School of Medicine

Tae Hun Kim, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry, has been named the recipient of the prestigious Mallinckrodt grant for his research proposal—“Understanding the Recognition and Repair of DNA Single-Strand Breaks in the Nucleosome.” This annual award, sponsored by the Mallinck...

Thomas G. Pretlow, II, MD, a transformative cancer researcher and a founding member of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, recently passed away. His wife, Theresa Pretlow, MD survives Dr. Pretlow. Both are professor emerita of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Dr. P...

Oral cancers and precancerous mouth lesions are considered especially difficult to diagnose early and accurately. For one, biopsies are expensive, invasive, stressful for the patient and can lead to complications. They’re also not feasible if repeated screenings of the same lesion are required. Bu...

Students in the Master of Science in Applied Anatomy program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine regularly share how the program prepared them to take the next step in achieving their academic and professional goals in medicine and healthcare. At this virtual event on Wednesday, M...

Second-year School of Medicine students Emily Guo and Emily Peng discovered unmet healthcare needs in Cleveland’s AsiaTown community and created curricula to address them. The two will showcase insights gained from their “Healthcare in AsiaTown” elective at the Asian Pacific American Medical Student...

Homecoming Highlights Whether they studied on campus five or 50 years ago, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine alumni who returned for Homecoming and Reunion Weekend in October likely noticed significant changes to the places—and ways—in which they once learned. But they got an up-c...

DEDICATION TO EDUCATION After a half-century of teaching, a professor and his wife look to the future of the school Krishan Chandar, MD, arrived in Cleveland in 1974 to complete his neurology residency, eager to bring the education and expertise he was gaining in the United States back to India...

Bubbling Up In Agata Exner’s lab, researchers spend a lot of time blowing bubbles. These, though, are nanobubbles—nanoparticles with gas at their core—each of which is about 2,000 times smaller than a single grain of salt. By stimulating the nanobubbles with sound waves, Exner’s team is working to...

The School of Medicine welcomed the following new employees in January 2024 to the School of Medicine : Name Department Role Jeri Jewett-Tennant Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative Research Associate Amy Marcano-Reik Bi...

New Cancer Center Leader Aims to Build Connections in Cleveland and Well Beyond Gary Schwartz, MD, has long believed precision medicine is the future of oncology. But back in the early ’90s, very few agreed. Cancer care at the time generally followed a “spray-and-pray” approach: Use as much chemoth...