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Student, Faculty and Alumni Highlights

5/11/12

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.

5/3/12

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

5/1/12

Satpal Singh, associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology, is one of three UB faculty members honored for mentoring undergraduates.

4/27/12

Three graduate students in our school are among the five recipients of UB’s annual Sigma Xi research awards.

4/26/12

Three seniors majoring in biomedical sciences and one in pharmacology and toxicology have won Chancellor’s Awards for Student Excellence, the highest honor that SUNY bestows on its students.

4/25/12

Robert Taylor, Class of 2013, is one of only 103 medical students in the country to be awarded a Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship.

4/23/12

Biotechnology major Nurul Hidayah A. Azmi was one of 11 undergraduates to receive an Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creativity.

4/19/12

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

4/12/12

Steven J. Fliesler, PhD, has been invited to serve as chair of the publications committee for the world’s largest eye and vision research professional society.

 

4/12/12

Twenty-four students were inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), the national medical honor society, during a ceremony in Butler Auditorium.

4/12/12

Bilal Ahmed, Class of 2015, is one of only 27 students nationwide to receive a Summer Medical Research Fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

4/12/12

MD/PhD candidate Maryann Mikucki is one of nine graduate students nationwide to receive a $10,000 research scholar award from the Joanna M. Nicolay Melanoma Foundation.

3/26/12

Emma Magavern and Timothy Thayer, Class of 2014, are part of a select group of 13 students awarded a scholarship from the Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation.

3/5/12

Sangita P. Patel is one of only eight individuals worldwide to receive a 2012 Young Investigator Grant from the Alcon Research Institute.

2/22/12

Raymond P. Dannenhoffer, PhD, associate dean for support services, received the 2011 Volunteer of the Year award for the UB Employees Campaign for the Community.

1/30/12

Future MDs investigating vascular calcification, Peruvian medicinal plants, basal cell carcinoma and pediatric brain tumors took top honors at the Medical Student Research Forum.

1/20/12

Sara Zimmer, PhD, has received a highly competitive fellowship to research diseases caused by kinetoplastids.

1/19/12

UB’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities has awarded funding to six students conducting research in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology.

1/4/12

Ryan McCarthy, a doctoral student in biochemistry, won a travel grant to present at the International Workshop on Iron and Copper Homeostasis.

1/3/12

Twenty residency and fellowship programs have received Outstanding Accreditation Awards from the Office of Graduate Medical Education.

12/21/11

Two students researching brain receptors in the lab of Gabriela K. Popescu, PhD, have received funding from UB’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities.

11/23/11

David Pendergast, EdD, is regarded worldwide for his expertise in hyperbaric medicine and exercise physiology.

11/3/11

Glenna C. Bett, PhD, has been appointed president of the advisory board for the Buffalo Niagara division of the American Heart Association.

11/3/11

With a major grant, family medicine physicians at UB are forming a council that will develop curricula and national standards of excellence for postgraduate medical education programs in addiction medicine.

11/1/11

Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown honored Margarita Dubocovich, PhD, Armando Arroyo, MD, and five volunteer faculty at a ceremony to mark National Hispanic Heritage Month.

10/7/11

Gregory S. Cherr, MD, is one of only six medical educators nationwide to receive a scholarship from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation to attend the Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators in 2012.

9/19/11

Seven faculty were recognized for excellence and innovation at an event held during Inauguration Week.

9/1/11

A pioneer in early blood collection and transfusion methods, Surgenor served UB as chair of biochemistry, dean of the medical school and provost of the health sciences faculty.

8/25/11

Kim Griswold, MD ’94, MPH, a leader in the care of disadvantaged populations, was honored by students for her clinical excellence and compassionate care.

8/24/11

Michael Kuettel, MD, PhD, MBA, chair of radiation oncology at UB and Roswell Park Cancer Institute, has been named a 2011 American Society for Radiation Oncology Fellow.

8/15/11

Vijay Iyer, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine, has been named cardiology medical director at Kaleida Health’s Buffalo General Hospital.

8/4/11

Robert Klick, director of the Medical Technology Program, has received the 2011 Regional Member Award for the Northeast from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP).

8/1/11

Thomas J. Covey, a third-year graduate student in the Neuroscience Program, has received a highly competitive Gina M. Finzi Memorial Student Summer Fellowship from the Lupus Foundation of America (LFA).

7/25/11

Fourth-year medical student Sara Hansen couldn't believe that her Joseph Collins Foundation scholarship was twice the amount previous awardees had received.

7/15/11

UB medical students received praise for their innovation, dedication to service and contributions to new policy.

7/12/11

Mark J. Lema, MD, PhD ’78, professor and chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, will become only the 65th physician in the ASA’s century-plus history to receive its highest tribute for service and achievement.

7/8/11

Beatrice L. Wood, PhD, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics, received the 2011 Distinguished Contribution to Family Systems Research Award from the American Family Therapy Academy.

7/1/11

UB medical student Vanessa Sarfoh is one of 13 students nationwide to receive the $10,000 award.

6/27/11

Graduate students, postdocs, and faculty members from the department have been invited to present at the FASEB Summer Research Conference on Melatonin Receptors.

6/20/11

Valerie Kennedy, executive administrator for Graduate Medical Education, received the 2011 John P. Naughton Award for her work with residents.

6/20/11

The award honors Ruyechan's academic accomplishments and his international reputation in research.

6/20/11

Lucy Campbell, MD ’86, clinical associate professor of medicine, received this year's Robert S. Berkson Award in the Art of Medicine.

6/17/11

Honored by Dean Cain for their respective efforts with the school’s CTSA application and LCME review.

6/15/11

Margarita Dubocovich, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, won awards for melatonin receptor research and mentoring postdocs.

6/13/11

UB medical student Andrew Matho is one of 116 students nationwide to win the prestigious clinical research fellowship.

5/24/11

Awards presented at the Undergraduate and Graduate Biomedical Sciences Commencement on May 12, 2011.

5/19/11

Timothy F. Murphy, MD, senior associate dean for clinical and translational research, has been named a SUNY Distinguished Professor.

5/19/11

Paul R. Knight III, MD, PhD, received a Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities in recognition of his “consistently outstanding scholarly and creative productivity.”

5/9/11

Three members of our faculty received the 2011 Didaskalos Award for mentoring from UB’s Campus Ministries Association.

5/9/11

Three faculty in our school have received UB’s Exceptional Scholar or Teaching Innovation Awards for 2011.

5/6/11

The School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ Awards Convocation was held at 9 a.m., Friday, April 29, 2011, at the Center for the Arts. Students receiving these awards were also recognized at the school’s 165th annual commencement ceremony, held at 2 p.m. the same day.

5/5/11

Three faculty in our school were honored at the Celebration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence on April 21.

5/5/11

Megan Murray, a fifth-year student in UB’s Medical Scientist Training Program, has been invited to attend the Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar.

5/2/11

Stephen Koury, PhD, has received the 2011 master’s teaching award from the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools (NAGS).

4/18/11

Students in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology have recently earned a number of accolades for their work, nationally and campus-wide.

4/11/11

The recipients of the 2011 Louis A. and Ruth Siegel Awards for Excellence in Teaching were announced April 11.

4/7/11

Three undergraduate seniors in our school have been recognized for their ability to integrate outstanding academic achievements with accomplishments in other areas.

4/6/11

PhD candidate Shannon Clough and postdoctoral associate Anthony Hutchinson, PhD, received travel awards to attend a prestigious conference on translational research in addiction.

4/6/11

Thomas Rosenthal, MD, chair of the Department of Family Medicine, receives national award for his career accomplishments.

4/4/11

Kate Rittenhouse-Olson, PhD, is a recipient of the first annual UB Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduates in Research and Creative Activity.

4/4/11

Ronald I. Dozoretz, MD ’62, will be awarded a SUNY honorary degree during UB’s general commencement on May 15.

3/31/11

Harry L. Metcalf, MD ’60, will be presented the Dr. Richard T. Sarkin Award for Excellence in Teaching on April 8.

3/29/11

Two UB medical students—Joshua Balderman and Mojdeh Kappus, Class of 2013—are currently serving as Sarnoff Fellows.

3/28/11

New members of Alpha Omega Alpha were inducted on March 16, 2011, in a ceremony that was held in Butler Auditorium.

3/28/11

The UB Chapter of the American Medical Association Medical Student Section has won two state-wide awards.

3/28/11

Third-year medical student Stephanie Solazzo, has been awarded a highly competitive scholarship from the Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation.

2/28/11

Nine fellowship and residency programs have received GME Outstanding Accreditation Awards.

2/7/11

The 2011 Medical Student Research Forum poster presentation took place on January 27 in the atrium of the Biomedical Education Building in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

1/28/11

James L. Budny, MD, FACS, has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Western New York Chapter of the American College of Surgeons

1/6/11

UB fellow Julie Sparlin, MD, wins national award.

1/5/11

The National Committee for Quality Assurance has recognized the Department of Family Medicine’s clinical sites for achieving a model of patient-centered care.

12/23/10

Paresh Dandona, MD, UB Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medicine, has received the 3rd Annual Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence.

12/7/10

Two faculty in the UB Department of Ophthalmology were presented awards at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

11/30/10

Pediatric resident Colleen Nugent, MD ’09, has received a national award from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

11/15/10

L. Nelson Hopkins received Kaleida Health's Spirit Award for helping to improve the health of Western New Yorkers.

11/4/10

A paper published by William Ruyechan, PhD, is being reviewed by Faculty of 1000 (F1000), a service that identifies and evaluates the most important articles in biology and medical research publications.

10/26/10

Daniel Stolzberg, Soham Chanda and Gregory Conway received awards at the annual Neuroscience Research Day.

10/18/10

Paresh Dandona, MD, Distinguished Professor of Medicine, has been named the 2010 recipient of the Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence.

10/6/10

Over the last decade, Zhen Yan, PhD, professor of physiology and biophysics, has received more than $9 million in research funding.

10/4/10

Susan Baker, MD, PhD, co-chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, has been appointed to the editorial boards of Pediatrics and the Journal of Gastroenterology.

9/29/10

Two SMBS faculty members have been chosen to the search committee that will identify UB's next president.

9/28/10

Thomas Melendy, PhD, received an award for best overall presentation at the International Papillomavirus Conference.

9/3/10

Allana Krolikowski is one of five students nationwide to receive a Pisacano Scholarship, given to outstanding medical students who have made a commitment to enter the specialty of family medicine.

8/24/10

Kenneth Kahn, MD, clinical associate professor of obstetrics/gynecology, was presented the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award at this year’s White Coat Ceremony.

7/23/10

Orthopaedic surgeon Kenneth Krackow invented computer-assisted total knee replacement.

7/21/10

Mark Lema, MD, PhD, receives award from (SUNY)-Downstate Medical Center’s Residents and Fellows Alumni Society.

7/20/10

Recognized for prominence in his field.

7/20/10

First chair of the UB Department of Medicine received the Network in Aging’s inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award.

7/20/10

Clinical assistant professor of plastic surgery at UB and chief of plastic surgery at Mercy Hospital was recently honored by the Association of Aesthetic Surgeons of India.

7/20/10

Students recognize SMBS faculty for their excellence in teaching.

7/20/10

Clinical professor of surgery and former medical director of The Center for Hospice & Palliative Care, is one of four physicians who have been named recipients of the first Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Awards.

7/20/10

Anita Tipirneni and Gary Altwerger, third-year medical students at UB, will spend the upcoming year as fellows in the Clinical Research Training Program at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

7/20/10

Joshua Balderman and Mojdeh Kappus, second-year medical students at UB, won scholarships from the Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation.

7/20/10

John M. Canty Jr., MD, and Mary Anne Rokitka, PhD, receive awards.