Fourteen medical school teachers, three residents and a fellow received 2016 Louis A. and Ruth Siegel Awards or honorable mentions for excellence in teaching.
Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD, professor and chair of surgery, has been honored with the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Distinguished Service Award for 2016.
In recognition of their academic excellence and commitment to the profession, 32 medical trainees and one faculty member were inducted into the University at Buffalo’s chapter of the national honor medical society Alpha Omega Alpha.
Research by a group including Carroll M. Harmon, MD, PhD recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), marks the first national study of severely obese teenagers following weight-loss surgery.
Aspiring physician-scientists showcased 38 original research projects at the 2016 Medical Student Research Forum. The displays showed work they conducted at the University at Buffalo, its partner health care agencies and institutions nationwide.
