Taubman to Conclude CEO and Dean Terms In December 2023
Mark B. Taubman, M.D. has decided not to seek reappointment upon completion of his terms as CEO and Dean, as announced at a University of Rochester Board of Trustees meeting today.
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Leadership Moves to Reshape and Strengthen URMC’s Inclusive Culture
A change in URMC leadership integrates our equity and inclusion efforts closely with those of the University and dedicates resources to building an anti-racist culture, while establishing a new ...
Rotondo Tapped to Lead Prestigious Surgical Society
Michael F. Rotondo, M.D., F.A.C.S., CEO of the University of Rochester’s Medical Faculty Group, was voted president of one of the country’s leading surgical associations, The Halsted Society, at its ...
UR’s Medical Faculty Group Hires Senior Financial Director
In a nod to the growing complexities of health care finances, the University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group (URMFG) has tapped international financial expert Daniel Cavallo, M.B.A., C.P.A., as ...
Rochester Native Joins Department of Neurosurgery
Former Penfield resident Andrew M. Wensel, M.D., has joined the University of Rochester Medical Center as an assistant professor of Neurosurgery, expanding the faculty ranks of the department to 11.
University of Rochester Medical Center Offers Free Screening for Vascular Disease
Nearly two dozen interventional radiologists, nurses and technicians from the Department of Imaging Sciences at the University of Rochester Medical Centers will be on hand at Marketplace Mall ...
Two Orthopaedic Specialists Join Medical Center
Two new orthopaedic surgeons are joining the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, helping to fill the growing patient volume in sports medicine and ...
Blue Dye May Hold Promise in Treating Spinal Cord Injury
A common food additive that gives M&Ms and Gatorade their blue tint may offer promise for preventing the additional – and serious – secondary damage that immediately follows a traumatic injury to the ...
ACL Injury Prevention Training Held for Section V Coaches
Training programs are being offered to Section V high school coaches to help launch what is believed to be the nation’s first and only community injury prevention program for anterior cruciate ...
School of Medicine and Dentistry Names Puzas to Lead Basic Science Research
J. Edward Puzas, Ph.D., Donald and Mary Clark Professor of Orthopaedics at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and director of orthopaedic research, today was named senior associate ...
$10 Million Gift to Transform Neuromedicine at URMC
A multi-million dollar gift from one of Rochester’s hometown entrepreneurs promises to launch the University of Rochester Medical Center’s neuromedicine program into a nationally recognized, ...
Scientists Discover Way to Jumpstart Bone's Healing Process
Rarely will physicians use the word "miraculous" when discussing patient recoveries. But that's the very phrase orthopaedic physicians and scientists are using in upstate New York to describe their ...
"Brain Attack" Gets Fast Tracked at Strong Memorial
A new streamlined triage system at Strong Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) is providing rapid evaluation and specialized treatments to "brain attack", or stroke, patients.
Play Ball: Striking Out Shoulder/Elbow Injuries and Other Common Baseball Pitfalls
A free talk on common repetitive injuries in baseball and helpful prevention techniques is the topic of a talk hosted by University Sports Medicine, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 7 at University ...
National Associations Honor Rosier for Contribution to Orthopaedics
Two national orthopaedic organizations joined forces earlier this week to honor University of Rochester Medical Center Professor of Orthopaedics Randy Rosier, M.D., Ph.D. for his significant ...
ACL Injury Prevention Program Rolls Out to Section V High Schools
The nation’s first – and only – program aimed at taking a wide-scale community prevention approach to decrease non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears among female high school athletes is ...
Strong Urologic Surgeons Perform Cutting-edge Minimally Invasive Surgery
Urologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) are advancing the frontiers of minimally invasive surgery as they begin to introduce single-port access (SPA) surgery to the Rochester ...