Spring/Summer 2014

VP&S News

Practice, Perfected

"For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them," Aristotle wrote in "Nicomachean Ethics." His idea that practice leads to perfection remains true for modern pursuits.

CoSMO Celebrates 10 Years of Caring for Neighbors

On a drizzly Saturday morning in March 2004, Columbia Student Medical Outreach (CoSMO), a student-run primary care clinic for the uninsured, welcomed its first four patients.
Medical student measuring patients's height with a stadiometer.

Hearing Loss Expert Joins P&S as ENT Chair

Lawrence Lustig, MD, a leading expert in hearing loss, will join P&S this year as chair of the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery.
Lawrence Lustig, MD.

COACH, a New Way to Train Doctors

In 2004, as a resident at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia, Dr. James Lee began considering the impact of the 80-hour workweek law for medical residents.
James Lee, MD.

As First Class Graduates, Columbia-Bassett Students Reflect On the Unique Experience

The Columbia-Bassett Program offers medical students firsthand rural patient care, broadening career horizons in evolving healthcare.
Group of graduate students.

Scenes from Match Day 2014

The residency match results for the P&S Class of 2014 neared perfection as most of the graduates participating in the match this year received residency assignments.
A crowd of students listens to a faculty in a white coat speaking during a Match Day event.