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Information for Physicians and Health Professionals

  • Aiming to reduce readmissions by 25 percent for patients with a primary diagnosis of heart failure, URMC protocol advises that high-risk patients be seen by a care provider within three days of discharge to avoid problems and assure their care is progressing.
  • James P. Wilmot Cancer Center surgeons were first in the nation to use an infrared imaging technique combined with robot-assisted surgery to remove kidney cancer. The team, led by Dragan Golijanin, M.D., performed robotic laparoscopic partial nephrectomies on patients at Strong Memorial Hospital using the new technology. 
  • A new unit dedicated to the care of neurological and neurosurgical patients is taking shape at Highland Hospital. The hospital opened 14 renovated beds in May as part of an expansion to the URMC's Neuromedicine Program and expects to finalize the project by fall.

Facilities and Programs

First Approved Lupus Drug in 50 Years: What Promise Might it Hold?»

The FDA’s approval of Benlysta (belimumab) may only offer modest benefit for some patients, but it’s the first new lupus drug to be endorsed in more than 50 years. We tapped rheumatologist and lupus scientist Jennifer Anolik, M.D., Ph.D., for insight into the drug, its promise, and its importance for patients with the systemic autoimmune disease.

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Golisano Children's Hospital Connection

Specialists Help Youth Who Struggle with Gender Identity »

Adolescents who are transgender have a new place to turn for multidisciplinary care. The Division of Adolescent Medicine at Golisano Children’s Hospital has formed a team of specialists to help young people through the process of considering a different gender identity.

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Continuing Medical Education

As Infections Rise, Keep Fluent in Testing, Care for HIV Patients»

Preliminary data from a Monroe County Health Department report released late last year indicates that nearly 45 percent of newly identified area HIV cases occurred in people under age 25. By comparison, this same young adult segment accounted for just 14 percent of new infections in 2007.

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Multimedia

Experts Offer Guidelines for Challenging Blood Clots

Hip Preservation Surgery

Urology Team Introduces Breakthrough Surgery for Kidney Cancer

Avandia panel

Brain Tumor Treatment Heals Rare Heart Condition

robotic surgery

First Approved Lupus Drug in 50 Years

robotic surgery