All About Numbers
How many U of R alum/facility have won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?
5
The Saunders Center for Ortho and Physical Performance opened in 2024 at the site of which former Dept store?
Sears
UR Med Home Care started in 1919 as the Public Health Nurse Assoc. in response to what public health crisis?
Influenza pandemic (aka Spanish Flu)
Kathy Parrinello
Wilmot Cancer Institute is a Nationally recognized center. What % of US cancer centers are in this group?
4%
The original lobby entrance to SMH is now located where? It still has the 4 stone columns.
Reading Room in Minor Library
In June 1981, alum Michael Gottlieb published a CDC newsletter with the 1st clinical description of what health issue?
AIDS
In 1920, how much did it cost per day for a stay in 1 of the 4 bed rooms at SMH for "ordinary medicine and treatment" ?
$5.00
When was the 1st building on the medical center campus constructed?
1922 The "Animal House" included space to house research animals, labs and offices for the 1st staff to arrive in Rochester
SMH officially opened its doors Jan 4, 1926. When was the 1st patient admitted?
Jan 5, 1926-patient arrived on the 4th but was overwhelmed with welcoming celebration and came back the next day