Patient Care UR Medicine Heart Team Uses 3D Printing to Save Woman’s Life By Leslie White Mar. 31, 2015 A constellation of technological advances helped UR Medicine-led heart specialists save the life of an aging Brighton woman. They used a three-dimensional (3D) print of her heart along with a ...
Community UR Teen Health and Success Partnership Receives International Honor By Karin Gaffney Christensen Mar. 31, 2015 The program received the 2015 Hilary E.C. Millar Award for Innovative Approaches to Adolescent Health Care awarded by the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine.
Education When Students Teach By URMC Communications Mar. 31, 2015 The SMD’s Medical Education Pathway is likely the most structured student-as-teacher program in the country. But does it work?
Research Low Vitamin D Linked to Worse Prognosis in Type of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma By Leslie Orr Mar. 30, 2015 A new study found that people with lower vitamin D levels prior to treatment for follicular lymphoma succumb to the disease or face relapse earlier than patients with sufficient vitamin D levels in ...
Education The Taubman Approach By URMC Communications Mar. 30, 2015 Mark Taubman arrived as chief of Cardiology twelve years ago, and has been steadily assuming greater responsibilities ever since. Now, as CEO, Taubman has developed a distinctive leadership style ...
Education The App Man By URMC Communications Mar. 27, 2015 Spencer Craven (MD ‘16) is part of the first SMD class to receive iPads at orientation. Three years later, he has built a reputation for putting his skills to good use.
Education Ahead of the Curve By URMC Communications Mar. 26, 2015 Read how a once-struggling med student, SMD alumnus David Nash, has become one of the nation’s most sought-after experts on population health.
Research Pathologist Wins Breast Cancer Award to Study Bone Metastasis By Leslie Orr Mar. 24, 2015 A University of Rochester Medical Center scientist, who is studying an “all-in-one” agent to be used when breast cancer spreads to the bone, received a $50,000 grant today from the Breast Cancer ...
Education Trading Places By URMC Communications Feb. 26, 2015 Last fall, leaders in the Department of Neurology began asking residents to shadow a nurse for a day. Soon after, nurses in Strong Memorial Hospital’s neurological unit started spending a full day ...
Research Study that Shows How Brain Cleans Itself While We Sleep Honored by AAAS By Mark Michaud Feb. 11, 2015 Research that has transformed scientists’ understanding of the brain and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s has been awarded the 2014 Newcomb Cleveland Prize of the American Association for ...
