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Ernest J. Del Monte Neuromedicine Institute With a $10 million gift to the University in 2009, and clinicians working side-by-side solving complex Mr. Del Monte and his wife, Thelma, made a problems, fostering groundbreaking research and commitment to translate neurobiological discoveries creating new paradigms, capable of altering our into better health for all. The Ernest J. Del Monte approach to understanding brain diseases and Neuromedicine Institute was named in his honor. leading to new life-saving discoveries. “Neuromedicine is one of the most promising Our neurologists have pioneered the design and endeavors that the University has undertaken,” Del implementation of large, multi-site clinical trials Monte said. “We have all the necessary ingredients which have led to the introduction of several FDA- to be successful internationally. My hope is that this approved drugs; our scientists’ discovery of causes gift will be the force to help scientists and clinicians of delayed paralysis after spinal cord injury made collaborate seamlessly so that one day, from this national headlines and may lead to treatments Institute, the cure for Alzheimer’s disease, stroke which reduce damage and disability; and we have and other neurological disorders will emerge. I truly experts in the feld of experimental therapeutics, believe we can do it.” who focus on breakthrough cellular and molecular treatments to fght disease. We are thinking about The Del Monte Neuromedicine Institute serves as our patients, their loved ones, and their futures. an umbrella for several vibrant research centers and growing clinical care programs throughout “The Medical Center has long been among the the Medical Center and River Campus. It has also nation’s leaders in neuroscience, but this gift will reinvigorated the scientists and physicians who treat allow us to amplify our federal research funding, patients with neurological conditions. teaching, and clinical programs for those suffering The Institute has been a game-changer for the from some of today’s most debilitating illnesses, University of Rochester Medical Center. conditions that will affict even more of us in the Most major cities nationwide have heart decades to come.” hospitals and cancer centers that bring specialists together to provide University President comprehensive and advanced care Joel Seligman for those patient populations. The Institute is in the forefront of the movement to provide a similar care pathway for people with neurological conditions. If you step inside, you will fnd researchers