Alumni
The 42th Annual Benjamin S. Park Jr., MD, Visting Professor Lectureship and Black-Tie Banquet Dinner were held on Monday, March 14, 2011. This year the Department of Surgery invited Alumni from the classes of 1981 and 1991 to share in the festivities held at the Regency Hotel in New York City. Nearly 100 faculty, residents and alumni joined together to commemorate Benjamin Park Jr., who was a resident of the surgical education program in 1968, and was killed in Korea serving his country in 1969. It was also an opportunity to celebrate the success of the surgical education program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, and the achievements of the Department of Surgery. Alumni from the graduating classes of 1981 and 1991 were recognized and honored at the Banquet dinner. The guest speaker, who had given Surgical Grand Rounds earlier in the day, was Keith D. Lillemoe, MD, Jay L. Grosfeld Professor and Chairman, Director, General Surgery Residency Program, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine and Surgeon-in-Chief, Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana. The dinner at the Regency was hosted by Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor and Chairman of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
The Benjamin S. Park, Jr. Visiting Professor Lectureship is supported by the Department of Surgery. The Department of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College established this Visiting Professor Lectureship in 1969 as a reminder of the importance of surgical education. Contributions are welcome and tax-deductible. Checks should be payable to the Department of Surgery-WCMC, and mailed to:
- Ms. Karen Zipern
- Marketing Director, Department of Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
525 East 68th Street, Box 129
New York, NY 10065
For more information, contact Karen Zipern at kaz2005@med.cornell.edu,
phone- 212-746-6942.
