Upstate Medical university Public Affairs
November 22, 2009
News from Upstate

May 2008 News Archive

Thursday, May 29, 2008

SUNY Upstate James Greenwald, M.D., physician elected vice president of New York State Academy of Family Physicians

SYRACUSE, N.Y.— SUNY Upstate Medical University Professor James Greenwald, M.D., has been elected to a one‑year term as vice president of the New York State Academy of Family Physicians (NYSAFP). Greenwald, whose faculty appointment is in the... read more

Thursday, May 22, 2008

SUNY Upstate clinic specializing in Lou Gehrig’s disease is honored for excellence

SYRACUSE, N.Y. —The ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) Clinic at SUNY Upstate Medical University has been named a Certified Center of Excellence of the ALS Association. It is now one of only 32 clinics in the nation to have received center of excellence... read more

Thursday, May 22, 2008

SUNY Upstate's Irene Sills, M.D., elected to American Academy of Pediatrics panel

SYRACUSE, N.Y.— Irene Sills, M.D., professor of pediatrics at SUNY Upstate Medical University, has been elected to the executive committee of the Endocrine Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Sills will serve a six‑year term through... read more

Thursday, May 22, 2008

SUNY Upstate’s Irene Sills, M.D., elected to American Academy of Pediatrics panel

SYRACUSE, N.Y.— Irene Sills, M.D., professor of pediatrics at SUNY Upstate Medical University, has been elected to the executive committee of the Endocrine Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Sills will serve a six‑year term through... read more

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

SUNY Upstate Medical University collaborates on national study linking PCBs and diabetes

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — High levels of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) may be the newest risk factor for diabetes in men and women between the ages of 35 to 54 regardless of race, obesity, family history of diabetes, or gender, according to preliminary findings... read more

Monday, May 12, 2008

President David Smith, M.D., is honored by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

SYRACUSE, N.Y.— SUNY Upstate Medical University President David R. Smith, M.D., received a plaque in his honor from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC), where he served as president from 1996 to 2001 prior to his appointment as... read more

Friday, May 2, 2008

Two students win SUNY’s highest honor

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — SUNY Upstate Medical University students Benjamin Bert and Nicole Flaherty have been honored as winners of the 2008 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence. Bert and Flaherty are among 275 college students from SUNY campuses to receive... read more

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