Announcements

An update regarding CUIMC's leadership.

Over the past week our community has been engaged in crucial conversations about our University’s values, its societal role, and the imminent challenges we face,

We are working closely with the University to better understand and navigate the announcement of the cancellation of $400 million in federal funding to the University.

After conducting an extensive national search, we are pleased to announce that Meghan Brooks Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP will serve as the next chair of the Department of Anesthesiology.

We are deeply saddened to share news of the passing of our dear colleague Thomas Q. Morris, MD, ’58 who held multiple leadership roles at Columbia and Presbyterian Hospital.

We are pleased to announce that Daichi Shimbo and Rachel Shelton will join Muredach Reilly and Harold Pincus as co-directors of the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research.

We are saddened to announce the passing of Saundra Curry, MD, professor of anesthesiology at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

It is with deep sadness that we write to announce the passing of Richard Deckelbaum, the Robert R. Williams Professor of Nutrition, Pediatrics and Epidemiology at VP&S.

Please join Interim President Katrina Armstrong and me in extending a warm welcome to Michel Sadelain, MD, PhD.