Tag: health care professionals

This summer, James R. Higgins (MD ’77) will cross off the 2,152nd item on what is undoubtedly the world’s most ambitious bucket list. And you can watch him do it.

Visits by nurses to the homes of economically disadvantaged mothers help reduce premature death of both mothers and their first-born children, a study co-authored by University of Rochester School of ...

In an attempt to help urban teens keep their asthma symptoms in check, Jill Halterman, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of pediatrics at UR Medicine’s Golisano Children’s Hospital, has developed a ...

The University of Rochester Medical Center has been awarded a five-year grant totaling $1.49 million to work with health care systems to improve delivery of care for tobacco dependence. This grant ...

Tulsa cardiologist and SMD alumnus James R. Higgins (MD '77) is making his big screen debut in July, playing the President of the United States in Persecuted.

In 1900, leading women’s rights activist and Rochester resident Susan B. Anthony persuaded the University of Rochester to admit women. One of SMD’s early female graduates has been keeping Anthony’s ...

In an effort to bring clarity, consistency, and visibility to its growing network of health care providers, the University of Rochester is introducing a new brand within the Greater Rochester region. ...

NPR, the BBC, and NBC are among the many national and international news outlets reporting on a recent study led by University of Rochester researcher Maiken Nedergaard, M.D., D.M.Sc.

The orthopaedic specialists at UR Medicine’s Golisano Children’s Hospital have earned a place on U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospitals listing for the sixth year in a row.

A new study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives describes how exposure to air pollution early in life produces harmful changes in the brains of mice, including an enlargement ...