Education 100 Years Young: Dr. Morris Shapiro to be Honored By Karin Gaffney Christensen Oct. 23, 2013 A special birthday celebration for Morris J. Shapiro, M.D., will be held this morning in Helen Wood Hall, Room 1W501. Shapiro, who has been practicing medicine in Rochester since 1946, turns 100 ...
Research To Sleep, Perchance to Clean By Mark Michaud Oct. 17, 2013 In findings that give fresh meaning to the old adage that a good night’s sleep clears the mind, a new study shows that a recently discovered system that flushes waste from the brain is primarily ...
Research Copper Identified as Culprit in Alzheimer’s Disease By Mark Michaud Aug. 19, 2013 Copper appears to be one of the main environmental factors that trigger the onset and enhance the progression of Alzheimer’s disease by preventing the clearance and accelerating the accumulation of ...
Patient Care Six URMC Programs Cited as Among Best in Nation By Leslie White Jul. 15, 2013 When US News & World Report’s 2014 Best Hospitals guidebook hits newsstands today, a record number of six University of Rochester Medical Center specialties will be ranked among the very best in the ...
Education Alumni News: Answers on Ice By URMC Communications Jul. 8, 2013 Last November, when Warren M. Zapol (M '66) appeared as a witness before a U.S. House Congressional Science committee hearing on the country's Antarctic Research Program, he didn't wait for lawmakers ...
Education New Leaders for New Times, Part 2 By URMC Communications Jul. 8, 2013 Biostatistician Robert L. Strawderman III, Sc.D., is about to get his hands dirty. Harvard-trained, the former Cornell University scholar is no longer spending his days theorizing about study design ...
Education New Leaders For New Times, Part 1 By URMC Communications Jul. 8, 2013 On a clear day, the view from the top floor of the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center stretches well beyond the City of Rochester, and that is where Director Jonathan W. Friedberg, M.D., M.M. Sc. & ...
Education Team Players By URMC Communications Jul. 8, 2013 Extensive changes in health care and rapidly developing technology require new and creative approaches to teaching and training. To accomplish this, the University of Rochester Medical Center has ...
Education Chin-To Fong By URMC Communications Jul. 8, 2013 "In Dr. Fong, we found someone good, honorable, wise, insightful, and someone who knew each of us individually and had traveled through life with us as a mentor,"Weymann said. Many of Fong's patients ...
Research Foundational Pediatric Leader Passes By URMC Communications Jun. 30, 2013 Stanford B. Friedman, M.D., who helped launch the field of Behavioral Pediatrics, a loyal alumnus of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry class of 1957, died June 23 in the ...
