Alex Schick, MD

PGY-1 Neuro Resident @URMC_Neurology | @URochester_SMD, @NIH IRTA, @UBuffalo & @Dartmouth alum | #WomenInMedicine

[Alex Schick, MD @AlexInMed]

Excited to share the results of our latest study with @KevinH_PhD, "Effect of a plant-based, low-fat diet versus an animal-based, ketogenic diet on ad libitum energy intake," in @NatureMedicine!

[Kevin Hall @KevinH_PhD]

Here's a link to our latest study in @NatureMedicine: https://t.co/vA7Cuk1jzq

[University of Rochester Neurology Residency @URMC_Neurology]

We’re excited to welcome our new Adult Neurology interns!!🧠✨Thrilled to have you join us in June!!! #Neurology #MatchDay #Residency #Match2026

[Alex Schick, MD @AlexInMed]

Honored to be selected for AOA! @AOA_society

[URochester SMD @URochester_SMD]

Congratulations to our students recently inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society!

We are proud to celebrate this milestone with you and look forward to all you will accomplish in the years ahead. 👏👏👏

[Ibrahim @_ibrahimjalal]

Excited to showcase our work in surgical simulation! More to come!

@JonStoneMD @gsantangelomd @dpaulMD @tfurstMD @HermnLi @Rohin_Singh1 @URNeurosurgery

[Ibrahim @_ibrahimjalal]

Humbled to win the President's Changemaker Award @UofR and excited to learn our state funding has been extended through 2030! Thank you @AlexInMed @DanielDWHan @URNeurosurgery @Rohin_Singh1 @HermnLi @UR_Med and others who have been instrumental in our success!

[Daniel D. Han, MS @DanielDWHan]

Honored to receive Changemaker Award with @AlexInMed and @_ibrahimjalal for our Meliora Educational Pathway Program (MEPP). Excited to continue to outreach about field of medicine to the high school students in the Rochester Community. @UofR @UR_Med @RocMSTP @URochester_SMD

[Ibrahim @_ibrahimjalal]

Grateful to highlight some of the incredible work from our Mobile Stroke Unit @URNeurosurgery @URMC_Neurology and @UR_Med in providing stroke care to the community! Out this week in Neurosurgery!
@mtbendermd @SajalAkkipeddi @NateEllens @NeurosurgeryCNS

https://t.co/ZJCJSm9Bfi

[URochester Medicine Neurosurgery @URNeurosurgery]

Congratulations @Rohin_Singh1 @_ibrahimjalal @JonStoneMD @EdwardVatesMD @dpaulMD on their new publication @TheJNS on CSF Leak Repairs! 🧠📑

https://t.co/t9AyUc4h77

#neurosurgery #neurotwitter #MedTwitter #URochesterResearch #MedX @UR_Med @URNeuroscience

[Alex Schick, MD @AlexInMed]

Excited to see our case report published in BMJ this week! An interesting case of gangrene and osteomyelitis of the toe in a previously healthy patient due to undiagnosed essential thrombocythemia https://t.co/HP0L2MJ6wd

[Dana-Farber’s Breast Oncology Center @DFCI_BreastOnc]

New📰Impact of systemic disease on CNS disease control after #StereotacticRadiosurgery to #BreastCancerBrainMetastases (The SYBRA Study)
👉https://t.co/P0nihhyDvs @drsarahsam @AlexInMed @FighterRad @MichaelTMilano @DrAllisonMags @NimishMohile @oreganruth @CareyAnders1 @DhakalAjay

[Alex Schick, MD @AlexInMed]

Excited to share my first-author pub with @DhakalAjay, the SYBRA study, is out now! Pts with breast cancer brain mets with early systemic progression (3-6 months post-SRS) had worse CNS failure-free & overall survival. Highlights need for systemic control post-SRS 🧠
@Nature_NPJ

[Valerie L. Darcey, PhD, MS, RD @vdarcey]

Is it true that gut-brain signals after consuming ultra-processed foods high in fat+sugar cause exaggerated dopamine release in human brain reward regions akin to what you'd expect from addictive drugs??

The answer may surprise you!!💡🧠

Our latest work from @KevinH_PhD 's lab!

[AMWA National Medical Student Division @AMWAStudents]

Introducing the AMWA National Medical Student Division 2024-25 Executive Board ♥️🩺

We’re so excited to serve you all this year!

[Alex Schick, MD @AlexInMed]

Curriculum includes CPR/AED, bleeding control, and naloxone training to give students the confidence to “act fast” in medical emergencies

[Alex Schick, MD @AlexInMed]

Excited to share that our project, “Action in Crisis Training for First Aid and Safety Techniques (ACT FAST)” was awarded the @AOA_society Medical Student Service Leadership grant! Can’t wait to teach important life-saving skills to Rochester HS students @URochester_SMD @UR_Med

[Ibrahim @_ibrahimjalal]

Great turnout!!
Thankful for the department’s support and for fellow MEPP leaders @AlexInMed @HermnLi @DanielDWHan, Jayesh, Mo, and Jag.

[Melissa LoPresti MD MPH @MALoPrestiMDMPH]

Proud of Dr. Whyte, @URNeurosurgery PGY2 for being on the panel of our #MEPP high school student #mentorship session. Inspiring advice to the next generation to “always be curious” 👏🏻🤩🩺🥼#rolemodel #mentor #MedTwitter #MedEd #premed

[Matt Bender @mtbendermd]

In Rochester, mobile stroke unit serves a population with lower socioeconomic status than traditional 🚑. Great to work closely with a program that addresses care disparities. 📸 @_ibrahimjalal presenting at #ISC24 @StrokeAHA_ASA

[Alex Schick, MD @AlexInMed]

@UB_Psychology Congrats @DJbrakey!!

[NIH Clinical Center @NIHClinicalCntr]

Check out "What It’s Like to Be a Patient in an NIH Clinical Trial" from a healthy volunteer at the @NIHClinicalCntr. https://t.co/uxXUtfE6Yz

[Nature Medicine @NatureMedicine]

⭐️ News and Views from Prof. James Stubbs at @UniversityLeeds looking at the dueling ‘carbohydrate–#insulin’ versus ‘high-fat overconsumption’ models of #appetite control and #energy-balance regulation. #Metabolism #Diet

👉 https://t.co/n9SM7IG1zV