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Alvin L. Ureles, M.D.

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Office: (585) 275-2901

Fax: (585) 273-1288

Faculty Appointments

Biography

Dr. Alvin L. Ureles, Professor of Medicine, Emeritus graduated from The University of Rochester Medical School, with residency training at Beth Israel Hospital, and a Harvard teaching and research fellowship in Boston, helping to pioneer nuclear and ultrasound medicine as it related to thyroid disease. He served as Chief of Medicine, Head of The Wolk Thyroid Center and Associate in Endocrinology at The Genesee Hospital for over twenty years. He directs the Thyroid Biopsy Clinic here at the University Medical Center with our Endocrine Fellows, Residents and Medical Students. He is available for thyroid consultations with faculty and private physicians. He has a major interest in teaching and thyroid cancer research.

Professional Background

Dr. Alvin L. Ureles, Professor of Medicine, Emeritus graduated from The University of Rochester Medical School, with residency training at Beth Israel Hospital, and a Harvard teaching and research fellowship in Boston, helping to pioneer nuclear and ultrasound medicine as it related to thyroid disease. He served as Chief of Medicine, Head of The Wolk Thyroid Center and Associate in Endocrinology at The Genesee Hospital for over twenty years. He directs the Thyroid Biopsy Clinic here at the University Medical Center with our Endocrine Fellows, Residents and Medical Students. He is available for thyroid consultations with faculty and private physicians. He has a major interest in teaching and thyroid cancer research.

Credentials

Education

1945
MD | Univ Rochester Sch Med/Dent
Medicine

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

07/01/1948 - 06/30/1951
Residency in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-Main Campus

07/01/1945 - 06/30/1946
Internship in Surgery (General Surgery) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-Main Campus