Department News

2025 Siegel Awards Celebrate Outstanding Educators
4/29/25
On April 23, teacher awardees, including faculty members, students, trainees, and staff were honored during a ceremony at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
10 Faculty Members Join 6 Medical School Departments
3/26/25
Ten faculty members representing six departments have joined the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences during the past few months.
Gold Humanism Ceremony Dedicated to Leonard Katz
3/19/25
UB’s Richard Sarkin Medical Emeritus Faculty Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) celebrated its 20th anniversary during the 2024 induction of Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences medical students, residents, fellows and faculty.
NEJM Study: For Chronic Subdural Hematomas, Blocking the Artery Supplying the Brain Covering Reduced Re-Operations Threefold
11/20/24
A dramatic reduction in repeat operations in patients surgically treated for chronic subdural hematoma was achieved when the artery supplying the brain covering was blocked, according to results published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
UB, Medical Community Mourn Loss of Hopkins
10/7/24
The SUNY Distinguished Professor and world-renowned neurosurgeon best known for changing the way stroke patients are treated died Oct. 5.
Study Results of First Permanently Implanted Brain-Computer Interface Will be Presented at CNS
9/26/24
Elad I. Levy, MD, MBA, will present results of the clinical trial that assessed the safety of Synchron’s endovascular brain-computer interface in people with severe paralysis at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
UB CAT Announces R&D Collaboration Awards to Eight Life Sciences Companies
9/25/24
Projects focus on cancer therapies, robotic clot removal catheters, and mRNA vaccines, among other technologies
Levy Awarded Dacey Medal for Cerebrovascular Research
8/19/24
Elad I. Levy, MD, MBA, has been awarded the Ralph G. Dacey Jr. Medal for Outstanding Cerebrovascular Research.
UB and Kaleida Health Neurosurgeons Perform First-of-Its-Kind Surgery in WNY
7/31/24
Procedure called stereotactic cingulotomy has relieved debilitating pain for a 58-year-old patient with advanced cervical cancer.
UB Neurosurgery One of Few Programs in U.S. to Receive Prestigious NREF Grant
6/13/24
The Department of Neurosurgery has, for the first time, been awarded a clinical fellowship grant from the Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation (NREF).