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May 8, 2008
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Welcomes
Pediatric Neurosurgeon to Faculty
New Brunswick, NJ – Rachana Tyagi, MD, a renowned pediatric neurosurgeon whospecializes in spine surgery, has joined the faculty at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School as assistant professor, department of surgery and director of the pediatric neurosurgery program. Read more...
April 30, 2008
Richard K. Kasama, MD to Become Local Governor
of National Doctors' Group
Term to Begin in May During American College of Physicians Annual Meeting
PHILADELPHIA -- (April 30, 2008) Richard K. Kasama, MD, FACP, a local internist, will become Governor of the New Jersey Southern Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the national organization of internists. His term will begin during Internal Medicine 2008 -- the ACP annual scientific meeting in Washington, DC, May 15-17. Read more...
April 22, 2008
Student at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Receives
“Excellence in Medicine Award” from
the American Medical Association Foundation
New Brunswick, NJ – Joseph T. Nezgoda, MBA, a student in his final year of a combined MD/MBA program at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, has received the prestigious Leadership Award as part of the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation Excellence in Medicine Awards. The Leadership Awards honor 56 outstanding medical students, residents/fellows, early career physicians and established physicians from across the country. These leaders display strong non-clinical leadership skills in advocacy, community service, public health or education. Read more...
April 17, 2008
Rutgers-led Team Pursues Innovative Healing for War Wounded
U.S. Army funds new Institute of Regenerative Medicine with $85 million
A consortium spearheaded by Rutgers has been awarded $42.5 million over five years to create one of two academic groups that will form the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM). Read more...
April 16, 2008
Researchers from The Cancer Institute of New Jersey Present Findings
at International Conference
AACR Highlights Include Future Treatment Implications for Melanoma and Ovarian Cancer
New Brunswick, N.J. – Several distinguished basic and clinical investigators from The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) are showcasing advances in laboratory, clinical and translational research this week at the five-day American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) meeting in San Diego, which concludes today. The work represented by CINJ members is among the 6,000 abstracts being presented at the annual gathering, which is featuring more than 17,000 researchers, healthcare professionals, and patient advocates from around the globe. CINJ is a Center of Excellence of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Read more...
April 2, 2008
UMDNJ Research on Nervous System Development is Published in the April 2 Issue of The Journal of Neuroscience
PISCATAWAY – The findings of a study by researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School showing how neuronal connections are made appear in the April 2 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Read More...
April 1, 2008
US News and World Report Selects UMDNJ for
"America's Best Graduate Schools"
NEWARK-The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey figured prominently in the newest list by U.S. News & World Report of America's best graduate schools. The magazine's list of top medical schools for 2009 included the UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine among the nation’s best for Geriatrics, while the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School was selected for both Research and Primary Care. In the magazine’s list of the nation’s best graduate health education programs, the UMDNJ-School of Health Related Professions was picked for its Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Counseling and Physician Assistant programs. Read more...
March 31, 2008
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Physician
Advocates for Treating Hypertension in Very Old Persons
-- Editorial to appear in New England Journal of Medicine --
New Brunswick, NJ – In an editorial released today that will appear in the May 1 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, John B. Kostis, MD, the John G. Detwiler Professor of Cardiology, professor of medicine and chair, department of medicine at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and chief of medical service at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, advocates that it is never too late, or too early, to start drug treatment of hypertension. Dr. Kostis noted that the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET), the results of which are being presented today at the American College of Cardiology Conference and which included persons aged 80 to 105 years old, “puts the question of usefulness of treating hypertension in the very old to rest and provides important guidance to physicians.” Read more...
March 20, 2008
UMDNJ Sends 297 New Physicians to Hospitals Nationwide
NEWARK/NEW BRUNSWICK/CAMDEN - Laughter, tears and shrieks of joy erupted at noon today on the campuses of the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School and the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School moments after nearly 300 medical students nervously opened envelopes that held the most important news of their budding medical careers: their first jobs as physicians. Today was Match Day across America, the day when thousands of medical students discover where they will spend their years of residency training following graduation from medical school. Read More...
March 18, 2008
Middle States Commission on Higher Education Restores
UMDNJ Accreditation
NEWARK – The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey has been accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, announced University President Dr. William F. Owen Jr. today. Read more...
March 12, 2008
Eric B. Chandler Health Center Health Center
Celebrates 20 Years
-Mayor of New Brunswick Named Honorary Gala Chair-
New Brunswick, NJ – The Eric B. Chandler Health Center, a federally qualified community health center, has played a key role in the New Brunswick community for the past 20 years, offering medical services to all who are in need, regardless of a person’s or family’s ability to pay. In celebration of this milestone, a gala to benefit the center will be held on Saturday, September 20, 2008 at The Heldrich. New Brunswick Mayor James Cahill has graciously agreed to serve as Honorary Chair for the Gala. Read more...
March 10, 2008
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Hosts
Ethics in Medicine Expert
New Brunswick, N.J. – A highly-regarded expert on biomedical ethicsand health lawinNew Jersey will be the featured speaker atthe annual Mates David and Hinna Stahl Memorial Lecture on Bioethics, a free community seminar at UMDNJ-Robert WoodJohnson Medical School. Russell L. McIntyre, ThD, professor emeritus, Environmental and Occupational Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School will discuss ethics and the transformation of American medicine during the free seminar at 4 p.m., Monday, March 31, 2008, at the Clinical Academic Building, room 1302, 125 Paterson Street, New Brunswick. Read more...
February 14, 2008
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Researcher
Earns Award for Outstanding New Environmental Scientists
-- Grant Will Support Research of Pesticide Exposure in ADHD --
New Brunswick, NJ – Jason Richardson, PhD, assistant professor of environmental and occupational medicine at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, is one of this year’s recipients of the Outstanding New Environmental Sciences (ONES) award granted by the National Institute of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS), a component of the National Institutes of Health. The five-year, $2.3 million grant will support Dr. Richardson’s research into pesticide exposure as a potential risk factor for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. Read more...
February 13, 2008
Conservative Management Can be an Option for Elderly Men with
Early-Stage Prostate Cancer
Lead Researcher at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey Highlights Study Results at
ASCO-sponsored Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco
New Brunswick, N.J., –Most elderly men diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer, who survive ten years, will be free from significant cancer-related complications and are more likely to die of ailments other than prostate cancer. That is according to researchers at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), whose new study shows that conservative management can be a viable option to older men diagnosed with Stage I or Stage II prostate cancer in preserving their quality of life in their later years. CINJ is a center of excellence of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Read more...
February 8, 2008
UMDNJ Research Showing How Stem Cells from Bone Marrow Can Become Potently Immunosuppressive is Published in Cell Stem Cell
PISCATAWAY, NJ - A study by researchers at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School demonstrates that mesenchymal stem cells from bone marrow can become potently immunosuppressive through concerted action of chemokines and nitric oxide. Read more...
February 5, 2008
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Physician
Advocates for Eliminating Tobacco Use in Mental Health Facilities
-- Commentary in Journal of American Medical Association --
New Brunswick, NJ – “The United States public mental health system must address the issue of tobacco use in psychiatric hospitals,” urges Jill Williams, MD, associate professor of psychiatry at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and at UMDNJ-School of Public Health, in the February 6 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. In the commentary, Dr. Williams implores mental health advocates to support a move toward tobacco-free hospital policies to create a healthy environment and improved behavioral outcomes for patients. Read more...
January 16, 2007
Rev. William C. Gaventa, M.Div., Awarded COMISS Medal
New Brunswick, NJ -- The COMISS Network - The Network on Ministry in Specialized Settings has awarded the Rev. William (Bill) C. Gaventa, the prestigious COMISS Medal for his significant contribution to pastoral care during thirty years of ministry in developmental disability. Rev. Gaventa is associate professor of pediatrics, and director of Community and Congregational Supports at the Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Pediatrics at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Read More...
January 14, 2007
UMDNJ Study Results in Conclusive Proof of Regulated Deployment of a Toxin Gene for Developmental Programmed Cell Death in Bacteria
NEW BRUNSWICK – A study headed by a UMDNJ–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School researcher has rendered conclusive proof, for the first time, that a toxin produced within certain bacterium kills the bacterium’s cells. Read more...
December 17, 2007
Researchers from The Cancer Institute of New Jersey Present Findings at International Conference
Racial Differences in Mutation Frequency in Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene Looked at
New Brunswick, N.J. – During a poster session this past weekend at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in San Antonio, Texas, researchers from The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) presented data, which may have implications in the testing of the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 in young women. The research focused on the similarity in the frequency of mutations in those particular genes among young African-American, Asian and Caucasian women with breast cancer. Read More...
December 13, 2007
End-of-an-Era at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Paul Stein Retires After 40 Years
New Brunswick, NJ – It was 1967 when Paul Steinarrived on the campus of the state’s first medical school. Now, 40 years later, Stein, adjunct assistant professor of surgery and director of the Kessler Teaching Labs, will retire, leaving a legacy unmatched by any at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Read more...
December 13, 2007
Carolyn Bekes, MD, Earns Prestigious
Courage to Lead Award
New Brunswick – Carolyn Bekes, MD, professor of medicine at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, is one of onlythree recipients nationally to receive the 2008 Courage to Lead Award from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Read more...
December 7, 2007
American Medical Student Association Selects Global Health Scholar from UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick -Wan-Ju Wu, a first year medical student at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has been selected as one of eight Global Health Scholars, a program of the American Medical Student Association (AMSA). A resident of Edison, New Jersey, Wan-Ju was one of 364 applicants who applied nationally for this honor. Read More...
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