The Division of Clinical Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology has strong programs in basic, clinical and translational research including an NIH-funded Autoimmunity Center of Excellence.  The outpatient practice is located in a state-of-the-art facility with its own infusion center and DEXA scanning capabilities.  

The Cardiovascular Group of the University of Rochester Medical Center and Strong Health is dedicated to the triple missions of the University; state of the art clinical care, high quality teaching of students and health care professions at all levels and cutting edge basic and clinical research. By building on the strengths of both the university community and the university hospital environment, we believe we are uniquely poised to excel in each of these arenas.

A major component of our efforts also centers on the training of students, residents, and cardiology clinical and research fellows. By utilizing a full time academic faculty with significant research interests and abilities and the clinical and research resources of the University and the Hospital, we are able to provide training programs that produce well rounded clinical and research cardiologists.

The Gastroenterology & Hepatology Division is a full service academic division, which incorporates state-of-the-art technology with clinical experience, active education programs and basic and clinical research.  This enables us to be “cutting edge” in our endoscopic consultative, and patient care services.  The Gastroenterology & Hepatology clinicians provide services for patients which enables physicians to diagnose and treat many gastrointestinal conditions in new, less invasive ways.

The General Medicine Division faculty play integral roles in the internal medicine and combined internal medicine-pediatric residency programs and medical school educational programs.  They serve as primary care providers through the Internal Medicine Group practice and the Categorical Internal Medicine Residency outpatient practice as part of the Faculty/Resident Practice.  Research initiatives focus on areas of medical education and improvement in clinical practice and outcomes.

The Geriatric Fellowship Program at the University of Rochester, under the directorship of Dr. Annette Medina-Walpole, offers a one-year ACGME accredited training program to board-eligible internists and family practitioners. A research-based second year, which is subject to funding, is available to qualified applicants.

The Hospital Medicine Division is an academic hospitalist group comprised of more than a dozen attending hospitalists and about 40 mid-level providers who serve the general medical needs of adult inpatients at Strong Memorial Hospital.  We are involved in the teaching of medical students, medical residents, NP students, and PA students.  In addition to teaching, faculty perform important administrative functions for the hospital and some engage in research activities.

The Infectious Diseases Unit of the Department of Medicine engages in a broad range of patient care, research, and educational activities. The Unit is comprised of 20 full-time Faculty, six clinical and research Fellows, 10 nurse practitioners and a staff of over 100 technicians, nurses, and administrative personnel.

The Nephrology Division is enthusiastic about its tripartile mission of patient care, research and education. The Division provides all of the inpatient and outpatient nephrology care to patients at both Strong and Highland Hospitals; there are no private nephrologists at either site. The Division has an active research enterprise and we currently have several principle investigators who have been awarded a number of NIH grants. The Nephrology Unit has an active educational program with an ACGME accredited fellowship program and a large number of regular conferences including: journal club, pathology, clinical, research, sign out and city-wide.

The Strong Health primary care network, where your good health is our number one priority. We believe that the more information that you have, the better decisions you will make about your own health and the health of your family

The Division is well established in clinical and basic research. Areas of interest include the health effects of air pollution, mechanisms of airway inflammation, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, nitric oxide production in the lung, and treatment of ARDS.