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• From the Dean Dear Readers, Inside this issue, you will find several examples of exciting progress here at Columbia: A profile of our newest Institute of Medicine member, Carol Mason; Tim Wang’s novel approach to the study of cancer; an exciting expansion of our ColumbiaDoctors practice in midtown Manhattan; an update on the scholarly projects of our inaugural class in the new M.D. curriculum; the experience of the first class of Columbia-Bassett students in Cooperstown; and a review of landmark research performed here at Columbia that demonstrates how we can now replace an aortic valve without surgery. The issue also profiles two accomplished physicianscientists and academic leaders: Paul Marks – a 1949 P&S graduate, former dean of P&S, and current CUMC Board of Visitors member – and his son, Andy Marks – our current chair of physiology & cellular biophysics. In the newly designed alumni section of the magazine, you can read profiles of three 1980s alumni who have had fascinating careers in biotechnology: Ron Cohen, Paul Maddon, and George Yancopoulos. These examples of our people and our achievements serve as true measures of our success, but we also appreciate when external evaluations publicly reinforce the value of our contributions to the fields of medicine, education, and biomedical science. In 2011, our National Institutes of Health awards grew by more than 6 percent, demonstrating how well our faculty are doing when competing against their peers for research funding at a time when the overall NIH budget declined. In education, we proudly note that the yield for our first-year class – the percentage of accepted students who enrolled – was the highest in 35 years. Another indicator is our recordbreaking philanthropy, which last year topped $200 million in support that we gratefully acknowledge from alumni, patients, and other friends. However, no external assessment exemplifies the greatness of P&S better than the highest standard we set for ourselves – our unwavering commitment to improving health throughout the world with advances in medical education, scientific research, and patient care. With best wishes, Lee Goldman, M.D., Dean lgoldman@columbia.edu departments 2 4 14 29 31 44 48 Letters P&S News Clinical Advances ECMO for Adults Makes a Comeback Integrated Arthritis Center: Applying Research to Patient Care For Sleep Apnea, Robotic Surgery Offers a New Tool Forestalling Lymphedema, a Preventive Strategy Graduate School Life Several students in the Graduate Program in Pharmacology and Molecular Signaling use sophisticated techniques to lay the groundwork for the design of more potent and specific drugs. Alumni News & Notes Alumni Profile: Biotech leaders Ron Cohen, Paul Maddon, and George Yancopoulos In Memoriam Faculty and alumni who have died P&S Club Corner 29
features 24 Does Metabolic Surgery “Cure” Diabetes? By Robin Eisner Experts may not agree on how surgery treats diabetes but they agree that more research is needed. CovER PhotoGRAPh By JoRG MEyER. ARtICLE, PAGE 18. 18 the Marks of Clinical and Research Excellence By Robin Eisner P&S faculty member and department chair Andy Marks and Paul Marks’49, former P&S department chair and former dean, make up one of the few fatherson teams in the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences. in this Issue John torrey’s Legacy: From Plants to trees to Mountains to Botanical Societies By Alan Lipkin’80 and Mindy L. Aisen’80 Vol. 32 No. 1 Spring 2012 22 Two graduates who discovered their mutual connections to the legacy of 1818 P&S graduate John Torrey write about the influence of the medical botanist.
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