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About UB's Graduate Medical Education

The University at Buffalo Medical School annually trains more than 700 residents and fellows to become clinicians, researchers, teachers, and leaders in their fields by:

• providing approximately 60 accredited residency programs in academically stimulating and nurturing environments
• exposing residents to patients with diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds
• providing a range of clinical environments, unequaled in any single medical institution
• fostering values that emphasize evidence-based medicine, patient safety, professionalism, and overcoming health-care disparities
• supporting trainees personal growth and development through interdisciplinary activities

Buffalo's Tradition of Discovery

Buffalo's primary medical research institutions are home to a critical mass of world-class researchers in both basic and applied sciences. From the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who first made protein structure determination possible, to the development of cutting-edge disciplines such as pharmacogenomics, Buffalo researchers have been - and continue to be - pioneers in fields of biomedical science.

Some noted biomedical advances from Buffalo include:

• The PSA test
• AVONEX®, the interferon treatment for multiple sclerosis
• Genetic diagnostics
• First automated structural determination of Gramicidin A
• Fetal viability test
• Patented high-throughput crystallization method
• Timed-release insulin therapy
• Anti-arrhythmia therapy made from tarantula venom
• Artificial blood
• Liquid ventilation, LiquiVent®
• Photodynamic therapy
• Surfactant therapy for newborns, Infasurf®,
  that has reduced preterm mortality
• Platinum coil for inoperable cranial aneurysms
• The internal pacemaker
• The methodology to screen infants for phenylketonuria (PKU)
• "Lippes Loop" - intrauterine contraceptive device
• "Smart Pill" for assessing gastrointestinal motility