Patient Care Report Recommends More Treatment, Research, for Gulf War Vets By Leslie Orr Feb. 14, 2016 The cause of Gulf War illness is still a mystery but focusing on treatments and interventions might help the veterans of Operation Desert Storm as well as the troops of the future, according to an ...
Patient Care Event Benefits Patient-centered Care Initiatives at Strong Memorial Hospital By Matt Ulakovic Feb. 10, 2016 Friends of Strong is celebrating its 25th annual Gala Wine Tasting at the historic Monroe Golf Club, Friday, Feb. 12, from 7 to 10 p.m., in support of patient- and family-centered care initiatives at ...
Research URMC Partners with Private Company to Create Tissue Bank for Cancer Research By Leslie Orr Feb. 3, 2016 The University of Rochester Medical Center announced it’s collaborating with Indivumed, a Germany-based company, to establish a bank of human tissues and tumor samples that are expertly preserved and ...
Patient Care What Frogs Can Teach Us About Tumors By Leslie Orr Feb. 2, 2016 Researchers at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry have developed a new model of cancer in frogs to study how tumors grow, spread, and manipulate immune cells. These ...
Patient Care Medical Center Board Honors Top Staff with 2015 Excellence Awards By URMC Communications Jan. 26, 2016 Nine individuals and four teams were honored by the University of Rochester Medical Center Board on Jan. 20 for their steadfast personal and professional dedication to delivering a patient care ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Primary Care Opens Manhattan Square Family Medicine By Lori Barrette Jan. 18, 2016 UR Medicine Primary Care opened the doors to Manhattan Square Family Medicine on Monday, Jan. 18, in newly renovated space at 454 E. Broad St., Rochester. Born from a desire to better serve people ...
Research Dirk Bohmann to Lead Basic Science Research at URMC By Leslie Orr Jan. 11, 2016 Dirk Bohmann, Ph.D., an accomplished molecular biologist and scientific leader at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, has been appointed Senior Associate Dean for Basic ...
Education SMD Continuing Medical Education Program Earns National Accreditation By Christine Roth Jan. 10, 2016 The School of Medicine and Dentistry has earned six-year accreditation with commendation from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). The distinction recognizes the school ...
Patient Care Southern Tier Oncology Joins UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute By Lydia Fernandez Dec. 30, 2015 Pradeep Sharda, M.D., and Varsha Sharda, M.D., of Southern Tier Oncology LLC in Hornell are joining UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute as Associate Professors of Clinical Medicine effective Jan. ...
Education By Asking, “What’s the Worst Part of This?” Physicians Can Ease Suffering By Leslie Orr Dec. 22, 2015 When patients suffer, doctors tend to want to fix things and if they cannot many doctors then withdraw emotionally. But by turning toward the suffering, physicians can better help their patients and ...
