Education URMC Gala Celebrates 20 Years of Liver Transplants By Karin Christensen Sep. 5, 2012 The event is set for Oct. 5 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center. It will have a Bollywood theme and feature keynote speaker Priyanka Chopra, one of the most recognized and lauded talents in ...
Patient Care URMC Introduces Less Invasive Heart Valve Replacement to Region By Leslie White Aug. 21, 2012 Doctors at the University of Rochester Medical Center Heart and Vascular Center now offer a less invasive heart-valve replacement for seriously ill and inoperable patients who have run out of other ...
Research Longtime Radiologist, URMC Educator Dies Suddenly By Leslie White Jul. 24, 2012 Lawrence Gardner Sahler, M.D., an interventional radiologist at the University of Rochester Medical Center and one of nine generations of physicians in his family, died suddenly July 20 at his summer ...
Research University and IBM Scientists Gather to Explore Collaboration By Mark Michaud Jun. 27, 2012 A group of scientists from IBM and the University of Rochester will gather on Friday, June 29 to take the next step in an emerging research partnership designed to harness the power of high ...
Research University of Rochester and IBM Expand Partnership in Pursuit of New Frontiers in Health By Mark Michaud May. 11, 2012 The University of Rochester will be one of the first academic institutions in the nation to receive the next generation of IBM’s high performance supercomputers. The new system – called the Blue ...
Research Study: Stroke Victims Not Receiving Timely Diagnosis, Care By Mark Michaud May. 2, 2012 The mantra in stroke care is “time is brain.” With each passing minute more brain cells are irretrievably lost and, because of this, timely diagnosis and treatment is essential to increase the ...
Research Routine Head Hits in School Sports May Cause Brain Injury By Leslie Orr Nov. 13, 2011 The brain scans of high school football and hockey players showed subtle injury -- even if they did not suffer a concussion – after taking routine hits to the head during the normal course of play, ...
Research URMC Leads Push for New Approaches to Brain Injury By Leslie Orr May. 3, 2011 In the race to more accurately diagnose the severity of head injuries quickly and without a CT scan, a University of Rochester Medical Center expert has a leading role in two important nationwide ...
Patient Care URMC Continues in its Commitment to 'Image Gently' By URMC Communications Jan. 3, 2010 With recent research raising questions about the safety of CT scans, the University of Rochester Medical Center reminds the community of its ongoing efforts to reduce radiation dose whenever possible.
Patient Care Artificial Intelligence Shuffles Schedules, Cuts Patients' Wait Times By URMC Communications Dec. 3, 2009 Some of the same artificial intelligence (AI) underlying NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is now streamlining patient care at Strong Memorial Hospital.
