Acting CEO Named at University of Rochester Medical Center By Teri D'Agostino May. 31, 2009 University of Rochester President Joel Seligman announced today that Mark B. Taubman, M.D., chair of the Department of Medicine, will serve as acting CEO of the University of Rochester Medical Center ...
Education UR Med School Dean Named University of Florida's Top Physician Leader By Teri D'Agostino May. 27, 2009 David S. Guzick, M.D., Ph.D., the ninth dean of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, will leave the School to take a position as the senior vice president for Health Affairs ...
Patient Care Thomas Pearson Elected to Hopkins Society of Scholars By Leslie Orr May. 20, 2009 Thomas A. Pearson, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., the Albert D. Kaiser Professor, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, and senior associate dean for clinical research at the University of Rochester ...
Research HRT-Breast Cancer Risk Stays Same, Regardless of Family History By Leslie Orr May. 18, 2009 The risk of developing breast cancer due to taking hormone replacement therapy appears to be the same for women with a family history of the disease and without a family history, a University of ...
Endoscopic CryoSpray Technology Lets University of Rochester Medical Center Doctors Freeze Tumors By Leslie White May. 18, 2009 Interventional gastroenterologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center are the first in upstate New York to treat early esophageal tumors and precancerous growths with a deep-freezing spray ...
Research Computer Simulation Captures Immune Response to Flu By URMC Communications May. 17, 2009 Researchers have successfully tested for the first time a computer simulation of major portions of the body’s immune reaction to influenza type A, with implications for treatment design and ...
Research School of Medicine and Dentistry Names Puzas to Lead Basic Science Research By Germaine Reinhardt May. 17, 2009 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 ...
Research Ginger Quells Cancer Patients’ Nausea From Chemotherapy By Leslie White May. 14, 2009 People with cancer can reduce post-chemotherapy nausea by 40 percent by using ginger supplements, along with standard anti-vomiting drugs, before undergoing treatment, according to scientists at the ...
Research ICDs Extend the Lives of Heart Attack Survivors by a Year: Study By URMC Communications May. 13, 2009 A landmark follow-up study found that heart attack survivors who receive implanted cardioverter defribillators (ICDs) live longer the longer they have them, according to the results of a ...
Research $10 Million Gift to Transform Neuromedicine at URMC By Germaine Reinhardt May. 12, 2009 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, ...
