Department News

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences faculty members Maciej L. Dryjski, MD, PhD, and Linda M. Harris, MD, have co-edited a book to help surgeons at all levels of training and practice manage and prevent complications that may occur in the operating room and angiography suites.

Forty-three faculty members with a variety of clinical and research experience — representing 12 medical school departments — have joined the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences over the past several months.

Aaron Epstein, MD, a third-year trainee in the general surgery residency program, has been selected as the recipient of the 2020 American College of Surgeons (ACS)/Pfizer Resident Volunteerism Award.

The Department of Surgery has reported that Titan SGS stapling technology from Standard Bariatrics Inc., which features the longest continuous stapler cutline (23 centimeters), has been successful in an ongoing clinical trial at Buffalo General Medical Center (BGMC).

Aaron Epstein, MD, a third-year trainee in the general surgery residency program founded the Global Surgical and Medical Support Group (GSMSG) in 2015 as a Georgetown University medical student and serves as president of the organization.

Several people associated with the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences played key roles in producing a Buffalo-themed entry in New York State’s “Wear a Mask” video contest.

Fourteen Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences teachers, seven residents, four medical students and three staff members received 2020 Louis A. and Ruth Siegel Awards or honorable mentions for excellence in teaching.

A fellow and a resident share the 2020 Evan Calkins, MD, Community-Based Research Fellowship.