{"id":1534,"date":"2019-08-06T12:53:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T16:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/biomedical-ethics\/?p=1534"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:19:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:19:05","slug":"laura-kolbe-md-2016-hook-scholar-now-an-instructor-in-medicine-at-weill-cornell-medicine-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/biomedical-ethics\/2019\/08\/06\/laura-kolbe-md-2016-hook-scholar-now-an-instructor-in-medicine-at-weill-cornell-medicine-ny\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Kolbe MD, 2016 Hook Scholar, now an instructor in medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, NY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1535 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/biomedical-ethics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2019\/08\/LauraKolbe-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Laura Kolbe MD\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/biomedical-ethics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2019\/08\/LauraKolbe-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/biomedical-ethics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2019\/08\/LauraKolbe-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/biomedical-ethics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2019\/08\/LauraKolbe-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/biomedical-ethics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2019\/08\/LauraKolbe-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/biomedical-ethics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2019\/08\/LauraKolbe.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Laura Kolbe MD, Hook Scholar in the graduating class of 2016, is now an instructor in medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York. 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