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What We Do

Physician-scientists within the Department of Pediatrics, the Drukier Institute for Children’s Health and the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine rely on philanthropy to drive their research forward.

Children’s Health Council members dedicate gifts of $10,000 or more to any area of pediatric research at Weill Cornell or to the Children’s Health Investigators Fund, giving our investigators the support they need to turn world-class research into world-class care for our littlest patients.

Who We Are

Chair

Casey S. Weiss

Vice Chairs

Alison Bernstein, Vice Chair of Membership
Erika Feil-Lincoln, Vice Chair of Programming
Danielle Rayman, Vice Chair of Marketing

Executive Committee

Sara Alemzadeh Handjani and Amir Handjani
Gail Cohen
Gale Drukier, Ed.D. and Ira Drukier, Ph.D.
Mara Feil
Lori Freedman
Barbara B. Friedman
Debra Gelband
Lynne Hammerschlag
Maya Hartman, M.D.
Caroline Kaufman
Charlotte and Jed Lenzner
Ronay Menschel
Courtney A. Nataraj
Nancy Paduano
M. Steven Silbermann
Christina Truesdale

Members

  • Anne-Victoire A. and Benjamin C.
  • Gabrielle Aboodi
  • Madelyn Antoncic, PhD
  • Del and Zach Arrick
  • Alexandra and Max Bandier
  • Mackenzie and Stephen Bartlett
  • Alexandra and Michael Bassik
  • Jay Bernstein
  • Taryn and Samuel Blank
  • Hannah Blumenthal and Quentin Chu
  • Kate and Matthew Burke
  • David Cohen
  • Phyllis and Jeffrey Cole
  • Rebecca and Loïc de Kertanguy
  • Marianne Ruggiero Farina and Anthony Farina
  • Brian Feil
  • Danielle and David Fowler
  • Michael Freedman
  • Friedman Family Foundation
  • Samantha and Ryan Fuld
  • Michael Gelband
  • Barbara Glauber
  • Beth Goldman and Matt Mezvinsky
  • Ferne and Bernard Goldsmith
  • Mark Hammerschlag
  • Maya Hartman, M.D. and Michael Fieldstone
  • Debra and Bruce Kahne
  • Elaine and John Kanas
  • Adam Kaufman
  • Bernadette and Dennis Kearney
  • Stephanie and James Kearney
  • Breanna and John Khoury
  • Galina and Igor Kirman
  • Janet Krauthamer and Jason Schoenberg
  • Michelle and David Kroin
  • Rekha and Vinay Kumar
  • Kim and Jonathan Kushner
  • Kate Lei and Shahan Yang
  • Matthew Lincoln
  • Hailey Lustig and Stephen Prince
  • Patricia T. Meadow
  • Caitlin Moscatello and Christopher Kellen
  • Naveen Nataraj
  • Layla Nemazee and Josh Harris
  • Anna and Emanuel Neuman
  • Alicia Nevarez-Bunnell
  • Libbey and Ryan Nivakoff
  • Raisa and Ndu Okereke
  • Dan Paduano
  • Margaret and Andrew Paul
  • Robin and Michael Poulos
  • Cassy and Dick Quintal
  • Reed Rayman
  • Amanda and Jason Redlus
  • Eve H. Robbins
  • Izabella and Jordan Rubin
  • Jenna and Paul Segal
  • Julie A. Silbermann
  • Stephanie A. Sirota
  • Annalisa and Jonathan Snider
  • Whitney Snider, M.D. and David Snider
  • Lauren and Javier Starkand
  • Jill Swid Rosen and Eric Rosen
  • Alexis and Drew Tarlow
  • Donald Truesdale
  • Blair and Jason Vahn
  • Noah N. Weiss
  • Cricket Whitton and Nick Hammerschlag
  • Carolyn Seely Wiener
  • Julia and John Zito
  • Stephanie and Richard Zogheb

Faculty Advisors

Virginia Pascual, M.D.
Drukier Director, Gale and Ira Drukier Institute for Children's Health
Ronay Menschel Professor of Pediatrics

Sallie Permar, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Nancy C. Paduano Professor

Rebecca Rendleman, M.D., C.M.
Vice Chair for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry