Lab Director

Peter I Pressman MD Professor of Surgery Vice Chair for Research in Surgery Chief, Division of Research, Surgery

Appointments and Positions

2014 - present:  Peter I Pressman Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York , New York

2023 - present:  Co-Director Center for Genomic Health, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York

2017 - 2022:  Associate Dean for Research, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York

2009 - present:  Professor and Vice Chair for Research in Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, 

2009 - present: Chief, Division of Research, Dept. of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York

2009 - present:  Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York

2009 - present:  Co-Director, Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York

2001 - 2009: Dean for Graduate Studies, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York

2001 - 2009:  Professor of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York,

1995 - 2001: Associate Professor of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York

1990 - 1995: Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Previous honors

Outstanding Investigator Award, NHLBI  

Pressman Professorship (endowed chair) 

NIH MERIT Award 

Samuel M. Rosen Outstanding Teaching Award 

Irma T. Hirschl, Career Scientist Award  

Established Investigator Award, American Heart Association  

Searle Scholar Award, Chicago Community Trust  

Basil O'Connor Scholar Award, March of Dimes Foundation  

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