Research Report Highlights Understudied, Unwelcome Side of Cancer Treatment By Leslie Orr Mar. 6, 2012 The number of cancer survivors in the United States has tripled since 1971 and yet gains in survival have come at the price of second malignancies and cardiovascular disease, according to a ...
Research A Step Forward In Effort to Regenerate Damaged Nerves By URochester Medicine Communications Feb. 20, 2012 Jason Huang and his team have taken a step forward toward the goal of repairing nerves more effectively in patients who have been involved in car accidents or suffered other injuries. In a paper ...
Patient Care URMC Primary Care Network Receives Top Medical Home Certification from NCQA By Karin Gaffney Christensen Feb. 20, 2012 All 22 offices in the primary care network have been nationally certified at the highest level to offer a new model of care that promotes partnership between patients and a personal team of health ...
Patient Care Medical Center Board Bestows Patient Care Awards on Top Staff By URochester Medicine Communications Jan. 23, 2012 This week, during the University of Rochester Medical Center Board’s annual meeting, Board Chair Bob Latella presented the 2011 Excellence Awards to some of the institution’s most exceptional ...
Research Evolving URMC Studies Uphold Precision Radiation to Control Cancer By Leslie Orr Jan. 10, 2012 The University of Rochester Medical Center has been a leader in the study of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for the past decade, and three of the latest research projects show that SBRT ...
Research URMC Lung Research Awarded $4.7M to Establish a Respiratory Pathogens Research Center By URochester Medicine Communications Dec. 26, 2011 The University of Rochester Medical Center has been awarded a contract from the Federal government to establish a center to study the germs that cause lung disease. The agreement could last ...
Research Some Muscular Dystrophy Patients at Increased Risk for Cancer By URochester Medicine Communications Dec. 13, 2011 People who have the most common type of adult muscular dystrophy also have a higher risk of getting cancer, according to a paper published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Education Whitneys Give $1 Million to School of Nursing in Support of Meliora Challenge By Christine Roth Dec. 6, 2011 Wyoming residents and University of Rochester alumni Fay Wadsworth Whitney ’60, ’61N, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Ralph “Roy” Whitney, Jr., ’57, ’73S (MBA), recently announced a gift of $1 million to ...
Patient Care URMC Launches Fundraising Campaign for New Children’s Hospital By URochester Medicine Communications Oct. 29, 2011 Volunteers, University and Medical Center leaders, physicians, and staff tonight launched a $100 million campaign to transform Golisano Children’s Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical ...
Research URMC Pathologist Honored for Advancing Knowledge of Breast Cancer By Leslie Orr Sep. 14, 2011 David Hicks, M.D., director of Surgical Pathology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, received a prestigious award Sept. 13, 2011, from the College of American Pathologists (CAP) for his ...
