URMC Health System

The University of Rochester Medical Center is made up of many entities, all devoted to the same three goals:

Here are the main components of the University of Rochester Medical Center, with a brief introduction to each: 

Strong Memorial Hospital

Strong Memorial Hospital is recognized as the hospital that patients—and other hospitals—turn to for the best care in the region. Strong offers care in 40 different specialties, and many of its doctors take part in world-leading research. Strong Memorial Hospital is ranked as one of "America's Best Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report, and has won the Consumer Choice Award for the best hospital in the area for 11 consecutive years.

Golisano Children's Hospital

Golisano Children's Hospital is one of the country's leading children's hospitals, and the only children's hospital in the region. We treat the most severely ill and injured, admitting close to 8,500 children each year. We have 60 regular inpatient beds, 12 PICU level beds, including a 4 bed post-surgical cardiac unit, and 52 NICU beds in the only Level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the Finger Lakes Region. We also offer one of the country's few Ronald McDonald Houses that is located within a hospital.

Highland Hospital

Highland Hospital is recognized for combining advanced medicine with highly compassionate care. A true community hospital, Highland also benefits from being part of the University of Rochester Medical Center. Highland is known for its birthing center, women's health services, geriatric care, bariatrics (weight loss surgery) and the Evarts Joint Center.

The James P. Wilmot Cancer Center

The James P. Wilmot Cancer Center is a national leader in cancer treatment, research and education. Our multidisciplinary approach helps patients to receive the best care by involving specialists from many different disciplines, and our research efforts ensures that patients receive the very latest therapies. Currently, we lead more than 25 national cancer studies. With the completion of our new building in 2008, we will offer one of the most state-of-the-art cancer facilities in the world.

The Strong Heart & Vascular Center

The Strong Heart & Vascular Center offers the most complete cardiovascular care available in Western and Central New York. We offer services not available at any other hospital, including a nationally recognized program in heart failure and transplantation, treatments for heart arrhythmias, and the area's only doctors who specialize in the treatment of high blood pressure. We offer the latest innovations in the treatment of heart disease, many of which are developed right here by our doctors and researchers.

The Flaum Eye Institute

The Flaum Eye Institute is the region's leader in speciality eye care. Our doctors pioneer new diagnostics and treatments to help preserve vision. Often, new treatments are tested at the Eye Institute first. As the only eye institute in the region, we're committed to providing state-of-the-art eye care for common and complex vision problems in patients throughout Upstate New York.

Evarts Joint Center

Evarts Joint Center is the area's premier center for joint replacements. The center is staffed by some of the most experienced and highly trained orthopaedic surgeons, working in one of the newest and most advanced facilities in the country. Through our ongoing research and advanced technology—including computer-guided surgery and minimally invasive surgery—we are able to help those with debilitating joint pain to live active, pain-free lives again.

The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry is one of the oldest and most respected medical schools in the country. The school has received national attention for its Double Helix curriculum, which combines classroom work with research and clinical experience from the first day. Students from the School of Medicine and Dentistry have gone on to lead departments in top medical centers across the country.

The University of Rochester School of Nursing

The University of Rochester School of Nursing is a national leader in nursing education. The school is taking an aggressive role in addressing the national nursing shortage by developing innovative educational options. Centers for Excellence have been established in Clinical Research on Aging, High-risk Children and Youth, Clinical Trials, and Medical Device Evaluation.

University Sports Medicine

University Sports Medicine is the only medical practice in the region dedicated to sports medicine. All of our physicians are fellowship-trained sports medicine primary care physicians, as well as orthopaedic surgeons, who provide their expertise to athletes from high school, college and professional teams. We manage the full array of orthopaedic conditions, and provide a state-of-the-art rehabilitation center to help bring athletes back to top performance.

The Frank and Caroline Gannett Emergency Center

The Frank and Caroline Gannett Emergency Center is the region's largest and most modern emergency facility. The center handles more than 75,000 visits each year and has been designated by the New York State Department of Health as a Level One Regional Trauma Center, the only such trauma center in the Rochester area.

The Visiting Nurse Service

The Visiting Nurse Service is the medical center's home care provider. Our clinical staff offers wound care, cardiology, rehabilitation and home hospice care as the needs of patients living at home become more and more acute.

The Highlands

Seniors can find a full spectrum of living options at The Highlands of Pittsford, which offers independent living in cottage and apartment homes, as well as assisted living, in a beautiful wooded campus near the Village of Pittsford. Our list of amenities includes a gourmet restaurant, fitness centers, arts and cultural programming, as welll as free UR courses right on campus. Two skilled nursing facilities, The Highlands Living Center and The Highlands at Brighton, offer short-term rehabilitation for orthopaedic, cardiac, and other medical conditions, as well as compassionate long term care.

Eastman Institute for Oral Health

Eastman Institute for Oral Health has developed more than 30 community outreach programs to help those who may not otherwise have access to dental care. Their services, for both children and adults, include dentistry, orthodontics, oral surgery, and dentofacial orthopaedics. Through their work, they help to eliminate disparities in dental care.

University Imaging

University Imaging provides state-of-the-art technology and the region's most comprehensive array of radiology and imaging services. These services include angiography, CT, CT Angiography, diagnostic radiology, gastrointestinal, genital urinary, interventional radiology, mammography, myelography, MRI, MR Angiography, nuclear medicine, ultrasound and vascular imaging.

Medical Faculty Group

Over 900 specialist and primary care faculty work in 19 clinical departments of the medical school, according to a distributed model in which Department Chairs, Division Directors and/or Center Directors are responsible for the overall practice activities-clinical, administrative, and financial. This confederation of individual primary care, specialty and subspecialty practices are bound together by a central entity known as University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group (URMFG). URMFG serves as a central resource for credentialing physicians and negotiating payment rates with third-party payers and is certified by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, whose accreditation program represents the most rigorous standards of their kind.

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