Lectures and Event Videos
Meliora Weekend 2019
MED Talks
- Alayna Loiselle '07M (MS), '09M (PhD)
Associate Professor of Orthopaedics and Biomedical Genetics (SMD)
Constantinos Ketonis, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics (SMD)
"Automated Tendon Scar Tissue Identification Using Ultrasound and Deep Learning" - Lisa Beck '87M (Res)
Dean's Professor of Dermatology (SMD)
"From the Study of Eczema to Vaccination by Skin Patch" - Paula Doyle '14M (Flw)
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Urology (SMD)
"Near Infrared Imaging and Fluorescence in Surgery"
State of the School Address
- Mark B. Taubman, MD
CEO, University of Rochester Medical Center and UR Medicine
Dean, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Senior Vice President for Health Sciences
"State of the School Address 2019"
Distinguished Alumnus Lecture
- Richard Locksley '76M (MD)
Professor, Department of Medicine (UCSF)
Marion and Herbert Sandler Distinguished Professor in Asthma Research (UCSF)
"Why Do We Have Allergy?"
Heritage Trail Tour
Heritage Trail Tour with Ruth Lawrence '49M (MD), '58M (Res)
Meliora Weekend 2018
MED Talks
- Gretchen Birbeck, MD, MPH
Edward A. and Alma Vollertsen Rykenboer Professor of Neurology (SMD)
"Going Global: How Research Off the Beaten Path Unravels Important Medical Mysteries" - Minsoo Kim, PhD
Dean's Professor of Microbiology and Immunology (SMD)
"Shining a New Light on Immunotherapy" - Mitchell O'Connell, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics (SMD)
"Don't Shoot the Messenger: CRISPR Strategies to Study RNA Biology"
State of the School Address
- Mark B. Taubman, MD
CEO, University of Rochester Medical Center and UR Medicine
Dean, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Senior Vice President for Health Sciences
"State of the School Address 2018"
Distinguished Alumnus Lecture
- Philip Greenland '74M (MD), '78M (Res)
Harry W. Dingman Professor of Cardiology, Northwestern University
"An Unexpected Career in Preventive Cardiology: How UR Prepares You for Anything"
Commencement 2018
2018 Commencement Ceremony
2018 Final Class Exercise
Meliora Weekend 2017
MED Talks
- Ahmed Ghazi, ’12 (Flw) – “Cut Twice; Operate Once: An Innovative Approach for Safer Surgery.”
Assistant Professor - Department of Urology (SMD) - David C. Linehan, M.D. – “The Power Within: Using the Immune System to Fight Cancer.”
Chair - Department of Surgery (SMD), Seymour I. Schwartz Professorship in Surgery - Department of Surgery (SMD), Professor - Department of Surgery, Oncology (SMD) - Antonia Kolokythas, D.D.S., M.Sc. – “Technological Advances in the Reconstruction of the Head and Neck Cancer Patient.”
Associate Professor - Department of Dentistry (SMD), Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
State of the School Address
- Mark B. Taubman, M.D. – "State of School Address"
Dean, School of Medicine & Dentistry - Department of Dean's Office (SMD), Professor - Department of Medicine, Cardiology (SMD), CEO, University of Rochester Medical Center- Department of Office of VP for Health Sciences (URMC)
Distinguished Alumnus Lecture
- Randy N. Rosier, ‘77M (MS), ‘78M (MD), ‘79M (Ph.D.) – "Enhancing the Research and Clinical Care Interface: Challenges and Opportunities."
Professor Emeritus - Department of Orthopaedics (SMD)
Keynote Speaker
- C. McCollister Evarts, ‘57M (MD), ’64M (Res) – "Hidden Illness in the White House – The 25th Amendment."
Orthopaedic Surgery - American Board of Orthopedic Surgery
Heritage Trail Presentation
- Ruth A. Lawrence, ‘49M (MD), ‘58M (Res) – "Heritage Trail Presentation."
Northumberland Trust Professorship in Pediatrics - Department of Pediatrics (SMD), Professor - Department of Pediatrics, Neonatology (SMD)
Meliora Weekend 2016
MED Talks:
- Krystel Huxlin, Ph.D. - "Fighting to Rehabilitate Vision After Stroke"
James V. Aquavella, MD Professorship in Ophthalmology; Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Neurology, Brain/Cognitive Sciences, and Center for Visual Science at URMC - Ray Dorsey, M.D.,- "Future of Telehealth"
Director, Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics; David M. Levy Professorship in Neurology; Professor, Dept. of Neurology, Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics at URMC - Richard Moore, M.D. - "Ovarian Cancer Risk Assessment"
Professor, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology at URMC
Distinguished Alumnus Lecture:
- Arthur J. Moss '62M (Res), - "Patient-based Clinical Innovations by Practicing Physicians"
Bradford C. Berk, MD, PhD Distinguished Professorship, Medicine
Keynote Speaker:
- Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. - "Exceptional Opportunities in Biomedical Research"
Director, National Institutes of Health
Meliora Weekend 2015
Jules Cohen, MD (1931 - 2015) Memorial Service
Celebrating the Life, Legacy and Memory of Jules Cohen '53, '57M (MD), '59M (Res), '66M (Flw), professor emeritus of Medicine (Cardiology), whose career as a physician, educator, researcher, and administrator at the School of Medicine and Dentistry spanned more than 60 years.
15th Annual Marvin Hoffman Lecture - 3/25/2013
"The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care." Dr. Eric Topol '79M (MD), is Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Chief Academic Officer, Scripps Health; Professor of Genomics, The Scripps Research Institute.
2013 Engel Lecture - 5/29/2013
"The Patient-Centered Medical Home: What Would George Engel Say?" Dr. Marc Berliant, '81M (Res), is Associate Chair for Clinical Affairs Chief, General Medicine Division and Raymond J. Mayewski Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Robert M. Sutherland, Ph.D. Lecture - 9/14/2011
"Academic and Business Careers in Biomedical Research." Dr. Sutherland '66M (PhD) is the Senior Investment Office at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research in Toronto, Canada.
Investing in People. Supporting the Future. - 2007
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