Lupus is a very complex disease that tends to affect young women who are in the prime of their lives. Along with coping with this lifelong disease, they are also prone to developing infections.

With new drug development specifically targeting vasculitis being limited, rheumatologists turned to investigating existing therapies.

“While helping to run the morgue at Ground Zero, I remember excusing myself and going over to a burned-out corner to check my blood sugar,” says Dr. Baker.

In 1922, Dr. Frederick Banting and his assistant Charles Best discovered how to extract insulin from a dog’s pancreas, completely altering the once fatal diagnosis and changing the paradigm for care.

Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a five-year, $11.3 million Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant from the National Cancer Institute to improve the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of prostate cancer.

A Focus on Faculty: Highlighting a Range of Expertise

Each year, a team of specialists in the Department of Urology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center diagnoses and treats more than 6,000 patients with urinary disorders.

The advent of robotically assisted and minimally invasive surgical practices, along with newer imaging approaches, has dramatically transformed treatment options for patients with prostate cancer.