Community Wilmot Cancer Center Raises More Than $500,000 at Annual Discovery Ball By URMC Communications May. 14, 2013 More than 950 patients, faculty and staff, board members and donors, and the local community attended the 13th annual Discovery Ball on Saturday, May 11, at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center ...
Research URMC Opens Clinic, Initiates Research on Rare Lung Disease in Women By Emily Boynton May. 14, 2013 Lymphangioleiomyomatosis or LAM, for short, is a rare but frequently fatal lung condition that affects almost exclusively women, usually in the prime of their lives, as they begin their careers and ...
Patient Care Strength and Family Key to Recovering from Eating Disorder By URMC Communications May. 13, 2013 At 12, Alyssa Morales was referred to Golisano Children's Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center, where she was admitted to its comprehensive Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder ...
Patient Care Longtime Surgical Faculty Member, Jim Adams, Leaves Indelible Legacy By URMC Communications May. 12, 2013 Longtime professor of Surgery James T. Adams, M.D., died Thursday morning, May 9, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 83. Colleagues and residents alike celebrate his 51-year tenure at ...
Research UR Named Center for AIDS Research by the National Institutes of Health By Emily Boynton May. 9, 2013 The University of Rochester was named a Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) by the National Institutes of Health, a designation that infuses $7.5 million into HIV/AIDS work across the University and ...
Research Wilmot Cancer Researchers Awarded $2M to Study Age-Related Care By Leslie Orr May. 8, 2013 We’ve all known middle-aged people who seem older because of health problems and 75-year-olds who seem younger because they’re very healthy. Scientists want to know if measuring a cancer patient’s ...
Research Local Laws Key to Reducing Dangers of Lead Poisoning By Mark Michaud May. 6, 2013 A new study appearing this week in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law catalogues community-based efforts to develop strategies and policies that – by targeting high risk housing – may ...
Community URMC Notifies Patients of Misplaced USB Drive By Teri D'Agostino May. 3, 2013 The University of Rochester Medical Center has sent letters to a group of former orthopaedic patients, alerting them to the loss of protected health information.
Research URMC Scientist Honored by American Society for Clinical Investigation By Leslie White May. 2, 2013 University of Rochester Medical Center researcher Laura M. Calvi, M.D., a rising biomedical scientist, was inducted into the American Society for Clinical Investigation, one of the nation's oldest ...
Research Stephen Dewhurst Named Vice Dean for Research at UR School of Medicine and Dentistry By Emily Boynton May. 1, 2013 Stephen Dewhurst, Ph.D., has been named vice dean for research at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. A faculty member since 1990 and past senior associate dean for basic ...
