“I felt that I was always encouraged to pursue my studies. That’s one reason why I want to really give back to Stony Brook. It’s given me so many opportunities. I really did have good years there."
Dr. Brian O'Hea says he understands that different guidelines from different groups regarding mammograms can be confusing. But the bottom line, he says, is that a lot of the decisions are still up to the patient and the doctor.
“These forage fish basically are dinner for most everything else in the ocean,” says Ellen Pikitch, executive director of the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University.
The University is launching its first annual “Giving Day,” the 24-hour online fundraising drive, on Tuesday, April 30. Giving Day encourages the community to support the University’s remarkable students, faculty, and staff and to advance Stony Brook Medicine’s mission to provide the highest quality healthcare.
Outside of a temporary pop-up clinic at a Cookeville, Tennessee high school, patients had been sleeping in cars and waiting upwards of 24-hours for medical, dental, and vision care. This level of need is pervasive in the areas of Appalachia visited by Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine in its 10 years of partnership with Remote Area Medical.
Earthstock, the University’s annual celebration of Earth Day, features a week of educational and social events that culminate in the Earthstock Festival on the Academic Mall on Friday, April 19, from 11 am to 3 pm (Rain Location: Student Activities Center).
Frank Darras is a kidney transplant specialist and Professor of Urology who oversees transplantation services. His clinical interests include adult and pediatric kidney transplantation, kidney cancer, kidney stones, adrenal gland diseases, and prostate diseases.