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 Nancy M. Bennett Elected Co-Chair of National CTSA Committee By Karin Gaffney Christensen Jun. 24, 2013 The director of the URMC Center for Community Health has been elected the new co-chair of the Community Engagement Key Function Committee of the national Clinical and Translational Science Awards ...
Research Symposium Will Showcase Health Care Applications of IBM Watson By Mark Michaud Jun. 18, 2013 While the IBM Watson supercomputing system is probably best known for its star turn on Jeopardy!, the very capabilities that made the computer a successful quiz show contestant – the ability to ...
Patient Care Lakeside Reborn as URMC’s Strong West By Teri D'Agostino Jun. 18, 2013 Less than two months after Lakeside Health System officially closed its hospital to patients, the Lakeside Board today announced plans to sell most of the system’s assets to the University of ...
Research Scientists Coax Brain to Regenerate Cells Lost in Huntington’s Disease By Mark Michaud Jun. 6, 2013 Researchers have been able to mobilize the brain’s native stem cells to replenish a type of neuron lost in Huntington’s disease. In the study, which appears today in the journal Cell Stem Cell, the ...
Patient Care Wilmot Cancer Center Launches New Program to Support Cancer Survivors By URMC Communications May. 27, 2013 The James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at the University of Rochester Medical Center is helping patients navigate the complexities of cancer survivorship care with the introduction of the Judy DiMarzo ...
Research Gastroenterologists Use New Technology to Detect Precancerous Cells By Lori Barrette May. 20, 2013 Esophageal adenocarcinoma is now the fastest growing form of cancer in the United States, but gastroenterologists at URMC's Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy have been using an innovative ...
Research Local Laws Key to Reducing Dangers of Lead Poisoning By Mark Michaud May. 6, 2013 A new study appearing this week in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law catalogues community-based efforts to develop strategies and policies that – by targeting high risk housing – may ...
Education ‘Education in Medical Malpractice’ Spotlight will Unite Doctors, Lawyers By Jenny Fortin Apr. 26, 2013 Doctors and lawyers will get talking on the thorny subject of medical malpractice at the second annual Lawrence Educational Symposium on Wednesday, May 8, and Thursday, May 9.
