Giving to the Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery is an investment in our effort to defeat heart, lung and esophageal disease. Your support will accelerate our efforts across the research landscape and will allow us to maintain our internationally recognized leadership role in important specialty areas such as coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease and lung cancer prevention, surgery and treatment.
Every year our esteemed faculty publish nearly 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts and present our Weill Cornell research data at prestigious national and international surgical meetings. Your support recognizes their clinical and research skill and allows their life-saving work to change the standard of care for patients around the world.
Every contribution, no matter the size, is greatly appreciated. You can make a gift online to support the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery or our research initiatives in cardiac surgery or lung cancer. We are so grateful for your support.
Support Cardiothoracic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine
Philanthropy enables us to recruit and retain the best surgeons in the world, and treat complicated cases on our campuses in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. We are proud of the work we do to save lives every day, and the extraordinary growth and renown of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery in recent years is due in no small part to the generosity of donors like you. Thank you.
Research in Cardiac Surgery
Research in cardiac surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine has uncovered new surgical protocols, investigated sex-specific differences in surgical outcomes, changed the standard of care for surgical intervention and improved outcomes for patients around the globe. Your support is critical to help us invest in early-stage investigator-driven trials and recruit post-doctoral research fellows to the department, allowing us to continue making life-saving discoveries.
Thoracic Cancer Research
The Division of Thoracic Surgery maintains a robust lung Cancer research portfolio through the Neuberger Berman Foundation Lung Cancer Research Center, a leading hub for innovative research and clinical collaboration on non-small cell lung cancer, small cell lung cancer and lung carcinoid tumors. The center puts philanthropic investment to excellent use uncovering the effectiveness of new combinations of immunotherapy and radiation treatments, pioneering new surgical techniques to preserve lung tissue and developing a lung cancer vaccine to stop the growth of pre-cancerous lesions.
Your tax-deductible gift to Weill Cornell Medicine can be made in honor or memory of someone special. Upon receipt of your gift, we will send a notification to the person(s) you designate.
Donate by Check
Please print out and complete our donation form, and make your check payable to Weill Cornell Medical College, and include “Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery-Cardiac Research” or “Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery-Lung Cancer Research” in the memo line. Mail to:
Weill Cornell Medicine
Office of External Affairs
P.O. Box 22497
New York, NY 10087-2497
Major Gifts & Other Ways to Give
If you are interested in making a major gift that will benefit the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine, we would be happy to discuss these opportunities with you. We can also provide guidance on in-kind gifts, matching gifts, gifts of securities or giving via cash wire transfer. For more information, please contact:
Suzanne Longley
(646) 962-9490
sul4002@med.cornell.edu
Learn more about planned giving opportunities at Weill Cornell Medicine.