Research by UB cardiologists suggests that imaging for loss of nerve function in the heart may help identify patients who are at high risk of sudden cardiac arrest and therefore most likely to benefit from an implantable cardiac defibrillator.

Anne B. Curtis, MD, chair of the Department of Medicine, received the Heart Rhythm Society’s Distinguished Service Award for her contributions to the organization.

Michael E. Cain, MD, has received a Resident/Fellow Alumni Achievement Award from Washington University in St. Louis.

To provide elderly hospitalized patients with optimal care, the medical community needs to reevaluate its reliance on aggressive high-tech treatments, says UB geriatrics specialist Bruce Naughton, MD.

Teachers in pediatrics, pathology and anatomical sciences, family medicine and surgery received Louis A. and Ruth Siegel Awards at this year’s ceremony.

In coordination with the medical school’s planned move to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, the department has released a strategic plan to expand specialty clinical services and attract exceptional residents and fellows to the area.

Thomas Russo and colleagues are studying a hypervirulent strain of a common bacterium that has the potential to become a superbug.