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Highland Hospital Foundation Awards the LeFrois Family with its Highest Honor

Highland Hospital Foundation Awards the LeFrois Family with its Highest Honor

The Highland Hospital Foundation announces that the LeFrois family is the recipient of the 2022 Heritage Award. The LeFrois family, who have gone above and beyond to support Highland Hospital in multiple capacities over the years, received the award at a ceremony at the Monroe Golf Club on Wednesday, December 14. The Heritage Award is the highest honor given by the Highland Hospital Foundation for philanthropic contributions. It honors people or organizations that play a significant role at Highland Hospital and in our community through their time, talent, and philanthropic support.

UR Medicine Launches Tuition-free Nursing Education Program

UR Medicine Launches Tuition-free Nursing Education Program

To combat the region’s nursing shortage, the University of Rochester Medical Center and School of Nursing today announced an innovative program to provide tuition-free nursing education for 33 students per year, with the first cohort expected to enroll in fall 2023.

Docs Who Dunk Plunge Into Lake Ontario To Benefit Special Olympics

Docs Who Dunk Plunge Into Lake Ontario To Benefit Special Olympics

The largest Rochester Docs Who Dunk team raised $3,000 as a team in the Polar Plunge for Special Olympics. Besides the doctors, there were representatives from nursing, medical assistants, finance, and public health. Part of the reason it’s the largest team is there was representation from three different healthcare organizations for the first time: Highland Family Medicine, Anthony Jordan and Rochester Regional!

Kudos

Kudos

Here are some physician KUDOS that were taken from Hot Comments during the past several months.

Highland Hospital: Looking Towards Fall and Winter

Highland Hospital: Looking Towards Fall and Winter

As I write this column Highland census is high as it has been for many weeks. Although we are seeing fewer and much less severe cases of COVID, its effects are still lingering. Some patients who could be returning to nursing homes are still in our hospital because they remain testing positive or because nursing home beds are full. Patients who have postponed elective surgeries are now filling our ORs. And with the Fall, comes the concern for the flu, which could be more pernicious this year since masking requirements have been lifted in more and more places. We also must be on the lookout for monkeypox and the unexpected polio outbreak in New York. But we have faced the worst of times and we have the strength and commitment to face whatever comes our way.