For Your Health

One of the casualties of the COVID pandemic has been Dean’s Hour. In the years prior to 2020 we would typically host a series of guest presenters in-house – who would each give a talk on a healthcare topic – in the months between September and May. That said, even before the pandemic there had […]

In addition to the 65 new medical doctors graduating from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) this month, the School is recognizing more than 240 students from its health sciences programs who are graduating on Saturday, May 11, 2024. One such student is soon-to-be doctor of physical therapy (DPT) […]

Dr. Kumi Nagamoto-Combs, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, and members of her research team attended IMMUNOLOGY 2024 earlier this month. At the international conference hosted by the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) in Chicago from May 3-7, a graduate student and a postdoctoral researcher from the Nagamoto-Combs lab presented their studies that received award recognitions. A postdoc in Nagamoto-Combs’s lab, Geetika Verma, […]

For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 23, Brad Smith, M.D., will discuss bacterial meningitis. The meeting will be held in person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. S. in Fargo, Conf. Rm. 1 and Room SMCF1A2, and via Webex (Meeting no./access code: 2438 144 […]

Last Saturday we welcomed 65 new physicians into the medical profession during the UND SMHS Medical Doctor Commencement ceremony, and tomorrow we will graduate more than 240 health sciences and graduate students during UND Spring Commencement. The guest speaker at last week’s event, selected by the graduating medical students as their commencement speaker, was Dr. […]

Please join the staff of the SMHS Simulation Center as we celebrate the forthcoming retirement of Simulation Center Director Dr. Jon Allen. After more than 36 years of dedicated service to healthcare in North Dakota, an open house reception to celebrate Dr. Allen’s career will be held in the SMHS West Atrium from 2:30 to […]

For the next Surgery Grand Rounds, to be held from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Friday, May 17, Patrick Kane, M.D., will present “Teaching Surgical Residents & Concepts of Emotional Intelligence.” This broadcast will be held via Zoom/video conferencing. Dr. Kane is a recent University of North Dakota General Surgery Residency Program graduate and […]

For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, John Riedinger, M.D., will discuss uncertainty in diagnoses. The meeting will be held in person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. S. in Fargo, Conf. Rm. 1 and Room SMCF5D, and via Webex (Meeting no./access code: 2438 […]

For the next Psychiatry Grand Rounds, from 12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15, Arpit Heer, M.D., will present “A Review of Antipsychotics Related Extrapyramidal Side Effects.” This broadcast will be held via Zoom/video conferencing. Dr. Heer is a third-year resident in the UND Psychiatry Residency Training Program. Kenneth Troxclair, D.O., is psychiatrist […]

The University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) presented a number of awards to its graduating medical students and the School’s faculty and other community volunteers during its Commencement festivities on May 3 and 4, including the Dean’s Special Recognition Awards for Outstanding Volunteer Faculty. Of the roughly 1,700 physicians in […]