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Personal physician to the Dalai Lama to speak on compassion in medicine at UofL White Coat Ceremony

July 21, 2016

Barry Kerzin, MD, personal physician to the Dalai Lama and founder of the Altruism in Medicine Institute, will address the 156 members of the incoming class of the University of Louisville School of Medicine and guests at the school’s White Coat C

UofL spinal cord injury researchers present latest developments at international conference

July 20, 2016

Last week, researchers in the University of Louisville Department of Neurological Surgery shared their recent developments in therapies for children and adults with neurological conditions at IV STEP, an international conference intended to foster

UofL opens NIH-designated Alcohol Research Center

July 20, 2016

Alcohol abuse exacts a major toll on health and health costs in the United States and is the 3rd leading preventable cause of death.