Department News

  • Students Partake in Global Medicine Outreach in Haiti
    2/19/19

    Eight medical students from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences spent their winter break sharpening fundamental skills while seeing hundreds of patients in a makeshift clinic in rural Haiti.

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Resident Awarded Research Grant
    2/14/19

    A trainee in the orthopaedic residency program is principal investigator on a study that has received a 2019 Resident Research Grant from the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation.

  • Research By Orthopaedics Trainees Receives Recognition
    2/6/19

    In the Department of Orthopaedics, a current trainee and a recent graduate of the residency program each have received recognition for their first-author studies.

  • Loss of Teeth in Older Women Increases Hypertension Risk
    2/4/19

    Joshua H. Gordon, a student in the MD-PhD Program, is lead author of a study showing that postmenopausal women who have experienced loss of all teeth are at higher risk of developing high blood pressure.

  • Curtis Details Benefits of Heart Monitor Apps at CES Meeting
    1/24/19

    Anne B. Curtis, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Charles and Mary Bauer Professor and chair of medicine, spoke about the benefits of heart monitor apps for cardiac patients in a presentation at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

  • Lackner, Dandona Honored by CTSI for Clinical Research
    1/16/19

    The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has recognized two Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences faculty members for their clinical research work.

  • Documentary on Physician Suicide Elicits Discussion
    1/15/19

    When he heard about the first National Physician Suicide Awareness Day, Christian R. DeFazio, MD, clinical associate professor of emergency medicine and director of the emergency medicine residency program, wasn’t sure what to make of it.

  • Underrepresented Student Numbers Up at Jacobs School
    1/8/19

    The number of students from underrepresented groups in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Class of 2022 is nearly twice that of the previous year’s class.

  • Clinic Directed by Jacobs School Professor Honored
    12/27/18

    The Hepatology Clinic at Erie County Medical Center (ECMC), under the direction of Anthony D. Martinez, MD, clinical associate professor of medicine, has been awarded a New York State Department of Health Commissioner’s Special Recognition Award.

  • Collaboration Enhances Primary Care Training
    12/7/18

    The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is using a New York State Department of Health grant to support the expansion of primary care residency and medical student training in ambulatory settings throughout Western New York.