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Ray Ortega, MD, Attends West Point Founders Day

Dr. Ortega attended the West Point Society of New York Founders Day Dinner at New York's Union League Club on April 16, 2010. Founders Day commemorates the date President Thomas Jefferson signed the document that founded the United States Military Academy at West Point. This year's dinner was a salute to the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government.

A 1978 graduate of West Point, Dr. Ortega holds military honors from his service in the U.S. Army, including a U.S. Army Ranger Tab, a U.S. Army Special Forces Green Beret, a U.S. Army Master Parachutist Badge, a German Marksmanship Medal (Bronze), and a Tunisian Paratrooper Award.

Dr. Ortega with Keynote Speaker Brian Williams, Anchor and managing Editor of NBC Nightly News, and Gemma Abaring

Dr. Ortega with Col.(ret) Jack Jacobs, a Medal of Honor recipient for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War, who currently serves as a military analyst for MSNBC

Columbia University Wound Healing Center and Researchers at the Weill Cornell College of Medicine Locate Targets in the Fight Against Chronic Wounds

The Wound Healing Center at Columbia University in collaboration with researchers from the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) of the Weill Cornell College of Medicine have made a discovery that helps explain why chronic wounds do not heal. The researchers have discovered that skin cells become stalled in the middle of the normal healing process and cannot migrate to the site of the wound in order to fill in the gap. The research may be useful in developing new therapies that could potentially cut the chain of wound development before it becomes advanced.