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September 17, 2020
12-1 PM

Suicide Prevention: Combating a Leading Cause of Death in Physicians

On September 17, 2020, in observation of National Physician Suicide Awareness Day, the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry at Cornell and Columbia will host a virtual panel discussion on suicide prevention for all faculty, students and staff at the medical campuses.

This year’s theme, “One of Us,” reflects how this public health issue has impacted all of us. The program will include opening remarks and a discussion with several nationally renowned physicians:

Dr. Augustine Choi
Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean
Weill Cornell Medicine
Dr. Anil Rustgi
Interim Executive Vice President
Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Corey and Jennifer Feist
Family of Dr. Lorna Breen
Dr. Christine Moutier
CMO, The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Dr. John Mann
The Paul Janssen Professor of Translational Neuroscience (in Psychiatry and in Radiology)
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Dr. Peter Marzuk
Associate Dean for Education
Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine

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CopeNYP Employee Urgent Counseling Program
Weill Cornell Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry has launched an urgent counseling service that provides faculty and staff across NYP, Weill Cornell, and Columbia Vagelos College of
Physicians and Surgeons quick and free access to confidential and supportive virtual therapy.

To schedule a session with a therapist please contact us by email
at empcounselinghelp@med.cornell.edu or by phone at 646-962-2710.
If you are having thoughts of suicide, please call the
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 24/7 at 800-273-8255.