Department News

  • 43 New Faculty Members Join 12 Departments
    2/3/21

    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.

  • Surgery Resident Wins Volunteerism Award
    11/13/20

    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.

  • Jacobs School Surgeons Achieve an Industry First
    10/6/20

    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).

  • Resident’s Medical Mission Group Focusing on COVID-19
    8/17/20

    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.