David R. Bickers, M.D., the Carl Truman Nelson professor and chairman of the Department of Dermatology at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and director of dermatology at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's Columbia University Medical Center has been elected president of the Society for Investigative Dermatology.

Although the Food and Drug Administration has made tamoxifen the first drug to be approved for the prevention of breast cancer, few physicians have been prescribing it for this purpose. Now, a statistical modeling study by Drs. Dawn Hershman and Victor R. Grann of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital confirms that for women who are at "very high risk" for breast cancer there is a benefit from tamoxifen for primary prevention, and that for these women, chemoprevention with the drug is cost-effective.

Holiday dinners are filled with heaping dishes of comfort foods, fattening favorites and savory treats. It is no wonder these meals leave us feeling stuffed – often with guilt and holiday remorse.

The NewYork-Presbyterian Regional Health Collaborative is improving the health of patients in the Washington Heights-Inwood community in northern Manhattan, according to a recent study. Implemented to address the specific needs of the community's residents, the program has made a significant impact in several key metrics, including increased patient satisfaction scores. Results from the first three years of the program are published in the November edition of the journal Health Affairs as part of a special issue on "Collaborating for Community Health"

A 5-year-old boy diagnosed with early onset scoliosis, a severe curvature of the spine, is the first patient in the New York area to receive a novel treatment using magnetic technology to correct this condition and avoid the need for repetitive spine-lengthening surgeries.

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center celebrated the 10th anniversary of the opening of The Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health at an event held this evening. Founded in memory of Jay Monahan, late husband of Yahoo News’ Global Anchor and New York Times’ best-selling author Katie Couric, the center is one of only a few comprehensive cancer and wellness centers dedicated to gastrointestinal health.

For the past 25 years, Light Up a Life, the annual family event benefitting the Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children’s Health at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, has raised funds to support a number of pediatric patient care programs. The event has helped support a number of advancements in research, patient care and family support

Lawrence Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital have established a new relationship aimed at enhancing care, improving access, and lowering health care costs for residents of Bronxville and surrounding communities in Westchester County. Lawrence has been renamed NewYork-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital.