New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine has named Timothy R. Donahue, MD, chair of its Department of Surgery and surgeon-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, effective Sept. 1.
According to a July 9 news release, Dr. Donahue, a pancreatic cancer surgeon-scientist, joins Weill Cornell Medicine from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where he served as executive vice chair of the Department of Surgery, chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology and medical director for cancer services across UCLA Health. He succeeds Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi, who has led the department since 2004 and, during his tenure, tripled the faculty and doubled surgical volume.
Dr. Donahue plans to build multidisciplinary programs spanning the department’s 13 divisions, integrate translational research into surgical care and work with Cornell Duffield College of Engineering and Cornell Tech on an artificial intelligence program supporting research, education and clinical care.
“Dr. Donahue is a preeminent oncologic surgeon and leader whose clinical practice is grounded in the belief that surgical observations and scientific discovery together catalyze the most advanced treatments and therapies,” Dr. Robert A. Harrington, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, said.
Dr. Donahue earned his medical degree from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in 2002 and has published more than 150 papers, with continuous National Institutes of Health funding throughout most of his academic career.
Weill Cornell Medicine’s faculty provide care across NewYork-Presbyterian, a 10-hospital system with nearly 350 locations and 45,000 employees.
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