Patient Care Taubman To Serve Another Five-Year Term as Dean of School of Medicine and Dentistry By Leslie White Oct. 9, 2018 University of Rochester President Richard Feldman has announced the appointment of Mark B. Taubman, M.D., to a new term as dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry, effective July 1, 2019. ...
Research Study: Nursing Homes Increasingly Pushing Patients into Rehab at End-of-Life By Mark Michaud Oct. 3, 2018 A new study reveals a growing trend of potentially unnecessary – and harmful – high intensity rehabilitation services for residents of nursing homes. The study finds that this trend, which may be ...
Patient Care Slice of History: Friends of Strong Celebrates $1 Million Milestone, Efforts to Enhance Patient Care By Matt Ulakovic Sep. 25, 2018 For the first time ever, Friends of Strong gave $1 million to support patient care programs throughout Strong Memorial Hospital in a single year—breaking all previous funding records for the ...
Patient Care Scientists Uncover Valuable Gene Activity for Precancerous Cysts, Cancer in Pancreas By Leslie Orr Sep. 24, 2018 A Wilmot Cancer Institute study revealed the actions of a key gene and its surrounding network that causes cysts in the pancreas, as well as how cancer arises from the cysts. The work could someday ...
Research Common Painkiller Not Effective for Traumatic Nerve Injury By Mark Michaud Sep. 24, 2018 A new study out today in the Journal of Neurology finds that pregabalin is not effective in controlling the chronic pain that sometimes develops following traumatic nerve injury. The results of the ...
Research Roswell Park and URMC to Create $19 Million Research Program Focused on Flavored Tobacco By Susanne Pallo Sep. 21, 2018 The grant will unite teams from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University of Rochester Medical Center in an effort to better document and understand one of the fastest-growing ...
Patient Care Integrative Oncology and Wellness Center Opens at Wilmot Cancer Institute’s Pluta Cancer Center By Lydia Fernandez Sep. 13, 2018 The new Pluta Integrative Oncology & Wellness Center is the first program of its kind in the region. It is designed to help patients incorporate complementary therapies and lifestyle modifications ...
Research Richard Libby to Lead Graduate Education at School of Medicine and Dentistry By Lori Barrette Aug. 22, 2018 Richard T. Libby, Ph.D., professor of Ophthalmology and of Biomedical Genetics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, and a member of the University’s Center for Visual ...
Research URMC to Host National Developmental Disabilities Health Conference By URMC Communications Aug. 9, 2018 The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) will host the 2019 annual conference of the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry (AADMD). The event, the preeminent conference ...
Patient Care New Book by UR Medicine Gynecologist, Wilmot Experts Explores Menopause and Breast Cancer By Lydia Fernandez Jul. 12, 2018 UR Medicine gynecologist James R. Woods Jr., M.D., and experts from Wilmot Cancer Institute have compiled a new book titled The Little Book of Menopause: Living with the Challenges of Breast Cancer.
