Dr. Fung gave a lecture to residents and medical staff at Sisters Hospital on May 17, 2018 to discuss the importance of post-operative management and complications that hospitals may encounter. The lecture was primarily about when it is necessary to contact the surgeon about a complication post operation, how to create the best outcomes for…
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Dr. Steven Schwaitzberg was recently published discussing “National prospective randomized trial documenting the safety of natural orifice surgery.” The NOVEL trial: natural orifice versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy-a prospective, randomized evaluation. Schwaitzberg SD, Roberts K, Romanelli JR, Desilets DJ, Earle D, Horgan S, Swanstrom L, Hungness E, Soper N, Kochman ML; Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment…
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ECMC’s Trauma Surgeon Dr. Michael Chopko and Unyts’ Director of Marketing, talk about the importance to donate blood, especially during the winter months. Click here to watch the full video and learn more about the importance of donating blood.
Weidun Alan Guo, MD, PhD, FACS, Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, was selected to become a member of the Richard Sarkin/Emeritus Faculty Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS). GHHS is a national life-time recognition given to senior medical students, residents, role-model physician teachers for demonstrated excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion and dedication…
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Dr. William Flynn Jr. featured on ECMC’s Medical Minute about learning to “stop the bleed,” a federal initiative and training class created to help learn about the steps to take when someone is bleeding from a traumatic situation. Click here to watch the video and learn more about “stop the bleed.”
In March of 2018, Dr. Maciej Dryjski completed a term as President of the Association of International Vascular Surgeons (AIVS). At the close of his term, Dr. Dryjski delivered a presidential address titled “How to make open aortic surgery great again” at the 37th AIVS Congress in Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria. The AIVS successfully brings together leading…
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In March of 2018, Dr. Maciej Dryjski delivered an invited lecture at Polish Association for Angiology titled “How to reduce treatment costs and improve the results of vascular care.” The event took place in Krakow, Poland. The aim of the Society is: 1. To unite all interested in angiology and angiochirurgia for the development of this medical…
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Linda M. Harris MD presented a Presidential Lecture at the Eastern Vascular Society about Empowerment and Involvement. This lecture was published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery, section 67(4):997-1004, 2018 04. Click the link below to read the publication: https://www.jvascsurg.org/article/S0741-5214(18)30018-1/fulltext Click here to view Dr. Harris’ profile.
Do you have pain in your legs that comes and goes? Are your feet cold or numb? Do you have weakness in your legs, hair loss on your calves and feet? Changes of the color of your feet or poor wound healing? Family history, if you smoke with no symptoms at all – – it…
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Every January, Buffalo Spree publishes Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors list. For 2018, UBMD Surgery has two physicians that have ranked as a Top Doc in WNY for Surgery specialty. Dr. Steven D. Schwaitzberg Dr. Alan R. Posner Congratulations doctors! We are proud of your success.
Thrilled to be a part of this revolutionary clinical trial! 🩺🥼
