Department News

  • UB Student Among Prestigious Group of 2017-2018 Sarnoff Fellows
    4/28/17

    Third-year medical student Amit Jhaveri has been selected as a 2017–2018 Sarnoff fellow to partake in a yearlong program of intensive cardiovascular medicine research.

  • Curtis Installed as Association of University Cardiologists President
    4/28/17

    Anne B. Curtis, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor and the Charles and Mary Bauer Professor and chair of the Department of Medicine, has been installed as the 2017-2018 president of the Association of University Cardiologists (AUC).

  • GEM Awards Funding to New Projects on Human Microbiome
    4/26/17

    Three studies focused on improving our understanding of the human microbiome were awarded funding through the second round of research pilots supported by the Community of Excellence in Genome, Environment and Microbiome (GEM).

  • 43 Physicians, Trainees Inducted into Gold Humanism Honor Society
    4/21/17

    The University at Buffalo’s Richard Sarkin Medical Emeritus Faculty Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) has inducted 43 exemplary medical students, residents, fellows and faculty members for 2017.

  • Siegel Awards Acknowledge Teaching Excellence
    4/11/17

    Fourteen teachers in eight departments received 2017 Louis A. and Ruth Siegel Awards or honorable mentions for excellence in teaching at an April 4 ceremony.

  • Curtis Awarded Mastership in American College of Physicians
    4/11/17

    Anne B. Curtis, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Charles and Mary Bauer Professor and chair of the Department of Medicine, has been awarded mastership in the American College of Physicians (ACP), the national organization of internists.

  • Schwartz Exploring Nanotherapy for Metastatic Prostate Cancer
    4/6/17

    Stanley A. Schwartz, MD, PhD, UB Distinguished Professor of medicine, pediatrics and microbiology and immunology, has received a $749,000 grant from Kaleida Health to investigate the feasibility of targeting and treating metastasized prostate cancer with nanoparticles.

  • Nearly Half of IM Residents to Undertake UB Fellowship Training
    3/31/17

    Eleven of 25 fellowship-bound trainees from the University at Buffalo’s internal medicine residency have matched into UB programs. 

  • UBMD Internal Medicine Establishes New Strategic Plan
    3/16/17

    UBMD Internal Medicine has initiated a new five-year strategic plan that delineates the department’s mission, vision and strategic priorities and goals.

  • Seven Quality Improvement Projects Awarded Grant Funding
    2/27/17

    Seven resident-faculty teams in the Department of Medicine have received 2016-2017 Quality Improvement Awards from UB’s Office of Graduate Medical Education to help support projects designed to improve patient safety or clinical practice.