Patient Care Unique SMILEmobile Gives First-of-its-Kind Access to Patients with Special Needs By Karen Black Aug. 2, 2016 UR Medicine’s Eastman Institute for Oral Health today presented a new, custom designed SMILEmobile that provides first-of-its-kind access to people with special needs, including older adults, people ...
Education Aug. 16 dSports Summit Showcases Technology's Impact on Sports Performance and Safety By Barbara Ficarra Jul. 28, 2016 To share its advances in sports medicine, technology innovation and research, and present next-generation sports technology from around the nation, the University of Rochester is hosting the ...
Education URMC Tapped for National Initiative to Improve Residency Training By Christine Roth Jul. 26, 2016 The University of Rochester Medical Center is one of only eight physician-training grounds in the U.S. selected to lead a four-year, nationwide effort to improve residency training for doctors. More ...
Patient Care Student Physicals Set for Thursdays in August By Lori Barrette Jul. 20, 2016 Physicals for youth ages four through 19 will be offered on Thursdays in August at the University of Rochester Medical Center, a service aimed at filling the gap for families who don’t have health ...
Research What Are Your Chances of Living Two Years? Doctors, Cancer Patients, Not on Same Page By Leslie Orr Jul. 14, 2016 Misunderstandings about prognosis between patients with advanced cancer and their doctors was common, in a study reported in JAMA Oncology, and the vast majority of patients didn’t know that their ...
Patient Care Telehealth Poised to Revolutionize Health Care By Mark Michaud Jul. 13, 2016 Telehealth is growing rapidly and has the potential to transform the delivery of health care for millions of persons. That is the conclusion of a review article appearing today in the New England ...
Education $1 Million Gift to Support School of Medicine and Dentistry Students and Eastman Institute for Oral Health By Karen Black Jul. 7, 2016 Two health care professionals who are passionate about children’s health, especially those with special needs, have committed $1 million to the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Research URMC Team Revises Understanding of Genetic Code By Leslie Orr Jun. 30, 2016 Scientists for years have known that the genetic code found in all living things contains many layers of complexity. But new research from the University of Rochester cracks the code more deeply, ...
Research $1.5M Senate Grant Supports Programs to Curb Youth Suicide and Substance Abuse By URochester Medicine Communications Jun. 6, 2016 More than a decade of research by URMC professor of Psychiatry Peter Wyman, Ph.D., is now helping to bring two promising programs--aimed at curbing youth suicide prevention and substance abuse--into ...
Education Professor of Psychiatry J. Richard Ciccone, M.D. Honored with Kaiser Medal By Christine Roth Jun. 3, 2016 The Rochester Academy of Medicine recently bestowed its highest honor—the Albert David Kaiser Medal—upon J. Richard Ciccone, M.D., professor of Psychiatry and founding director of the Psychiatry and ...
