Weill Cornell Medical College Alumni
2011 Class Legacy Gift Campaign
WCMC Alumni Association President's Report
My fellow WCMC alumni,
I have just completed my orientation for the Weill Cornell Board of Overseers where I will represent your interests as President of the Alumni Association. It was a humbling experience to learn of the size and breadth of Weill Cornell Medical College and the complex tapestry of administrators, students, physicians, and scientists that make WCMC the stellar institution that it is. The vision and planning of Dean Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., M.D., D.Phil., and the Board of Overseers has markedly altered the landscape over the last several years, making our institution competitive with the top institutions in the country. Weill Cornell now excels in many areas of medical and graduate student education, research, and clinical care that were simply not imagined twenty years ago.
Some of you saw these changes first-hand at Reunion 2010. We have received many notes from alumni, not only about the great time they had at Reunion, but also about the pride they have in what our institution now represents in the world of medicine.
The construction continues on the new Medical Research Building that has replaced the Livingston Farand and Kips Bay Buildings. The concrete has been poured for the foundation, and soon the structure will begin to rise. Once completed it will offer thirteen floors of research space in areas of current and future medical importance, as well as lounge areas for the students and researchers.
The Alumni Association is planning many regional trips in 2011. Southern California was be our first stop, in February, coinciding with the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Annual Meeting in San Diego. We have trips to New Orleans, Boston, Houston, Denver, and Los Angeles in the works. Stay tuned for more information.
As always, please help support our Alumni Association, alma mater, and students either financially or by volunteering in one of our many outreach activities. The students will soon join us as alumni, and we want to make a favorable impression as they leave Weill Cornell and become future ambassadors to the medical world.
Warmest wishes,
Michael M. Alexiades, M.D. ’83
alexiadesm@hss.edu
