Dr. Philip Stieg, Dr. Michael Kaplitt, and Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield are thrilled to welcome Kate Rosen and John Chae as the newest physician-scientists who will begin training with us in July. “Match Day is the most highly anticipated day in the life of a fourth-year medical student,” said Dr. Kaplitt, vice chairman for research and director of the residency program. “But it’s equally exciting for the faculty members who learn which highly qualified young doctors will be spending the next seven years within the department as part of the next generation of neurosurgeons in training.”
“We interview the brightest and most motivated medical students in the country,” said Dr. Philip E. Stieg, department chairman and neurosurgeon-in-chief of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. “The interview process displays the enormous intellect, diversity, and emotional maturity in the students hoping to join the neurosurgical field and thus after meeting this impressive group of students we are always delighted to find out with whom we matched.”
Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield, the vice chairman for academic affairs and associate director of the residency program, who directs the nearly year-long interview process, added that “Kate and John both display the rare but sought-after combination of a passion for neurosurgery paired with the compassion and humanism we expect all of our physicians to embody. We couldn’t be happier that they chose us, and that we have the opportunity to be a part of their continued education and surgical training at Weill Cornell Medicine.”
Kate Rosen
Kate Rosen will receive her MD this year from the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, where she was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical student honor society, and of the Gold Humanism Honor Society, which recognizes senior medical students for excellence in compassionate clinical care. Prior to medical school, Kate studied biology, public health, and chemistry at Santa Clara University, where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree. She has been a mentor to students under-represented in medicine and is one of the founders of The Differentialists, a student group formed to build diagnostic reasoning skills. Kate’s research projects have included studying delayed cerebral ischemia after pituitary macroadenoma resection and evaluating the association between the Covid-19 pandemic and postpartum maternal mental health; her study of fluid overload in pediatric ICU patients was named Best Abstract by a Trainee at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
John Chae
John Chae will receive his MD this year from Weill Cornell Medical College, where he was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical student honor society. During his tenure at Weill Cornell, John was awarded the 2019 Siegel Family Student Prize for high academic achievement and leadership as well as the 2018 Marcus M. Reienberg, M.D. Award in Community Service. He received a Bachelor of Arts in chemistry from Williams College, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. John has been an active member of the Weill Cornell Medicine AANS Neurosurgery Interest Group, where he twice directed the Medical Student Neurosurgery Training Camp, and helped organize a medical student publication group. John has served as a mentor with HPREP, designed to boost medical school enrollment rates of underrepresented groups. Among his research projects are several conducted under the mentorship of Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield on congenital brain malformations, including the creation of a novel pathophysiology-based classification system.