Tag: New York

Ben Schwartz

Ben Schwartz

Ben Schwartz’s path to cartooning happened by way of a long flirtation with a medical career. He entered college planning to fulfil his premed requirements, dropped that after a year (opting for a psychology major), then returned to the sciences just in time to prepare for admission to Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. Through all of his studies, one thing stayed constant: He drew. Schwartz made it all the way through his first year as a resident in Read more [...]
Richard Kogan

Richard Kogan

Richard Kogan has a distinguished career both as a psychiatrist and as a concert pianist. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and Artistic Director of the Weill Cornell Music and Medicine Program, he has been praised for his “exquisite playing” by the New York Times, and the Boston Globe wrote that “Kogan has somehow managed to excel at the world’s two most demanding professions.” Dr. Kogan has gained renown for his lecture/concerts that explore Read more [...]
Alexie Puran

Alexie Puran

"With JetBlue Airways’ Inflight Buddy Program, I was able to work part-time as a flight attendant while simultaneously attend medical school. My experiences as a flight attendant have helped shape the physician who I am today, a better physician." article: How working as a flight attendant made me a better physician profile Read more [...]
Tony Cicoria

Tony Cicoria

Tony Cicoria after being struck by a lightning had an out-of-body-experience and in this status was inspired with a lightning piano sonata. Later he took up piano lessons, wrote down the piece, played and recorded it and last-not-least played it in the Vienna Mozart House at the recital of a PianoMusicDocs master-class. ( www.pianoforte.best ) If you click on the youtube link below you see lots of TV-shows and interviews with him. He became president of a "near-death-experience-association". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDtYkxSCV18 web wikipedia Read more [...]
Samuel Wong

Samuel Wong

Samuel Wong (Chinese: 黃大德) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian conductor and ophthalmologist [1]. Trained at Harvard Medical School and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons,[1] Dr. Wong is an eye surgeon practicing in Manhattan and Brooklyn. In another career, he has conducted many international orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Seattle and Houston Symphonies, Toronto and Montreal Symphonies, Read more [...]
Samaritan Doctors Orchestra

Samaritan Doctors Orchestra

The inaugural concert was held initially in the name of the North America Medical Orchestra (NAMO) on 12/16/2017 in New York with lots of support from physicians and medical researchers. The leaders of the NAMO actually helped in 4 major concerts in Domarican Republic in 2018 & 2019 seasons. Now NAMO is reborn with the name of the Samaritan Doctors Orchestra to stretch their humanitarian activities outside of the North America. web wikipedia youtube - vimeo facebook - twitter Read more [...]
The Weill Cornell Music Medicine Initiative

The Weill Cornell Music Medicine Initiative

A collaborative student-run effort to support medical students and professionals in musical pursuits and to further the understanding of music in medicine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uyyHLTwUJY Music as Medicine Through Weill Cornell’s affiliation with New York Presbyterian Hospital, the students and faculty of the Music and Medicine Initiative are developing partnerships to integrate music into medical practice. Music in the Community Bringing music to the Weill Cornell Read more [...]
Dance Haven: VP&S Dance Club

Dance Haven: VP&S Dance Club

Dance Haven seeks to introduce different styles of dance, including modern, lyrical, hip-hop, jazz, ballet, tap, and all cultural genres, to the Columbia University Irving Medical Center community. Our student-run group is comprised of passionate and committed dancers, ranging in skills from those who have trained and performed professionally to those who have just discovered dance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS6AgphPOu4 In addition to providing a creative outlet for its members, Read more [...]
CUIMC Choir: Chorda timpany

CUIMC Choir: Chorda timpany

The CUMC Choir, Chorda Tympani, is a student-directed group of singers dedicated to performing a variety of choral works for the Columbia community. The choir is open to all members of the medical school's community. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOzjdId_yxI web wikipedia youtube - vimeo facebook - twitter - instagram work Read more [...]
The Broadway Haven Players

The Broadway Haven Players

The Haven Players is the preeminent medical center theater company in the country and one of the crown jewels of Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Since 1967, HP has been doing the near impossible—producing three fully-mounted theatrical productions each academic year. Drawing on the creativity, design, and performance skills of students and faculty members from all corners of the medical center's campus, HP creates entertainment of high artistic quality that is also great fun for Read more [...]