About
Personal Statement
Dr Bardes practices general internal medicine. His special interests include primary care and preventive care, emphasizing a unified approach to the whole person. His books include Diary of Our Fatal Illness, a prose-poem that narrates the illness and death of an aged man; and Pale Faces: The Masks of Anemia, an extended lyric essay on the cultural and mythological layers of a common disease construct. Other essays, poems and ruminations have appeared in Agni, Academic Medicine, The American Journal of Poetry, Birmingham Poetry Review, Great River Review, Literary Imagination, The New England Journal of Medicine, Medical Education, Ploughshares, Raritan, and Teaching and Learning in Medicine.
Specialties and Expertise
Specialties
- Preventive Medicine
- Primary Care Internist
Expertise
- Primary Care
Biography
Dr. Charles L. Bardes graduated from Princeton University (summa cum laude) in 1978 and from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1986. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency training at The New York Hospital (now known as NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital) in 1989. He has served on the medical center's faculty since that time and teaches extensively at Weill Cornell Medical College, also serving as Associate Dean (Admissions). In addition to numerous awards for teaching and clinical care, he is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha and a fellow of both The American College of Physicians and the New York Academy of Medicine.
Research
Honors and Awards
Honors and Awards
1978 Phi Beta Kappa
1979 Rotary International Fellowship
1986 Alpha Omega Alpha
1993 Elliot Hochstein Teaching Award, Cornell University Medical College
1995 Class of 1995 Senior List for Excellence in Teaching
1996 Class of 1996 Senior List for Excellence in Teaching
1997 Class of 1997 Senior List for Excellence in Teaching
1998 Class of 1998 Senior List for Excellence in Teaching
1999 Class of 1999 Senior List for Excellence in Teaching
2000 Class of 2000 Senior List for Excellence in Teaching
2000 Richard A. Hermann, M.D. Teaching Award
2000 Excellence in Teaching Award
2001 Class of 2001 Senior List for Excellence in Teaching
2002 Class of 2002 Senior List for Excellence in Teaching
2002 Elliot Hochstein Teaching Award
2003 Class of 2003 Senior List for Excellence in Teaching
2004 Class of 2004 Senior List for Excellence in Teaching
2005 Class of 2005 Senior List for Excellence in Teaching
2006 Class of 2006 Senior List for Excellence in Teaching
2007 Class of 2007 Senior List for Excellence in Teaching
2007 Innovations in Teaching Award
2008 Class of 2008 Senior List for Excellence in Teaching
2009 Class of 2009 Senior List for Excellence in Teaching
2009 Elliot Hochstein Teaching Award, Weill Cornell Medical College
2010 Richard A. Hermann, M.D. Teaching Award
2010 Class of 2010 Senior List for Excellence in Teaching
2011 Class of 2011 Senior List for Excellence in Teaching
2011 Siegel Family Faculty Award “recognizes a Medical College faculty member who demonstrates pedagogical excellence, outstanding scientific achievement, and a record of dedicated educational service to Weill Cornell.”
2012 Class of 2012 Senior List for Excellence in Teaching
2013 Class of 2013 Senior List for Excellence in Teaching
2014 Class of 2014 Senior List for Excellence in Teaching
2014 Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J Glaser Distinguished Teaching Award. “established by the AOA medical honor society in 1988 to provide national recognition to faculty members who have distinguished themselves in medical student education.” Four awards are given annually at the national meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges
2016 Education Innovation Award, Weill Cornell Medical College
2018 New Georgia Literary Arts Achievement Award
Credentials
Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical and Academic Positions
- Attending Physician - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Professor of Clinical Medicine - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
Education and Training
- M.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1986
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted
The following represents most of the managed care plans accepted by this doctor. If your insurance carrier does not appear here please contact the doctor’s office as they may have individual contracts not included on this site.
* indicates this doctor is no longer accepting new patients with this insurance plan.
- AETNA - PPO
- AETNA - HMO
- Aetna Weill Cornell Employee Managed Care Plan
- Aetna Weill Cornell Employee PPO Plan
- Aetna-NYP - EPO/POS
- * CIGNA
- * Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Mediblue (Senior)
- * Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - PPO
- * Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - HMO
- * Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - EPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Access
- * Medicare
- Oxford Health Plans - Freedom
- * Oxford Health Plans - Liberty
- * Oxford Health Plans - Metro/Core/Charter
- Rockefeller University - Trustmark
- * United Empire
- United Healthcare
- * United Healthcare Compass
- VNSNY CHOICE - Medicare
- WorldWide Medical
Locations and Appointments
External Relationships
External Relationships
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No External Relationships Reported