Department News

  • 9 New Faculty Members Join 5 Medical School Departments
    6/10/19

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

  • 47 Physicians, Trainees Feted by Gold Humanism Society
    6/7/19

    UB’s Richard Sarkin Medical Emeritus Faculty Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) has inducted 47 exemplary medical students, residents, fellows and faculty members for 2019.

  • High School Students Sharpen Skills Useful in Surgery
    6/6/19

    A select group of Western New York high school students learned surgical skills this spring under the guidance of surgeons doing their residency training at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

  • Sengupta, Beckman Honored With GME Excellence Awards
    6/6/19

    Graduate Medical Education Awards of Excellence for 2019 have been presented to the physician who directs the child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship program and the administrator of the general surgery residency program.

  • Check out UB Drone STEM on the News
    5/30/19
    Channel 4 provided news coverage on The Department of Surgery’s first ever Drone STEM event. Check is out here.
  • Department of Surgery Grand Rounds Thursday, May 30, 2019
    5/28/19
    Join us Thursday, May 30, 2019 from 6:45am-7:45am for the Department of Surgery Grand Rounds presented by Dr. Susana Vagas Pinto, one of our graduating Chiefs! Grand Rounds are held at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 955 Main Street, room #2120B.
  • Department of Surgery Showcases Its Research
    5/27/19

    Fifteen oral presentations were given and 36 poster presentations were on display during the Department of Surgery’s 15th annual Research Day.

  • Jacobs School Hosts First Women’s Vascular Summit
    5/22/19

    The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences hosted its first summit meeting dedicated to vascular disease in women May 3-4.

  • Dr. Sikandar Khan Awarded Grant
    5/21/19
    The Society for Vascular Surgery has selected Dr. Sikandar Khan as a recipient of the 2019 SVS Foundation Clinical Research Seed Grant! This SVS Program was created to recognize the importance of clinical investigation in vascular disease. Dr. Khan will be recognized at the Vascular Annual Meeting Award Ceremony in June 2019.