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Women’s Vascular Summit: Dr. Linda Harris featured on Cover of Vascular Specialists

Ahead of the 2023 Women’s Vascular Summit, held in Buffalo, N. Y., Dr. Linda Harris was featured on the cover of Vascular Specialists, a national magazine. Dr. Harris is the founder and Director of the Women’s Vascular Summit. She found the summit for two main reasons: delving deeper into the issues that surround women’s vascular…
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3rd Annual Beyond the Knife Lecture and Panel Discussion

The 3rd annual Beyond the Knife event, presented by the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Department of Surgery, will be held Thursday, Feb. 2 from 5-8 pm at the M&T Lecture Hall. The event, examining gun violence and its causes, begins with a panel discussion moderated by Buffalo News editor and columnist Rod Watson. Brian H.…
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UBMD Surgery award winning TV commercial

UBMD Surgery award winning TV commercial UBMD Surgery would like to formally announce and congratulate Ashley McGowen, our Director of Clinical Operations, along with the WGRZ Creative team for being awarded a Gold Telly Award for her role in producing the UBMD Surgery award winning tv commercial which aired during the last Olympics. The Telly…
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November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and 2 on Your Side is partnering with UBMD Surgery to offer help. Equipped with the latest technology and detection of treatment of lung cancers, UBMD Surgery’s team of thoracic specialists provides comprehensive care that treats the patient, not just the cancer. People may not experience symptoms, so early…
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UBMD Surgery Commercial Wins Gold Telly Award

UBMD Surgery Commercial Wins Gold Telly Award

With the help of the WGRZ Creative Team, UBMD Surgery is excited to announce one of our commercials has been chosen to win a Gold Telly Award. The production “UBMD Surgery is pleased to support the Tokyo Olympics” was created with help from Mark Hall, the Creative Director of Commercial Production at WGRZ-TV, UBMD Surgery…
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Maciej Dryjski MD Earns Highest Honor in Medicine

Maciej Dryjski MD has been awarded the Gloria Medicinae Medal from the Polish Medical Society, the highest honor in medicine presented by his home country of Poland.  Dr. Dryjski is the Director of vascular and endovascular surgery at Kaleida Health, Vice Chairman of the Depart of Surgery with UBMD Surgery, and professor of surgery at…
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Two letters from the Department of Surgery

Department of SurgeryTraining tomorrow’s surgical leaders, today May 18, 2022 On behalf of the Department of Surgery, I want to express our deepest sorrow at Saturday’s attack—and our solidarity with our Black neighbors who have been affected by this hate crime. This weekend’s racist violence is a reminder of the immensity of the work that…
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Third Annual Women’s Vascular Summit

The Third Annual Women’s Vascular Summit is taking place at the University at Buffalo on May 13-14, 2022. The Women’s Vascular Summit is an annual meeting for medical professionals who treat vascular disease in women. The meeting will be located within the Jacobs Schools of Medicine. The Summit will lead discussions about vascular disease and…
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Schwaitzberg Named Distinguished Professor

Dr. Steven Schwaitzberg Named Distinguished Service Professor by SUNY Steven Schwaitzberg, MD was one of two UBMD physicians to receive the highest faculty rank by The State University of New York systems as a SUNY Distinguished Professor.  Dr. Schwaitzberg was named a SUNY Distinguished Service Professor receiving recognition for his international prominence and his distinguished…
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Dr. Steven Schwaitzberg

Schwaitzberg Recognized as Army Veteran

In honor of Veteran’s Day, WIVB Channel 4 News featured Dr. Steven Schwaitzberg, Chairman of UBMD Surgery, for his service in the US Army. Dr. Schwaitzberg is a retired Army reservist.  Joining in 1987, part of his time in the service was spent in combat and other time was spent on humanitarian missions like road…
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