Department News

Angioplasty Does Not Benefit MS Patients, UB Study Finds
3/27/13
Balloon angioplasty does not improve outcomes for patients with multiple sclerosis—and, in a few cases, worsened symptoms, according to a landmark UB clinical trial.
Newly Established Calkins Award Supports Residents, Junior Faculty
3/20/13
The Office of Graduate Medical Education announced the Evan Calkins, MD, Fellowship for Community-Based Research, an award for residents and junior faculty members who conduct community-based research or quality improvement projects.
NIH Awards Rudin $2.5 Million to Advance Radiographic Imaging
2/18/13
Stephen Rudin, PhD, has won a $2.5 million grant to continue developing state-of-the-art technology within a new class of imaging detectors.
Neurosurgery Innovator Named SUNY Distinguished Professor
1/15/13
L. Nelson Hopkins, MD, has achieved the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system.
Clinical and Translational Science Institute Celebrates Grand Opening
9/27/12
The UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences held the Sept. 20 grand opening of its Clinical and Translational Science Institute in the joint UB-Kaleida Health building on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
Gates Vascular Institute, CTRC Open on Downtown Campus
6/11/12
Kaleida Health and UB opened a new 10-story vascular institute and research building May 24.
Levy Launches National Childhood Concussion Organization
12/22/11
Elad Levy, MD, professor of neurosurgery and radiology, has co-founded a national organization to boost “urgently needed” research into youth concussions.
Elad Levy, MD, Featured Expert on Television Program about Stroke
3/31/11
Elad Levy, MD, professor of neurosurgery and radiology, talks about state-of-the-art care for stroke patients.
Hopkins Receives Spirit Award
11/15/10
L. Nelson Hopkins received Kaleida Health's Spirit Award for helping to improve the health of Western New Yorkers.
UB Neurosurgery Ranks Seventh in North America in Publications
9/7/10
UB’s Department of Neurosurgery is ranked seventh in North America in academic impact in neurosurgery, above Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Johns Hopkins.

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