For Your Health

For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, from 12:15 to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17, Abdallah Abou Zahr, M.D., will give a presentation entitled “Neurological Complications in Hematological Malignancies.” The meeting will be held in person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. S. in Fargo, Conf. Rm 1 and Conf. Rm. SMCF […]

I hope that you have had a chance to see the video that was released earlier this week that I recorded with UND President Armacost. The video, along with a letter to the community from the President, addressed the current status of our repatriation efforts involving Native American ancestors and artifacts that will be returned […]

During the month of November, Team SMHS wants to focus on gratitude and thanks. Is there someone you work with every day who goes above and beyond and deserves some praise? Is there a student you think deserves recognition for something they have done for their peers? Is there a department you’ve seen working extra […]

The Office of Research Affairs at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) has announced that the School was awarded nearly $49 million in fiscal year 2022 for its research and servioce missions. This amount represents a single-year record in sponsored funding for the School. According to the Office’s Sponsored Projects Awards report, […]

A group of UND medical students, in conjunction with Dak-Minn Blood Bank, will host a blood drive at the School of Medicine & Health Sciences on Wednesday, Nov. 30. The drive will be held in SMHS rooms E311 and E312 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. that day. No minors are allowed to donate at […]

Congratulations to the four UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences M.D. Class of 2025 students who presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) in Dallas, Texas (Oct. 14 – 18, 2022). All four students listed below received a $250 student recognition award from the NAME Foundation for […]

For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, from 12:15 to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10, Ozlem Goker-Alpan, M.D., will give a presentation entitled “Understanding Lysosomal Storage Disorders: From Newborn Screening to Treatments.” The meeting will be held in person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. S. in Fargo, Conf. Rm 1 and […]

Earlier this week we again held a virtual get-together of the UND SMHS community in the latest iteration of our bi-monthly Java with Josh meetings. You can see a recording of the event here. In the past we held these conversations in-person in the Grand Forks building, but when the COVID pandemic hit almost three […]

Congratulations to Dr. David Velez, chief resident in the UND General Surgery Residency Program, who is one of five physicians from around the nation to have been given the David C. Leach Award from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for their contribution to graduate medical education. Dr. Velez received this award for […]

For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, from 12:15 to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 3, Pamela McGrann, M.D., will give a presentation entitled “Neurocutaneous Syndromes.” The meeting will be held in person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. S. in Fargo, Conf. Rm 1 and Conf. Rm. SMCF 5D, and via Webex here (meeting […]