Health + Wellness

Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Member, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Director of classical hematology, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute Director of physician-scientist deve...

To our School of Medicine community, On behalf of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, I am delighted to announce the appointment of Peter Hovmand as director of the Center for Community Health Integration. Peter Hovmand, the Pamela B. Davis MD PhD Professor of Medicine, is an inter...

Class Year: 2025 Program: Master of Nursing After spending years researching spider brains, conducting bone marrow transplants in mice and even swimming with sharks, Brittany Cordova felt like something was missing. “I realized I wanted a career that allowed for...

To our School of Medicine community, On behalf of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, I am delighted to announce the appointment of Darin Croft as chair for the Department of Anatomy. I want to thank Clifford Harding for being interim chair for the Department of Anatomy for so many ...

To our School of Medicine community, I am writing to share the sad news that Case Western Reserve University longtime professor, endocrinologist and researcher, Douglas Kerr, MD, PhD (MED ‘65, GRS ‘65), died Wednesday, April 2, at the age of 88. Dr. Kerr dedicated more than 40 years to med...

Every April, communities across the country observe Sexual Assault Awareness Month—a time dedicated to raising public understanding of sexual violence, supporting survivors and promoting prevention efforts. An important component of this work—at Case Western Reserve University and beyond—is dispell...

It's possible to become a registered nurse in as little as two years, but there are several routes into this fast-paced, rapidly evolving career. They all start with nursing school, and they all require passing the National Council Licensure Examination, or NCLEX. The study of nursing takes a compr...

U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools rankings, which were released in early April, show the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University slipped overall but gained in several speciality programs. Following widespread critiques of the criteria used in develop...

The American Public Health Association is marking the 30th anniversary of National Public Health Week, April 7–13. The Daily sat down with a School of Medicine Master of Public Health student whose work preventing overdoses earned statewide attention. For Maggie Urban-Waala, the fight against addic...

The School of Medicine is delighted to announce that alumnus and renowned cardiothoracic surgeon and leader Craig R. Smith (MED ‘77) will be the 2025 School of Medicine diploma ceremony speaker on Sunday, May 18, at Severance Music Center. Smith serves as the chair of the Department of Surgery at Co...