Highland Brings Palliative Care to the Southern Tier

Highland’s Palliative Care Division Chief Chin-Lin Ching, M.D., and Nicole Gise, M.D., Director of Highland’s Outpatient Palliative Care Clinic, and their team are now working with providers at Jones Memorial in Wellsville, St. James in Hornell, and Noyes in Dansville to offer palliative care services to patients.

New Medical Education Initiative Coming to Highland

A hospital-wide Improving Consultation initiative will soon be launched to prepare physician trainees to build best practice skills in consultation communication and facilitate optimal interdepartmental collaboration around acute patient care.

Highland GME Programs Shine at On-site Audit by IPRO

Highland Hospital Graduate Medical Education Programs demonstrated compliance with all New York State Workforce and Supervision regulations at a triennial on-site audit by state-contracted  peer review organization IPRO.

HEPSO Grant Will Support Addition of Medical Family Therapist at Highland

Funding from the University of Rochester Health Equity Program Support Office (HEPSO) will enable Highland to hire a Medical Family Therapist to support Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) patients and the staff who care for them. “Chronic health conditions such as SCD disproportionately impact vulnerable patient populations,” said Sally Rousseau, LCSW, LMFT, Director of Social Work & Care Management at Highland who sought funding and will oversee this project.

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.