Table of Contents September/October 2009

A message from Dean & CEO Robert I. Grossman, MD
The NIH awards a $29.4 million grant to fund a new University-wide Clinical and Translational Science Institute in collaboration with New York City’s Health and Hospitals Corporation.
An extraordinary donation from Medical Center Trustee Fiona Druckenmiller and her husband, Stanley, reinforces NYU Langone's position as a world leader in brain research.
On the field and off, a nurse who goes for the gold
Q&A with Steven Flanagan, MD, chairman of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and medical director of the Rusk Institute
A photographic tour of NYU Langone’s recent renovations, expansions, and new facilities
New ad campaign reflects Medical Center’s focus on excellence
Patient Advocate Phil Rodriquez
Anatomy of an autopsy
At the Center for Children, part of NYU Langone Medical Center’s Hospital for Joint Diseases, only the best will do.
In Bellevue’s rotunda, an event of singular intimacy
NYU Langone receives a $10 million grant from NIMH for a new research center that will explore innovative approaches to a devastating brain disease.
In an annual rite of passage, members of the class of ’13 don the white coats that symbolize their entry into “an ancient and noble profession.”
A team of NYU Langone surgeons fashions a new nose—and a new life—for the victim of a shooting.
The school responsible for keeping doctors medically up-to-date passes its quadrennial review with flying colors.
An array of NYU Langone specialists sets up shop in the heart of Brooklyn.
A team approach brings a multidisciplinary focus to fractures that refuse to knit.
Cutting-edge platelet-rich plasma therapy makes use of the patient’s own blood to mend stubborn musculoskeletal injuries.
An NYU Langone researcher has linked inflammation of the esophagus to changes in its bacterial population.
NYU Langone Medical Center Celebrates Dean's Honors Day Four physicians and scientists were honored with Master Awards for lifetime accomplishments in their fields and excellence at the institution. In addition, faculty members were honored for their appointments to an endowed professorship or chair, receiving tenure or promotions, and extramural and intramural distinctions.
How an understanding of radiation’s effects on signaling processes in the body’s cells may protect astronauts—and lead to better cancer treatments here on Earth.
NYU Langone’s 4,100 uniformed employees count on Uniform Attendant Moaly Samson to look their best and brightest.
Perri Klass, MD, professor of pediatrics at NYU School of Medicine and professor of journalism at New York University, ponders the cross-pollination between her two professions.
Does being a writer make one a better physician, and vice versa?

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