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Alumni Events

Alumni activities and events range from Homecoming and reunions to chapter events worldwide. Attend one today!

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Alumni Chapters by Region

Hook up and network with UB alumni who live and work in your area

Volunteer Opportunities

Make a difference by offering career advice, creating an alumni group where you live, or sharing your positive UB experiences with prospective UB students

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Classnotes

Where they are now—the people you used to hang with—check it out here and then let us know what you're up to

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Homecoming and Reunions

Put together an intimate reunion of your closest UB friends or help kick off the biggest party of the year, Homecoming

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Awards Programs

Do you know someone making a difference in the community? Look at past winners and nominate someone for an alumni award!

Alumni Associations by School

Are you interested in staying close to alumni who share the same degree as you? You can join your school-based alumni program and network with graduates from your own discipline

Great Grads

You are in good company. See what noteworthy alumni have graduated from UB

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Student Involvement

Students today. UB Alumni Forever. We want to help make each student's UB experience meaningful and fun before, during and after graduation.

» Dinner for 12 Strangers
» University Student Alumni Board (USAB)
» Real Life 101
» Student Programs

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Great Grads - Medicine

You Are UB

You're in good company with the more than 186,000 alumni at the University at Buffalo. For 160 years the University at Buffalo has seen national an international acclaim from our alumni. From medical pioneers to world-renowned musical composers and international dignitaries to U.S. Congressmen UB alumni encompass many facets of our society.

Medicine | Athletics | Entertainment | Politics and Public Service | International Affairs | Architecture | Education | Business |

Medicine

-Dr. Robert P.Gale, M.D. ’70 Medical and Biomedical Sciences
--Pioneer in the field of bone marrow transplants

-Joseph A. Chazan, M.S. ’60 Medical and Biomedical Sciences, B.S. '56 Pharmacy
--Founder of the Rhode Island Dialysis Program; Medical Director of the Artifical Kidney Centers; Clinical Professor of Medicine at Brown University

-Carolyn Farrell B.S. ’71 Nursing
-- Director of Clinical Genetic Services, Roswell Park Cancer Institute

-Wilson Greatbach, M.S. ’57 Electrical and Computer Engineering
--Engineer for the cardiac pacemaker

Olmstead Ross -Dr. Elizabeth Olmstead-Ross, ’39 Medicine and Biometrics
--First woman Ophthalmologist in Western New York

-Dr. Marcella Fierro, M.D. ’66 Medicine and Biometrics
--Chief Medical Examiner for Virginia

-Dr. Riyaz Hassanali, M.D. ’86 Medicine and Biometrics
--World-Renowned Cosmetic Surgeon

-Dr. Harvey Karp, B.S. ’72 Cell & Molecular Biology, Biological Science
--Pediatrician and Writer of “The Happiest Baby”

-Dr. Edward Lefrak, B.A. ’65 Sociology
-- World-Renowned Cardiovascular Surgeon

-Dr. Patrick Sculley, D.D.S. ’73 Dental
-- Former Deputy Surgeon General of the United States; Executive Director of Sigma Xi

-Margaret McGlynn B.S. ’82 Pharmacy
-- President, U.S. Human Health, Merck and Co., Inc.

-Claudia Leiras, M.S.’00 Roswell Park-Natural Sciences
--Breast cancer researcher

-Jeffrey Wigand, B.A. ‘69 Chemistry
--Smoke-Free Kids Founder

-Jerome Kassirer, M.D. ’57 Medicine and Biomedical Sciences B.A. ’53 Physics
--Editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine

George W. Thorn

-Dr. George W. Thorn, M.D.’29 Medicine and Biometrics
--A renowned clinician and educator, Thorn was a major leader in advancing the field of endocrinology and organ transplant. He is credited with bringing the first kidney dialysis machine to the United States and organizing the team that performed the first successful human organ transplant in 1954.