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UBMEDICINE
Michael E. Cain, MD Vice President for Health Sciences and Dean, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
UB MEDICINE MAGAZINE, Summer 2015, Vol. 3, No. 2
Editor Stephanie A. Unger
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Contributing Writers Jill U Adams, Jim Bisco, Mary Cochrane, John DellaContrada, Lori Ferguson, Ellen Goldbaum, Colleen Karuza
Progress notes
Copyeditor Tom Putnam
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Photography Joseph Cascio, Philip J. Cavuoto, Sandra Kicman, Douglas Levere
Partnerships at work
Art Direction & Design Karen Lichner
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Editorial Advisers John J. Bodkin II, MD ’76 Elizabeth A. Repasky, PhD ’81
People in the news
Major Affiliated Teaching Hospitals Erie County Medical Center Roswell Park Cancer Institute Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System
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Douglas Levere
Conversations with experts
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Alyssa Volmrich, Class of 2018, is one of the first recipients of the Western New York Medical Scholarship. Her scholarship is sponsored by HealthNow.
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UB neurosurgeons have led efforts to explore minimally invasive approaches to stroke that are now being proven highly effective.
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A LONG-TERM PLAN FOR PHYSICIAN SHORTAGES The Western New York Medical Scholarship Fund, a community wide effort, aims to keep young physicians in our region. COVER IMAGE: Clockwise: UB neurosurgeons L. Nelson “Nick” Hopkins III, MD, seated; Elad Levy, MD; Adnan Siddiqui, MD, PhD, and Kenneth Synder, MD. Photo by Joseph Cascio
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