Patient Care Thanks to Compassionate Care and Due Diligence, Colon Cancer Survivor Looks Forward By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jul. 13, 2021 Joe Franch had just had his colonoscopy three years ago, so he thought there was no way the blood in his stool could be cancer. But when he stayed on top of his symptoms, he learned the news: he had ...
Patient Care It's Men’s Health Month: Be Your Own Advocate and Know Family History, Says Prostate Cancer Survivor By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jun. 20, 2021 Tim McConnell has always been an advocate for his own health, and he knew he had a higher chance of developing prostate cancer because his father had two prostate cancer surgeries during the course ...
Patient Care Man with Rare Condition Has 21 Baby Teeth Removed By Karen Black Feb. 12, 2021 Eastman Institute for Oral Health specialists transformed the smile of a man with Ectodermal Dysplasia, a complex disorder that affects one in 10,000 people. Over 18 months, EIOH specialists ...
Patient Care Unconventional Union For Officers Provides Hope For New Beats By Leslie White Feb. 12, 2021 Buffalo Police Detective Jim Kaska and Police Capt. Melinda Jones exchanged vows in an intensive care unit at Strong Memorial Hospital, where Kaska is awaiting a new heart, and a second chance at ...
Patient Care Liver Transplant During Pandemic A Milestone By Scott Hesel Jan. 28, 2021 For Nanda Kerkar, M.D., performing a liver transplant is a ‘team sport.’ Ever since joining Golisano Children’s Hospital in 2017 as the director of Pediatric Liver Disease and Liver Transplantation, ...
Patient Care Severe Mouth Pain Leads Florida Resident to Rochester By Karen Black Dec. 1, 2020 A 24-year-old professional performer suffered for months with mouth pain. He flew from Florida to be seen by an oral medicine expert at Eastman Institute for Oral Health, part of the University of ...
Patient Care CAR T-cell Therapy: Finally, a Milestone to Celebrate By Leslie Orr Nov. 18, 2020 Maxine and Dave Wilson finish each other’s sentences. They feel blessed to have each other, given what Maxine has been through. Then, Maxine was unexpectedly diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in ...
Community The Eighth Annual Wilmot Warrior Walk Goes Virtual! By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jul. 9, 2020 In light of COVID-19, Wilmot Cancer Institute will shift its annual 5K, 10K and 1-mile walk/run to a new format, taking place Sept. 12 and 13.
Patient Care A URMC First: Tumor Removal, Immediate Reconstruction and Dental Rehabilitation By URochester Medicine Communications Mar. 2, 2020 In a first-of-its-kind for the University of Rochester Medical Center and Upstate New York, experts from four disciplines worked together to perform in one day a procedure that previously would have ...
Patient Care Friendly, Comfortable yet Cutting-Edge: A Breast Cancer Patient's Experience at Pluta Cancer Center By Ruth Harper-Rhode Feb. 13, 2020 Joanne Paratore's friends thought she was crazy for driving four hours, round-trip to get breast cancer care. Joanne's response? "Come with me one time."
