Department News

The Women’s Vascular Summit, hosted at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, continues to shine a light on disparities in vascular care between men and women and to promote research and education to initiate change.

The induction of Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences medical students, residents, fellows and faculty into UB’s Richard Sarkin Medical Emeritus Faculty Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) provided an opportunity to shine a light on countless acts of compassion.

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).

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.

A 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. 

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.

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.

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.