Linda Chaudron Appointed School of Medicine Dean for Diversity  University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Dean Mark B. Taubman, M.D., has appointed Linda Chaudron, M.D., M.S., the School’s senior associate dean for diversity. In making the appointment, Taubman has elevated the position from associate dean status and expanded the area of responsibility to […]

 A ‘Pacman Strategy’ to Boost the Immune System to Fight Cancer     A molecule that lies dormant until it encounters a cancer cell, then suddenly activates and rouses the body’s immune system to fight cancer cells directly, marks the latest step in scientists’ efforts to tap the body’s own resources to fight the disease. […]

Medical Miracle: When Serendipity Meets Science This week we’re breaking from our regular format to share a serendipitous patient care story. The video (and text) below relay an incredible account of a how a chance meeting between a cardiologist and neurosurgeon helped to give a brave, young mother a new lease on life. … … Serendipity […]

 URMC Medical Center Opens New Building Dedicated to Advancing University of Rochester officials were joined today by Lt. Governor Robert Duffy and New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to officially open the doors on a new research building at the Medical Center dedicated to cutting the time it takes to turn new ideas into […]

 URMC Urology Team Introduces Breakthrough Surgery for Kidney Cancer Minimally invasive procedure integrates fluorescent imaging and robotic surgical system Dragan Golijanin, M.D.James P. Wilmot Cancer Center surgeons have become the first in the nation to use a new, infrared imaging technique combined with robot-assisted surgery to remove kidney cancer. The team, led by Dragan Golijanin, […]

Landmark MADIT-CRT Trial Yields More Information on Treatment Benefits in Patients with Mild Heart Failure Rochester Researchers Present 15 Studies at Premier Cardiology Meeting   Cardiac resynchronization therapy plus defibrillator In September 2010, the MADIT-CRT trial led the Food and Drug Administration to approve a treatment known as CRT-D therapy (cardiac resynchronization therapy plus defibrillator) […]

Device Drops Blood Pressure in Patients With Difficult-to-Treat Hypertension   John Bisognano, M.D., Ph.D. John Bisognano, M.D., Ph.D.A device designed to treat people with resistant hypertension helped lower blood pressure by 33 points, a substantial drop that would otherwise require patients to take an additional three or four drugs, on top of this subgroup’s usual […]

Not Just Teens: When Adults Wrestle Eating Disorders Though typically thought to afflict teenage and young adult women, eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia can strike in midlife – and what’s more, they can affect men, too. And because these older adults might not fit the stereotypical patient profile – and because symptoms like bone loss or missed […]

$10 Million Gift from Philip Saunders Advances URMC’s Neuromuscular Program, Other InitiativesJune 3rd Golf Classic to Benefit Women’s Health   E. Philip Saunders Philip Saunders, a Rochester businessman and a major supporter of the neuromuscular disease program at the University of Rochester Medical Center, has donated an additional $10 million – one of the largest […]

Vice President, Secretary Duncan introduce guidance on legal obligations to prevent and respond to sexual violence in school and on campus Addressing Sexual Violence in Our Schools Vice President Joe Biden visits the University of New Hampshire to raise awareness and announce a new Administration effort to help the nation’s schools address sexual violence.   […]