Dr. Joshua Zwart Named Chief of Emergency Medicine
Highland Hospital announces the appointment of Joshua Zwart, M.D., FACEP as Highland Hospital’s Chief of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Zwart succeeds Timothy E. Lum, M.D., MPP, FACEP, who stepped down from the position on December 31, 2023, having served as the department’s leader for more than 13 years.
Cheryl Ryan Appointed Chief Human Resources Officer
Cheryl A. Ryan has been appointed to the pivotal role of Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at Highland. As CHRO, Ryan serves as part of the hospital’s senior leadership team and is responsible for the development and implementation of Highland’s human resources strategy. Ryan’s career experience comprises more than 30 years of progressively responsible leadership in Human Resources at the Xerox Corporation, where she most recently served as Vice President of Human Resources since 2012.
Dr. Alan Curle To Step Down as Medical Director of Perioperative Services in June
Alan E. Curle, M.D., FASA, Medical Director of Perioperative Services, UR Medicine/Highland Hospital, will be stepping down on June 30, 2024, having served as the department’s leader for more than 20 years. Dr. Curle, Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, will continue to serve in a faculty position at the Center for Perioperative Medicine and as an anesthesiologist at Highland.
Highland Hospitalist Researches Heart Disease and Cancer
Dr. Saadia Sherazi is a hospitalist in the Department of Medicine at Highland, an Assistant Professor of Medicine is also a Site Co-Director for Medical Students and Sub-I Clerkship, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry. In addition, she is on the Research Faculty of the Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center (CCRC). Her 13-page resume reflects a plethora of research she has written and presented. But she reveres being a hospitalist at Highland because bedside care and interaction with patients spur her drive to discover what patients want and need from the health care system and how she can help meet those needs.
New Pain Service Makes Great Strides
Many patients are benefitting from Highland’s new inpatient pain management consultation service. Dr. Chin-Lin Ching, Director, Palliative Care Division at Highland and Dr. Rajbala Thakur, Director of Cancer Pain Services at URMC and Palliative Care Consultant, and their departments are working in collaboration to offer the service which is expanding advanced medication and procedural options to relieve pain. “Physicians and APPs from all subspecialties of surgery and medicine are utilizing the service for their patients with complex pain,” said Dr. Ching who gives examples with several success stories.