Rochester Medicine Magazine - Summer 2010
Features
Medical Center Rounds Updates
U.S. News ranks Golisano Children's Hospital programs among nation's best
Acupuncture's molecular effects pinned down
Rochester advances understanding of deadly form of malaria
Alumni News
A Partnership in Athens
Barbara L. Schuster, M.D. (M ’77, R ’80), a former University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry faculty member, leads the development of a new medical school campus, the Medical College of Georgia/University of Georgia Medical Partnership in Athens, Ga. As dean of the Athens campus, Schuster will welcome her first class of medical students in August. More »
Philanthropy
Gift Supports Professorship and Clinical Research on Alzheimer's Disease
Clinical research into Alzheimer's disease and other conditions that cause dementia has taken a giant leap forward at the University of Rochester Medical Center, with a major gift from a local couple that has long supported the University. More »
Class Notes
In Rochester History
University of Rochester Medical Center researchers were the first to administer lung surfactant to premature infants in the United States, dramatically improving the survival rates of babies born more than 12 weeks premature from 50 to 90 percent. More »
Online Specials
Taking on Environmental Agents
Tom Gasiewicz, Ph.D. (PhD ’77), director of the Environmental Health Sciences Center, discusses health effects.
Choosing a Future
Members of the SMD Class of 2010 explain why they chose their specialty.
A Rochester Inheritance
Second and third generation grads talk about their Rochester legacy.
Commencement Slideshow
View a slideshow from commencement, and read Tim Quill's speech.
