Education Tradition Video: The Making of Miner By URMC Communications Jan. 31, 2014 It was 1925, with the Great Depression looming, but that didn’t stop Dr. George Washington Corner from building a library at the University of Rochester’s new School of Medicine and Dentistry.
Education Tradition: A Rare Repository of Medical Knowledge By URMC Communications Jan. 31, 2014 The University of Rochester boasts an outstanding rare books collection in its medical school library.
Education Patient Care: The Pain Frontier By URMC Communications Jan. 31, 2014 Chronic pain is a quiet epidemic that has yet to grab the national attention it deserves. However, that’s not the case at our Neuromedicine Pain Management Center, which is being lauded for its ...
Education Looking for Trouble By URMC Communications Jan. 31, 2014 The School of Medicine & Dentistry is collaborating with the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to open the Center for Medical Technology Innovation (CMTI). The new center is forging ...
Education Alumni: Sound Medicine By URMC Communications Jan. 31, 2014 As a University of Rochester student, Philip Gruppuso (MD ’77) found a way to merge medical school with music. Now, he says, liberal arts are even more critical to preparing the next generation of ...
Patient Care URMC Introduces New Therapy to Lower Sky-High Cholesterol By Leslie White Jan. 28, 2014 University of Rochester Medical Center cardiologists are first in Upstate New York to offer a blood-cleansing therapy for people with extremely high cholesterol, including two-time heart attack ...
Research Finding Points to Possible New Parkinson’s Therapy By Mark Michaud Jan. 28, 2014 A new study shows that, when properly manipulated, a population of support cells found in the brain called astrocytes could provide a new and promising approach to treat Parkinson’s disease. These ...
Research What Does Compassion Sound Like? By Leslie Orr Dec. 25, 2013 “Good to see you. I’m sorry. It sounds like you’ve had a tough, tough, week.” Spoken by a doctor to a cancer patient, that statement is an example of compassionate behavior observed by a University ...
Research URMC Chief of Endocrinology Named Editor of Journal By Leslie White Dec. 17, 2013 University of Rochester Medical Center diabetes and endocrine expert Stephen Hammes, M.D., Ph.D., has been named editor-in-chief of Molecular Endocrinology, a leading journal in the field.
Research URMC Research Groups, Community Observe 25th Annual World AIDS Day By URMC Communications Nov. 26, 2013 The University of Rochester Medical Center and its HIV/AIDS research groups, the Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) and the Rochester Victory Alliance (RVA), have once again partnered with ...
