecognizeandare communityofscientificandclinicalscholarship.
dedicatedtothehighestqualitypatientcare,but Whereappropriatetofurtherthismission,theywill
alsounderstandtheirresponsibilityforcontributions seekandcultivateaffiliationswithotherinstitutions
throughpersonalscholarship.Anunusuallylarge ofexcellenceinclinicalandbiomedicalsciences.
numberofmedicalleadersovertheyearshave Thefacultymustbededicatedtotheachievement
emergedfromCornellUniversityMedicalCollege. ofexcellenceineducatingthephysiciansand
CentraltoitseducationalmissionistheMedical biomedicalscientistsofthefutureforleadershipin
College'srolewithinapremieracademicmedical research,patientcare,educationandcommunity
center.TheNewYorkHospital-CornellMedical service. TheMedicalCollegeandGraduateSchool
Center,consistingofTheNewYorkHospital. mustsupportthisidealthroughthedevelopmentof
CornellUniversityMedicalCollegeandtheGradu- innovativeandstimulatingcurricula,andthrough
ateSchoolofMedicalSciences,isanacademic theprovisionofappropriateresourcestoachieve
medicalcentercommittedtoexcellenceinpatient thisgoal. Theymustrespondrapidlytochanging
care,teaching,research,andtheadvancementof societalneedsandnewtechnologies.
theartandscienceofmedicine.Itsgeographic CornellUniversityMedicalCollegeandCornell
proximitytoTheRockefellerUniversity,Memorial UniversityGraduateSchoolofMedicalSciencesare
Sloan-KetteringCancerCenter,andTheHospitalfor committedtothedeliveryofthehighestquality
SpecialSurgerycreatesanationalresourcefor healthcarethatservestheneedsofthelocal,
medicalandscientificleadership. regional,nationalandworldcommunities. The
institutionisdedicatedtotheprovisionofhealth
Mission education,prevention,detectionandtreatmentof
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1996. Theleadershipoftheinstitutionmustdirectits
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scienceofmedicine. Tothisend.theirmissionisto Anabidingfocusonthesciencebehindmedical
providethefinesteducationpossibleformedical knowledgeandtechniqueshasbeencentralat
studentsandstudentspursuingadvanceddegreesin Cornellsincetheschool'sestablishmentin1898.
thebiomedicalsciences,toconductresearchatthe CornellUniversityPresidentJacobGouldSchurman.
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inhisaddressattheMedicalCollege'sopening Nowattheheartofaworld-renownedcenterof
ceremonies,setthetoneforthedecadestocome. medicaleducation,biomedicalresearch,andhealth
"Whatisneededforthetrainingofphysiciansand care,theMedicalCollegeremainscommittedtothe
surgeonstoday?"askedSchurman."Ianswer,first, advancementofmedicalknowledgethroughwork
science;secondly,science;thirdly,science." donebyfacultyandstudentsalike.Asapioneerin
Deliveredwithamissionary'sfervor100yearsago, theearly1950sindevelopingtheconceptof
thesewordsremainnotablenotsimplyfortheway comprehensivecareforpatientsaswell,Cornell
theycontinuetoaffirmtheemphasisplacedby investigatedandrefinedtheeffectivematchingof
MedicalCollegefacultyonthescientificbasisof patientneedswithmedicalandcommunity
medicaltraining,butasanindicationofhowfarthe resources,throughitsComprehensiveCareand
fieldhastraveledinthelastcentury,andhowgreat TeachingProgram.Whiletheformalprogramended
apartCornellUniversityMedicalCollegehasplayed inthe1960s,thepreceptsofcomprehensivepatient
inthatdevelopment. carelearnedfromtheundertakingcontinuetobe
In1898,thefieldofmedicinewasonlybeginning applied.
tostressascientificfoundation,andmostmedical
schoolsintheUnitedStateswerejuststartingto Location
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ThefoundingofCornellUniversityMedicalCollege CenterandTheHospitalforSpecialSurgery,private
coincidedwithaperiodofmomentouschangeand institutionsestablishedincontiguitytopromote
strengtheningofmedicaleducationinthiscountry. collaborationandintegrationofprogramsinthe
Establishedandgenerouslyendowedthroughthe fieldsofeducation,research,andpatientcare.
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Cornell'soriginalfaculty,highlyregardedasboth aslibraryprivileges,lecturesandconcertseries.
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YorkCitytoprovideitsstudentswithopportunities locatedbetween68thand69thStreets,andtheC.V.
forclinicallearningandlaboratory-oriented StarrBiomedicalInformationCenter,which
instructionthatwererareofatthetime.Thisclinical combinestheSamuelJ.WoodLibrarywithstate-of-
focusremainscentraltotheCornellexperience. the-artcomputerandinformationresources.
Asthescientificpursuitofmedicinegained —
prominence,anewkindofinstitutionarose the
partnershipofuniversityandhospitalinanaca-
demicmedicalcenter.TheMedicalCollegeandThe
NewYorkHospitalfirstsignedalimitedaffiliation
agreementin 1913;formalaffiliationin1927joined
thefacilitiesofthetwoinstitutions.Hospitaland
collegewerebroughttoonelocationin1932with
theopeningofTheNewYorkHospital-Cornell
MedicalCenter,physicallyconfirmingthefunda-
mentalintegrationunderpinningtheacademic
medicalcenteranditstriplemissionofeducation,
research,andpatientcare.
Facilities For Instruction
Instructioninthebasicmedicalsciencesiscon- throughouttheLibrary. Thesoftware,accessible
ductedinaseriesofjoinedbuildings,identifiedby throughthenetwork,includesprogramsforwork
thelettersAthroughE.alongYorkAvenuefrom processing,creatingspreadsheets,designing
Sixty-EighthtoSeventiethStreets. Theentranceto graphics,desktoppublishing,bibliographicfile
theMedicalCollege,at1300YorkAvenue,brings management,databasesearching,andinternet
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completedJoanandSanfordI.WeillEducation formeetings,classes,conferencesandviewing
Center. audiovisuals. L'nreservedstudyroomsarelocated
onthelowerlevelforinformalusebysmallgroups.
Libraries TheMedicalArchives TheMedicalArchivesofthe
NewYorkHospital-CornellMedicalCenteroccupies
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ainngdrseesrevairccehs:.anddevelopinginformationproducts JoanandSanfordI.Weill
EducationCenter
CornellMedicalLibraryprovidesaccesstoits
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equipmentmaybecheckedoutforuseinthe incubatorsandutilitiestoallowinstructionwith
Library. MacintoshcomputersandPCsareavailable biologicalmaterials. Theremainingtwelveclass-
8 HospitalAffiliations
roomsor"drylaboratories"(roomsAthroughEand HospitalAffiliations
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aboveutilities,butareotherwiseofsimilarmodular Inordertoprovideitsstudentswithabroad
design. Integraltoeachclassroomareworkstations experienceinpatientcare,CornellUniversity
thatpermittheuseofcomputer-assistedinstruction MedicalCollegeisaffiliatedwithanumberof
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computers,8xCD-ROMdrives,2GBharddisk fromotherstatesandcountries.
drives,and20"colormonitors. TheNewYorkHospital
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