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Celebrating Physician Assistant Week
The American Academy of Physician Assistants celebrates Physician Assistants (PA) during National PA Week, held October 6–12 each year, to recognize the contributions of PAs in providing quality patient care.  At the School of Medicine, we are proud to celebrate our PA students, faculty, staff and…
Student Spotlight: Trenley Anderson
Class Year: 2024 Program Major: Doctor of Medicine Witnessing a physician make insensitive comments about a patient during rounds last year initially offended fourth-year medical student Trenley Anderson. But then, it motivated them to take action. The incident ignited a passion in Anderson to…
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine professors Timothy Chan, Kim Anderson-Erisman elected to National Academy of Medicine
Two Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine professors have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of the nation’s most esteemed societies for health and medicine. NAM membership “recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and…
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Student spotlight: Jack Rafoth
The idea of purchasing an existing company and then optimizing it to grow is one Jack Rafoth thinks about often. This process, also known as entrepreneurship through acquisition (ETA), is a strategy to become a business owner by acquiring a company, where an entrepreneur seeks the support of…
CWRU researchers identify inherited gene mutation linked to esophageal cancer
Discovery could lead to possible prevention, treatment strategies  Studying genes in families with a propensity for certain diseases has led to many critical advances in medicine, including the discovery of statins in family members who suffered heart attacks at an early age. …
Welcome to Weatherhead: Maria Stutsman y Marquez, associate dean of recruitment and enrollment
Maria Stutsman y Marquez joined the Weatherhead School of Management in September as the associate dean of recruitment and enrollment. Her primary responsibilities are aimed at attracting prospective students and admitting a talented and dynamic cohort of candidates across programs through…
Weatherhead announces its 2023 Alumni Awards winners
The Weatherhead School of Management is excited to announce its 2023 Alumni Awards winners and honor them during Homecoming and Reunion Weekend at Weatherhead’s Alumni Reception and Awards on Friday, Oct. 13.  Weatherhead launched the annual Alumni Awards in 1993 to establish a tradition of…
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Learn how to achieve business ownership with less risk at upcoming symposium
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), approximately 90% of all business startups fail. This risk is transformed into a high success rate through a path to business ownership called Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA). The Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western…
A vision for rare cancer research: $5 million commitment launches CURE, a rare cancer initiative, at Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
As National Rare Cancer Day nears (Sept. 30), Jed Ian Taxel Foundation for Rare Cancer Research announces major gift to spur cross-country collaboration Rare cancers are those that affect fewer than 15 of 100,000 people each year. But there are more than 200 types of rare cancer that comprise…
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Weatherhead inducts the Class of 2024 Wolstein Society members
The eighteenth class of Weatherhead School of Management undergraduate students were inducted into the Wolstein Society. The Wolstein Society recognizes outstanding undergraduate students in their senior year who represent the spirit of enterprise as demonstrated by leadership, scholarship,…