Tag: transplant

Heart failure patient Paul Smoker has seen his quality of life improve as a result of the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device.

For the fourth consecutive year, Strong Memorial’s cardiac-vascular intensive care unit (CVICU/7-1600) will accept the Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence, and for the first time, the ...

Fourth annual event celebrating National Donate Life Month to take place Tuesday, April 27, in Strong Memorial Hospital's main loop.

Heart failure patients in upstate New York and across the country have a new option that has demonstrated significant survival rate results. The FDA in January approved HeartMate II, the next ...

Scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center who are exploring the health effects of environmental agents have received $8 million in new funding from the National Institutes of Health to ...

Individuals and teams are invited to participate in the ninth annual Friends of Strong Rochester River Run/Walk 5K on Sunday, April 11, at the Roundhouse Shelter at Genesee Valley Park.

Health care providers whose support of organ donation is considered exemplary were honored Sept. 15 during Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network’s second annual Organ Donation Collaborative regional ...

Five hospitals, including URMC's Highland Hospital, were recognized by Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network for significantly increasing their organ donation rates over a 12-month period. The awards ...

Individuals and teams are invited to participate in the eighth annual Friends of Strong Rochester River Run/Walk 5K, to be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26 at the Roundhouse Shelter at Genesee ...

A transplant patient and his improv colleagues will host a free performance for URMC liver transplant patients on Aug. 22, followed by a community performance Aug. 29 to benefit the hospital's ...