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Melissa Pilewskie, M.D., associate professor of surgery, and Monika Burness, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine, pose together on the Medical Campus. They are both wearing white coats, smiling, and looking at the camera.
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$25M gift to benefit patients at U-M’s new Weiser Family Center for Breast Cancer
The Weisers have given $25 million to University of Michigan Health to create the Weiser Family Center for Breast Cancer.
 Medical student Jessie Dalman assisting her father, Ronald Dalman (M.D. 1984), in the OR. Both are wearing surgical scrubs and masks.
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Class Notes for spring 2025
Updates from graduates of the U-M Medical School.
 A hospice caregiver sits next to a patient on a bed. Both are facing away from the camera and look toward a window with diaphanous curtains that let in a lot of sunlight. The hospice worker has her arm around the patient, and the patient has her head on the hospice worker's shoulder.
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The hospice dilemma
The hospice criteria for dementia patients to be covered by Medicare are difficult to meet, and the care that is offered is often not the hands-on help that families need.
 Drawing of hands holding an anatomical heart. The background of the image is covered in cursive writing.
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Creativity helps med students feel connected
A student-run creative arts journal provides an outlet for medical students and other health care trainees.
 Emily Jutkiewicz, Ph.D.
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Obituary — Emily M. Jutkiewicz, Ph.D.
Remembering Emily M. Jutkiewicz, Ph.D.
 A nurse reads The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton to a baby who is in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The baby is in a hospital crib and hooked up to several machines. The nurse is wearing blue-gray scrubs.
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$10M Charles Stewart Mott Foundation grant will help expand complex care spaces at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has given a $10 million grant to University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital to improve the Brandon Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Reese Partlow Pediatric Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit (PCTU).
 Photo of a child's hand petting a golden retriever. The retriever is reclined with his eyes closed.
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Canine comfort crew
Photo essay about a crew of Golden Retrievers who offer comfort to patients at University of Michigan hospitals.
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Obituary — Carol M. Foster, M.D.
Remembering Carol M. Foster, M.D.
 Marschall Runge is standing in front of a window wearing a doctor's whitecoat and a blue and maize striped tie.
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Reflections on a decade of leadership at Michigan Medicine
A letter from outgoing dean of the University of Michigan Medical School.
 Students on stage in costume perform a song during the 2015 Galens Smoker spoof show.
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Spoof positive
University of Michigan Medical students create and perform an annual spoof show called the Galens Smoker. The beloved tradition gives the students a chance to air grievances and let off steam.
 Black and white artistic photograph of a woman sitting inside a coffee shop working on a computer. The photo is taken from outside, so there's a reflection on the window of people walking down the street.
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Developing empathy
An implicit bias training program uses fine art photography to help health care providers develop empathy for different patient populations.
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In Memoriam
Remembering our alums and faculty
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