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Abraham Benjamin Bornstein MD

Assistant Professor of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College

New York, NY

Professional summary

At Weill Cornell Medical College, I have been extensively involved at many levels of medical education, including 2 advanced Weill Cornell Medical Curriculum programs, 1) Problem Based Learning (PBL) and 2) Medicine, Physicians and Society (MPS). I have also been involved with the medical education of the pediatric housestaff, medical housestaff, as well as cardiology fellow training. I have also participated in the development of educational content for the PBL medical school curriculum, as well as content for CME and teleconferencing. Additionally, I am currently involved in the deployment of a Telemedicine–Based Adult Congenital Heart Disease Service as a joint project involving the divisions of Pediatric Cardiology at the Weill-Cornell and Columbia Campuses of New York Presbyterian Hospital as well as SUNY-Downstate College of Medicine. I have collaborated with the Division of Pediatric Cardiology to establish an obesity council as well as in obesity research working group

Contact

Office Phone

917-846-1346

Education

Universities

Tufts University School of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology
1973

Postgraduate Training

St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY

1998 to 1999
Fellowship: Nuclear Cardiology; St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY

1997 to 1998
Fellowship: Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography; Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY

Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA

1975 to 1978
1975-1978 Fellowship: Invasive/Interventional Cardiology; Tufts Medical Center. Boston, MA.

Tufts Medical Center

1975 to 1975
Residency: Internal Medicine; Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA

Tuftts Medical Center, Boston, MA

1973 to 1974
Internship: Internal Medicine; Tufts Medical Center. Boston, MA.

Licenses/Certifications

Diplomat, ABIM, Cardiovascular Diseases

1977
Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine; Subspecialty in Cardiovascular Diseases.

Diplomat, American Board of Medical Examiners

1976

Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine

1974

Experience

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. New York, NY.
2000 to 2001

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine

New York Medical College. Valhalla, NY.
1985 to 1998

Co-Director

The Heart Institute, St. Joseph Medical Center. Stamford, CT.
1995 to 1997

Assistant Professor of Medicine in Pediatrics

Weill Cornell Medical College
2001

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award

St. Joseph Medical Center. Stamford, CT
1996

Teacher's Award

American Academy of Family Practice. St. Joseph Medical Center. Stamford, CT
1995

Teacher of the Year Award

The Stamford Hospital. Stamford, CT
1989

Teacher of the Year Award

The Stamford Hospital. Stamford, CT
1983

Memberships

FACC - Fellow American College of Cardiology

American College of Cardiology
1979

Publications

Books

The epidemiology of valvular heart disease: a growing public health problem

Heart Fail Clin. 2006 Oct Vol.2;issue (4)
2006

Lectures and Presentations

The DICOM Standard

2008
Weill Cornell Medical College
DICOM: Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine

Curriculum Vitae

Disclosure or Conflict of Interest

Abraham Benjamin Bornstein MD has nothing to disclose

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