Monday, October 28, 2024
UMSOM Unveils New State-of-the-Art Anatomy Facility
The University of Maryland School of Medicine unveiled at an Oct. 8 ribbon-cutting ceremony the newly renovated Maurice N. Reid, MD ’99 Anatomy Teaching Facility, a state-of-the-art gross anatomy laboratory and learning facility made possible in part by a $1 million donation by UMSOM alum Maurice Reid, MD, a Board of Visitors member and former CEO and medical director of ExpressCare UrgentCare Centers.
Monday, October 28, 2024
Building a Biomedical Research Enterprise that Leads to More Equity and Healthier Lives
In an effort to address the urgent challenges facing biomedical research, E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA Distinguished University Professor and former Dean, University of Maryland School of Medicine, chaired a prestigious group of physician-scientists who authored a new National Academy of Medicine report released earlier this month.
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
UM School of Medicine's Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD, Elected as Member of Prestigious National Academy of Medicine
Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD, an internationally-recognized neuroscientist, who is the James and Carolyn Frenkil Dean’s Endowed Professor in the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Drug Development, and Director of the University of Maryland – Medicine Institute of Neuroscience Discovery (UM-MIND), has been elected as a new member of the National Academy of Medicine.
Wednesday, October 09, 2024
UMSOM Launches New Rural Health Initiative to Address Physician Shortage on Maryland's Eastern Shore
With a commitment to addressing rural health disparities and the challenges faced by Maryland’s rural Eastern Shore residents, the University of Maryland School of Medicine has launched the Rural Health Equity and Access Longitudinal Elective (R-HEALE). The pilot program is designed to train and place incoming medical students in Eastern Shore healthcare practices. It has received $1.4 million in state funding to launch the effort with added funds provided by University of Maryland, Baltimore, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, the Rural Maryland Council and philanthropic donors.
Tuesday, October 08, 2024
Marcelo A. F. Ribeiro Jr. Inducted into Prestigious American College of Surgeons Master Surgeon Academy
Marcelo A. F. Ribeiro Jr., MD, PhD, Professor of Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM), was inducted into the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Academy of Master Surgeon Educators during an event in Chicago held on September 27. Dr. Ribeiro, who is also the Director of the International Outreach Initiative at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, is among a group of 76 esteemed surgeon educators nationwide who were inducted this year into membership in this distinguished Academy.
Wednesday, October 02, 2024
Early Results from Multiple Myeloma Clinical Trial Prove Cancer Drug Combination Provides Longer Response and Potential Benefit in Disease-Free Survival
Patients with multiple myeloma, a type of cancer in their white blood cells, have a significantly longer disease-free period and likely long-term survival if they are treated with the monoclonal antibody drug daratumumab along with the standard therapy drug lenalidomide compared to the standard therapy alone. That is the finding of a new national study led by University of Maryland School of Medicine investigators and presented earlier this week at the plenary session of the International Myeloma Society Meeting in Rio de Janerio, Brazil and published online in the journal Blood.
Tuesday, October 01, 2024
Cancer Patients Who Experience Cognitive Decline After Radiation Treatment for Brain Metastases May Regain Full Neurocognitive Function, New Study Suggests
Nearly 40 percent of cancer patients who experienced memory loss, brain fog and other cognitive difficulties after radiation treatment for brain metastases regained full neurocognitive function within six months, according to a new analysis by radiation oncology researchers at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC).
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
UM School of Medicine Establishes Three New Endowed Professorships through Maryland E-Nnovation Awards and UMB Matching Funds
University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean Mark T. Gladwin, announced today that the School of Medicine has been awarded $2 million in matching funds from the Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Fund (MEIF), administered by the Maryland Department of Commerce. The funds, totaling $4 million when combined with UMB private funding, will enable the establishment of three endowed research professorships.
Thursday, August 29, 2024
28th Annual White Coat Ceremony Welcomes UMSOM Class of 2028
The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) welcomed 165 new students making their first entrance into the practice of medicine through the tradition of the White Coat Ceremony. The ceremony took place on August 9 with family, friends, faculty, and staff gathering at the historic Hippodrome Theatre to celebrate the Class of 2028 as students received the first white coat of their careers.
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Leading Computational Scientist and Oncology Researcher Elana Fertig, PhD, Appointed as New Director of the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, announced today the appointment of Elana J. Fertig, PhD, FAIMBE, as the new Director of the School’s Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS). She is an internationally-recognized researcher known for her work in integrating spatial multi-omics technologies with mathematical models to develop a new predictive medicine paradigm in cancer. Spatial technologies allow researchers to learn about any cell type inside of natural tissue, including gene activity and cell interactions.