School of Medicine

Ali Mchaourab, associate professor of anesthesiology, co-wrote a piece for cleveland.com detailing measures taken at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, where he is chief of pain medicine, to avoid opioid addiction. In the piece, titled “Emulate VA transparency to reduce opioid…

Alpha Omega Alpha will host its annual visiting professorship lecture, featuring Amy Abernethy, Wednesday, April 18, from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Robbins Building, Room E401. Abernethy will present "Observations from the Interface of Medicine & Tech: Leading through Influence and…

Respected Case Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher, Nathan A. Berger, MD, has compiled evidence from more than 100 publications to show how obesity increases risk of 13 different cancers in young adults. The meta-analysis describes how obesity has shifted certain cancers to younger age groups,…

Clinical trial finds short-term increases in inhaled steroids do not provide expected benefit in early stages of an attack Children with mild to moderate asthma do not benefit from a common practice of increasing their inhaled steroids at the first signs of an asthma exacerbation, according to…

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has been named the #1 medical school in Ohio, according to the annual ranking of graduate schools released today by U.S. News & World Report. The school was also ranked 25thof all research-oriented medical schools nationally.  “This recognition is…

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is ranked #25 of all research-oriented medical schools in the nation and #1 in Ohio, according to the annual ranking of graduate schools released today by U.S. News & World Report. “This recognition is testimony to the outstanding quality of our…

Case Western Reserve University’s graduate and professional programs experienced mixed results in this year’s U.S. News & World Report’s graduate school rankings, with two schools achieving impressive gains, three holding steady, and one suffering a small dip. With improvement in its…

At exactly noon on Friday, March 16, medical students nationwide–including those from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of CWRU–learned which hospitals accepted them as resident physicians for the next three to seven…

Yesterday, the Ides of March. Tomorrow, St. Patrick’s Day. And today … Match Day at the School of Medicine! When they arrived here four or five years ago, these students knew that they had a lot to learn before deciding what path to follow. And now, they have chosen their medical specialties and…

Kathy Miller wanted to make a difference in the lives of children with cancer. But she knew she wouldn’t be the one discovering a cure, and she doesn’t have day-to-day interaction with patients. So Miller, director of operations in the Department of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences,…