Patient Care Highland Hospital Celebrates Employee for 60 Years of Service By Maureen Malone Jan. 14, 2020 Highland Hospital employees gathered to celebrate Patient Relations Coordinator Dorothy “Dottie” Haelen for achieving 60 years of service. Haelen began her career as a registered nurse at Highland ...
Patient Care URMC Awarded $6.7M to Combat Opioid Crisis in Rural Communities By Karin Gaffney Christensen Jan. 13, 2020 The University of Rochester Medical Center has been named one of the three Rural Centers of Excellence on Substance Use Disorder in the country, and awarded a $6.7 million federal grant to identify ...
Patient Care EIOH Faculty Promoted By URochester Medicine Communications Jan. 13, 2020 Several Eastman Institute for Oral Health faculty have been promoted.
Patient Care A Scientific Approach to Breast Cancer: One Survivor Shares Her Thought Process By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jan. 10, 2020 As a biology major, Lorna Wright knows what cancer looks like, and she recognized it when it popped up on the screen in her own ultrasound. A scientific approach to decision-making helped her through ...
Patient Care Shaping the Future: Wilmot Equips the Next Generation of Oncologists and Scientists By URochester Medicine Communications Jan. 8, 2020 As part of an academic medical center, Wilmot Cancer Institute has a responsibility to develop the next generation of physicians and researchers and to help shape the ever-evolving landscape of ...
Research $3.6M NIH Grant Funds Center for Social Ties and Aging Research By Patrick Broadwater Jan. 8, 2020 A new center at the University of Rochester is bringing together researchers to find new and innovative ways to promote social connectedness and the overall health of older adults caring for a loved ...
Patient Care Adolescent, Young Adult Clinics Open at UR Medicine’s Strong Recovery, Strong Ties By Karin Gaffney Christensen Jan. 5, 2020 Two new Community Division programs at the University of Rochester Medical Center provide comprehensive care for adolescents and young adults facing both substance use and mental health concerns.
Patient Care Stargazing Connects Mother-Daughter during Scary Stint with Cancer By URochester Medicine Communications Jan. 2, 2020 Tori Holmes was only six years old the day her mom, Kim, was diagnosed with an aggressive blood cancer in 2013.
Patient Care UR Medicine Restrictions Begin Due to Flu By URochester Medicine Communications Dec. 30, 2019 Flu restrictions are now in effect at UR Medicine's Golisano Children's Hospital, Strong Memorial Hospital, Highland Hospital, and Wilmot Cancer Center.
Patient Care 3-Year-Old Asks Santa: ‘Can You Bring My Mommy a New Heart?’ By Leslie White Dec. 20, 2019 At a holiday festival in Utica, N.Y., little Sophie McLaughlin climbed onto Santa’s lap and asked for just one thing: a new heart for her mother. The bearded man was puzzled. He didn’t understand the ...
