Research Founder and Longtime Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology Dies By Emily Boynton Apr. 21, 2014 Alastair J. Gillies, M.D., who established the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and served as chair for nearly 15 years, died recently ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Helping Aging Adults in Rural Communities By URMC Communications Apr. 20, 2014 More than half a million older adults live in rural areas across New York State, and this number is expected to increase dramatically over the next two decades. At the same time, the number of senior ...
Research How are Depression and Memory Loss Connected? By URMC Communications Apr. 14, 2014 A preliminary study conducted by researchers from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and the School of Nursing delves more deeply into the relationship between depression ...
Research For Sick, Elderly Patients, Surgical Decision Making “Takes a Village” By URMC Communications Apr. 10, 2014 Surgical decision making for sick, elderly patients should be orchestrated by a multidisciplinary team, advocates Laurent G. Glance, M.D., in a perspective piece published in the New England Journal ...
Research Like Hand-Washing, Blood Transfusions Linked to Infections By Leslie Orr Apr. 3, 2014 Doing fewer blood transfusions reduces infection rates by nearly 20 percent, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association co-authored by Neil Blumberg, M.D., professor of ...
Research Like Hand-Washing, Blood Transfusions Linked to Infections By Leslie Orr Mar. 31, 2014 Blood transfusions are among the most common treatments for hospitalized patients nationwide, but doing them less often reduces infection rates by nearly 20 percent, according to a study in the ...
Patient Care UR Medicine’s Campbell Named Chair of National Family Medicine Council By Karin Gaffney Christensen Mar. 23, 2014 Thomas L. Campbell, M.D., the William Rocktaschel Professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine, was recently elected chair of the Council of Academic Family Medicine.
Patient Care New Palliative Care Book Co-Edited by Rochester Expert By Lori Barrette Mar. 5, 2014 Rochester expert Timothy E. Quill, M.D. is co-editor of a new book exploring the ethics of palliative care, the medical specialty that focuses on pain and symptom management, patient and family ...
Research UR Distinguished Alumnus Alejandro Zaffaroni Dies in California By Leslie Orr Mar. 3, 2014 Alejandro Zaffaroni, who earned his Ph.D. at the University of Rochester in 1949 and went on to become a world renowned biotechnology entrepreneur and innovator of drug delivery systems, died ...
Education An Award Winning Hobby By URMC Communications Feb. 24, 2014 Gary D. Paige, M.D., Ph.D., chair of Neurobiology and Anatomy, has been heading to Elk Lake Lodge in the Adirondacks every year for more than two decades. While there, he takes a lot of photographs. ...
