Education Imaging Sciences Department Develops Radiology Training Program for Future Zambian Doctors By Heather Natola Feb. 12, 2019 The University of Rochester employs about 80 radiologists; the country of Zambia has one. A collaboration between Michael Potchen, M.D., professor in the Department of Imaging Sciences, URMC Imaging ...
Research URMC Designated as a Duchenne Care Center By Mark Michaud Feb. 11, 2019 Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing care and research for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, has named the University of Rochester Medical ...
Patient Care Strong Memorial Hospital Earns Blue Distinction Specialty Care Designation for Cellular Immunotherapy – CAR-T By Lydia Fernandez Feb. 8, 2019 Excellus BlueCross BlueShield recognizes Strong Memorial Hospital as one of the first hospitals to receive a designation under the new Blue Distinction® Centers for Cellular Immunotherapy – CAR-T ...
Research Puerto Rican Children with Asthma Less Likely to Use Inhalers than Mexican American Children By Patrick Broadwater Feb. 8, 2019 Puerto Rican children were more likely to have poor or decreasing use of inhaled medication needed to control their asthma than Mexican American children, according to a new study by University of ...
Education UR Medicine, Community Pediatricians Team Up to Encourage Vaccinations By URMC Communications Feb. 7, 2019 In the wake of the measles cases that have arisen in the Rochester area over the past several weeks, pediatricians throughout the region have collaborated on a video in the hopes of spreading ...
Education Medical Students to Host Immigrant and Migrant Worker Conference Feb. 23 By Lori Barrette Feb. 6, 2019 Students from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry will shed light on social and health issues facing immigrant and migrant farmworkers at the “Im/migrant Worker Conference: ...
Patient Care UR, China Announce Creation of Suicide Prevention Center in Shenzhen By Karin Gaffney Christensen Feb. 4, 2019 The University of Rochester and Shenzhen Kangning Hospital in China will collaborate to develop the Shenzhen-Rochester Collaborating Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide.
Patient Care New Study: Metastatic Breast Cancer and a Decade of Survivorship By Leslie Orr Feb. 4, 2019 Researchers were pleased to discover that some women with metastatic breast cancer were still alive 10 years after being treated with radiotherapy to the sites where their cancer had spread. The ...
Patient Care Watch for Wilmot during 2019 Super Bowl By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jan. 31, 2019 UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute will be featured in a commercial that will air during the 2019 Super Bowl, which starts at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 3. The ad highlights several key facts about ...
Dr. David Levy is the 2019 Award of Merit Recipient By URMC Communications Jan. 31, 2019 Dr. David Levy is the 2019 Award of Merit Recipient from the Seventh District Dental Society.
