Department News

NIH Fellowship Confirms Goal to Become Clinician-Scientist
5/20/22
Sherice Simpson is the eighth Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences medical student to participate in the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP).
Siegel Awards Acknowledge Excellence in Teaching
5/5/22
Six Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences faculty members, five residents and three medical students received 2022 Louis A. and Ruth Siegel Awards or honorable mentions for excellence in teaching.
UB Surgical Resident is Back from Ukraine and Will Discuss the Conflict, How His Team Provided Medical Assistance and How to Help
4/29/22
The University at Buffalo surgical resident whose team of medical and surgical providers has been providing assistance in Ukraine is back in Buffalo. He will discuss his experience and how Western New Yorkers can help from 7-10 p.m. on Friday, April 29, at Coco Bar & Bistro.
At UB, Surgical Diversity for Underrepresented Students Means New Experiences Both Inside And Outside the OR
4/7/22
A University at Buffalo summer program launched by the Department of Surgery and designed to encourage underrepresented medical students to pursue surgery turned into a dramatic learning opportunity, for both the students and the department. Those lessons have fundamentally changed the program’s research component, influencing the work that this year’s summer fellows do and, potentially, guiding future research projects in the community.
Surgery Resident: 2022 Citizen Honors Award Recipient
4/1/22
The Congressional Medal of Honor Society is awarding the prestigious 2022 Citizen Honors Award for Service to Aaron Epstein, MD, a trainee in the general surgery residency.
Schwaitzberg, Wolfe Receive SUNY’s Highest Honor
3/29/22
Two Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences faculty members and department chairs have been granted the rank of State University of New York Distinguished Professor, the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system.
UB Chapter Inducts 41 Into AOA Honor Medical Society
3/25/22
Thirty-eight medical students and three residents are inductees to the University at Buffalo’s chapter of the national honor medical society Alpha Omega Alpha.
Studying Effect of Bariatric Surgery in Obese Male Teens
3/8/22
A study led by senior author Paresh Dandona, MD, PhD, shows that bariatric surgery not only treats obesity and reverses Type 2 diabetes, it also reverses low testosterone levels in severely obese male teens.
‘Hard Conversations’ at ‘Beyond the Knife’ Lecture
2/18/22
Hard conversations. That’s what Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD, said was the purpose of the second annual “Beyond the Knife” lecture.
New Faculty Join Four Medical School Departments
2/14/22
Ten faculty members with clinical and research experience have joined the departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, Ophthalmology and Surgery at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.