Sanford I. Weill and Jeffrey J. Feil
This is an extraordinary moment in science and health care. As you will read in this issue of Milestones, we have officially launched We’re Changing Medicine, an ambitious $1.5 billion fundraising campaign that promises to enhance our three-part mission in extraordinary new ways.
As longtime champions of this great institution, we are honored to be serving as co-chairs of a campaign that will advance medical science and discovery in ways that were unthinkable only a few years ago.
Under the visionary leadership of Dean Augustine M.K. Choi, together with the guidance of Chair Jessica Bibliowicz, the Board of Fellows and the tireless work and ingenuity of faculty, staff, alumni and volunteer leaders who are devoted to the institution, Weill Cornell Medicine continues to be a national model of excellence. Because of them, we look forward to a successful campaign, with hopes for achieving the goals and expectations set forth in our strategic plan.
The stakes – for our patients and the world – are enormously high. While we continue to make great strides in the advancement of health care, we face many pressing challenges that require our urgent attention. Through the We’re Changing Medicine campaign we will address a range of diseases and disorders, including cancer, infectious diseases and illnesses that affect the heart, brain and metabolic system. Our efforts will ensure the translation of the latest research insights into next-generation treatments and therapies that have the potential to heal and cure and improve the quality of life of patients everywhere.
Today, Weill Cornell Medicine physician-scientists are at the forefront of some of the most game-changing medical research of our time – areas of innovation that promise exceptional progress in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human illness. Their lifesaving work depends on the extraordinary philanthropy of donors like you. Thanks to generous gifts at all levels, Weill Cornell Medicine has been able to elevate its ability to care, discover and teach and rise to meet new and critical health challenges. With your help, the We’re Changing Medicine campaign is poised to help us do even more. We truly are changing medicine. Change it with us.
Sanford I. Weill,
Co-chair, We’re Changing Medicine campaign
Jeffrey J. Feil,
Co-chair, We’re Changing Medicine campaign
