News and Events

The Class of 2024 is the largest class in Tri-I history! The 21 students who entered the residency match matched at leading programs and institutions in the country, including Columbia, Harvard, Stanford, UPenn, Weill Cornell, and Yale.We have:
Won Jun Kim, fifth year student in the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD program, has received an F30 award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 
Abigail Xie, a current student in the Tri-I MD-PhD Program, has been awarded an F30 Research Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Ms.
Rebecca Gelfer, a fourth year student in the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program, has received a 2023 Graduate Hematology Award from the American Society of Hematology (ASH).
Rohan Roy, a fourth year student in the Tri-I MD-PhD program, has been awarded an NIH F30 research grant. This award will support Mr. Roy's work in the Hudspeth Lab at The Rockefeller University, where he is currently working on his PhD.
The work of Dr. Darren Orcbach, MD, PhD and Dr. Peter Weinstock, MD, PhD, both members of the Tri-I graduating class of 1998, made possible the first successful fetal intracranial intervention earlier this month. Denver Coleman was diagnosed with life-threatening Vein of Galen Malformation (VOGM) and was treated in utero by Dr. Orbach, the first time such a procedure was done.
Farid Aboharb, a current M.D.-Ph.D. student, took a year away from Tri-I to take part in a collaborative new M.D.-M.Eng. program between WCM and Cornell Engineering.  Farid will be the first student to earn his Master's of Engineering as part of the program this May before returning to WCM to complete his M.D.
The Tri-I Association of Physician Scientists in Training (ADePT) has been busy this academic year, with various initiatives to support and build their community. They kicked off the year with a summer barbeque at the Rockefeller Faculty Club in collaboration with the Tri-I Minority Society (TIMS), where members from both groups enjoyed food, board games, and conversation.
Dear Tri-I Community,What a year 2022-2023 has been!It has been a joy to gather in person again, to welcome new members and reconnect with colleagues and to celebrate the many milestones.