The Ludwig Family Foundation provided a grant of $1.2 million in support of VP&S research in neurological disease, focusing on Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury.
Newly named in their honor, the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons will replace loans with scholarships for medical students who qualify for financial aid.
VP&S has established a $1 million scholarship in Dr. David McDonogh’s name, funded by Diana and Roy Vagelos’54, whose initial gift launched the 250th Anniversary Scholarship Challenge.
In 2008, Louis V. Gerstner Jr. established the Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Scholars Program at VP&S, designed to cultivate the next generation of leading physician-scientists in medicine and research.
Such recognition reminds us of the truly outstanding faculty accomplishments that define the work we do every day to prove that we don't just practice medicine, we change it.
CUIMC and its collaborators, Weill Cornell Medicine, NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem, and NewYork-Presbyterian, are designated as a regional medical center for All of Us.